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RESULTS: Bank Alfalah Men's World Open Squash Championship, Lahore, Pakistan

1st round:
[1] Peter Nicol (ENG) bt Hisham Moh'd Ashour (EGY) 15-14, 16-17, 15-7, 15-6
[30] Davide Bianchetti (ITA) bt Gavin Jones (WAL) 15-8, 15-11, 15-13
[10] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt Jonathan Kemp (ENG) 15-11, 15-8, 15-4
[26] Rodney Durbach (RSA) bt [Q] Raj Nanda (AUS) 15-13, 15-2, 15-7
[13] Mansoor Zaman (PAK) bt Lars Harms (SUI) 15-11, 15-6, 15-6
[28] Moh'd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt Glenn Keenan (AUS) 15-3, 15-6, 15-8
[18] Omar Elborolossy (EGY) bt [Q] Shamsul Islam Khan (PAK) 15-6, 15-11, 16-17, 15-8 (42m)
[4] Thierry Lincou (FRA) bt Shahid Zaman (PAK) 15-9, 15-4, 15-8 (23m)
[23] Nick Taylor (ENG) bt John Williams (AUS) 15-13, 15-12, 15-11 (37m)
[14] Graham Ryding (CAN) bt [Q] Peter Barker (ENG) 12-15, 15-7, 15-13, 15-11 (64m)
Borja Golan (ESP) bt [32] Farrukh Zaman (PAK) 15-13, 15-6, 10-15, 11-15, 15-7 (66m)
[8] Lee Beachill (ENG) bt [Q] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) 15-7, 10-15, 15-13, 15-10 (41m)
[17] Alex Gough (WAL) bt Joey Barrington (ENG) 15-9, 15-12, 8-15, 15-11 (74m)
[11] Joseph Kneipp (AUS) bt Liam Kenny (IRL) 15-8, 15-11, 15-9 (36m)
[Q] John Rooney (IRL) bt [27] Stefan Casteleyn (BEL) 9-3 ret. (11m)
[2] John White (SCO) bt Jean-Michel Arcucci (FRA) 15-11, 15-12, 15-13 (49m)

Mansoor Is Sole Pakistani Seed In Lahore

Mansoor Zaman leads Pakistan's sole seeded interest in the second round of the $170,000 Bank Alfalah Men's World Open Squash Championship after his two cousins Shahid Zaman and Farrukh Zaman were vanquished in today's (Monday) second day of first round action in Lahore, Pakistan.

Farrukh Zaman, who was elevated to 32nd seed on the eve of the event, was beaten 15-13 15-6 10-15 11-15 15-7 by Spain's unseeded Borja Golan in 66 minutes.  Shahid, from Quetta, was unable to offer any serious resistance to fourth seed Thierry Lincou, going down 15-9 15-4 15-8 to the Frenchman in 23 minutes.

Lincou will now meet Egypt's 18th seed Omar Elborolossy, who ended the run of another Pakistani when he defeated qualifier Shamsul Islam Khan 15-6 15-11 16-17 15-8 in 42 minutes.

Borja Golan's second round opponent will be eighth seed Lee Beachill, the Englishman who clinched his first Super Series title, the Qatar Classic, in Doha ten days ago.  The world No9 from Pontefract beat Indian qualifier Ritwik Bhattacharya 15-7 10-15 15-13 15-10 in 41 minutes.

Scotland's world No2 John White, runner-up to Beachill in the Doha final, overcame his first round opponent in straight games, beating France's Jean-Michel Arcucci 15-11 15-12 15-13 in 49 minutes.  His next opponent, Nottingham team-mate John Rooney, barely broke sweat in order to qualify for the second round.  The Irish qualifier was 9-3 up in the first game against 27th seed Stefan Casteleyn when the Belgian conceded the match after just 11 minutes as a result of an injury.