Aamir Atlas Khan successfully began his bid to win a fourth COAS International title when he beat fellow Pakistani Shamsul Islam Khan in today’s first round of the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 event in its tenth year at the Mushaf Squash Complex in the Pakistan capital Islamabad.
Champion in 2008, 2009 and 2010, top seed Aamir Atlas (pictured) despatched his qualifier opponent 11-6, 11-3, 11-6 and will now face fellow Peshawar-based Waqas Mehboob for a place in the semi-finals.
In the other half of the draw, Farhan Mehboob – one of three Mehboob brothers in the draw – set up a quarter-final clash with the defending champion Nasir Iqbal.
Second seed Farhan beat fellow countryman Aqib Hanif 11-9, 11-4, 11-7, while 2011 champion Iqbal defeated qualifier Syed Ali Shah Bokhari 11-2, 11-8, 11-1.
Quarter-final line-up:
[1] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) v Waqas Mehboob (PAK)
[4] Farhan Zaman (PAK) v Muhammad Saqib Yousaf (PAK)
[3] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) v Mansoor Zaman (PAK)
[2] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) v Nasir Iqbal (PAK)
1st round:
[1] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt [Q] Shamsul Islam Khan (PAK) 11-6, 11-3, 11-6 (22m)
Waqas Mehboob (PAK) bt [Q] Syed Hamzah Shah Bukhari (PAK) 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 (52m)
Muhammad Saqib Yousaf (PAK) bt Ammad Fareed (PAK) 11-6, 11-8, 11-6 (29m)
[4] Farhan Zaman (PAK) bt Muhammad Shah Nawaz (PAK) 7-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-7 (42m)
[3] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Waqar Mehboob (PAK) 11-8, 11-3, 4-11, 11-5 (70m)
Mansoor Zaman (PAK) bt [Q] Kashif Khan (PAK) 11-6, 11-8, 11-7 (29m)
Nasir Iqbal (PAK) bt [Q] Syed Ali Shah Bokhari (PAK) 11-2, 11-8, 11-1 (27m)
[2] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt Aqib Hanif (PAK) 11-9, 11-4, 11-7 (32m)
Qualifying finals:
Kashif Khan (PAK) bt Khawaja Adil Maqbool (PAK) 6-11, 11-6, 7-2 ret. (23m)
Syed Ali Shah Bokhari (PAK) bt Muhammad Shoaib Hassan (PAK) 9-11, 11-3, 5-11, 11-8, 11-6 (79m)
Shamsul Islam Khan (PAK) bt Naseem Khan (PAK) 11-7, 11-4, 12-10 (36m)
Syed Hamzah Shah Bukhari (PAK) bt Zahir Shah (PAK) 11-7, 11-9, 11-6 (51m)
1st qualifying round:
Khawaja Adil Maqbool (PAK) bt Mujahid Hussain (PAK) 11-9, 11-5, 11-6 (26m)
Kashif Khan (PAK) bt Tayyab Aslam (PAK) 8-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6 (60m)
Syed Ali Shah Bokhari (PAK) bt Naveed Khan (PAK) 4-11, 11-4, 11-2, 12-10 (29m)
Muhammad Shoaib Hassan (PAK) bt Muhammad Bilal (PAK) 9-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-9 (64m)
Naseem Khan (PAK) bt Aamir Malik Khan (UAE) 11-8, 11-9, 11-8 (38m)
Shamsul Islam Khan (PAK) bt Asim Khan (PAK) 9-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-3 (39m)
Zahir Shah (PAK) bt Abbas Ali (PAK) w/o
Syed Hamzah Shah Bukhari (PAK) bt Sadam Ul Haq (PAK) 11-9, 11-4, 3-11, 13-11 (41m)
