Squash: Yasir continues dream run at Dayton Open
Qualifier from Pakistan faces second-seed in squash final.
KARACHI:
Pakistani qualifier Yasir Butt continued his dream run at the EBS Dayton Open as he brushed aside top-seed Adrian Grant in the semi-finals of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour International event in Ohio.
The 23-year-old player from Lahore, ranked 95th in the world, now finds himself in the final with second-seed Alister Walker, the world number 20 from Botswana.
In the opening semi-final, in front of a packed gallery at the Dayton Squash Center, Butt defeated England’s world number 17 Grant 11-6, 11-8, 11-9 in 47 minutes.
Meanwhile, in the other last-four encounter, Walker beat fourth-seed Chris Simpson 15-13, 11-7, 12-10 in 43 minutes.
The final will be Butt and Walker’s first meeting since 2005, when the pair contested a first-round match in the Kolkata International in India, which the Botswanian won in five games.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 14th, 2011.
Pakistani qualifier Yasir Butt continued his dream run at the EBS Dayton Open as he brushed aside top-seed Adrian Grant in the semi-finals of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour International event in Ohio.
The 23-year-old player from Lahore, ranked 95th in the world, now finds himself in the final with second-seed Alister Walker, the world number 20 from Botswana.
In the opening semi-final, in front of a packed gallery at the Dayton Squash Center, Butt defeated England’s world number 17 Grant 11-6, 11-8, 11-9 in 47 minutes.
Meanwhile, in the other last-four encounter, Walker beat fourth-seed Chris Simpson 15-13, 11-7, 12-10 in 43 minutes.
The final will be Butt and Walker’s first meeting since 2005, when the pair contested a first-round match in the Kolkata International in India, which the Botswanian won in five games.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 14th, 2011.