Pakistan rout Ireland, Germany
KARACHI, Feb 22: Pakistan made a good start when it defeated Ireland and Germany to qualify for the next round of Qatar junior international championship.
According to the results made available by Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) in the first round of under-15 age group, Pakistan whitewashed Ireland 3-0 and blanked out Germany also 3-0.
Meanwhile, in the Tournament of Champions started in New York (USA) Pakistan's top seed Shahid Zaman lost to Peter Nicole (England) in the qualifying round in straight sets.
REULTS:
PAKISTAN V IRELAND: Tahir Iqbal (Pak) bt Neil Martin (Ire) 9/1, 9/0, 9/0; Waqar Mehboob (Pak) bt Rohan Ramasubbu (Ire) 9/0, 9/0, 9/1; Shohaib Hassan (Pak) bt Colin Dolan (Ire) 9/0, 9/0, 9/0.
PAKISTAN V GERMANY: Waqar Mehboob (Pak) bt Florian Silbemagl (Ger) 9/0, 9/2, 9/7; Shohaib Hassain (Pak) bt Christian Barz (Ger) 9/2, 9/0, 9/4; Asif Khan (Pak) bt Raphael Kandra (Ger) 9/5, 9/0, 9/0.
OTHER RESULTS: Qatar bt Jordon (3-0); Kuwait bt Ireland (3-0); India bt Qatar (3-0); Germany bt India (3-0). -PPI