Qualifiers Mansoor Zaman and Nosherwan Khan progressed to the quarter-finals of the CAS International against expectations after upsets in today’s opening round of the long-established PSA World Tour Challenger 15 event at the PAF Hashim Khan Squash Complex in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Peshawar-based Mansoor Zaman, the 33-year-old former world No11 (pictured), rolled back the years to see off 17-year-old fellow Pakistani Syed Ali Mujtaba Shah Bokhari 11-8, 11-6, 11-8.
Making his 14th successive appearance in the Tour event – and a finalist on six occasions – 2001 champion Zaman will now face Danish Atlas Khan, the No3 seed who beat wild card Owais Khan 13-15, 3-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-5.
Nosherwan Khan, a 19-year-old also playing in his home town, defeated German-based fellow countryman Karamatullah Khan 11-4, 11-5, 10-12, 11-9.
The teenager, boasting a career-high world No 174 ranking, now faces Danish’s older brother Aamir Atlas Khan, the No2 seed and three-time champion from Peshawar.
Title-holder Khan beat Tayyab Aslam 11-5, 11-5, 11-8.
Austrian Aqeel Rehman, the highest-ranked unseeded player bidding to become the only non-Pakistani to make the last eight, went down 11-7, 12-10, 4-11, 12-10 to local boy Farhan Mehboob, the 24-year-old former world No16.
Quarter-final line-up:
[1] Nasir Iqbal (PAK) v Muhammad Saqib Yousaf (PAK)
[4] Farhan Zaman (PAK) v Farhan Mehboob (PAK)
[3] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) v [Q] Mansoor Zaman (PAK)
[2] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) v [Q] Nosherwan Khan (PAK)
1st round:
[1] Nasir Iqbal (PAK) bt [Q] Waqas Mehboob (PAK) 6-11, 11-5, 11-1, 11-5
Muhammad Saqib Yousaf (PAK) bt Khawaja Adil Maqbool (PAK) 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6
Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt Aqeel Rehman (AUT) 11-7, 12-10, 4-11, 12-10
[4] Farhan Zaman (PAK) bt [Q] Amaad Fareed (PAK) 12-10, 11-3, 10-12, 11-7
[3] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) bt [WC] Owais Khan (PAK) 13-15, 3-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-5
[Q] Mansoor Zaman (PAK) bt Syed Ali Mujtaba Shah Bokhari (PAK) 11-8, 11-6, 11-8
[Q] Nosherwan Khan (PAK) bt Karamatullah Khan (PAK) 11-4, 11-5, 10-12, 11-9
[2] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Tayyab Aslam (PAK) 11-5, 11-5, 11-8
Qualifying finals:
Mansoor Zaman (PAK) bt Asim Khan (PAK) 11-7, 13-11, 8-11, 8-11, 16-14
Waqas Mehboob (PAK) bt Israr Ahmed (PAK) 11-7, 11-6, 11-4
Amaad Fareed (PAK) bt Sadam Ul Haq (PAK) 11-6, 11-8, 11-9
Nosherwan Khan (PAK) bt Salman Zeb (PAK) 11-5, 12-10, 11-3
1st qualifying round:
Mansoor Zaman (PAK) bt Ismail Rauf (PAK) 11-5, 11-8, 11-9
Asim Khan (PAK) bt Suleman Khan (PAK) 11-9, 11-8, 11-9
Israr Ahmed (PAK) bt Aamir Malik Khan (UAE) w/o
Waqas Mehboob (PAK) bt Chaudhary Nasir Anwar (PAK) 11-4, 11-4, 11-6
Amaad Fareed (PAK) bt Bilal Zakir (PAK) 6-11, 11-7, 12-10, 13-11
Sadam Ul Haq (PAK) bt Zahir Shah (PAK) 9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-3
Salman Zeb (PAK) bt Haseeb Gul (PAK) 11-3, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4
Nosherwan Khan (PAK) bt Muhammad Yasir Khan (PAK) 11-3, 11-6, 11-6
