Hamza, Farhan move into Philadelphia Squash Open pre-quarters

KARACHI: Pakistan’s Hamza Bukhari and Farhan Zaman moved into the pre-quarterfinals of the $11,000 Philadelphia Squash Open at Wayne, PA, USA on Wednesday.

In the first round, Hamza defeated Charlie Cowie of England 8-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-5, while seventh seed Farhan got bye. However, Arshad Burki lost to Andrew Douglas of USA 3-11, 9-11, 2-11. Hamza is to face sixth seed Lyell Fuller of England and Farhan is up against unseeded Timothy Brownell of USA.