Pakistan’s Noor Zaman becomes Asian Junior Squash champion

Pattaya: Pakistan’s Noor Zaman has won the Boys U-19 event of the 29th Asian Junior Individual Championships being held in Pattaya, Thailand.

According to details, the 18-year-old defeated Malaysia’s Joachim Chuah by three games to one in the final on Sunday.

Zaman won the first game by 11-9, however, Chuah made a comeback by bagging the next game by a scoreline of 12-10. Zaman clinched the next two games, 11-5 and 11-9, to win the title.

It is pertinent to mention that Pakistan have won this title after a gap of four years.

In April earlier, this year, Zaman also became Pakistan’s top-ranked junior player by achieving his career-best international ranking of 103.

The Peshawar-born will also represent Pakistan in World Junior Squash Championship, late this year.