Farhans Face Fourth Home Battle In Karachi

Pakistan international squash players Farhan Zaman and Farhan Mehboob will mark their fourth PSA World Tour meeting on home soil after coming through today's quarter-finals of the CNS International at the Roshan Khan Jahangir Khan Squash Complex in Karachi in straight games.

Unseeded Mehboob, the defending champion, defeated compatriot Muhammad Saqib Yousaf 11-7, 11-3, 11-9 in 35 minutes - while second seed Zaman was a minute quicker reserving his anticipated place in the last four of the PSA International 15 event in his 11-1, 11-7, 11-6 victory over fellow countryman Khawaja Adil Maqbool.

The pair, both from Peshawar, will be replaying their first round battle in the 2008 CNS International - which Mehboob won en-route to taking the title.

Nasir Iqbal and 2008 runner-up Aamir Atlas Khan will feature in the other semi after also surviving straightforward 3/0 quarter-finals. Top seed Iqbal beat Tayyab Aslam 11-7, 11-1, 11-8 while fourth seed Khan needed only 31 minutes to see off Syed Ali Mujtaba Shah Bokhari 11-6, 11-9, 13-11.

Semi-final line-up:
[1] Nasir Iqbal (PAK) v [4] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK)
[2] Farhan Zaman (PAK) v Farhan Mehboob (PAK)