14-Apr, Final:
Nasir takes the title

Top seed Nasir Iqbal came from one-two down to beat fourth seed Danish Atlas Khan in a 74-minute final in Karachi, and was presented with his trophy by the legendry Jahangir Khan.

report fron The Nation

It was purely a clash of two best players of the country who amused the spectators by displaying high-quality squash as both players showed tremendous fighting spirit, speed, agility and stamina.

Nasir took the first game 11-9 after long rallies and neck-n-neck fight, but Danish bounced back in style to take the second game 11-4 completely outplaying Nasir in all departments.

Danish kept same pressure in the third game and won it 11-9, but after playing two back-to-back absolving games, Danish just ran out of steam and had to pay a very heavy price as Nasir bamboozled Danish in the fourth game to take it 11-2.

It was completely different Danish in the fifth and final game as he matched fire with fire and kept Nasir on the run.

Danish was playing one of the best games of his life and was at par with Nasir but all of a sudden when things were completely in his favour, Danish twisted his right leg and was badly injured, the score at that time was 8-8.

After taking medical treatment, Danish bravely decided to complete the match.

The crowd gave him standing ovation for his courage and supporting behaviour, but injury had taken its toll, as Danish was hardly able to stand, he was just standing his ground and let Nasir collect next three points to win the title 11-8 in 100 minutes of highly-entertaining and the best match of the entire championship.

Talking with The Nation, dejected Danish said:

“I have almost won the match, but it was my fault that I lost my concentration when it mattered the most, as I could have easily won the match, had I was focused and not got relaxed.

"Anyhow it was a great match and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Unfortunately, the injury prevented me from lifting the title, but I will return strongly in the next event scheduled to be held in Lahore and will take sweet revenge of this loss, if I get an opportunity to play against Nasir."
 

11-7, 11-5, 11-5 (25m)

Farhan Mehboob

11-9, 4-11,
9-11, 11-2,
11-8 (74m)

[4] Danish Atlas Khan

12-10, 11-8, 11-4 (35m)

[8] Muhammad Saqib Yousak

10-Apr, Qualifying Finals:

Saddam ul Haq (Pak) 3-0 Abbas Maniar (Usa                        11-6, 11-5, 11-6 (28m)
[8] Waqas Mehboob (Pak) 3-1 Waqar Mehboob           11-7, 4-11, 12-10, 11-5 (37m)
[3] Ahsan Ayaz (Pak) 3-0 [5] Haseeb Gul (Pak)                     11-2, 11-3, 11-4 (24m)
Abbas Shoukat (Pak) 3-1 [6] Mansoor Zaman (Pak) 12-10, 6-11, 11-5, 8-4 rtd (35m)

09-Apr, Qualifying Round One:

Saddam ul Haq (Pak) bt [1] Syed Ali Bokhari (Pak) 12-10,11-13,11-13,11-7,11-8 (73m)
Abbas Maniar (Usa) bt [7] Nasr Khan (Pak) 11-2, 11-5, 11-2 (18 m)
[8] Waqas Mehboob (Pak) bt Bilal Zakir (Pak) 11-7, 11-8, 11-9 (36 m)
Waqar Mehboob (Pak) bt [4] Zahir Shah (Pak) 11-5, 11-8, 11-8 (38 m)
[3] Ahsan Ayaz (Pak) bt Umar Balaj (Pak) 11-5, 11-4, 11-5 (19 m)
[5] Haseeb Gul (Pak) bt Ch Nasir Anwar (Pak) 11-2, 11-8, 11-7 [25 m]
[6] Mansoor Zaman (Pak) bt Raees Khan (Pak) 11-7, 11-4, 11-2 (21 m)
Abbas Shoukat (Pak) bt [2] Ismail Rauf (ARM) 11-2, 11-5, 11-5 (21 m)