Azlan Downed As Aamir Advances In Pakistan

Pakistan teenager Aamir Atlas Khan caused the biggest upset in the first round of the Warid Pakistan Open when he ousted 10th seed Mohd Azlan Iskandar in the PSA Super Series event in Islamabad.

Khan, 16, from Peshawar, battled for 37 minutes to defeat the world No14 from Malaysia 11-5, 11-4, 7-11, 11-6 to reach the second round of a super Series event for the first time.

The former Asian Junior champion will now meet former world junior champion James Willstrop, the fourth seed from England who beat Pakistan qualifier Safeer Ullah Khan 11-9, 11-10 (2-0), 11-6. Willstrop, the event champion two years ago, will be hoping to make amends for his surprise second round US Open exit earlier in the month.

Renan Lavigne also secured a surprise second round slot in Islamabad. The unseeded Frenchman upset 12th seed Cameron Pilley 11-8, 11-3, 11-9 and will now play Australia's third seed Anthony Ricketts for a place in the quarter-finals.
1st round:
[1] Amr Shabana (EGY) bt [Q] Majid Khan (PAK) 11-7, 11-6, 11-6 (26m)
[14] Davide Bianchetti (ITA) bt Amr Mansi (EGY) 11-2, 7-11, 11-8, 11-5 (47m)
[5] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK) 11-4, 11-5, 11-4 (21m)
[13] Mansoor Zaman (PAK) bt [Q] Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) 11-2, 11-7, 11-10 (5-3) (34m)
[3] Anthony Ricketts (AUS) bt [Q] Omar Elborolossy (EGY) 11-1, 7-11, 11-2, 11-10 (2-0) (38m)
Renan Lavigne (FRA) bt [12] Cameron Pilley (AUS) 11-8, 11-3, 11-9 (42m)
[8] Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt Dylan Bennett (NED) 11-0, 11-6, 11-3 (21m)
[9] Wael El Hindi (EGY) bt Alister Walker (ENG) 11-6, 11-4, 11-8 (35m)
[11] Mohammed Abbas (EGY) bt Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) 11-6, 11-5, 11-6 (23m)
[6] Karim Darwish (EGY) bt [Q] Shamsul Islam Khan (PAK) 7-1 ret.
Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt [10] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) 11-5, 11-4, 7-11, 11-6 (37m)
[4] James Willstrop (ENG) bt [Q] Safeer Ullah Khan (PAK) 11-9, 11-10 (2-0), 11-6 (29m)
[15] Shahid Zaman (PAK) bt [Q] Yasir Butt (PAK) 9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-9 (37m)
[7] Stewart Boswell (AUS) bt [Q] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) 11-7, 11-7, 11-3 (34m)
[16] Joey Barrington (ENG) bt Saurav Ghosal (IND) 10-11 (0-2), 11-5, 11-10 (2-0), 9-11, 11-5 (74m)
[2] Thierry Lincou (FRA) bt [Q] Omar Mosaad (EGY) 11-8, 11-4, 11-5 (33m)