Qualifiers Mansoor Zaman and Nosherwan Khan progressed to the quarter-finals of the CAS International against expectations after upsets in today’s opening round of the long-established PSA World Tour Challenger 15 squash event at the PAF Hashim Khan Squash Complex in Peshawar, Pakistan.<\/p>\n
Peshawar-based Mansoor Zaman, the 33-year-old former world No11, rolled back the years to see off 17-year-old fellow Pakistani Syed Ali Mujtaba Shah Bokhari 11-8, 11-6, 11-8.<\/p>\n
Making his 14th successive appearance in the Tour event – and a finalist on six occasions – 2001 champion Zaman will now face Danish Atlas Khan, the No3 seed who beat wild card Owais Khan 13-15, 3-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-5.\n<\/p>\n
Nosherwan Khan, a 19-year-old also playing in his home town, defeated German-based fellow countryman Karamatullah Khan 11-4, 11-5, 10-12, 11-9.<\/p>\n
The teenager, boasting a career-high world No 174 ranking, now faces Danish’s older brother Aamir Atlas Khan, the No2 seed and three-time champion from Peshawar.<\/p>\n
Title-holder Khan beat Tayyab Aslam 11-5, 11-5, 11-8.<\/p>\n
Austrian Aqeel Rehman, the highest-ranked unseeded player bidding to become the only non-Pakistani to make the last eight, went down 11-7, 12-10, 4-11, 12-10 to local boy Farhan Mehboob, the 24-year-old former world No16.<\/p>\n
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 15 CAS International, Peshawar, Pakistan<\/strong><\/p>\n 1st round:<\/strong><\/p>\n [1] Nasir Iqbal (PAK) bt [Q] Waqas Mehboob (PAK) 6-11, 11-5, 11-1, 11-5<\/p>\n Muhammad Saqib Yousaf (PAK) bt Khawaja Adil Maqbool (PAK) 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6<\/p>\n Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt Aqeel Rehman (AUT) 11-7, 12-10, 4-11, 12-10<\/p>\n [4] Farhan Zaman (PAK) bt [Q] Amaad Fareed (PAK) 12-10, 11-3, 10-12, 11-7<\/p>\n [3] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) bt [WC] Owais Khan (PAK) 13-15, 3-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-5<\/p>\n [Q] Mansoor Zaman (PAK) bt Syed Ali Mujtaba Shah Bokhari (PAK) 11-8, 11-6, 11-8<\/p>\n [Q] Nosherwan Khan (PAK) bt Karamatullah Khan (PAK) 11-4, 11-5, 10-12, 11-9<\/p>\n [2] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Tayyab Aslam (PAK) 11-5, 11-5, 11-8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Qualifiers Mansoor Zaman and Nosherwan Khan progressed to the quarter-finals of the CAS International against expectations after upsets in today’s opening round of the long-established PSA World Tour Challenger 15 squash event at the PAF Hashim Khan Squash Complex in Peshawar, Pakistan.<\/p>\n Peshawar-based Mansoor Zaman, the 33-year-old former world No11, rolled back the years to see off 17-year-old fellow Pakistani Syed Ali Mujtaba Shah Bokhari 11-8, 11-6, 11-8.<\/p>\n Making his 14th successive appearance in the Tour event – and a finalist on six occasions – 2001 champion Zaman will now face Danish Atlas Khan, the No3 seed who beat wild card Owais Khan 13-15, 3-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-others"],"yoast_head":"\n