All Pakistan final
NZPA London Qamhr Zaman will meet his fellow Pakistani. Mohibullah > Khan, in the final of the London 1 World Series Squash tournament today, after the two players sur- * vived an ali-Pakistani semi final round yesterday. } j Zaman beat Hiddy Jahan, 9-4. , 4-9. 9-5, 9-4. and Mobibullah beat , Gogi Alauddin. 5-9. 9-2. 9*o. 9-5. J New Zealand’s leading piotesi- sional, Bruce Brownlee, was eliminated from the tournament after a tough five-game battle e with Jahan. e In a match that simmered with p resentment, Brownlee fought back after losing the first two - games, before he eventually fi cracked under the pressure and T let the final game slip awas i to lose the matchy 6 9, 7-9, 9 3, *.9-7, 3-9. • The 523-year-old Rotorua player*
— ranked sixth in the world behind Jahan — produced a string of winning nick shots but tie game was marred bj constant interruptions and bickering over points. Brownlee, who with the world champion. Geofl' Hunt 'Australia) is the only non-Pakistani in the world squash elite, said later: *'E don’t like the Pakistani domination. It makes me more detei mined. 1 won’t be happy until I beat every one of them.’’ Meanwhile. New Zealand’s other leading professional. Mur. <av LiHey. was also b\ Qamar Zaman, the tournament’s top seed in the absence i of Hunt. Liliev iost in straight ganif% I 6-9. 2-9. 2-9. but he kept the Pakistani on the <ourt for 40min, . a creditable achievement gi\ej Zaman's current overpon erinf * form.
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