Zeeshan Zeb and former Pakistan No.1 Rushna Mehboob clinched the titles while promising Muhammad Ashab Irfan of Punjab took the National U19 trophy in the International Satellite Men and Women Squash Tournament.
In the Men final both Zeeshan Zeb and Waqar Mehboob played well and gave each other a tough fight but poor refereeing marred the overall beauty of squash.
Waqar Mehboob was up at the end of the first set when he made a quick show of winning the set at 4-11.
Zeeshan Zeb, also played well and hit some excellent nicks during the course of the final. It was the second set when Waqar Mehboob was leading by 3-7 and 4-10 but Zeeshan Zeb came back into the Game and tied the tally first at 10-10, 11-11, 12-12, and 13-13 and then took the set by 15-13.
It was the similar situation in the third set wherein both Zeeshan Zeb and Waqar Mehboob were stretched to 15-13. Waqar was leading 2-9 but then Zeeshan came back and tied the tally at 9-9, 10-10, 11-11, and 13-13 and at the end Zeeshan Zeb won the set 15-13. But at 13-all, this was Zeeshan Zeb who showed his excellent form and twice hit a side-wall in as many rallies by taking two vital points and the set to make the tally 2-1. At 2-1 set lead, Zeeshan Zeb marched into victory and took the decisive set by 11-5 wherein Waqar completely lost his patience.
In the Women final former national champion and Pakistan No. 1 Rushna Mehboob defeated her top seeded rival Noor Ul Ain Ijaz of Pakistan in straight sets 3-0, the score was 14-12, 11-4 and 11-2.
In the U19 Boys final promising Muhammad Ashab Irfan of Punjab recorded victory against injured Khushal Riaz of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Ashab Irfan won the first set by 11-6 in which Khushal Riaz saw his ankle dislocated and was retired hurt. At the end, the chief guest gave away trophies and cash prizes to the winners and runners-up.
