ISLAMABAD, April 1 (APP): A total of 32 matches were decided on Monday in International Men and Women Tournaments here at Mushaf Squash Complex.
The tournament is being organized by Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) in collaboration with Pakistan Air Force and Serena Hotels.
Chief of the Air Staff-Serena Hotels International Squash Tournament for Men with US$ 30,000 prize money and Serena Hotels-Condor Pakistan International Squash Tournament for Women with US$ 10,000 kicked off on Monday and will run till April 5.
The Serena Hotels-Huawei International for Men with US$ 20,000 prize money will be staged at the same venue from April 6 – 10 April, 2019. In addition to Serena Hotels, this year, a Huawei, Condor Mobile, J., Sports Fever 360 (Digital Media Partner) has also joined Pakistan Squash Federation as Co-Sponsors of these events.
In Men’s event, 7 players from Pakistan, 1 from Scotland, 1 from Kuwait, 3 from Hong Kong, 8 from Egypt, 1 from Ireland, 1 from Spain, 1 from South Africa and 1 from Czech Republic are playing.
Whereas in Women event, 3 players from Egypt, 17 from Pakistan, 1 from Switzerland, 2 from Korea and 1 from Iran are participating.
Senior Vice President PSF Air Marshal Shahid Akhtar Alvi graced the opening ceremony as Chief Guest.
Men Event: Greg Loban (Sco) got a bye; Henry Leung (Hkg) beat Ammar Altamimi (Kuw) 12-10, 11-4, 11-4 (25 Min); Mohamed Elshirbini (Egy) beat Waqas Mehboob (Pak) 11-7, 13-11, 11-9 (31 Min); Shehab Essam (Egy) got a bye; Mazen Gamal (Egy) got a bye; Farhan Mehboob (Pak) beat Israr Ahmad (Pak) 11-2, 11-2, 11-3 (13 Min); Chi Him Wong (Hkg) beat Sean Conroy (Irl) 11-7, 11-9, 11-8 (31 Min); Mostafa Asal (Egy) got a bye; Karim Ali Fathi (Egy) got a bye; Asim Khan (Pak) beat Amaad Fareed (Pak) 11-9, 11-6, 10-12, 11-2 (60 Min); Carlos Cornes Ribadas (Esp) beat Farhan Zaman (Pak) 12-10, 11-0, 11-8 (27 Min); Tayyab Aslam (Pak) got a bye; Mohamed Reda (Egy) got a bye; Tsz Kwan Lau (Hkg) beat Jean Pierre Brits (Rsa) 11-8, 11-8, 11-5 (31 Min); Martin Svec (Cze) beat Ahmed Hosny (Egy) 11-7, 11-8, 11-6 (26 Min); Youssef Soliman (Egy) got a bye.
In Women event, Farida Mohamws (Egy) got a bye; Nimra Aqeel (Pak) beat Ilsa Imran (Pak) 3-11, 3-11, 5-3 Rtd (7 Min); Noor Ul Ain Ejaz (Pak) beat Noreena Shams (Pak) 11-1, 11-4, 11-0 (7 Min); Riffat Khan (Pak) got a bye; Moqaddas Ashraf (Pak) got a bye; Noor ul Huda (Pak) beat Tehreema Islam (Pak) 11-2, 11-4, 11-5 (15 Min); Sana Ibrahim (Egy) beat Anam Mustafa Aziz (Pak) 11-7, 11-1, 11-3 (15 Min); Farah Momen (Egy) got a bye; Cindy Merlo (Sui) got a bye; Yura Choe (Kor) beat Komal Khan (Pak) 11-2, 11-6, 11-1 (16 Min); Sammer Anjum (Pak) beat Saima Shaukat (Pak) 11-9, 11-5, 10-12, 7-11, 11-6 (31 Min); Amna Fayyaz (Pak) got a bye; Arezou Mousavi (Iri) got a bye; Jihun Lee (Kor) beat Fehmina Asim (Pak) 11-4, 11-2, 11-1 (12 Min); Rushna Mehboob (Pak) beat Aiman Shahbaz (Pak) 11-6, 11-6, 11-5 (15 Min); Madina Zafar (Pak) got a bye.
Source; VNS Islamabad
