LAHORE: Pakistan’s top squash players, Mohammad Ashab Irfan and Noor Zaman, won bronze medals at the Asian Games on Saturday after losing their men’s singles semi-finals.
Irfan lost 3-0 to India’s Abhay Singh, with scores of 11-3, 12-10 and 11-6. Singh won the match in 35 minutes and advanced to the final. Irfan played better in the second game but could not win it.
Irfan had reached the semi-finals after beating India’s Veer Chotrani 3-1 on Friday.
Noor Zaman also lost 3-0, to Malaysia’s Eain Yow Ng. The match lasted 26 minutes, with scores of 11-7, 11-2 and 11-4. Noor put up a fight in the first game, but Eain Yow took control in the next two.
Noor reached the semi-finals after beating Hong Kong’s Leung Chi Hin Henry 3-1 in the quarter-finals.
Reported By: Sports Reporter I Lahore
