Zaman Cousins Win In Wah Cantt

Pakistan cousins Mansoor Zaman and Farhan Zaman upset the form book in today's opening round of the POF Pakistan Circuit No2 to secure unexpected places in the quarter-finals of the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event at the Jahangir Khan Squash Complex in Wah Cantt, Pakistan.

Fresh from playing his part in Pakistan finishing in a confidence-boosting 10th place in last week's Men's World Team Championship in France, Farhan claimed the biggest scalp by removing second seed Yasir Ali Butt 7-11, 11-8, 9-11, 13-11, 11-5 in 63 minutes.

Qualifier Mansoor, a former world No11 now ranked a lowly 266, took just 28 minutes to defeat fellow countryman Syed Ali Mujtaba Shah Bokhari 11-2, 9-11, 11-3, 11-6.

Top seed Nasir Iqbal, who led the Pakistan team in Mulhouse, was stretched to the limit before beating qualifier Waqas Mehboob 6-11, 14-12, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6 in 59 minutes.

The 19-year-old from Bannu will now face Waqas' brother Farhan Mehboob, who beat wild card Bilal Zakir 11-7, 11-9, 12-10.

Another upset will ensure that the title remains in Pakistan hands: Tayyab Aslam, a 16-year-old from Lahore, outlasted Aqeel Rehman - the No3 seed from Austria - over 74 minutes, winning 10-12, 11-5, 2-11, 12-10, 13-11 to halt the progress of the draw's only non-Pakistani.

Aslam now takes on Khawaja Adil Maqbool for a place in the last four.

Quarter-final line-up:
[1] Nasir Iqbal (PAK) v Farhan Mehboob (PAK)
Tayyab Aslam (PAK) v Khawaja Adil Maqbool (PAK)
[4] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) v Muhammad Saqib Yousaf (PAK)
Farhan Zaman (PAK) v [Q] Mansoor Zaman (PAK)