Amir meets Farhan in COAS Squash final
ISLAMABAD, May 14 Top seeds Amir Atlas and Farhan Mehboob made the seventh COAS Squash Championship final after recording impressive wins in their respective semi-final encounters at the Mushaf Squash Complex on Thursday.
In the day's first semi-final, Yasir Butt of Wapda made a good start against Wapda's defending champion Amir, taking the first two games 11-1 and 11-6. However, Amir struggled to fight back from two games down to complete a 3-2 victory. He dispatched Yasir 11-8 in the third game and continued to improve in the fourth and fifth game, winning them relatively comfortably 11-3, 11-6.
In the other semi-final, Wapda's Farhan shrugged off the challenge from PAF's Mansoor Zaman 3-1 in 27 minutes. After bagging a tough quarter-final against Waqar Mehboob, Mansoor failed to limit Farhan who won 9-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-3.
Meanwhile, in the girls event Maria Toor of Wapda hammered Army's Zoya Khalid 3-1 in a 37-minute semi-final with scores being 11-13, 11-1, 11-6, 11-9.In the second semi-final Muqaddas Ashraf of Wapda outgunned Saima Shoukat of the same organisation 4-1 in a 33-minute match with game scores being 11-8, 9-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-3.
Results
Boys
Semi-finals Amir Atlas (Wapda) bt Yasir Butt (Wapda) 1-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-6 (42min); Farhan Mehboob (Wapda) bt Mansoor Zaman (PAF) 9-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-3 (27min).
Girls
Semi-finals Maria Toor (Wapda) bt Zoya Khalid (Army) 11-13, 11-1, 11-6, 11-9 (37min); Muqaddas Ashraf (Wapda) bt Saima Shoukat (Wapda) 11-8, 9-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-3 (33min).