6-minute win for Waqar

Published October 31, 2006

ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Waqar Mehboob outclassed Adnan Khan in six minutes as 16 matches were decided on Monday in pre-qualifying round of the Chief of the Air Staff International squash championship here at the Mushaf Squash Complex.

The pre-qualification stage will round off on Tuesday to be followed by qualification round of the championship which carries a prize purse of US$25,000.

Professionals from Pakistan, Spain, England, Egypt, New Zealand, Australia, UAE and Italy will compete in the main round following the qualifiers.

Results:

Kashif Khan bt Sajjad Naqvi 11-6, 11-4, 11-3; Khalid Atlas bt Safdar Khan 11-3, 11-4, 11-1; Waqar Mehboob bt Adnan Khan 11-0, 11-0, 11-0; Asghar Khan bt Waqas Mehboob 11-4, 11-3, 8-11, 11-5; Farzan Rashid bt Kamran Khan 11-2, 11-6, 11-4; Riaz Hussain bt Hamza Bokhari 10-11, 11-2, 11-5, 11-10; Nousherwan bt Shaukat Raza 11-9, 11-8, 11-10; Farhan Zaman bt Jahanzeb 11-3, 11-4, 11-4; M. Naeem bt Waseem Zaman 11-2, 11-4, 11-1; Aqib Hanif bt Faisal Mirza 11-2, 11-5, 11-6; Riaz Ali bt Faizan Nawaz 11-6, 11-4, 11-10; Raza Yaqoob bt Ilyas Khan 6-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5; Shohaib Hassan bt Abdul Ali 11-2, 11-6, 11-8; Aurangzeb bt Tariq Khan 11-3, 11-1, 11-1; Naveed Atlas bt Kashif Khan 11-4, 11-8, 10-11, 3-11, 11-8; Waseem Shad bt Aurangzeb Khan 11-3, 11-2, 11-5.—APP

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