Atlas crashes out of Swedish Open
Pakistan squash ace Aamir Atlas loses his opening match of the tournament to Australia’s Stewart Boswell 3-0.
KARACHI:
Pakistan squash ace Aamir Atlas crashed out in the first round, while Farhan Meboob moved into the quarter-finals of the Swedish Squash Open 2011 taking place in Linkoping.
Atlas lost his opening match of the $60,000 tournament to Australia’s experienced Stewart Boswell 3-0. The former Swedish Open champion beat Atlas in just 26 minutes, without giving any chance to the 20-year old to recover his form in the game. Atlas went down in the first set 11-6 and struggled in the second set as the Australian enhanced his lead to 11-3 and won the match 11-5 in the third set. Boswell will play against Egypt’s Karim Darwaish in the quarter-finals.
Meanwhile, Mehboob defeated the French Mathieu Castagnet 3-1. He took the lead in the opening sets 11-7, 11-6, however, Castagnet hit back in the third set 11-6. But Mehboob sealed the victory in the fourth set 11-9 to book a place in the quarter-finals against England’s Peter Barker.
“It was a quick game, a perfect start to the tournament,” Mehboob told The Express Tribune. “However, the quarter-final will be a tough one since English players are formidable opponents and Barker is ranked eighth in the world.”
Published in The Express Tribune, February 5th, 2011.
Pakistan squash ace Aamir Atlas crashed out in the first round, while Farhan Meboob moved into the quarter-finals of the Swedish Squash Open 2011 taking place in Linkoping.
Atlas lost his opening match of the $60,000 tournament to Australia’s experienced Stewart Boswell 3-0. The former Swedish Open champion beat Atlas in just 26 minutes, without giving any chance to the 20-year old to recover his form in the game. Atlas went down in the first set 11-6 and struggled in the second set as the Australian enhanced his lead to 11-3 and won the match 11-5 in the third set. Boswell will play against Egypt’s Karim Darwaish in the quarter-finals.
Meanwhile, Mehboob defeated the French Mathieu Castagnet 3-1. He took the lead in the opening sets 11-7, 11-6, however, Castagnet hit back in the third set 11-6. But Mehboob sealed the victory in the fourth set 11-9 to book a place in the quarter-finals against England’s Peter Barker.
“It was a quick game, a perfect start to the tournament,” Mehboob told The Express Tribune. “However, the quarter-final will be a tough one since English players are formidable opponents and Barker is ranked eighth in the world.”
Published in The Express Tribune, February 5th, 2011.