–Pakistan out of next round of men’s squash tournament
ISLAMABAD: Top seed Annie Au, Rachael Gringham, Rowan Elaraby and Sivasangari Subramaniam defeated their opponents to book their place in the semi-finals of CAS International Women Squash Championship being played at Mushaf Squash Complex, Islamabad.
In the first quarter final, top seed Annie Au brushed aside Hana Moataz (Egy) in a one sided match (11/2, 11/2, 11/8 ) which lasted for 15 minutes only.
The second quarter final was played between Rowan Elaraby (Egy) and Mayar Hany (Egy) which was won by Rowan Elaraby with the game score of 2/11, 11/7, 11/5, 11/3. The match lasted for 21 minutes.
The third quarter final was played between Rachael Gringham (Aus) and Nadine Shahin (Egy). Both the players played an exquisite game of squash; however, Rachael Gringham managed to win the match with the game score of 11/4, 9/11, 12/10, 11/7 in 41 minutes.
The fourth quarter final was a close contest between Sivasangari Subramaniam (Mas) and Hania El Hammamy (Egy). Hania won the first game with the game score of 11/8 but her Malaysian rival came back in the match and won the nail-biting second game with the game score 14/12. She consolidated her grip on the match by winning the third game with the game score 12/10. The fourth game was also close one but the Malaysian managed to win the game with the game score 11/9. The match lasted for 54 minutes.
Meanwhile, in the second round of Pakistan Open Mens’ Squash Championship, top seed Marwan El Shorbagy of Egypt reached the last eight by winning his match against Malaysian Mohammad Syafiq Kamal in straight games. Two Pakistani players Farhan Zaman and Ahsan Ayaz could not get to the next round after losing their matches.
Farhan Zaman was defeated by Egyptian Mazeen Hasham in straight sets with the game score 11/9, 11/6, 11/6. In the other match played between Ahsan Ayaz and Egyptian Zahed Mohamed, Ahsan played in the first game and won it with the game score 11/7, but he could not carry his form in the subsequent games and lost the next three games with the game score 6/11, 4/11 and 2/11.