NEW DELHI, Oct 4 Four Pakistan squash players won their matches at the Commonwealth Games on Monday.
Aamir Atlas Khan, Farhan Mahboob, Yasir Butt and Danish Atlas Khan secured their place in the second round.
Seeded 10th in the event, top Pakistani squash player Aamir Atlas Khan took only 12 minutes to dispatch Masud Rana of Bangladesh in the first round, recording a straight set 11-2, 11-2, 11-6 triumph.
Aamir's younger sibling, unseeded Danish Atlas Khan also took only 12 minutes to thrash his first-round opponent Bruce Burrowes of Jamaica registering a formidable 11-1, 11-5, 11-2 win.
The 13th seed Farhan Mahboob overpowered Samuel Kyagulanyi of Uganda recording a straight-set 11-3, 11-4, 11-8 win in 18 minutes.
Yasir Butt got a walkover against Christopher Binnie of Jamaica in the first round.
Meanwhile, Australia's David Palmer, one of only a handful of players making his fourth appearance in the Commonwealth Games, began by beating Malawi's Julius Taulo 11-1, 11-2, 11-3.
Results
Men's singles
First round
Mohammed Nafizwan Adnan (MAS) bt Hartaj Bains (KEN) 11-8, 11-2, 11-5; Colin Ramasra (TRI) bt Jules Snagg (SVG) 11-5, 11-3, 11-0; Cameron Pilley (AUS x7) bt Joseph Chapman (IVB) 11-5, 11-9, 11-0; Siddharth Suchde (IND) bt Michael Hopkins (JER) 11-6, 11-5, 11-4; Ryan Cuskelly (AUS x14) bt Sandeep Jangra (IND) 11-7, 11-9, 11-6; Bradley Hindle (MLT) bt Navin Samarasinghe (SRI) 11-, 11-5, 11-3; Peter Barker (ENG x3) bt Kelvin Ndhlovu (ZAM) 11-2, 11-1, 11-1; Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) bt Shopon Pervez (BAN) 11-3, 11-1, 11-2; Farhan Mahboob (PAK x13) bt Sam Kyagulanyi (UGA) 11-3, 11-4, 11-8; Saurav Ghosal (IND
x11) bt Ian Rukunya (UGA) 11-1, 11-4, 11-0; Chris Simpson (GUE) bt Aubrey Taulo (MAW) 11-4, 11-3, 11-1; Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Bruce Burrowes (JAM) 11-1, 11-5, 11-2; Daryl Selby (ENG x4) bt Michael Rucklinger (PNG) 11-2, 11-1, 11-2; Alan Clyne (SCO) bt Nicholas Kyme (BER) 11-4, 11-0, 11-2; Lyall Paterson (SCO) bt Patrick Chifunda (ZAM) w/o; Aamir Atlas Khan (MAS x10) by Masud Rana (BAN) 11-2, 11-2, 11-6; Harry Leitch (SCO) bt Lefika Ragontse (BOT) 11-6, 11-2, 8-11, 11-8; Martin Knight (NZL x15) bt Hardeep Reel (KEN) 11-3, 11-2, 11-5; Ong Beng Hee (MAS x 9) bt Lazarus Chiluyfa (ZAM) 11-6, 11-3, 11-8; Andrew Macdougall (CAN) bt Brian Okumu (UGA) 11-1, 11-4, 11-4; David Palmer (AUS x6) bt Julius Taulo (MAW) 11-1, 11-2, 11-3; Campbell Grayson (NZL x16) bt Ray Simbule (ZAM) 11-9, 11-6, 11-2; Stewart Boswell (AUS x8) bt Chris Small (SCO) 11-7, 11-6, 11-4; Yasir Butt (PAK) bt Christopher Binnie (JAM) w/o; Robin Clarke (CAN) bt Othneil Bailey (SVG) 11-9, 11-6, 11-3; Mohammed Azlan Iskandar (MAS x6) bt James Bentick (SVG) 11-7, 11-3, 11-0; Shawn Delierre (CAN) bt Henry Birch (GGY) 11-4, 11-9, 11-7; Ivan Yuen (MAS) bt James Matewere (MAW) 11-6, 11-0, 11-2; Michael Kawooya (UGA) bt Shahier Razik (CAN x12) w/o; Lekgotla Mosope (BOT) bt Shawn Simpson (BAR) w/o.—AFP
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