KARACHI, Nov 22: Sixth seed Mansoor Zaman and 11th seed Shahid Zaman were the only Pakistani players to survive in the main draw of the first round, by beating their respective opponents on Monday afternoon in the CNS International squash championship at the Pakistan Navy Roshan Khan/Jahangir Khan Squash Complex.

Mansoor with a world ranking of (29), ended the winning streak of unseeded countryman Shamsul-Zaman 11-6, 11-9, 10-11 (1-3), 11-9 in 42 minutes. Mansoor grabbed the first two games only to see Shams stage a partial recovery forcing the third game into a tiebreaker (3-1) after the scores were level at 10 all.

Shams gave his supporters a glimmer of hope of getting back into the match in front in the fourth game, but some fine cross court smashes and forcing his opponent into numerous errors, Mansoor won the fourth game 11-9 to make his way into the quarter-final, where he will meet second seed Graham Ryding with a No.19 world ranking in the quarterfinals.

Shahid upset the ninth seed Eqyptian Hisham M. Ashour with a world ranking of 37 in five games. The match which was to begin at 1500 hours began 34 minutes later as the players and spectators waited for the chief guest to arrive. To add fuel to the fire the match was full of controversy. Some poor umpiring with both players making numerous objections, left much to be desired.

Shahid won the first game 11-7, but while executing the winning shot, got his leg tangled with Hisham's and falling to the ground hit his mouth with his racquet. With blood pouring profusely from his mouth Shahid was forced to retire with a cut lip while medical attention provided to him.

Shahid returned to court after an hour and 45 minutes and looked as fit as a fiddle making short work of Hisham in the second game 11-6 to take a winning 2-0 lead. But the burly Egyptian was not giving up in a hurry. Although he made numerous errors on the tin, he fought his way back into contention winning the next two games 11-4 and 11-5 to draw abreast 2-2.

It seemed that Shahid had his lights blown out when the Egyptian raced to a 6-1 lead in the deciding game. But Shahid with the partisan crowd urging him on drew abreast 6-6 and even went ahead 7-6.

With the Hisham making several protests over the umpiring standard, Shahid continued to build up on his score, finally winning the game and match 11-7, much to the delight of the home crowd.

In another match that went the full distance, second seed Graham Ryding of Canada ranked No.19 in the world, came from behind to unsettle unseeded Pakistani Majid Khan 10-11(1-3), 5-11, 11-2, 11-5, 11-6 after 53 minutes.

After Majid won the first game on a tiebreaker he increased his lead to 2-0 and many spectators felt that a big upset was in store. But Ryding keeping his cool and getting into his rhythm cruised through the next three games to emerge a happy winner.

Third seed Ong Beng Hee from Malaysia , ranked 22 in the world, was another lucky survivor. Meeting unseeded Farhan Mehboob from Pakistan, Ong Beng Hee was 0-2 in the red, losing the first two hard fought out games 8-11, 9-11.

Farhan leading 7-2 in the third game seemed to be on the winning course but threw his chances away as Ong Beng Hee picked up the third 11-8. Than taking the fourth on a tie breaker at 7-5, Ong Beng Hee was now on even keel 2-2 as the final game began.

Farhan took the early lead once again but Ong Beng Hee at last sensing victory squeezed through 11-9 in the final game to win the gruelling match after 59 minutes. Fifth seed Egyptian Wael El Hindhi with a world tanking of 27, got the better of unseeded Pakistani Arshad Iqbal Burki 11-6, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8 after 44 minutes.

Tenth seeded Englishman Bradley Ball ranked (41) in the world, also made his way through the quarterfinals by upsetting eighth seed Borja Golan of Spain with a world ranking of 35, 11-5, 11-2, 4-11, 11-4 after 39 minutes.

Fourth seed Davide Bianchetti from Italy with a world ranking of 24, also got through to the quarterfinals, after beating another unseeded Pakistani Yasir Butt 11-9, 11-5, 6-11, 11-7 after 46 minutes.

It took the top seeded Adrian Grant from England ranked 13th in the world only nine minutes to win his engagement with 15-year-old Amir Atlas Khan with a world ranking of 290.

After Grant took the first game 11-3, Amir a bronze medallist at the world junior championship, was forced to retire with a hamstring in the second, trailing 2-5. Grant will now take on Wael El Hindi in the quarterfinals at 1400 hours.

Main Round first Round results.