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25-Nov, Final:
Beng Hee Rallies
to Karachi title
[3] Ong Beng Hee (Mas) bt
Shahid Zaman (Pak)
6/11, 8/11, 11/6, 11/5, 11/8 (47m)
In a tournament distinguished by many comebacks from 0-2 down, the final
was no exception as Malaysia's Ong Beng Hee disappointed local fans by
staging one final recovery to thwart Pakistan's Shahid Zaman.
It was Beng Hee's thirteenth final appearance, and Shahid's third this
year, and for both players it was their third five-game match of the
tournament.
The young Pakistani took control from the outset, wrapping up the first
two games in 20 minutes. But he could not hold on to the lead as Beng Hee
fought back to dominate the final three games and claim his first title since January 2002.
"I got off to a good start by playing at a very fast pace," said Shahid,
"but Beng Hee is a very clever player, and more experienced than me. He
managed to slow it down and extend the rallies. After three hard matches I
just started running out of steam, the match against [Graham] Ryding left
me quite drained. I'm just not fit enough yet."
Shahid dashed straight to the airport to catch a flight to Doha where he
plays his first qualifying round in the Qatar
World Open tomorrow. Beng Hee is in the main draw so gets a couple of
days rest ...
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CNS International 2004
Karachi, Pakistan,
$25k |
Round One
Nov 22 |
Quarters
Nov 23 |
Semis
Nov 24 |
Final
Nov 25 |
[1] Adrian
Grant (Eng)
11/3, 5/2 rtd
Amir Atlas Khan (Pak) |
Adrian Grant
10-11 (0-2), 9-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-7
Wael El Hindi |
Adrian Grant
11-8, 5-11, 11-10 (3-1), 7-11, 11-9
Ong Beng Hee |
Ong Beng Hee
6/11, 8/11, 11/6, 11/5, 11/8 (47m)
Shahid Zaman
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[5] Wael
El Hindi (Egy)
11-6, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8
[Q] Arshad Iqbal Burki (Pak) |
[3] Ong
Beng Hee (Mas)
8-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-10 (7-5), 11-9
[Q] Farhan Mehboob (Pak) |
Ong Beng Hee
11-10 (3-1), 7-11, 11-10 (3-1), 11-7
Bradley Ball |
[7] Borja
Golan (Esp)
11-5, 11-2, 4-11, 11-4
Bradley Ball (Eng) |
Shahid
Zaman (Pak)
11-7, 11-6, 4-11, 5-11, 11-7
[8] Hisham Mohd Ashour (Egy) |
Shahid Zaman
11-7, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8
Davide Bianchetti |
Shahid Zaman
11-9, 6-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9
Graham Ryding |
[Q] Yasir
Butt (Pak)
11-9, 11-5, 6-11, 11-7
[4] Davide Bianchetti (Ita) |
[Q]
Shamsul Islam Khan (Pak)
11-6, 11-9, 10-11 (1-3), 11-9
[6] Mansoor Zaman (Pak) |
Mansoor Zaman
9-11, 8-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-4
Graham Ryding |
Majid Khan
(Pak)
10-11 (1-3), 5-11, 11-2, 11-5, 11-6
[2] Graham Ryding (Can) |
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Qualifying 20/21 Nov:
Finals:
Farhan Mehboob bt Khayal Mohammad 11-5, 11-7, 11-5
Arshad Iqbal Burki bt Bradley Hindle (Aus) 11-7, 11-5, 11-10 (3-1)
Shamsul Islam Khan bt Adil Maqbool 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9
Yasir Butt bt Khalid Atlas 7-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-6
First Round:
Arshad Iqbal Burki (Pak) bt Bilal Zaman (pak) 11-4, 10-11,
10-11, 11-4, 11-1 (53m)
Yasir Butt (Pak) bt Saeed Hassan (Pak) 11-3, 9-11, 11-8, 11-10 (36m)
Khayal Muhammad (Pak) bt Jehanzeb Masood (Pak) 11-2, 11-9, 11-8
(33m)
Bradley Hindle (Aus) bt M Suleman 11-2, 11-0, 11-1 (10m)
Farhan Mehboob (Pak) bt Amjad KHan (Pak) 8-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6
(31m)
Shams ul Islam (Pak) bt Farrukh Zaman (Pak) 10-11, 9-11, 11-3, 11-9,
11-10 (54m)
Adil Maqbool (Pak) bt Safeerullah Khan (Pak) 11-5, 7-11, 11-6, 4-11,
11-6 (39m)
Khalid Atlas (Pak) bt Naveed Atlas (Pak) 11-5, 11-3, 11-8
(19m)
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24-Nov, Semis:
Top Seeds Crash In Karachi
[3] Ong Beng Hee (MAS) bt [1]
Adrian Grant (ENG)
11-8, 5-11, 11-10 (3-1), 7-11, 11-9 (82m)
Shahid Zaman (PAK) bt [2] Graham Ryding (CAN)
11-9, 6-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9
Top seeds Adrian Grant and Graham Ryding crashed out of the
semi-finals of the CNS International in Karachi, as unseeded Shahid
Zaman kept domestic title hopes alive by winning a five-game thriller
to set up a final against Malaysia's Ong Beng Hee, the third seed.
Shahid raises his Game
Local hero Shahid had reached the last four after ousting Italy's fourth
seed Davide Bianchetti in the quarter-finals and upsetting Egypt's eighth
seed Mohd Hisham Ashour in the first round.
The world No42 from Quetta was dominated by the fitter and faster Graham
Ryding, the No2 seed, during the most of the action-packed encounter - but
he managed to raise his game when it mattered most.
Zaman took the first game, but seemed to be down and out after losing the
second and third games 6-11 7-11. But he staged a remarkable recovery in
the next two games to the surprise of his opponent.
"I felt a bit tired after the third game but there was no way I was going
to surrender without a fight. I gave the fourth game everything I had and
that helped," Shahid told the Pakistan News International after the match.
The Pakistani came back from 6-7 down to take the fourth game 11-8. After
going 0-3 down in the fifth game, Shahid made full use of his opponent's
unforced errors to level scores at 5-5. He then exerted more pressure on
Ryding through some excellent cross-courts and nicks to win the match 11-9
6-11 7-11 11-8 11-9 for a place in the final.
Beng Hee stuns Grant
Shahid may have been the hero of the day for local squash fans but it was
Asian champion Ong Beng Hee who stole the limelight with a stunning 3/2
victory over England's top seed Adrian Grant in 82 minutes. The
third-seeded Malaysian, bidding to regain a place in the top ten world
rankings, kept his cool at crucial stages of the marathon encounter to win
11-8 5-11 11-10 7-11 11-9.
Shahid Zaman is celebrating his third PSA Tour final appearance this year,
while Ong Beng Hee - runner-up only last month in the CAS International in
Peshawar - is in the 13th professional final of his career, but looking
for his first win since January 2002.
23-Nov, Quarters:
Mixed Fortunes For
Zamans In Karachi
Pakistani cousins Shahid and Mansoor Zaman enjoyed mixed fortunes
in the quarter-finals of the CNS International in Karachi, Pakistan.
Unseeded Shahid, 22, from Quetta, followed up his thrilling first round
win over eighth seed Mohd Hisham Ashour with victory fourth seed
Davide Bianchetti, the Italian ranked 13 places higher. Shahid raced to a
5-0 lead in the first game, and went on to set up a 2/0 lead.
Unforced errors from the home player enabled Bianchetti to get the third
game, but Shahid came back in the fourth to win 11-7 11-9 6-11 11-8 and
become the only Pakistani through to the last four.
Pakistan No1 Mansoor, the left-handed son of famed player Qamar Zaman,
looked set to meet his cousin in the semi-finals when he forged a 2/0 lead
against second seed Graham Ryding. However, the 24-year-old world No26
from Peshawar was unable to maintain the pressure on the Canadian. Ryding,
who only four days earlier was competing in the semi-finals of the Pace
Credit Union Canadian Classic in Toronto, reclaimed the initiative and
swept to a 9-11 8-11 11-3 11-4 11-4 win over the sixth seed - his second
successive comeback from 0-2 down.
The other semi-final will feature England's top seed Adrian Grant
and Malaysia's Ong Beng Hee, the third seed. Grant recovered from
0/2 down to beat Egypt's fifth seed Wael El Hindi 10-11 9-11 11-4 11-9
11-7 while Beng Hee beat England's unseeded Bradley Ball 11-10 7-11 11-10
11-7.
22-Nov,
First Round:
Seeds Stretched In Karachi
On a disappointing day for the host nation in Karachi, two of the top
seeds needed to stage fighting comebacks to reach the quarter-finals.
Eight Pakistani players had made it to the first round, but only two
survived to the quarters. Pakistan's top player Mansoor Zaman
fought off a determined challenge from countryman Shamsul Islam Khan,
while cousin Shahid Zaman ousted eighth seed Hisham Moh'd Ashour in
five games. A collision at the end of the first game left Shahid with
blood pouring from a cut lip, but after an hour's recovery he returned to
take the second. Ashour staged a fine recovery, levelling the match and
movin 6-1 ahead in the fifth before Shahid staged his own recovery to take
the game 11-7 to the delight of the home crowd.
In the quarter-finals Shahid meets Italy's Davide Bianchetti, but
the Zaman cousins' victories was the only good news for Pakistan.
England's top seeded Adrian Grant enjoyed an untroubled passage
into the quarters as Amir Atlas Khan retired during the second game, but
the second and third seeds both needed no fight their way back from 0-2
down.
Asian champion Ong Beng Hee was almost on the receiving end of a
spectacular upset at the hands of Asian Junior Champion Farhan Mehboob.
Mehboob took a 2-0 lead in two close games, and led 7-2 in the third
before Beng Hee found his form to pull a game back, take the fourth on a
tie-break and squeeze home 11-9 in the fifth.
Canada's second seed Graham Ryding also found himself two games
down, to Majid Khan, but comfortably reeled off the final three games to
avoid an upset.
22-Nov, Qualifying:
Eight Pakistanis in CNS first round
The opening round of the CNS International in Karachi features eight home
players, with four qualifiers joining the four already in the draw.
Asian junior champion Farhan Mehboob, 16-year-old nephew of former
world champion Jansher Khan, beat ex-Pakistan junior team captain Khayal
Mohammad in straight games, and now faces Asian senior champion and third
seed Ong Beng Hee in the opening round.
The other qualifiers were Arshad Iqbal Burki, Shams-ul-Islam Khan
and Yasir Butt.
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