Sakhi Ullah Tareen enters q-finals of Imran Memorial Jr. Squash
PESHAWAR: Second seeded Sakhi Ullah Tareen entered into the quarter-finals of the ongoing All Pakistan Imran Mohib Memorial Junior Squash Championship played here at PAF Hashim Khan Squash Complex on Thursday.
Former World Champion Qamar Zaman was also witnessed the quarter-finals matches with Sakhi Ullah, recorded a key victory against third seeded Mobeen Khan of PAF in a five sets battle.
The match was started on slow note but it took momentum when both Sakhi Ullah and Mobeen exhibited excellent shorts.
Both Saki and Mobeen gave each other a tough fight for a single point. Sakhi Ullah won the first two sets by 12-10, and 11-9 but he failed to click in the third and fourth sets when Mobeen Khan of PAF staged a strong comeback.
Mobeen Khan after conceding two sets very quickly won the third and fourth sets, the score was 9-11 and 11-13. It was in the fifth set when Sakhi Ullah came back strongly and marched into victory at 11-9 and thus moved to the quarter-finals.
In the other matches Ibrhaim Mohib recorded victory against Yoshawa Yousaf of Punjab in three sets, Ibrhaim Mohib of KP beat Saim and Asif of Punjab by 3-1, the score was 10-12, 11-9, 11-8 and 11-7.
In the other sets Abdullah Nawaz of PAF beat Luqman Hassan of PAF by 3-0, the score was 11-9, 11-8 and 11-8, Ubaid Ullah of PAF recorded victory against Abdul Basit in straight sets, the score was 11-9, 11-8 and 11-7, Muhammad Zaman of Sindh registered victory against Rayyab Mohib of KP in straight sets, the score was 11-8, 11-8 and 11-9, Abdullah Nadeem of Punjab beat Abdul Arsalan of Punjab by 3-0, the score was 11-9, 11-7 and 11-6, Huraira Khan of PAF beat Muhammad Usman Tahir of Punjab by 3-0, the score was 11-9, 11-7 and 11-9 and moved to the quarter-finals. - APP