A heavy programme of matches started in the Asian Masters Squash Championship which reached to the semi-final stage in different age groups here on Tuesday at PSA complex. In all twenty four matches were decided in different age categories and four matches were decided in each group . A packed crowd witnessed the old masters of the game in action and the veterans champions gave the glimpses of their glittering past to entertain the audience. Those who were seen in action included squash legend ,Jahangir Khan, former world number two, Gogi Allauddin, Jonathan Power, Ramy Ashour and former world junior champion, Sohail Qaisar. Punjab’s some young players including Ali Bokhari thrilled with their skillful game.
Following are the results of the quarter finals: (Over 35-39) Zulfiqar Khan(PAK) bt Mohammad Faisal Khan (PAK) 11-9, 11-3, 11-2 Lal Wickrama Singhe (Sri Lanka) bt Hemant Nadkarni 14-12, 11-5, 9-11, 11-4, Saurab Nayar (India) bt Asghar Khan (PAK) 11-5, 11-9, 11-3, Jahangir Khan (PAK) bt Vikas Nayar (India) 11-3, 11-9, 6-11, 6-11, 11-7. (Over 40-44) Abdul Rashid (PAK) bt Chaminda Tbalagala (Sri Lanka) 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-4, Aseem Verma (India) w/o Khalid (PAK), Sajjad Ahmed (PAK) bt Abid javed malik (PAK) 11-2, 11-4, 11-6, Wing Cdr. Irfan Asghar (PAK) Vs Adnan Latif (PAK), (0ver 45-49) Sohail Qaiser (PAK) Vs Abid Aziz (PAK), Deepak Moolani (India) bt Mohammad Rizwan (Sri Lanka) 11-7, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7, Rohit Thawani (India) bt Yousuf Ali (PAK) 13-11, 10-12, 6-11, 11-6, 11-3, Mohammad Fayyaz (HKG) bt Asif Idrees (PAK) 11-5, 11-9, 11-5. (Over 50-54) Ghulam Farooq Butt (PAK) bt Qayyum Gul (PAK) 11-2, 11-7, 11-7, Hassan Raza (PAK) bt Mohammad Azmi (Sri Lanka) 11-2, 11-7, 11-2, Ali Hassan Habib (PAK) W/o Zaheer Uddin Qari (PAK), Jaideep Singh Grewal (India) bt Ajay Manchanda (India) 11-7, 11-7, 11-5. (Over 55-59) Lalit Kumar Agnihotri (India) W/o Marzio Dare (PAK), Abdul Qayyum (PAK) bt Syed Sohail Bukhari (PAK) 11-6, 11-5, 11-1, M Hanif Lodhi (PAK) W/o Suresh Kumar Gurung (Nepal), Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK) Vs Bhusan Krishna Shrestha both players no show. (Over 60 and above) Gogi Alauddin (PAK) Vs Raja Raza Arshad (PAK), Munir Sait (India) w/o Shahid Arain (PAK), Sajjad Munir (PAK) Vs Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK), Rajiv Reddy (India) Vs Ajaz Muhammad Khan (PAK) .
