ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: Basit Ashfaq downed Farrukh Zaman to qualify for the main round of the $25,000 Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) squash championship at the Mushaf Complex on Tuesday.

It was a well-fought match in which Basit showed better stamina and kept his nerve to score an 11-8, 11-9, 11-10 victory.

The task for former Pakistan Open champion Amjad Khan, who too booked a place in the main round, was quite tough as he had to go the distance in overcoming a stubborn Bilal Zaman 11-4, 4-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7.

Also making the main event was young Aamir Atlas who registered a straightforward 11-9, 11-5, 11-7 victory against Farzan Rashid and Majid Khan who had to fight tooth and nail in edging Khalid Atlas 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 5-11, 11-3.

The match to watch on the opening day of the main round starting on Wednesday will be the game between Aamir Atlas and top seed Ong Beng Hee of Malaysia.

Results (final qualifying round):

Basit Ashfaq bt Farrukh Zaman 11-8, 11-9, 11-10, Amjad Khan bt Bilal Zaman 11-4, 4-11, 11-4, 9- 11, 11-7, Aamir Atlas bt Farzan Rashid 11-9, 11-5, 11-7, Majid Khan bt Khalid Atlas 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 5-11, 11-3

Fixtures for Wednesday: Aamir Atlas v Ong Beng Hee, Yasir Butt v Shamsul Islam, Muhammad Essam Hafiz v Safeerullah, Mansoor Zaman v Gavin Jones, Hashim Ashour v Majid Khan, Muhammad Abbas v Basit Ashfaq, Amjad Khan v Adrian Grant, Jonathan Kemp v Arshad Iqbal Burki.