Yasir beaten in qualifiers

Published November 28, 2005

KARACHI, Nov 27: Pakistani youngster, Yasir Butt faced humiliating defeat at the hands of Egyptian Ramy Ashour in straight sets in the qualifying rounds of World Open squash championships in Hong Kong on Sunday.

According to details made available here, Ramay took only 17 minutes to quash Yasir 11-4, 11-6, 11-4.

Results: Dan Jenson (AUS) bt Chiu Ho Fai (HKG) 11-0, 11-5, 11-6; Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt Yasir Butt (PAK) 11-4, 11-6, 11-4; Joey Barrington (ENG) bt Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) 11-3, 11-8, 11-6; Phillip Barker (ENG) bt Matthew Giuffre (CAN) 11-6, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9; Hisham Mohd Ashour (EGY) bt Cameron Pilley (AUS) 11-8, 10-11 (0-2), 4-11, 11-9, 11-4; Rodney Durbach (RSA) bt Christopher Gordon (USA) 11-9, 10-11 (1-3), 11-8, 6-11, 11-4; Simon Parke (ENG) bt Dick Lau (HKG) 11-4, 11-6, 11-3; Shahier Razik (CAN) bt Ben Garner (ENG) 10-11 (1-3), 11-7, 11-6, 11-9; Mark Chaloner (ENG) bt Roger Ngan (HKG) 11-5, 11-2, 11-6; Renan Lavigne (FRA) bt Anson Kwong (HKG) 11-6, 11-4, 11-6; Davide Bianchetti (ITA) bt Timothy Manning (AUS) 11-6, 11-2, 10-11 (1-3), 5-11, 11-7; Alex Gough (WAL) bt Jean-Michel Arcucci (FRA) 11-8, 9-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8; Alister Walker (ENG) bt Raymond Chiu (HKG) 11-8, 11-5, 11-7; Stewart Boswell (AUS) bt Kashif Shuja (NZL) 11-6, 11-4, 11-2; Jonathan Kemp (ENG) bt Liam Kenny (IRL) 11-5, 11-8, 11-8; Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) bt Max Lee (HKG) 11-6, 11-4, 11-6.—Agencies

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