Pak’s Faizan, Fawad, Mamoon score wins in Asian Jr Squash

Nearly all the Pak U-19 players move into pre-quarters

ISLAMABAD:

Young Faizan Ai, Fawad Khan and Mamoon Khan of Pakistan beat their respective rivals from Honk Kong and Malaysia on the second day of 31st Asian Junior Individual Squash Championship at the Mushaf Zia Squash Complex here on Wednesday.

Faizan beat beat Wong Ho Kiu of Hong Kong 15-13, 2-11, 11-9, 8-11, 12-10 while Fawad Khan overcame Vidhurran Ruthiran of Malaysia 11-9, 5-11, 9-11, 13-11, 11-8. Mamoon Khan beat Wayne Issac of Malaysia 11-4, 11-4, 11-4.

Earlier, nearly all of Pak U-19 players advanced to the pre-quarters of the championship,

Anas Ali Shah defeated Huen Wai from Macao 11-4, 11-1, 11-2, M Ammad beat Kosei Toki from Japan 11-7, 11-2, 11-5, Usman Butt won against Jonathan Reyes from Philippines 15-13, 11-7, 11-4, Azan Khalil overpowered Verroon Heng from Malaysia 6-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-3, and Abdullah Nadeem beat Abdullah Khalifa from Qatar 7-11, 11-7, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8 while Hamza Khan got bye in the first round of the category.

In the under-17 category, top seed Abdullah Nawaz thrashed M Al-Khalf from Qatar 11-2, 11-2, 11-6, Azan Ali beat Junho Kim from Korea 11-5, 11-6, 11-6, and Asad Ali defeated Li Yuan Xin from Singapore 12-10, 11-4, 11-5 in the first round. In the under-15 category, Rehan Alamgir beat Chin Ka Nam from Macao 11-4, 11-5, 11-5, Abdullah Zaman defeated Manuth Sandira from Sri Lanka 11-9, 11-4, 11-6, Abdul Ahad Butt won against K Linuka from Sri Lanka 11-5, 11-5, 11-3, and Rayyan Bahadur smashed Talal Al-Badr from Qatar 11-4, 11-3, 11-4 while Noman Khan and Ahmed Khalil got byes in the first round.

In the under-13 category, Faizan Ali thrashed Harshitha Tharuka from Sri Lanka 11-4, 11-3, 11-1, Danish Sikandar beat Leung Nok from Hong Kong 11-5, 11-9, 11-5, Mamoon Khan defeated Fong Seng from Macao 11-2, 11-4, 11-5, and Fawad Khan won against Hamad Al-Khalf from Qatar 11-4, 11-3, 11-2 while Huzaifa Shahid and Sohail Adnan got byes in the first round. This championship is being held from June 25-29 in which around 200 players from 12 Asian countries are competing.

Squash contingents from Hong Kong-China, India, Iran, Japan, Korea, Macau-China, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore and Sri Lanka are featuring in the championship.