Pakistan’s Noor Zaman celebrates on profitable the quarter closing of the Charlottesville Open. — Reporter
KARACHI: Pakistan’s Noor Zaman has superior to the semifinals of the Charlottesville Open after a straight-games victory over third seed Yahya Elnawasany of Egypt.
The eighth-seeded Zaman wanted simply 35 minutes to dispatch Elnawasany, profitable 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 of their quarterfinal conflict on Thursday.
The 21-year-old Pakistani will now face high seed Timothy Brownell of america within the semifinal. Brownell reached the final 4 by defeating India’s Veer Chotrani 3-1 (11-6, September 11, 11-1, 11-6) in 41 minutes.
In different quarterfinal outcomes, England’s Sam Todd overcame Argentina’s Leandro Romiglio 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-8) whereas Egypt’s Salman Khalil knocked out fourth seed Velavan Senthilkumar of India 3-1 (12-10, September 11, 11-8, 11-3).
The Charlottesville Open, which carries a complete prize purse of $31,250, is a part of the PSA World Tour collection.
Zaman stormed into the Charlottesville Open quarter-final with a powerful 3-1 victory over England’s Tom Walsh on Thursday.
The in-form participant, who obtained a first-round bye, began the sport on a excessive as he sealed a hard-fought opening set 13-11, whereas fully outclassing Walsh 11-5 within the second.
The Englishman pulled one again by sealing the third set 11-5, just for Zaman to clinch the fourth and spherical up a complete victory to ebook his spot within the quarter-final.
Notably, Zaman is using excessive on confidence after clinching the Nash Cup in Canada final week, one other PSA World Tour occasion.
The 21-year-old, seeded fifth, surprised the match’s No. 2 seed 3-0 in a gripping 52-minute contest.
Noor Zaman edged a marathon first sport 19-17 earlier than sealing the match with 11-7 and 11-9 wins. The triumph marked a major milestone for the reigning World U23 Champion.
Then again, Zaman’s compatriots Ashab Irfan and Asim Khan suffered defeats of their respective Spherical of 16 matches and have been thus knocked out of the match.
Asim suffered a 3-0 defeat by the hands of high seed Timothy Brownell, whereas India’s Veer Chotrani crushed Ashab 3-1.
