Pakistani 15 year old gets upsets
Aug 17, 2004, By SquashTalk staff; SquashTalk Independent News Service © 2004;

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Egyptians, Pakistani Earn Upsets

Dateline August 17---A number of upsets ruled the day in round two of the world junior men's championships in Islamabad Pakistan today.

Of special interest to local fans was Aamir Atlas of Pakistan who caused the first major upset on the opening day of the 13th Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) World Junior Squash Championship that started at the Mushaf Ali Mir Squash Complex and Roshan Khan Squash Complex on Tuesday.

The 15-year-old Pakistani ousted the reigning Under-17 British Open champion Omer Abu Zid of Egypt in a grueling thriller 9-7, 5-9, 9-6 and 9-2 in the first round. Pakistan’s other three entrants – Aqib Hanif, Shah Nawaz and Bilal Zaman – also cleared their second round contests to advance to the third round of the championship.

FIRST ROUND UPSETS
In other first round upsets, James Macaulay of Scotland ousted 17/32 seed Arturo Salazar of Mexico, Sulaiman A Al-Khamees of Kuwait downed 17/32 seed Kevin Brechbuhl of Switzerland 3-2 and Joel Hinds of Englad downed 17/32 seed Craig Heath of Zimbabwe.

SECOND ROUND UPSETS BENEFIT PAKISTAN AND COSTLY TO AUSTRALIA
In the second round, Tamim El Waliby of Egypt downed 17/32 seed Michael Auer of Canada, Benjamin Fisher of Switzerland upset 9/16 seed Andrew Budd of Australia, and Aamir Khan scored his second successive upset beating seed Dick Lau of Hong Kong, while compatriots Aqib Hanif and Shah Nawaz upset Australian seed Steven Robinson and Egyptian seed Mohamed Anwar respectively, and Abdullah aal-Mezayin of Kuwait upset seed Muhammad Azfar Azan of Malaysia.

This leaves seven Pakistanis remaining in the last 32 players in the draw, with only Bilal Zaman losing among the local entrants. England and Egypt each have 4 remaining players.

RESULTS: Men's World Junior Individual Squash Championship, Islamabad, Pakistan

1st round:
Ben Reece (AUS) bt Tom Pashley (ENG) 9-1, 9-7, 9-2
Cesar Salazar (MEX) bt Greg McArthur (SCO) 9-5, 9-0, 9-1
[17/32] Mohd Adnan (MAS) bt Mohammad Jafari (IRI) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
Tamim El Waliby (EGY) bt Ho Fai Chui (HKG) 9-6, 9-3, 9-3
Salem F Mohammed (KUW) bt Amar Shah (KEN) 9-2, 9-1, 9-3
Benjamin Fischer (SUI) bt Mark Assaraf (ZIM) 9-0, 9-2, 9-0
Reece Williams (NZL) bt Brian Healy (IRL) 9-2, 9-1, 9-7
[17/32] Jens Schoor (GER) bt Martijn Kock (NED) 9-2, 9-7, 1-9, 9-0
[17/32] Dick Lau (HKG) bt Joseph Raho (USA) 9-3, 9-2, 9-3
Aamir Khan (PAK) bt Omar Abu Zid (EGY) 9-7, 5-9, 9-6, 9-2
Rob Wilkins (WAL) bt Randy Wynn (MAS) 9-6, 9-3, 9-6
Casper Coetzee (ZIM) bt Masud Ekhlas (IRI) 9-3, 9-5, 9-0
Aqib Hanif (PAK) bt Chris McEldowney (NZL) w/o
[17/32] Steven Robinson (AUS) bt Fearghal Field (IRL) 9-1, 9-1, 9-0
Jamie Macaulay (SCO) bt [17/32] Arturo Salazar (MEX) w/o
Vivian Rhamanan (SIN) bt Ben Hardwidge (WAL) 9-2, 9-5, 9-6
Alan Clyne (SCO) bt Nathan Turnbull (AUS) 3-9, 9-7, 7-9, 9-1, 9-0
Matthias Maierhofer (GER) bt Michael Bill (NZL) 7-9, 9-1, 10-8, 9-6
[17/32] Sebastian Weenink (NED) bt Sandeep Jangra (IND) 9-1, 9-10, 9-3, 9-3
[17/32] Muhammad Azfar Azan (MAS) bt Leo Au (HKG) 8-10, 9-3, 4-9, 9-2, 9-1
Nicolas Muller (SUI) bt Ashok Shah (KEN) w/o
Marc Te Witt (NED) bt Suleyman Saleem (USA) 9-1, 9-1, 9-1
Bilal Zaman (PAK) bt Elyinn Chung (MAS) 9-6, 9-2, 9-1
[17/32] Ahmed El Swaify (EGY) bt Harinder Sandhu (IND) 9-4, 9-2, 9-2
[17/32] Kristen Johnson (SCO) bt Daniel Sibley (CAN) 9-0, 9-1, 7-9, 9-0
Edmundo Garcia (MEX) bt Samuel Olwill (IRL) 9-0, 9-2, 9-7
Matthew Karwalski (AUS) bt Cyrill Ortuer (SUI) 9-3, 9-4, 9-2
A Parthiban (IND) bt Ronak Shah (KEN) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0
Christopher Hall (ENG) bt Bassem Makram (EGY) 10-8, 9-5, 5-9, 9-5
[17/32] Lewys Hurst (WAL) bt Keith Pritchard (CAN) 9-6, 10-9, 9-3
[17/32] Ali B Al-Ramzi (KUW) bt Babak Shahabi (IRI) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
Whaiora Moeke (NZL) bt Erick Tepos (MEX) 9-0, 9-7, 5-9, 4-9, 9-7
Raymond Chui (HKG) bt Deepesh Patel (ZIM) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0
Garnett Booth (USA) bt Pascal Tagaz (GER) 9-5, 9-5, 9-4
Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) bt Joshua Them (NZL) 9-6, 9-7, 9-3
[17/32] Vikas Jangra (IND) bt Chirag Shah (KEN) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
Sulaiman A Al-Khamees (KUW) bt [17/32] Kevin Brechbuhl (SUI) 9-5, 6-9, 3-9, 9-6, 9-0
Bastiaan Meulenbelt (NED) bt Mohd Asyraf Azan (MAS) 9-4, 9-5, 5-9, 9-7
Shah Nawaz (PAK) bt Lyall Paterson (SCO) 9-0, 9-5, 9-0
Anson Kwong (HKG) bt Kamran Khan (MAS) 9-5, 9-2, 9-2
Graham Melvin (SCO) bt Mohammad Jahri (IRI) 9-2, 9-0, 9-0
Joel Hinds (ENG) bt [17/32] Craig Heath (ZIM) 9-0, 9-2, 9-1
Jesus Pena (MEX) bt Niall Caheny (IRL) 9-4, 9-0, 9-2
Aqeel Rehman (AUT) bt Poojan Dodhia (KEN) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0

2nd round:
[1] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt Ben Reece (AUS) 9-3, 9-2, 9-1
[17/32] Mohd Adnan (MAS) bt Cesar Salazar (MEX) 10-8, 9-5, 5-9, 9-5
Tamim El Waliby (EGY) bt [17/32] Michael Auer (CAN) 9-3, 9-5, 9-2
[9/16] Basit Ashfaq (PAK) bt Salem F Mohammed (KUW) 9-7, 9-1, 9-0
Benjamin Fischer (SUI) bt [9/16] Andrew Budd (AUS) 2-9, 6-9, 9-1, 9-5, 9-5
[17/32] Jens Schoor (GER) bt Reece Williams (NZL) 9-7, 9-1, 9-2
Aamir Khan (PAK) bt [17/32] Dick Lau (HKG) 9-2, 9-4, 10-9
[5/8] Tom Richards (ENG) bt Rob Wilkins (WAL) 9-2, 9-3, 9-1
[5/8] Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt Casper Coetzee (ZIM) 9-2, 9-1, 9-2
Aqib Hanif (PAK) bt [17/32] Steven Robinson (AUS) 9-4, 9-4, 9-2
Jamie Macaulay (SCO) bt Montafa Khalifa (EGY) 6-9, 9-1, 6-9, 9-0, 9-3
[9/16] James Wright (ENG) bt Vivian Rhamanan (SIN) 9-1, 9-1, 9-3
[9/16] Christopher Gordon (USA) bt Alan Clyne (SCO) 9-4, 9-3, 9-3
[17/32] Sebastian Weenink (NED) bt Matthias Maierhofer (GER) 9-7, 9-7, 9-0
Abdullah Kh Al-Mezayin (KUW) bt [17/32] Muhammad Azfar Azan (MAS) 9-3, 10-9, 9-10, 9-4
[3/4] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt Nicolas Muller (SUI) 9-1, 9-1, 9-2
[3/4] Mahmoud Adel (EGY) bt Marc Te Witt (NED) 9-1, 9-6, 9-6
[17/32] Ahmed El Swaify (EGY) bt Bilal Zaman (PAK) 10-8, 9-5, 5-9, 9-7
[17/32] Kristen Johnson (SCO) bt Edmundo Garcia (MEX) 9-0, 9-7, 9-1
[9/16] Campbell Grayson (NZL) bt Matthew Karwalski (AUS) 9-6, 6-9, 9-6, 9-4
[9/16] Simon Rosner (GER) bt A Parthiban (IND) 9-2, 9-2, 9-5
[17/32] Lewys Hurst (WAL) bt Christopher Hall (ENG) 10-8, 10-9, 9-2
[17/32] Ali B Al-Ramzi (KUW) bt Whaiora Moeke (NZL) 9-2, 9-1, 9-1
[5/8] Yasir Butt (PAK) bt Raymond Chui (HKG) 9-1, 9-6, 9-2
[5/8] Chris Simpson (ENG) bt Garnett Booth (USA) 9-3, 9-0, 9-6
[17/32] Vikas Jangra (IND) bt Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) 9-6, 9-5, 4-9, 1-9, 9-6
Sulaiman A Al-Khamees (KUW) bt Bastiaan Meulenbelt (NED) 9-2, 9-7, 9-6
Shah Nawaz (PAK) bt [9/16] Mohamed Anwar (EGY) 9-6, 5-9, 9-1, 9-1
[9/16] Robin Clarke (CAN) bt Anson Kwong (HKG) 9-5, 9-3, 9-6
Peter Creed (WAL) bt Graham Melvin (SCO) 4-9, 9-7, 6-9, 9-3, 9-7
Joel Hinds (ENG) bt Jesus Pena (MEX) 9-3, 9-4, 9-5
[2] Khalid Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Aqeel Rehman (AUT) 9-5, 9-2, 9-4

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