Pakistan international squash players Farhan Zaman and Farhan Mehboob will mark their fourth PSA World Tour meeting on home soil after coming through today’s quarter-finals of the CNS International at the Roshan Khan Jahangir Khan Squash Complex in Karachi in straight games.
Unseeded Mehboob, the defending champion, defeated compatriot Muhammad Saqib Yousaf 11-7, 11-3, 11-9 in 35 minutes – while second seed Zaman (pictured) was a minute quicker reserving his anticipated place in the last four of the PSA International 15 event in his 11-1, 11-7, 11-6 victory over fellow countryman Khawaja Adil Maqbool.
The pair, both from Peshawar, will be replaying their first round battle in the 2008 CNS International – which Mehboob won en-route to taking the title.
Nasir Iqbal and 2008 runner-up Aamir Atlas Khan will feature in the other semi after also surviving straightforward 3/0 quarter-finals. Top seed Iqbal beat Tayyab Aslam 11-7, 11-1, 11-8 while fourth seed Khan needed only 31 minutes to see off Syed Ali Mujtaba Shah Bokhari 11-6, 11-9, 13-11.
Quarter-finals:
[1] Nasir Iqbal (PAK) bt Tayyab Aslam (PAK) 11-7, 11-1, 11-8 (35m)
[4] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Syed Ali Mujtaba Shah Bokhari (PAK) 11-6, 11-9, 13-11 (31m)
Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt Muhammad Saqib Yousaf (PAK) 11-7, 11-3, 11-9 (35m)
[2] Farhan Zaman (PAK) bt Khawaja Adil Maqbool (PAK) 11-1, 11-7, 11-6 (34m)
Semi-final line-up:
[1] Nasir Iqbal (PAK) v [4] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK)
[2] Farhan Zaman (PAK) v Farhan Mehboob (PAK)