ISLAMABAD: Promising youngster Hamza Khan made it to the quarter-finals of the PSF-Combaxx Inter­national Squash Tournament after defeating Iran’s Sepehr Etermadpoor in a thrilling contest here at the Mushaf Squash Complex on Thursday.

Both players were highly competitive and demonstrated quality in the five-set match that lasted 42 minutes, but Hamza emerged as the winner with the final score reading 5-11, 11-5, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8.

In other fixtures, Noor Zaman beat veteran player Farhan Mehboob as the latter retired after two sets due to fever.

Farhan told Dawn he had been been fighting fever since the past few days but still took part in the match. Veteran Nasir Iqbal also made it to the quarters after beating Salman Saleem 11-4, 12-10, 11-6.

The tournament, which started Wednesday, carries a prize purse of $10,000 and is featuring players from Egypt, Iran and Malaysia along with 16 local participants.

Published in Dawn, August 26th, 2022