KARACHI, Sept 27: Aamir Atlas Khan cruised into the semi-finals of the Chief of Naval Staff International squash championship by defeating Tom Richards of England in the quarter-final here at the Roshan-Jahangir Khan Squash Complex on Wednesday.

He will meet compatriot Mansoor Zaman in Thursday's semi-final. Mansoor defeated Amjad Khan in 23 minutes to book berth in the semis.

The other semi-final will be played between top seed Adrian Grant of England and Irish player Liam Kenny.

Results (quarter-finals): Adrian Grant bt Farhan Mehboob 8-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-4; Liam Kenny bt Omer Abdel Aziz 11-7, 4-11, 11-2, 11-4; Mansoor Zaman bt Amjad Khan 11-2, 11-6, 11-8; Aamir Atlas bt Tom Richards 9-11, 11-3, 11-5, 11-5.—PPI