ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: Pakistan’s Aamir Atlas Khan pulled off an upset victory over Malaysian Azlan Iskandar to enter quarter-finals of the US$85,000 Pakistan Open World squash championship on Tuesday.

Teenager Aamir performed excellently to knock out world no.14 Azlan Iskandar of Malaysia 11-5, 11-4, 7-11, 11-6 in 37 minutes.

Another Pakistani who qualified for the quarter-finals was Shahid Zaman. He defeated compatriot Yasir Butt 9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-9 in 37 minutes.

Two other Pakistanis, Safeerullah Khan and Farhan Mehboob lost their matches.

Willstrop beat Safeerullah 11-9, 11-10 (2-0), 11-6 in 29 minutes while World no.12 Stewart Boswell of Australia dumped Farhan in straight games 11-7, 11-7, 11-3 lasting 34 minutes.

Results:

Thierry Lincou (France) bt Omer Mosaad (Egypt) 11-8, 11-4, 11-5; Joey Barrington (England) bt Saurav Ghosal (India) 10-11 (2-0), 11-5, 11-10 (2-0), 9-11, 11-5; Mohammad Abbas (England) bt Ritwik Bhattachariya (India) 11-6, 11-5, 11-6.

Wednesday’s fixtures (quarter-finals):

Karim Darwesh (Egypt) vs Mohammad Abbas, Ramay Ashour (Egypt) vs Wael El Hindi (Egypt), James Willstrop vs Aamir Atlas Khan, Anthony Ricketts (Australia) vs Renan Lavigne (France), Shahid Zaman vs Stewart Bossel, Thierry Lincou vs Joey Barrington, Gregory Gaultier (France) vs Mansoor Zaman, Amr Shabana (Egypt) vs David Bianchetti (Italy).—APP