SPORTS REPORT
ISLAMABAD: Nasir Iqbal and Zainab Khan have won men’s and women’s titles of COMBAXX 1st CNS All Pakistan Squash Championship 2022 that concluded in Islamabad at Pakistan Navy Roshan Khan Jahangir Khan Squash Complex, Fleet Club on Saturday.
CNS squash championship
In the men’s final, Nasir Iqbal of WAPDA outclassed Waqar Mehboob of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in straight games 3-0 with the score-line of 11-5, 11-1, and 11-5 in a one-sided encounter that lasted for 20 minutes. The winner was awarded a cash prize of Rs. 200,000, while the runners-up received a cash prize of Rs. 40,000.
Earlier, in the women’s final, Zainab Khan (Pakistan’s Army) beat Noor-ul-Ain (SNGPL) 3-1, as the final score-line was 11-5, 11-4, 10-12, and 11-3. The match lasted for 27 minutes. The winner of the women’s final received Rs. 100,000, while the runners-up got awarded Rs. 70,000 cash prizes.
Pakistan’s Chief of Navel Staff, Admiral Mohammad Amjad Khan Niazi, the chief guest of the prize distribution ceremony, gave away trophies and cash prizes among the players.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief of the Naval Staff lauded the holding of such a grand squash event in which an overwhelming number of young players participated.