Pakistan’s Noor Zaman. — Fb/Noor Zaman
KARACHI: Pakistan’s Noor Zaman has stormed into the ultimate of the inaugural WSF World U23 Squash Championships with a dominant 11-6, 11-2, 11-4 victory over Malaysia’s Ameeshenraj Chandaran on Wednesday at Karachi’s DHA Creek Membership.
The second-seeded Zaman will face Egypt’s Kareem El Torkey in Thursday’s closing after the Torkey seed shocked top-seeded compatriot Ibrahim Elkabbani 7-11, 11-2, 11-8, 11-5 within the different semi-final.
Zaman was already two video games up when his opponent retired from the sport.
“The group help has been unbelievable and I will give the whole lot to win this title for Pakistan,” stated Noor Zaman after the ultimate.
El Torkey’s comeback victory marked a major upset, with the Egyptian recovering from dropping the primary sport to overpower the event favourite Elkabbani.
Within the ladies’s draw, high seed Fayrouz Abouelkheir of Egypt defeated Malaysia’s Aira Azman 11-8, 11-7, 7-11, 11-4 to arrange a closing towards Hong Kong’s Chan Sin Yuk, who overcame Malaysia’s Xin Ying Yee 11-7, 11-6, 4-11, 7-11, 11-3.
