Farhan, Atlas notch up easy wins

Top three seeds advance in squash event.

KARACHI:

Farhan Mehboob, Danish Atlas and Waqar Mehboob cruised into the second round of the Pakistan Circuit Two International tournament.

Farhan defeated Hamza Bukhari 11-9, 11-4, 11-3, while Atlas outplayed Ali Abbas 11-7, 11-4, 11-3. Waqar, on the other hand, advanced courtesy Nasir Iqbal retiring hurt after he had lost the opening set of the match.

“Nasir was playing brilliant squash in recent months,” Waqar told The Express Tribune. “He won Pakistan Circuit One so it must be disappointing to lose a match through injury.”

Meanwhile, former Pakistan number one Manzoor Zaman got the better of Waqas Mehboob, beating him 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 while Yasir Butt overcame Farhan Zaman 11-3, 11-9, 14-16, 11-4 in the longest match of the day. Shoaib Hassan and Aqil Hanif also beat their respective opponents to advance in the $12000-prize money tournament.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 19^th, 2011.