Zaman Takes the Prize
Jan 14, 2004, by Bruce de Wit, Richmond VA, to SquashTalk Independent News Service © 2005;

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Shahid Zaman - Virginia PSA Event winner (photo © 2005 Bruce De Wit)

Early action in the Virginia Squash Racquets Association’s amateur event had The Country Club of Virginia’s courts warmed up by the time we got set for the final match in the 2005 Virginia Professional Squash Tournament. Many of the spectators had filed in and the finalists, Bradley Ball from England and Shahid Zaman from Pakistan, started to warm up. It became evident that both players were capable and confident enough to go for winning shots before the match started.

In the opening stages of the first game the players traded points but the complexion of the contest changed as Zaman collected five points on the trot and then followed that with four more consecutively to win 11-5.

However, Bradley Ball had not worked to get this far in order to merely roll over. During the second game Zaman was limited to winning single points while Ball forced the issue with his own stretch of six consecutive points; Ball won 11-5 to even things up.

In the third game Ball became increasingly exasperated with his inability to keep Zaman from going for winners. Zaman on the other hand kept looking for the nick and found it enough times to win 11-4.

By the fourth game the competition was about who could hit a crisper winning shot and Zaman kept himself ahead to take this game 11-9 and with it the 2005 Virginia Professional Championship.

The final scores: Zaman beat Ball, 11-5, 5-11, 11-4, 11-9.

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