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27-Aug-07, Semis:
Maria misses out on
maiden WISPA final
Pakistan's top woman squash player Maria Toor Pakay missed out on making
her maiden appearance in a WISPA final after losing a five-game
semi-final thriller in the POF Wah Cantt Open at the Jahangir Khan
Squash Complex in the Punjab city of Wah Cantt in Pakistan.
The 16-year-old left-hander from Peshawar, who won her first national
title this year, took the opening two games against No2 seed Lim Yoke
Wah. But the Malaysian soon regained the upper hand and closed out the
match in 48 minutes.
The third staging of the Tour event will climax in its second successive
all-Malaysian final when Lim Yoke Wah faces favourite Delia Arnold.
The 21-year-old from Kuala Lumpur, who finished as runner-up last year,
beat fourth-seeded compatriot Siti Munirah Jusoh 10-8, 9-4, 9-6 in the
other semi-final |
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 3rd
POF WISPA Tournament
22-27 August, JK Squash Centre,
Wah Cantt, Pakistan, $11k |
Round One
Aug 24 |
Quarters
Aug 25 |
Semis
Aug 26 |
Final
Aug 27 |
[1] Delia Arnold (Mas)
9/0, 9/0, 9/0
Aliya Sarfraz (Pak) |
Delia Arnold
9/1, 9/3, 9/2 (27m)
Saima Shoukat |
Delia Arnold
10/8, 9/4, 9/6
Siti Munirah Jusoh |
Delia Arnold
9/6, 9/4, 9/4
Lim Yoke Wah |
[7] Saima Shoukat
(Pak)
9/3, 9/1, 9/0
[Q] Maliha Shahid (Pak) |
[4] Siti Munirah Jusoh (Mas)
9/0, 9/1, 9/0
Mahwish Hanif (Pak) |
Siti Munirah Jusoh
9/7, 4/9, 9/3, 9/1 (51m)
Muqaddas Ashraf
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[8] Muqaddas Ashraf (Pak)
9/4, 9/2, 9/4
[Q] Habiba Khan (Pak) |
Zoya Khalid (Pak)
9/3, 6/9, 9/3, 9/5
[6] Maria Toor Pakay (Pak) |
Maria Toor Pakay
9/5, 9/6, 10/9 (40m)
Jenna Gates |
Maria Toor Pakay
8/10, 3/9, 9/5, 9/3, 9/2
Lim Yoke Wah |
Roshna Mehboob (Pak)
9/1, 9/0, 9/0
[3] Jenna Gates (Eng) |
Misbah Rani (Pak)
9/3, 9/6, 9/2
[5] Pushppa Devi (Mas) |
Pushppa Devi
9/0, 9/0, 9/1 (15m)
Lim Yoke Wah |
Anna Batool Kardar (Pak)
9/0, 9/2, 9/0
[2] Lim Yoke Wah (Mas) |
Two Pakistanis make
quarters in Wah Cantt
From the Daily Times
Pakistan’s top squash girl Maria
Toor had to work hard to achieve victory against Zoya Khalid as the main
round of the WISPA event got under way at the Jahangir Khan Complex in
Wah Cantt on Friday.
Maria, who recently performed well in the Alexandria Open, beat Zoya
9-3, 6-9, 9-3 and 9-5.
Earlier, Misbah Rani gave a good fight to Malaysian Pushppa Davi before
going down 9-3, 9-6, 9-2. The match that continued for well over 30
minutes saw Misbah fighting it out well in the second game. She gave a
tough fight to the Malaysian girl before going down.
The other Pakistani girl who made it into the quarter-finals was
Muqaddas Ashraf (Pak) who defeated her countrywoman Habiba Khan (Pak)
9-4, 9-2, 9-4. The match that lasted for 20 minutes saw both players
playing occasional long rallies.
Lt Gen Syed Sabahat Husssain, chairman POF Board, declared the
championship open in an impressive ceremony. A Special Children’s
performance was the highlight of the opening ceremony. |
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