{"id":1661,"date":"2024-09-30T07:40:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T07:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/2024\/09\/30\/mahnoor-ali-beats-sister-to-clinch-danish-junior-squash-championship-title\/"},"modified":"2024-09-30T07:40:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T07:40:12","slug":"mahnoor-ali-beats-sister-to-clinch-danish-junior-squash-championship-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/2024\/09\/30\/mahnoor-ali-beats-sister-to-clinch-danish-junior-squash-championship-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahnoor Ali beats sister to clinch Danish Junior Squash Championship title"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Mahnoor Ali poses with the Pakistan flag with her medal at the HEAD Danish Junior Open on September 29, 2024. \u2014 Facebook\/Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Squash Association<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

FAISALABAD: Pakistan’s rising squash star Mahnoor Ali on Sunday clinched the Danish Junior Squash Championship title in the Girls Under-13 category, defeating her sister, Sehrish Ali, in straight games.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 11-year-old athlete dominated the final with a convincing 11-3, 11-3, 11-2 victory at the HEAD Danish Junior Open in Copenhagen, Denmark.<\/p>\n

In the Under-17 category, the Ali sisters’ elder sibling, Mehwish Ali, secured third place after an impressive performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The 15-year-old rising star in the world of squash defeated the Netherlands’ Ruby Huisman 3-0, with scores of 11-4, 11-7, and 11-8.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

All three sisters returned home with medals, marking a remarkable achievement for the family at the competition, highlighting Pakistan’s growing presence in junior squash on the international stage.<\/p>\n

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A combination of pictures shows Sehrish Ali (left) and Mehwish Ali with the Pakistan’s flag while wearing their medals at the HEAD Danish Junior Open\u00a0on September 29, 2024. \u2014 Facebook\/Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Squash Association<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Meanwhile, Muhammad Asim Khan also marked a victorious\u00a0Charlottesville Open as he secured his first Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour title defeating top-seeded Nick Wall of England in the final.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old athlete, who was unseeded in the tournament, triumphed 3-1 in a gruelling 65-minute match.<\/p>\n

After losing the opening game 12-14, Khan made a strong comeback, winning the next three games 12-10, 11-5, and 11-6 to seal the victory.<\/p>\n

Khan’s victory marks a significant milestone in his career and adds to Pakistan\u2019s rich legacy in squash, a sport in which the nation has produced multiple world champions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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Mahnoor Ali poses with the Pakistan flag with her medal at the HEAD Danish Junior Open on September 29, 2024. \u2014 Facebook\/Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Squash Association FAISALABAD: Pakistan’s rising squash star Mahnoor Ali on Sunday clinched the Danish Junior Squash Championship title in the Girls Under-13 category, defeating her sister, Sehrish Ali, in straight games.\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}