CNS International 2008

Farhan takes CNS title in Karachi

With four Pakistanis in the semi-finals, a home winner was guaranteed, and in the event it was top seed Farhan Mehboob who carried off the trophy at the Jahangir Khan/Roshan Khan Squash Complex in Karachi.

The final was the longest match of the tournament as Mehboob twice came from behind to beat Aamir Atlas Khan in 78 minutes to claim his second PSA title after taking the President PSF title, also in Pakistan, earlier this year, and he is also top seed for next week's Pakistan Open in Islamabad..

Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Noman Bashir was the chief guest on the occasion and distributed trophies amongst the winner and runner up. Air Vice Marshal Asim Suleiman (SVP, PSF) and other squash lovers were also present at the closing ceremony.

Mehboob Zaman Butt Khan

CNS International 2008 01-06 Nov, Karachi, $25k
Round One 03 Nov	Quarters 04 Nov	Semis 05 Nov	Final 06 Nov
[1] Farhan Mehboob (Pak) 6/11,11/8,11/4,11/5 (34 Min) Farhan Zaman (Pak)	[1] Farhan Mehboob 11/4, 11/4, 11/5 (16 Min) Martin Knight	[1] Farhan Mehboob 11/6, 8/3 rtd (13m) [3] Mansoor Zaman	[1] Farhan Mehboob 7/11, 11/8, 7/11, 11/6, 11/7 (78m) [2] Aamir Atlas Khan
[6] Adil Maqbool (Pak) 13/11,8/11,11/9,11/8 (62 Min) Martin Knight (Nzl)
[3] Mansoor Zaman (Pak) 11/2,2/11,11/5,11/2 (30 Min) Shamsul Islam Khan (Pak)	[3] Mansoor Zaman 11/13, 11/9, 10/12, 11/9, 11/7 (53 Min) [Q] Amjad Khan
[7] Campbell Grayson (Nzl) 11/8,12/10,9/11,7/11,11/8 (55 Min) [Q] Amjad Khan (Pak)
[Q] Waqar Mehmoob (Pak) 11/2,11/8,11/3 (22 Min) [5] Yasir Butt (Pak)	[5] Yasir Butt 11/9, 11/1, 6/11, 11/9 (62 Min) [4] Kashif Shuja	[5] Yasir Butt 11/9, 11/9, 11/8 (35m) [2] Aamir Atlas Khan
[Q] Aqib Hanif (Pak) 11/13,11/5,11/6,11/6 (34 Min) [4] Kashif Shuja (Nzl)
[Q] Safeerullah Khan (Pak) 11/7,11/7,11/2 (20 Min) [8] Majid Khan (Pak)	[Q] Safeerullah Khan 11/1, 11/7, 12/10 (29 Min) [2] Aamir Atlas Khan
Shahid Zaman (Pak) 12/10,11/4,11/1 (20 Min) [2] Aamir Atlas Khan (Pak)

Qualifying finals, 02 Nov from 1100:

1. Aqib Hanif (Pak) bt Shoaib Hassan (Pak)            11/7, 8/11, 11/9, 11/4 (65 Min)
2. Safeerullah Khan (Pak) bt Nousherwan (Pak)     11/8, 11/9, 11/9 (49 Min)
3. Waqar Mehboob (Pak) bt Farzan Rashid (Pak)    11/5, 11/8, 11/5 (35 Min)
4. Amjad Khan (Pak) bt Sheikh Saqib (Pak)           11/9, 8/11, 11/5, 11/9 (39 Min)
Qualifying Round One:

1. Aqib Hanif (Pak) bt Nasir Iqbal (Pak) 11/7, 11/9, 11/7 (30 Min)
2. Shoaib Hasan (Pak) bt Waqas Mehbob (Pak) 7/11, 11/8, 8/11, 11/5, 14/12(69 Min)
3. Safeerullah (Pak) bt Hamza Bokhari (Pak) 11/4, 11/1, 11/3 (23 Min)
4. Nousherwan (Pak) bt Kashif Khan (Pak) 11/8, 12/10, 11/13, 13/11 (72 Min)
5. Farzan Rashid (Pak) bt Mamoon Rashid (Pak) 4/11, 11/6, 11/6, 7/2 (retd) (31 Min)
6. Waqar Mehboob (Pak) bt M Naeem (Pak) 1/11, 11/8, 11/1, 13/11 (35 Min)
7. Sheikh Saqib (Pak) bt Owais Khan (Pak) 5/11, 11/9, 9/11, 11/5, 11/7 (50 Min)
8. Amjad Khan (Pak) bt Zubair Yousaf (Pak) 11/2, 11/1, 11/2 (10 Min)

1ST PRE – QUALIFYING ROUND

1. Waqas Mehboob (Pak) got Bye
2. Tahir Iqbal (Pak) bt Noman Zaman (Pak) 11/5,11/7 (12 Min)
3. Aurangzeb Mehmund (Pak) bt Khalil Mehboob (Pak) 11/5,17/15 (15 Min)
4. Naveed Alam (Pak) bt M Yousaf (Pak) 11/2,11/2 (13 Min)
5. Hamza Bokhari (Pak) bt Abbas Ali (Pak) 11/3,11/7 (14 Min)
6. Fahad Kakar (Pak) bt Zubair Yousaf (Pak) 11/4,11/4 (8 Min)
7. Nasir Iqbal (Pak) bt Mohsin Khan (Pak) 11/3,11/7 (12 Min)
8. Azam Khan (Pak) bt Aman Ali (Pak) 11/2,11/1 (11 Min)
9. Mohibullah (Pak) bt Danish Alam (Pak) 11/6,11/3 (14 Min)
10. Mujahid Hussain (Pak) bt Sarosh Raza (Pak) 11/4,14/12 (13 Min)
11. Ali Raza (Pak) bt Aamir Yaqoob (Pak) 11/8,11/3 (9 Min)
12. M Naeem (Pak) bt Aamir Khan (Pak) 11/5,11/4 (14 Min)
13. Tariq Khan (Pak) bt Saad Shahid (Pak) 10/12,13/11,11/9 (25 Min)
14. Haroon Rasheed (Pak) bt Sarmad Ali (Pak) 11/2,11/2 (11 Min)
15. Haroon Samad (Pak) bt Shahid Hussain (Pak) 8/11,11/9 (Retd) 16 Min
16. Sheikh Saqib (Pak) got bye

RESULTS OF 2nd PRE – QUALIFYING ROUND

1. Waqas Mehboob (Pak) bt Tahir Iqbal (Pak) 11/8,10/12,11/8 (26 Min)
2. Aurangzeb Mehmund (Pak) bt Naveed Alam (Pak) 11/9,11/8 (13 Min)
3. Hamza Bokhari (Pak) bt Fahad Kakar (Pak) 11/4,11/4 (13 Min)
4. Nasir Iqbal (Pak) bt Azam Khan (Pak) 11/9,11/5 (18 Min)
5. Mujahid Hussain (Pak) bt Mohibullah (Pak) 11/5,11/7 (17 Min)
6. M Naeem (Pak) bt Ali Raza (Pak) 11/1,11/5 (10 Min)
7. Haroon Rasheed (Pak) bt Tariq Khan (Pak) 11/3,11/6 (11 Min)
8. Sheikh Saqib (Pak) bt Haroon Samad (Pak) 11/9,9/11,5/3 (Retd) 23 Min

RESULTS OF FINAL PRE – QUALIFYING ROUND

1. Waqas Mehboob (Pak) bt Aurangzeb Mehmund (Pak) 10/12,13/12,11/5,6/11,11/4 (50 Min)
2. Hamza Bokhari (Pak) bt Nasir Iqbal (Pak) 6/11,11/7,11/9,11/9 (56 Min)
3. M Naeem (Pak) bt Mujahid Hussain (Pak) 11/3,8/11,11/8,11/9 (32 Min)
4. Sheikh Saqib (Pak) bt Haroon Rasheed (Pak) 11/9,13/15,11/6,8/11,11/4 (50 Min)

Farhan & Aamir in CNS Final

Pakistan's top two players will contest the final of the CNS International in Karachi. Top seed Mehboob enjoyed a comfortable passage into the final as Mansoor Zaman retired injured during the second game, while Khan overcame Yasir Butt in straight games.

All-Pakistani Semis in Karachi

A home winner of the CNS International is guaranteed after four Pakistanis claimed places in the semi-finals at the Roshan Khan/Jahangir Khan squash complex in Karachi.

Top seed Farhan Mehboob cruised into the last four, beating New Zealand's Martin Knight in just 16 minutes. Mehboob, last year's runner-up, will meet former Pakistan number one Mansoor Zaman, who needed the full five games to beat qualifier Amjad Khan.

The other semi-final will feature second seed Aamir Atlas Khan, who also beat a qualifier in Safeerullah Khan, and Yasir Butt, the fifth seed who ended non-Pakistani interest with an hour-long victory over New Zealand's fourth seed Kashif Shuja.

Safeer Ullah stuns Majid
in Karachi Upset

Pakistan qualifier Safeer Ullah Khan defeated eighth-seeded compatriot Majid Khan – ranked more than 130 places higher in the world – in the first round of the CNS International to claim an unexpected place in the last eight.

Safeer Ullah, ranked 214 in the world, took just 20 minutes to overcome Khan and will now face fellow countryman Aamir Atlas Khan for a place in the semis.

Atlas Khan, the 18-year-old No2 seed, despatched former Pakistan number one Shahid Zaman also in 20 minutes.

There were mixed fortunes for New Zealanders over local opponents. Seventh seed Campbell Grayson, from Auckland, went down in five games to Pakistan qualifier Amjad Khan, a former Pakistan Open champion, in five games – while Wellington’s unseeded Martin Knight claimed the biggest scalp when he upset sixth-seeded Pakistani Adil Maqbool in 62 minutes.