Lahore - The first qualifying round
matches of the SNGPL Pakistan International Squash Circuit-II men’s and
women’s 2018 were played here at the Punjab Squash Complex on Monday.
In
the first qualify round of men’s senior category, Zahir Shah (Pak)
defeated Saifullah (Pak) by 12/10, 11/7, 11/7 in 29 minutes, Noman Khan
(Pak) routed Zain Ramzan (Pak) 3-0 with the score of 11/7, 11/4, 11/4 in
25 minutes, M Farhan (Pak) beat M Abdul Qadir (Pak) in hard-fought
match by 9/11, 13/11, 14/12, 14/12 in 30 minutes, Uzair Shaukat (Pak)
downed Salman Saleem (Pak) by 6/11, 11/6, 11/5, 11/5 in 25 minutes.
Danish
Atlas Khan (Pak) had a marathon match against M Uzair (Pak), which he
won conceding just one game with the score of 11/1, 10/12, 11/6, 11/6 in
39 minutes, Waqar Mehboob (Pak) faced a little resistance in winning
his match against Mansoor Zaman (Pak) as he won the 44-minute long
marathon match by 12/10, 3/11, 12/10, 11/3, Haris Qasim (Pak) beat
Haseeb Taj (Pak) quite easily as he completed the rout in just 13
minutes with the score of 11/4, 11/3, 11/2 and in the last match of the
day, Bilal Zakir (Pak) beat Abdul Malik Khan (Pak) by 10/12, 12/10,
11/8, 9/11, 11/8 in a closely-contested 45-minute match. All the winners
have booked berth for the second qualifying round to be contested today
(Tuesday) while the main round will get underway tomorrow (Wednesday).
SNGPL
Managing Director Amjad Latif graced the opening ceremony as chief
guest and inaugurated the international squash event in the presence of
Pakistan Squash Federation vice president Tahir Khanzada, Punjab Squash
Association (PSA) officials, SNGPL Sports Cell President Suhail Gulzar,
vice president M Waseem, Gen Secretary Ashraf Nadeem, Sr GMs Syed Jawad
Naseem and M Aslam, GMs M Arshad and Amir Latif, Chief Admin Officer
Khalid Mehmood, Member Sports Adeela, Sports Officer M Haroon, Manager
Farrukh Amin, coaches and players.
Speaking
on the occasion, SNGPL MD Amjad Latif said: “This SNGPL-sponsored event
has brought back international squash to Lahore. I am glad to see a
huge participation of players in the mega tournament, which will help in
bringing more international sports events in Lahore. SNGPL has always
supported sports and it will continue its efforts for the promotion and
betterment of sports in Pakistan.
The
dynamic leadership of Pakistan Squash Federation has been striving hard
for the uplifting of squash and soon Pakistan squash will regain its
lost glory in this game, which the country has ruled for decades.”
The
international event began with an exhibition match played between top
seeds of the tournament Tayyab Aslam and Israr Ahmad. Both the players
amused the chief guest, guest of honours and the spectators through
their outstanding games and skills. After a tough fight, Tayyab managed
to win the exhibition match and was widely applauded by the entire
spectators.
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