Yasir enters Florida Open squash quarters

KARACHI: Lahore based third seeded Yasir Butt recovered from a set down to beat English qualifier Tom Pashley to confirm his place in the quarterfinals of Florida State Open – the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event at the Lifetime Athletic Club in Boca Raton, USA.

Yasir Butt took 42 minutes to dispatch Pashley recording a 5-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-5 victory.

He will now face unseeded South African Clinton Leeuw, who survived a 95-minute marathon encounter against Jamaican qualifier Christopher Binnie before recording a 6-11, 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 14-12 triumph.

Farhan Zaman, the 19-year-old world No93, failed to join compatriot Yasir Butt in the last eight - going down 11-9, 11-8, 11-7 to lower-ranked Australian Scott Arnold.1st round:

Julian Illingworth (USA) beat Thomas Brinkman (Canada) 11-7, 11-5, 11-9 (37m)
Erik Tepos Valtierra (Mexico) beat Steven London (England) 11-8, 11-4, 11-7 (47m)
Clinton Leeuw (RSA) beat Christopher Binnie (Jamaica) 6-11, 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 14-12 (95m)
Yasir Butt (Pakistan) beat Tom Pashley (England) 5-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-5 (42m)
Peter Creed (Wales) beat Fred Reid (Canada) 13-11, 11-7, 11-5 (39m)
Scott Arnold (Austarlia) beat Farhan Zaman (Pakistan) 11-9, 11-8, 11-7 (40m)
Alfredo Avila (Mexico) beat Michael McCue (Canada) 11-7, 11-9, 11-5 (35m)
Shawn Delierre (Canada) beat Pablo Rawden (England) 11-1, 11-5, 14-12 (40m)
(PPI)