ISLAMABAD: The first round matches of the PSF-Combaxx Sports Squash Championship started here at the Mushaf Squash Complex on Friday.

The Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) in collaboration with Combaxx Sports is organising the event which will continue till Aug 31. Thirty-two players from Pakistan, Canada and Sweden are participating in the event.

Results (first round): Tayyab Aslam (Pakistan) bt Bilal Zakir (Pakistan) 11-5, 11-2, 11-8 (16 min); Haris Qasim (Pakistan) bt Ahsan Ayaz (Pakistan) 6-11, 11-2, 10-12, 11-9, 11-5 (41 min); Mohammad Farhan Hashmi (Pakistan) bt Mohammad Abdul Qadir (Pakistan) 9-11, 11-2, 11-8, 11-7 (32 min); Farhan Mehboob (Pakistan) bt Zeeshan Khan (Sweden) 11-8, 11-5, 11-6 (18 min); Zahir Shah (Pakistan) bt Asadullah Khan (Pakistan) 12-10, 11-7, 11-5 (26 min); Hamza Sharif (Pakistan) bt Waqas Mehboob (Pakistan) 11-8, 11-9 -- retired (14 min); Mohammad Ashab Irfan (Pakistan) bt Saeed Abdul 11-6, 11-4, 11-4 (17 min); Amaad Fareed (Pakistan) bt Zeeshan Zeb (Pakistan) 11-5, 13-11, 11-7 (33 min); Nasir Iqbal (Pakistan) bt Mohammad Hamza Khan 11-3, 11-8, 11-2 (21 min); Darosham Khan (Canada) bt Haseeb Taj (Pakistan) 11-3, 11-3, 11-6 (15 min); Salman Saleem (Pakistan) bt Ali Bukhari (Pakistan) 11-8, 11-4, 7-11, 11-4 (26 min); Farhan Zaman (Pakistan) bt Faraz Mohammad (Pakistan) 11-8, 11-2, 11-7 (16 min); Israr Ahmad (Pakistan) bt Mohammad Farhan (Pakistan) 11-1, 11-1, 11-8 (15 min); Noor Zaman (Pakistan) bt Khushal Riaz Khan (Pakistan) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5 (21 min); Waqar Mehboob (Pakistan) bt Naveed Rehman (Pakistan) 11-8, 11-4, 11-7 (20 min); Asim Khan (Pakistan) bt Faizan Khan (Pakistan) 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 (22 min). Published in Dawn, August 28th, 2021

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