WORLD SQUASH NEWS
RESULTS: Qatar Squash Circuit Event No1, Doha, Qatar
1st round:
[1] Mikkel Korsbjerg (DEN) bt [Q] Mads Korsbjerg (DEN) 11-15, 8-15, 15-9,
15-12, 15-7
[7] Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK) bt [Q] Khayal Muhammad (PAK) 15-7, 15-12, 15-12
[3] Andrew Whipp (ENG) bt Jago Nardelli (ENG) 11-15, 15-3, 15-6, 15-9
[6] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [Q] Amr Mansi (EGY) 15-6, 17-16, 15-8
[8] Scott Fitzgerald (WAL) bt Oriol Salvia (ESP) 15-6, 15-6, 15-7
[4] Alex Stait (ENG) bt Dylan Bennett (NED) 17-15, 15-13, 15-12
[5] Peter Barker (ENG) bt Saud Al Sulaiti (QAT) 15-10, 15-7, 15-9
[2] Ajaz Azmat (PAK) bt [Q] Mohammed Ismail (EGY) 15-13, 15-7, 15-3
Quarter-finals:
[1] Mikkel Korsbjerg (DEN) bt [7] Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK) 12-15, 15-7,
15-13, 15-10
[3] Andrew Whipp (ENG) bt [6] Jan Koukal (CZE) 15-11, 15-10, 15-7
[4] Alex Stait (ENG) bt [8] Scott Fitzgerald (WAL) 15-10, 12-15, 15-11, 15-3
[2] Ajaz Azmat (PAK) bt [5] Peter Barker (ENG) 16-17, 15-13, 15-9, 9-15, 15-5
Azmat Tames Barker In Qatar
England's Peter Barker, runner-up in last month's World Junior Championships'
final in India, held experienced Pakistani Ajaz Azmat on court for 70 minutes
in the quarter-finals of the Qatar Squash Circuit Event No1, before
eventually falling 16-17 15-13 15-9 9-15 15-5 to the second seed in Doha.
Azmat now faces another Englishman Alex Stait, the fourth seed who needed
four games to overcome Welshman Scott Fitzgerald 15-10 12-15 15-11 15-3.