Doha: Top seed Israr Ahmad of Pakistan won the U19 title at the Qatar Junior Open squash championship while Qatar’s Mohamed Tarek Ouda went down fighting in the U13 final of the Asian Squash Federation (ASF) Junior Super Series Silver event.
Yesterday, at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Ahmad overcame Sajad Zareian Jahromi of Iran in an exciting five-game thriller which lasted for one hour.
In the fortune fluctuating tussle for supremacy, Ahmad lost the first game but bounced back to take the next two games but a lost the fourth game.
The 18-year-old Lahore born, who is ranked 162 on the PSA world ranking, managed to keep his cool to take the fifth to wrap up the title 9-11, 11-1, 12-10, 8-11, 11-6.
Abhay Singh of India finished third while Lai Cheuk Nam Matthew of Hong Kong came fourth.
Meanwhile, Asad Ullah Khan of Pakistan defeated Ouda of Qatar 11-7, 11-8, 11-2 to win the U13 title.
Yousef Essam Farag of Qatar finished third and Abdulelah Ibrahim Aboreggah of Saudi Arabia took the fourth spot.
In the U17, Alireza Shameli of Iran defeated Chan Chi Ho of Hong Kong 11-9, 9-11, 11-2, 11-9 to clinch the title.
In the U13, Qatar’s Salem Yousef Al Malki finished behind first place winner Muhammad Huzaifa Ibrahim of Pakistan and runner-up Arnav Tevatia of India. Arvin Rasulzadeh of Iran finished fourth. The Peninsula
