Pakistan Open Squash Championships 2008

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The Pakistan Open 2008 took place from November 9th to 14th, 2008 in Islamabad , Pakistan . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2008/09 and belonged to Category 3 Star . It was endowed with $ 30,000.

The defending champion was Aamir Atlas Khan , who won the tournament again this year. In the final, he beat Farhan Mehboob with 8:11, 11: 7, 11: 5 and 11: 5. This was his fourth title win on the PSA World Tour .

The field of participants in the men's competition consisted of 16 players, four of which were reserved for qualifiers. The eight best players were seeded. Per Wildcard received Nasir Iqbal a spot in the main draw.

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. PakistanPakistan Farhan Mehboob final
02. PakistanPakistan Aamir Atlas Khan victory
03. PakistanPakistan Mansoor Zaman Semifinals
04th New ZealandNew Zealand Kashif Shuja Quarter finals
No. player Round reached
05. PakistanPakistan Yasir Butt Quarter finals

06th PakistanPakistan Adil Maqbool 1 round

07th New ZealandNew Zealand Campbell Grayson Quarter finals

08th. New ZealandNew Zealand Martin Knight 1 round

Explanation of symbols

  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walkover

Results

First round   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
1  PakistanPakistan F. Mehboob 9 11 11 11                  
 PakistanPakistan SI Khan 11 3 3 6th   1  PakistanPakistan F. Mehboob 11 6th 6th 11 11
Q  PakistanPakistan A. Khan 9 13 7th   5  PakistanPakistan Y. Butt 8th 11 11 7th 6th  
5  PakistanPakistan Y. Butt 11 15th 11     1  PakistanPakistan F. Mehboob 11 11 11
6th  PakistanPakistan A. Maqbool 8th 7th 10     LL  PakistanPakistan SU Khan 8th 3 7th  
LL  PakistanPakistan SU Khan 11 11 12   LL  PakistanPakistan SU Khan 11 11 11 3 11  
Q  PakistanPakistan A. Hanif 9 6th 7th   4th  New ZealandNew Zealand K. Shuja 9 9 13 11 9  
4th  New ZealandNew Zealand K. Shuja 11 11 11     1  PakistanPakistan F. Mehboob 11 7th 5 5
3  PakistanPakistan M. Zaman 11 11 11     2  PakistanPakistan AA Khan 8th 11 11 11
Q  PakistanPakistan DA Khan 2 8th 5   3  PakistanPakistan M. Zaman 11 7th 11 11  
 PakistanPakistan S. Zaman 6th 5 9   7th  New ZealandNew Zealand C. Grayson 7th 11 5 3  
7th  New ZealandNew Zealand C. Grayson 11 11 11     3  PakistanPakistan M. Zaman 10 14th 9 9
8th  New ZealandNew Zealand M. Knight 9 7th 11 7th     2  PakistanPakistan AA Khan 12 12 11 11  
Q  PakistanPakistan W. Mehboob 11 11 5 11   Q  PakistanPakistan W. Mehboob 4th 9 4th  
WC  PakistanPakistan N. Iqbal 5 7th 7th   2  PakistanPakistan AA Khan 11 11 11  
2  PakistanPakistan AA Khan 11 11 11    

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