KARACHI, Aug 2: Unseeded Pakistan’s Farhan Mehboob reached quarter-finals of the Petrosport International Championship after upsetting seventh seed Malaysia’s Ong Beng Hee at the $140,000 PSA Super Series Platinum squash event at the Sky Club in Cairo.

World no. 33 Farhan lost the first game 9-11 but made a strong comeback to win the next three games 11-8, 11-9, 11-8 in the 85-minute battle.

The 19-year-old will face Egypt’s Karim Darwish in the quarter-final.

Results (second round):

Amr Shabana (EGY) bt Omar Mosaad (EGY) 12-14, 11-7, 11-7, 11-8; Peter Barker (ENG) bt Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) 11-6, 11-7, 11-4; Adrian Grant (ENG) bt Ramy Ashour (EGY) w/o; Wael El Hindi (EGY) bt Olli Tuominen (FIN) 11-3, 11-5, 11-1; Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt Ong Beng Hee (MAS) 9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8; Karim Darwish (EGY) bt Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) 11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 11-4; Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt Hisham Mohd Ashour (EGY) 9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-3; Tarek Momen (EGY) bt Borja Golan (ESP) 11-7, 9-11, 13-11, 5-11, 11-5.

Quarter-finals’ line-up:

Amr Shabana (EGY) v Peter Barker (ENG); Adrian Grant (ENG) v Wael El

Hindi (EGY); Karim Darwish (EGY) v Farhan Mehboob (PAK); Tarek Momen (EGY) v Mohammad Azlan Iskandar (MAS).—Agencies