-File photo courtesy squashsite.co.uk
NEW DELHI Pakistan's squash team made the perfect start to their 2010 Commonwealth Games campaign, winning all of their four matches as the various sport events got underway on Monday.

 

Pakistan's tennis ace Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi also registered a comfortable win over Uganda's Mugabe Duncan Kasumba with scores of 6-2, 7-6.

The performance on the squash court produced easy wins. Farhan Mehboob beat Uganda's Sam Kyagulanyi 11-3, 11-4, 11-8, Danish Atlas Khan beat Bruce Burrowes of Jamaica 11-1, 11-5, 11-2, Aamir Atlas Khan defeated Bangladesh's Masud Rana 11-2, 11-2, 11-6 and Yasir Butt got a walkover over Christopher Binnie of Jamaica.

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