ISLAMABAD: The winners and runner-up players pose with their trophies along with chief guest Qamar Zaman, Secretary PSF Tahir Sultan and other officials on Friday.
ISLAMABAD: Top seed Tayyab Aslam and Madina Zafar won the men and women titles respectively after nail-biting contests in the Pakistan International Squash Tournament here at Mushaf Squash Complex on Friday.
In men’s final, both Tayyab and his smart opponnet Nasir Iqbal exhibited excellent show of skills and gave tough time to each others from start to end in five sets that lasted for 68 minutes.
Tayyab took a good start and won the first set 11-7. But in next two sets, he was supervised to see Nasir Iqbal’s aggressive game. Nasir won next both sets in fashion 11-6 and 11-3. However, in fourth set once again both players played aggressively but inform Tayyab managed to finish 12-10 to push the match into decider, where again after close contest he managed to win 13-11 set and final. The final match was one of the
Pakistan International Squash Tournament: Aslam and Zafar Victorious
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The Pakistan International Squash Tournament came to its conclusion on Friday afternoon in Islamabad, with Tayyab Aslam and Madina Zafar reigning victorious at the Mushaf Squash Complex.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was restricted to domestic entries, meaning that only players based in Pakistan were able to enter, for safety reasons.
Aslam claimed the 10th title of his professional career, with the last seven of those coming on home soil in Pakistan, and his second in the last three weeks, following a win at the BISL International Squash Championship in Quetta at the end of November.
Tayyab, Nasir set up Pakistan International Squash final
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December 11, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Leading players Tayyab Aslam and Nasir Iqbal set up an intriguing final in the $12,000 Pakistan International Squash Tournament after recording comprehensive wins in the semi-finals here at the Mushaf Squash Complex Thursday.
The two versatile players made it to the final with straight game victories in the respective semi-finals. Unseeded Nasir staged yet another upset victory beating 4th seed Amaad Fareed 11-4, 11-7, 11-5 in just 20 minutes. Nasir’s win also exposed the standard of backup players’ game.
The winner totally dominated the proceedings and was hardly seen getting stretched to full by Amaad.