Top seed Aamir Atlas Khan confirmed his status as Pakistan’s number one squash player by defeating the number twoFarhan Mehboob in straight games in the final of the PSF-CAA Pakistan International Circuit No2, the $12,000 PSA World Tour event at the Mushaf Squash Complex in the Pakistan capital Islamabad.
The 19-year-old from Peshawar was in control from the outset, beating his 21-year-old cousin 11-6, 11-6, 11-9 in 33 minutes.
It was Atlas Khan‘s first appearance in a Tour event on home soil since November when the world No22 again beat Mehboob in the final of the Pakistan Open.
The triumph marks the fifth PSA Tour title of Khan’s career – all of which have been won in Pakistan.
Final:
[1] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt [2] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) 11-6, 11-6, 11-9 (33m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt [7] Aqib Hanif (PAK) 11-6, 11-5, 11-6 (22m)
[2] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt [4] Waqar Mehboob (PAK) 11-9, 11-8, 11-2 (24m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt [6] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) 11-8, 9-11, 12-10, 2-11, 11-9 (40m)
[7] Aqib Hanif (PAK) bt Waqas Mehboob (PAK) 11-8, 9-11, 11-5, 11-2 (35m)
[4] Waqar Mehboob (PAK) bt [8] Nasir Iqbal (PAK) 9-11, 9-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-5 (65m)
[2] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt [5] Mansoor Zaman (PAK) 11-7, 11-9, 11-9 (23m)
1st round:
[1] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Muhammad Saqib Yousaf (PAK) 11-8, 12-10, 12-10 (28m)
[6] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Owais Khan (PAK) 11-4, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6 (45m)
Waqas Mehboob (PAK) bt [3] Yasir Butt (PAK) 11-2, 9-11, 11-13, 11-9, 11-9 (52m)
[7] Aqib Hanif (PAK) bt [Q] Hamza Bukhari (PAK) 11-7, 5-11, 11-9, 11-4 (50m)
[8] Nasir Iqbal (PAK) bt [Q] Farhan Zaman (PAK) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5 (22m)
[4] Waqar Mehboob (PAK) bt [Q] Aurangzeb Mehmund (PAK) 11-8, 11-1, 11-8 (24m)
[5] Mansoor Zaman (PAK) bt Haroon Samad (PAK) 11-7, 11-8, 11-6 (25m)
[2] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt [Q] Safeer Ullah Khan (PAK) 12-10, 4-11, 12-10, 11-5 (28m)