Pakistan’s Noor Zaman (proper) and Hussain Kuwait’s Hussain Alzaatari throughout their opening match in Karachi on April 6, 2025. — World Quash .TV /screengrab
The inaugural World Underneath-23 Squash Championships kicked off in Karachi, with Pakistan’s Noor Zaman and Mohammad Hamza Khan securing victories of their opening matches, whereas Muhammad Ammad suffered a first-round exit.
Second-seeded Noor Zaman overcame Kuwait’s Hussain Alzaatari in a 3-1 battle, with scores of 11-6, 5-11, 11-4, and 11-3. In the meantime, Hamza Khan, seeded, dominated Romania’s Radu Stefan Pena in straight video games with scores of 11-3, 11-1, 11-5 to advance to the spherical of 16.
Nevertheless, Pakistan’s Muhammad Ammad confronted a tricky defeat in opposition to Malaysia’s Ameeshenraj Chandaran in an exciting five-game match. The Malaysian triumphed 10-12, 11-7, 11th of September, 11-9, 11-8.
Within the girls’s occasion, Pakistan’s Mariam Malik, Sana Bahadar, and Amna Fayyaz have been all eradicated within the first spherical. Mariam misplaced to Spain’s Noa Romero Blazquez (11-3, 11-2, 11-4), Amna Fayyaz fell to Japan’s Kurumi Takahashi (11-9, 10-12, 11-4, 11-9), and Sana Bahadar was defeated by Czech Republic’s Tamara Holzbauerová (13-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8).
In the meantime, the top-seeded Egyptian Ibrahim Elkabbani survived a scare in opposition to Poland’s Leon Krysiak, successful 11-2, 11th of September, 12-10, 11-2 to progress to the subsequent spherical.
The event continues with the spherical of 16 matches scheduled for Monday.
