Squash: Hussain ousted from Kuwait event

KARACHI: Pakistani qualifier Mohammad Hussain bowed out of the Kuwait Open Challenger after a 3-2 loss to third-seed Charles Sharpes in Kuwait. Sharpes took the first set 11-6, but Hussain levelled the score by winning the next set 11-7. The see-saw battle continued as Sharpes claimed the third set 11-7, only for Hussain to bag the next one by the same margin to force the decider. Sharpes held his nerve to clinch the final set 11-6 for the win.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 26^th, 2012.