The pre-qualification round of the FMC International Squash Pakistan circuit–II started here on Sunday. On the opening day of the pre-qualification round, two rounds were played. In the first round, eight games were played and in the second four were played. From May 16 the main qualification round will start and Malik Amjad Ali Noon, President PSA, Farooq Shahid, MD FMC and Sheraz Saleem, Director Finance FMC will give details of the main round participants today at a local hotel. The qualification round matches will start at 11 am today while on Sunday the matches started early at Punjab Squash Complex Lahore. A total of 16 players reported for the Pre-Qualifying Round. Tariq F. Rana, Honorary Secretary PSA, took the roll of the players and gave them their draw of matches.
Results:
First round:
Shoaib Hassan (Pak) beat Ahmed Amin (Pak) 11-7, 11-4 15 Min; Kashif Khan (Pak) beat Moin Rauf (Pak) 11-5, 11-5 16 Min; Naqash Shahid (Pak) beat Safeer Ullah (Pak) 7-11, 11-8, 11-9 20 Min; Aamad Farid (Pak) beat Tariq Khan (Pak) 12-10, 11-9 23 Min; Shams Ul Islam (Pak) beat M. Naeem (Pak) 11-1, 11-5 13 Min; Tayyab Aslam (Pak) beat Murtaza Yousaf (Pak) 8-11, 11-7, 7-11 41 Min; Asim Khan (Pak) beat Israr Ahmed (Pak) 11-3, 13-11 20 Min; Mujahid Hussain (Pak) beat Shahid Hussain (Pak) 11-2, 11-7 16 Min. Second round:
Shoaib Hassan (Pak) beat Kashif Khan (Pak) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7 34 Min; Amad Farid (Pak) beat Naqash Shahid (Pak) 11-8, 13-11, 5-11, 11-5 48 Min Shams Ul Islam (Pak) beat Tayyab Aslam (Pak) 9-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-4, 15-13 49 Min; Mujahid Hussain (Pak) beat Asim Khan (Pak) 11-9, 11-3, 8-11, 11-13, 11-6 50 Min