ISLAMABAD: Pakistan squash Friday touched a new low as none of the players have even made it to the semi-finals of the Asian Individual Squash Championship being played in Malaysia.
Pakistan’s last survival Nasir Iqbal lost his quarter-final against Hong Kong’s Henry Leung who beat Nasir 11-7, 7-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7.
Earlier, Noor Zaman lost to a totally new Malaysian lad Chuah ranked around 200 in the world in the pre-quarters.
Even the championship semi-finals will have no Pakistan representation now.
Besides top seed Qatar player Abdullah Al Tamimi, two Hong Kong players and one Indian have made it to the semi-finals in the men’s individual category.
The Individual Championship will be followed by doubles event.
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