Noor Zaman upsets top seed Farhan Zaman to reach PSF-KP Satellite International Squash 2020 final

Seventh seeded Noor Zaman handed an upsetting defeat to top seeded Farhan Zaman in the first semi-finals of the ongoing PSF-KP International Satellite Squash Tournament being played at Qamar Zaman Squash Complex, Qayyum Stadium, Peshawar.

Noor Zaman did not look behind and gave a tough resistance to his rival and top seeded Farhan Zaman in a 42 minute battle. Noor Zaman played well with his excellent nick and drops and did not give much time to Farhan Zaman to stage a comeback.

Farhan Zaman took the first set by 8-11 but failed to click in the second won by Noor very easily at 11-4 and the next one with 11-9. It was the fourth set when Farhan Zaman made a comeback and won the set by 7-11. When the score tally was 2-2, it was the fifth and decisive set when Noor marched into victory comfortably at 11-3. Farhan did not read his attacking smashes and thus lost the battle.

In the second semi-final in-form Nasir Iqbal defeated un-fit Danish Atlas who just played his four minute play and came out of the court with (Retd Hurt). The score was 11-0 and 6-0.

In the first Semi Final of the Women category Seed No-1 Amna Fayyaz beat Seed No-7 Noor Ul Huda with a game score of 11-9, 11-5 and 11-3. The match lasted for 12 minutes whereas in the second Semi Final, Seed No-2 Faiza Zafar beat Seed No-5 Saima Shaukat with a game score of 11-3, 11-3 and 11-4 in 16 minutes.

The tournament finals would be played on Nov 22, 2020. The Women final would be played at 2:00 pm between Amna Fayyaz and Faiza Zafar whereas the Men final would be played at 3:00 pm between Noor Zaman and Nasir Iqbal.