Game Development Officer of Pakistan Squash Federation Flt Lieutenant Aamir Iqbal on Friday said that 11 members Pakistan squash team left for the forthcoming 18th Asian Games to be commencing from August 18 to September 2, 2018 at Jakarta, Indonesia.
He said that the team departed from Lahore to take part in the forthcoming Asian Games. Pakistani players would take part in both Men and Women Individual as well as Team events. Before departure for participation in the event, the selected players were provided rigorous training at Pakistan National Squash Academy Islamabad to extract better results, he added.
He said the team comprising Group Captain Tahir Sultan (Manager), Fazal Shah and Muhammad Naeem (coaches) and players including Tayyab Aslam, Ammad Fareed, Israr Ahmed, Muhammad Asim Khan, Madina Zafar, Faiza Zafar, Riffat Khan, Amna Fayyaz. Pakistan's squash teams have been seeded fourth and ninth for men's and women's categories, respectively. The draws for men's and women's individual and team events were conducted in Jakarta in accordance with the Asian Squash Federation's Championship regulations, he said.
The squash events are scheduled from August 23 to September 1 in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia. According to the individual draw, Tayyab will face Simha Arhant Keshar of Nepal in the first round. Asim Khan is up against Jivasuwan Natthakit of Thailand.
In the women's individual event, Madina Zafar will play against Ahn Euntschan of Korea in the first round. Faiza Zafar will face Yuliana Catur of Indonesia. Pakistan's men's team has been placed in the Pool A along with top seeds Hong Kong, 5th seeds Korea, 8th seeds Japan, 9th seeds Philippines, and 12th seeds Nepal. Pakistan will play their first match against Japan on August 27 and the second against Nepal on the same day.
They will face the Philippines on August 28, Hong Kong on 29, and Korea on 30. Pakistan team comprises Tayyab Aslam, Ammad Fareed, Asim Khan, and Israr Ahmed. In the women's team event, Pakistan have been placed in Pool A with top seeds Malaysia, 4th seeds Japan, 5th seeds Korea, and 8th seeds Philippines. Pakistan will play their first match against Malaysia and Korea on August 27, Japan on 28, and the Philippines on 30.
The recent poor show of Pakistan at two international squash events including Asian Senior Squash Championship and Commonwealth Games showed that future of the game in Pakistan is quite bleak. Pakistan Squash Federation despite almost a month passed has never bothered to conduct inquiry for pathetic performance of Pakistan team in the Asian Senior Team Squash Championship held in Korea.
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