ISLAMABAD - The main round matches of the $10,000 Jubilee Insurance Pakistan Squash Championship Circuit-III 2018 and $5000 women were played at the RKJK Squash Complex on Sunday.
Jubilee Insurance CEO Tahir Ahmed was the chief guest on the occasion. It was easy sailing for the seeded players as no major upset was witnessed. In men’s first round matches, top seed Asim Khan beat Umair Zaman 3-0, 12-10, 11-9, 11-3, defending champion Farhan Mehboob beat Abbas Zeb 3-0, 11-4, 11-6, 11-8, Ammad Fareed beat Khawaja Adil Maqbool 3-0, 11-6, 11-5, 11-5, Tayyab Aslam beat wildcard recipient Naveed Rehman 3-0, 11-6, 11-6, 11-3, Danish Atlas beat Ahsan Ayaz 3-0, 11-9, 11-3, 11-1, Israr Ahmed beat M Naeem 3-1, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 12-10, Syed Ali Mujtaba Bokhari beat Haris Iqbal 3-0, 11-8, 11-4, 12-10 and Farhan Zaman beat Zahir Shah 3-0, 11-8, 11-7, 11-6.
In women’s $5000 first round, top seed Faiza Zafar beat Muqaddas Javed 3-0, 11-5, 11-4, 11-3, Muqaddas Ashraf beat Zoya Khalid 3-2, 11-6, 10-12, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7, Komal Khan beat Noor Ul Huda 3-2, 11-6, 2-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7, Zahab Kamal beat Fehmina Asim 3-0, 11-6, 11-7, 11-5, Anam Mustafa beat Saima Shoukat 3-2, 11-9, 8-11, 11-3, 6-11, 17-15, Riffat Khan beat Roshana Mehboob 3-1, 7-11, 11-2, 11-4, 11-5, Amna Fayyaz beat Myra Saleem 3-0, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4 and defending champion Madina Zafar beat Nimra Aqeel 3-0, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5.