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Adrian takes
CNS title

England's top-seeded Adrian Grant claimed the 13th PSA title of his career when he ended home hopes with a 3-1 victory over Mansoor Zaman in the final in Karachi.

It was a battle between two left-handers, in which Londoner Grant took the early initiative before Zaman levelled the match after the second game.

It took a tie-break to resolve the third – but the Englishman, the 25-year-old world No17 now based in Yorkshire, extended his advantage in the fourth to claim victory after 56 minutes.

The win marks Grant's third PSA Tour title success in Pakistan after winning the COAS International in February 2004 and the CAS International in August 2005 – both in Islamabad.

Aamir joins seeds in semis
Based on report from the Daily Times

The quartet of Adrian Grant, Mansoor Zaman, Liam Kenny and Aamir Atlas Khan moved into the semifinals of the 7th Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) International after contrasting victories at the Roshan Khan/Jahangir Khan Squash Complex.

Top seed and world number 17 Adrian Grant dropped the first game to wildcard Farhan Mehboob of Pakistan, but Grant, the world number 17, came back strongly to dominate the rest of the match to silence the Pakistani supporters. Grant will take on Liam Kenny of Ireland in the semis.

Kenny was taken to four games by Egyptian Omar Abdel Aziz. After winning a hard fought opening game, Kenny lost the second as Omar put an inspired performance. But he faded away as Kenny found his rhythm with forceful winners to wrap up the match.

Pakistan’s Aamir Atlas Khan recovered from dropping the opening game to overcome Englishman Tom Richards 3/1. In a fierce battle Aamir came back in style to carve out a well deserved win. Aamir, who ousted second seed Shahid Zaman in the first round, will now face his Peshawar city-mate Mansoor Zaman - and Shahid's cousin - in the semifinals.

Third seed Zaman looked in devastating touch in demolishing former Pakistan Open Champion Amjad Khan in straight games in just 23 minutes. World number 31 Mansoor, son of former squash legend Qamar Zaman, controlled the game with his superior shot play and good court coverage.

Adrian Grant


Mansoor Zaman

Aamir and Mansoor

26-Sep-06:
SEEDS SUFFER IN KARACHI ...

Only three seeds survived today's first round of the CNS Squash International - the rout being led by a trio of local players who claimed unexpected places in the last eight of this established PSA Tour event in Karachi, Pakistan.

Aamir Atlas Khan caused the biggest casualty. The 16-year-old qualifier from Peshawar beat second/seeded compatriot Shahid Zaman in 19 minutes.

Khan now faces England's unseeded Tom Richards, who despatched Egypt's eighth seed Sherif Moustafa Kamel in straight games.

Qualifier Amjad Khan also notched up a significant upset. The former Pakistan number one removed fellow countryman Khayal Muhammad Khan, the No6 seed, also in straight games.

The Indian campaign also fell at the first fence when fifth seed Ritwik Bhattacharya went down to unseeded Pakistani Farhan Mehboob.

The 17-year-old from Peshawar will now take on top seed Adrian Grant, the Englishman who needed four games and 66 minutes to quell Egyptian qualifier Omar Mosaad. 

Liam Kenny

Mansoor Zaman

Aamir Atlas Khan

Qualifying Finals:
Omar Mosaad (Egypt) bt Majid Khan                               11/5, 11/9, 11/5
Muhammad Anwar Ali Reda (Egypt) bt Safeerullah Khan   11/10, 11/10, 11/7
Aamir Atlas bt Yasir Butt                                                11/3, 11/10, 11/2
Amjad Khan bt Khawaja Adil Maqbool                              11/2, 11/4, 11/4

25/Sep/06:
CNS Under Way in Karachi

The battle for Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Squash Championship explodes into action on Tuesday with the start of main rounds at the Roshan Khan/Jahangir Khan Squash Complex.

Shahid Zaman ranked 27th in the world, spearheads Pakistan's challenge with cousin Mansoor Zaman, placed 31 in the world rankings.

Other local players who got direct entry in the main draw of 16 include Khayal Muhammad, Arshad Iqbal Burki and wild/card entry Farhan Mehboob.

Adrian Grant of England, ranked 17th, is top seeded for the US$25,000 competition while Shahid is seeded two, Mansoor three and Liam Kenny from Ireland is seeded fourth.

Grant will take on qualifier Omar Mosaad and Shahid Zaman faces Amjad Khan / who reached last year's final as a qualifier / in their opening matches which start at 12.00 noon.