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Abbas Takes COAS Crown

Mohammed Abbas overcame Ramy Ashour to capture the title in the fourth COAS International at the Mushaf squash complex  in Islamabad.

Second seed Abbas took control of the match right from the beginning and displayed some excellent forehand and backhand drives in the first game that finished 11-4. There was a close contest between the two Egyptians in the second game, as it was level at 5-5 and went neck to neck till 9-8. World Junior Champion Ashour won it 11-9 thus equalising the match.

Ashour toiled hard to recover an 8-1 deficit in the 3rd game, but failed to catch Abbas, who eventually won the game 11-7. The fourth game was level at 3-3 but Ramy errors handed the advantage to Abbas as he took the game 11-5 to win the title - the second of his career after taking his first back in early 2000.
 

Photo: Daily Times

"Ramy is a young and talented player. He is toiling hard and I hope he will show good form in the future." to the Daily Times

An All-Egyptian Final

It could have gone either way, all Pakistani, as the two Zaman cousins Shahid and Mansoor were in each semi-final, but young Ramy Ashour once again makes his mark, losing the first game to Shahid, but taking the next three. He meets now compatriot Mohammed Abbas in an all Egyptian fireworks....

08-Mar:
Ramy Races On In Islamabad

Just 24 hours after winning his opening match of the tournament in just 11 minutes, Egypt's world junior champion Ramy Ashour raced to a straight games victory in today's quarter-finals of the COAS Squash International at the Roshan Khan Squash Centre in Islamabad, Pakistan, in only 15 minutes!

The 18-year-old from Cairo beat Arshad Iqbal Burki, the sixth seed from Pakistan, 11-2, 11-1, 11-4. The fourth seed will now face top seed Shahid Zaman for a place in the final.

Zaman, who will lead Pakistan's squad in next week's Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, beat eighth-seeded compatriot Khayal Muhammad Khan 11-7, 11-9, 11-5.

The other semi-final will also be an Egyptian/Pakistani clash, between second seed Mohammed Abbas, from Cairo, and Mansoor Zaman, the third seed from Peshawar. Zaman ended qualifier Majid Khan's run, beating his fellow Pakistani 9-11, 11-5, 11-5, 10-11, 11-5, while Abbas despatched India's seventh seed Ritwik Bhattacharya 11-3, 11-1, 11-8.
  

Ramy Ashour

11/4, 9/11, 11/7, 11/5

Qualifying Finals:
Majid Khan (PAK) by Bilal Zaman (PAK) 11/8,11/9,11/10 39 Min
Naveed Atlas (PAK) bt Adil Atlas (PAK) 11/7,11/6,10/11,11/10 30 Min
Safeer Ullah Khan (PAK) bt Shah Nawaz (PAK) 4/11,11/10,11/8,11/6 46 Min
Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt Farrukh Zaman (PAK) 11/10,4/11,11/7,11/5 42 Min


Qualifying round one:
Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt Waqar Mehboob (PAK) 10/11,11/8 (Retd)
Bilal Zaman (PAK) bt Aqib Hanif (PAK) 10/11,11/8,11/6,11/7 41 Min
Naveed Atlas (PAK) bt K. Adil Maqbool (PAK) 11/5,3/11,9/11,10/11 39 Min
Adil Atlas (PAK) bt Waseem Shad (PAK) 6/11,11/9,0/11,11/2,11/5 38 Min
Shah Nawaz (PAK) bt Ahmed Hameed (PAK) 11/4,11/5,11/7 17 Min

08-Mar:
SHAHID DEFENDS
IN ISLAMABAD ...

ISLAMABAD: Majid Khan, Naveed Atlas, Safeer Ullah Khan and Farhan Mahboob defeated their respective rivals to confirm their entry in the main round of the 4th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) International Squash Championship at Mushaf Squash Complex Islamabad here on Tuesday.

The main round commences on Wednesday. The defending champion of the tournament, which carries $25,000 prize money, is Shahid Zaman.

ISLAMBAD: The pre-qualifying round of the 4th Chief of Army Staff (COAS) International Squash Championship is starting at Mushaf Squash Complex Islamabad here on Saturday.

32 local players will participate in the round. The qualifying round will take place on March 6-7. While the main round of the championship will begin on 8 at the same venue. The championship, which concludes on March 11, carries prize money of $25,000 with the title winner to receive $3,971.

The title sponsor of event is Askari Commercial Bank Limited and the Punjab Squash Association (PSA) is organising the event. Faheem Gul is the tournament referee while Karamat Ullah will act as the tournament director.

Shahid Zaman of Pakistan is the defending champion.

Pre-Qualifying finals :
Naveed Atlas (PAF) beat M Naeem (Sindh)                11-4, 11-8, 11-10 (22 min)
Shah Nawaz (Punjab) beat Adnan Khan (Punjab)       11-7, 11-2, 11-2, 11-6 (20 min)
Waqar Mehboob(PAF) beat Farzan Rasheed (Punjab)  11-8, 6-11, 5-11, 11-5, 11-3 (44 min)
Adil Atlas (PAF) beat Riaz Hussain (NWFP)                 11-6, 11-6, 11-3 (21 min).