Pakistan’s Asim Khan in motion throughout his World Championship Qualifying Occasion–Asia quarter-final towards Hong Kong’s Him Wong on the Hong Kong Soccer Membership in Blissful Valley on April 2, 2026. — PSA Squash Tour
Pakistan’s rising squash expertise, Muhammad Asim Khan, defeated Malaysia’s Joachim Chuah in an exhilarating contest to say the World Championship Qualifying Occasion–Asia title in Hong Kong on Saturday.
The title victory propelled Asim into the PSA World Championships 2026, scheduled to be held from Might 8 to 16 in Giza and can characteristic the world’s high squash gamers competing for a profitable prize purse of $700,000.
In an enthralling five-game remaining of the qualifying occasion, which lasted 82 minutes, Asim fought valiantly all through to in the end earn a slender 3-2 victory, the expanded scores for which had been 11-3, 13-11, 11th of September, 3-11, 12-10.
Asim received off to a flying begin to the summit conflict, successful the primary two video games 11-3, 13-11, however Chuah staged a exceptional comeback, prevailing within the subsequent two video games, to drive the decider.
Within the decider, Asim held his nerves calm and narrowly clinched it 12-10 to spherical up a highly-rewarding victory, which helped him be a part of compatriots Noor Zaman and Muhammad Ashab Irfan in qualifying for the mega occasion.
The 29-year-old kicked off his World Championship Qualifying Occasion – Asia marketing campaign with a thumping 3-0 victory over Japan’s Naoki Hayashi, which earned him a berth within the quarter-finals.
He confronted robust competitors within the quarter-finals towards Hong Kong’s Chi Him Wong, however managed to register a 3-2 victory to qualify for the semi-final, the place he obtained equal resistance from Ming Hong Tang however as soon as once more emerged victorious with the identical scoreline and certified for the ultimate.
