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15-Nov, Final:
[3] Jonathan Kemp (Eng) bt [Q] Amjad Khan (Pak)
11-8, 10-11 (0-2), 11-5, 11-2 (22m) |
photo from Daily Times
 "The
tournament was good, we were all looked after very well. There
was a packed crowd for the final, several hundred people,
which made for a great atmosphere.
The match was played at a pretty fast pace, with both of us
going for a lot of shots. Then, after the second, he started
to tire and I was able to win the last two fairly
comfortably."
Jonathan Kemp |
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Kemp claims Karachi Title
England’s Jonathan Kemp
overpowered Pakistan’s Amjad Khan in just 22 minutes in the
final to win the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) International at the
Roshan Khan-Jahangir Khan Complex in Karachi.
Amjad, the nephew of former squash legend Jansher Khan who is making
a comeback after being out of the game with a series of injuries,
never got into the match as 24-year old Kemp dominated from the
start, playing some marvellous cross-court and drop shots to
overcome the challenge of the qualifier.
Amjad said that despite losing the final he was quite satisfied with
his performance.
Kemp, the fourth seed who is enjoying a best-ever world ranking of
33, collected $3971 as he picked up his second PSA title within a
month and the third of his career.
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14-Nov, Semi-finals:
[3] Jonathan Kemp (Eng) bt Mark Heather (Eng)
11/4, 11/6, 11/5 (17m)
[Q] Amjad Khan (Pak) bt Arshad Iqbal Burki (Pak)
6/11,11/8, 11/5, 11/5 (36m)
Good day for the underdogs
It was a good day for the underdog in Karachi, as both CNS
International semi-finals were won by the lower-seeded player.
Jonathan Kemp recorded a surprisingly easy victory over
compatriot Mark Heather in just 17 minutes, while qualifier Amjad
Khan continued his spectacular run as he recovered from a game down
to beat fellow-Pakistani Arshad Iqbal Burki.
Former Pakistan Open champion Amjad is fighting his way back to full
fitness after a series of injuries thwarted his international career
three years ago. The 25-year-old from Peshawar last appeared in a
PSA final in October 2000, when he beat fellow countryman Mansoor
Zaman to lift a Pakistan Circuit title, also in Karachi. |
"After beating Shamsul Islam,
I got rhythm and improved my form."
Amjad Khan |
"It’s an honour for me to
qualify for the final. I worked hard and got the reward."
Jon Kemp |
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13-Nov, Quarters:
England v Pakistan in Karachi
Rather
appropriately, with the first cricket test under way in Pakistan,
the final of the CNS International in Karachi is guaranteed to be an
England v Pakistan affair.
 England's
top seed Mark Heather will meet compatriot Jonathan Kemp
in the semi-finals after they cruised to straight-games victories
over Basit Ashfaq and Hisham Mohd Ashour, respectively, while in the
bottom half of the draw Amjad Khan and Arshad Iqbal Burki
emerged triumphant from two all-Pakistan quarter-finals.
Qualifier Amjad, the former Pakistan Open champion who is making a
comeback after a series of injuries looked to have put paid to his
career three years ago, defeated Asian junior champion Aamir Atlas
Khan while Burki followed up his first round defeat of second seed
Mansoor Zaman by beating another seed, Khayal Muhammed Khan.
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Mark Heather
"I am slowly overcoming my
fitness problems.
"Making a comeback in international squash is a tough thing to
do but I am happy with my performance in this contest so far."
Amjad Khan |
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 CNS
International 2005
Karachi, Pakistan, 10-15 November, $25k
2004 Event |
Round One
Nov 12 |
Quarters
Nov 13 |
Semis
Nov 14 |
Final
Nov 15 |
[1] Shahid
Zaman (Pak)
9-11, 11-2, 11-10, 11-9
Mark Heather (Eng) |
Mark Heather
11-7, 11-5, 11-10 (33m)
Basit Ashfaq |
Mark Heather
11/4, 11/6, 11/5 (17m)
Jonathan Kemp |
Jonathan Kemp
11-8, 10-11 (0-2), 11-5, 11-2 (22m)
Amjad Khan |
[5] Yasir
Butt (Pak)
11-6, 11-9, 11-8
Basit Ashfaq (Pak) |
[3]
Jonathan Kemp (Eng)
11-5, 11-10, 11-2
Safeerullah Khan (Pak) |
Jonathan Kemp
11-9, 11-7, 11-8 (19m)
Hisham Mohd Ashour |
[6] Hisham Mohd Ashour (Egy)
11-4, 11-10, 11-5
[Q] Adil Maqbool (Pak) |
[Q] Farhan
Mahboob (Pak)
11-10, 11-10, 11-9
[7] Aamir Atlas Khan (Pak) |
Aamir Atlas Khan
11-10, 11-6, 11-8 (30m)
Amjad Khan |
Amjad Khan
6/11,11/8, 11/5, 11/5
Arshad
Iqbal Burki |
[Q]
Amjad Khan (Pak)
5-11, 11-6, 4-11, 11-8, 11-6
[4] Shamsul Islam Khan (Pak) |
[Q] Khalid Atlas Khan (Pak)
11-9, 5-11, 11-4, 11-3
[8] Khayal Muhammad Khan (Pak) |
Khayal Muhammad Khan
11-8, 11-6, 11-9
Arshad
Iqbal Burki |
Arshad
Iqbal Burki (Pak)
6-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-3
[2] Mansoor Zaman (Pak) |
Qualifying:
Farhan Mahboob bt Kashif Khan
11-6, 11-3, 11-2
Adil Maqbool bt Sherif Mustufa (Egy) 11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9
Amjad Khan bt Naveed Atlas 11-8, 11-8, 11-8
Khalid Atlas bt Bilal Zaman 11-8, 6-11, 11-5, 11-8
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12-Nov, Round One:
Seeds Scattered in Karachi
The CNS International got off to a sensational start in Karachi when
three of the top four seeds, all home players, fell in the first
round.
Zaman cousins Shahid and Mansoor were the top seeds, but both
faltered after winning the first game against Mark Heather
and Arshad Iqbal Burki, respectively.
Fourth seed Shamsul
Islam Khan also fell, losing out in five games to Amjad Khan,
the former Pakistan champion and the only Pakistani to have won the
CNS event.
The top remaining seed is England's Jonathan Kemp, who meets
Egypt's Hisham Mohd Ashour in the quarter-finals.
Pakistan is still guaranteed a finalist, with four home players
contesting the quarters in the bottom-half of the draw.
CNS Under Way In
Karachi
From the Daily Times:
KARACHI: The main round of 6th Chief of Naval Staff (CNS)
International Squash Championship explodes into action at Roshan
Khan-Jahangir Khan Squash Complex on Saturday (today) with just
three foreigners in fray.
Last year’s runner-up Shahid Zaman takes on Mark Heather
of England in the opening round of $25,000 competition while second
seed Mansoor Zaman will face Arshad Iqbal Burki. Third
seed England’s Jonathan Kemp will be up against
Safeerullah of Pakistan and fourth seed Shams-ul-Islam Khan
of Pakistan will meet former champion and qualifier Amjad Khan.
A former Pakistan Open Champion, Amjad is returning to active squash
after nearly two years due to serious knee injury.
After conclusion of the two-day qualifying round, Amjad, Farhan
Mahboob, Khawaja Adil Maqbool and Khalid Atlas Khan
completed the draw of 16.
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