KARACHI, Feb 9: Pakistan's Aamir Atlas Khan sailed into quarter-finals of the Swedish Open squash championship by registering a straight 3-0 win over local player at Linkoping, Sweden on Thursday.

According to details of the US$31,250 event, the Peshawar based world No36 outclassed Christian Drakenberg 11-7, 11-9, 11-6 in 31 minutes.

Aamir, who has been seeded eight in the tournament, will meet world No8 Karim Darwish of Egypt in the quarter-final.

Results (first round):

David Palmer (AUS) bt Swelim (EGY) 11-8, 11-6, 11-7; Walker (ENG) bt Jonathan (ENG) 11-8, 11-10, 11-10 (2-0); Olli Tuominen (FIN) bt Jean-Michel (FRA) 11-5, 11-4, 11-3; Liam Kenny (IRL) bt Stacey Ross (ENG) 11-9, 11-9, 11-6; Bianchetti (ITA) bt Chris Ryder (ENG) 11-8, 11-6, 11-9; Gough (WAL) bt Bhattacharya (IND) 11-10, 11-4, 11-8; Aamir Atlas Khan bt Christian (SWE) 11-7, 11-9, 11-6; Karim Darwish (EGY) bt Alex Stait (ENG) 11-4, 11-6, 11-9.—PPI