Farhan Mehboob wins in squash event

Top seed off to a winning start at Chief of Army Staff International.

KARACHI:
Top-seed Farhan Mehboob got his Chief of Army Staff International 2011 campaign off to a winning start as he beat Farhan Zaman 3-2 while Danish Atlas defeated Owais Khan 3-0 in the first-round of the squash tournament.

Mehboob struggled against unseeded Zaman before eventually raising his game.

In comparison, Atlas defeated Khan in a one-sided encounter to  cruise into the next round.


“Everyone is just warming up at the moment,” Atlas told The Express Tribune. “Mehboob is a  threat – he has the potential to go all the way in the event.”

In other matches, Yasir Butt defeated Adil Maqsood 3-0 and Waqas Mehboob outplayed his opponent Aquib Hanif 3-0.

Waqar Mehboob also advanced to the second round after defeating Hamza Bukhari 3-1 while Manzoor Zaman defeated Shiekh Saqib Yousuf 3-0.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 26th,  2011.
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