{"id":2646,"date":"2025-09-25T12:46:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T12:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/?p=2646"},"modified":"2025-09-25T12:46:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T12:46:52","slug":"pakistans-noor-zaman-ashab-irfan-advance-to-nash-cup-quarterfinals-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/2025\/09\/25\/pakistans-noor-zaman-ashab-irfan-advance-to-nash-cup-quarterfinals-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan’s Noor Zaman, Ashab Irfan advance to Nash Cup quarterfinals in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: Pakistan\u2019s young squash players Noor Zaman and Ashab Irfan reached the quarterfinals of the Nash Cup, a $31,250 PSA World Tour Copper event, being played in London, Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n

Zaman, seeded fifth, produced a strong performance in the round of 16, beating Argentina\u2019s Jeremias Azana 3-1.<\/p>\n

After taking the opening game 11-6, Zaman dropped a close second 12-14 before regaining control to edge the third 12-10 and close out the match 11-7 in the fourth. The encounter lasted 57 minutes.<\/p>\n

Eighth seed Irfan had a tougher path, battling Malaysia\u2019s Sanjay Jeeva in a five-game thriller.<\/p>\n

Irfan started strong with an 11-5 win in the first game, but Jeeva responded by taking the second 11-5. Irfan regained momentum in the third with an 11-4 victory before Jeeva forced a decider by claiming the fourth 11-7.<\/p>\n

In the deciding game, Irfan held his nerve to seal the contest 11-6 after 63 minutes on court.<\/p>\n

Both Pakistani players now face challenging quarterfinal fixtures. Zaman is drawn against Colombia\u2019s Ronald Palomino, who upset third seed Leandro Romiglio of Argentina in straight games.<\/p>\n

Irfan will take on India\u2019s Veer Chotrani, the No. 4 seed, who advanced with a 3-1 victory over Viktor Byrtus of the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n

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KARACHI: Pakistan\u2019s young squash players Noor Zaman and Ashab Irfan reached the quarterfinals of the Nash Cup, a $31,250 PSA World Tour Copper event, being played in London, Ontario, Canada. Zaman, seeded fifth, produced a strong performance in the round of 16, beating Argentina\u2019s Jeremias Azana 3-1. After taking the opening game 11-6, Zaman dropped […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646","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=2646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2648,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646\/revisions\/2648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}