KARACHI: The quartet of Sadam-ul-Haq, Waqas Mehboob, Ahsan Ayaz and Abbas Shoukat stepped into main draw by winning qualifiers of the US$15,000 11th Chief of the Naval Staff International Squash Championship at the PN Roshan Khan-Jahangir Khan squash complex here on Friday.

Two of the quartet — Sadam and Abbas — have shown promise as they have first won the pre qualifiers followed by qualifiers. The former removed Abbas Maniar straight 11-6, 11-5, 11-6 in 28 minutes while the latter sent sixth seed Mansoor Zaman packing by default 12-10, 6-11, 11-5, 8-4 (retired hurt) in 35 minutes.

In the two other matches, Waqas Mehboob prevailed over sibling Waqar Mehboob 11-7, 4-11, 12-10, 11-5 while Ahsan Ayaz handed a 11-2, 11-3, 11-4 drubbing to Haseeb Gul.

Meanwhile, Nasir Iqbal has been top seeded in the 16-man draw followed by Aamir Atlas Khan.

The main round begins on Saturday at 12noon.

Results:

Final qualifying round:

Sadam-ul-Haq bt Abbas Maniar (USA) 11-6, 11-5, 11-6; Waqas Mehboob bt Waqar Mehboob 11-7, 4-11, 12-10, 11-5; Ahsan Ayaz bt Haseeb Gul 11-2, 11-3, 11-4; Abbas Shoukat bt Mansoor Zaman 12-10, 6-11, 11-5, 8-4 (retired hurt).

Saturday’s fixtures:

First round:

Mohammad Yousaf v Abbas Shoukat and Waqas Mehboob v Aamir Atlas Khan at 12noon; Danish Atlas Khan v Mohammad Asim Khan and Saddam-ul-Haq v Khawaja Adil Maqbool at 12.45pm; Shahjahan Khan v Ahsan Ayaz and Farhan Mehboob v Farhan Zaman at 1.30pm; Nasir Iqbal v Aamir Malik (UAE) at 2.15pm; Faraz Mohammad v Tayyab Aslam at 3pm.

Published in Dawn, April 11th, 2015

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