Jahangir strikes back
NZPA-Reuter Karachi The world champion, Jahangir Khan, overturned a two-game deficit to win the Pakistan Open squash title on Sunday after another gripping duel with his great rival, Jansher Khan. Jahangir triumphed 16-17, 10-15, 15-9, 15-9, 15-7, after 134 minutes against the world number one and fellow Pakistani, Jansher, who was victorious when they clashed in the
Singapore Open earlier this month. Jahangir, having lost nine times to Jansher in their last 11 meetings, showed superior fitness against an opponent who had previously always relied on stamina to beat him. The world champion was satisfied with his performance, which brought him his country’s open title for the eighth time. He lost it only last year to Jansher. “I am happy to regain the title,”
he said. “Unlike the Singapore Open, I made minimum mistakes here. I played my strokes and hit them well — that proved decisive. It was a tough match in which my experience helped me.” Jansher felt he was undone by complacency. “I relaxed in the third game and that was my mis? take,” he said. “Jahangir picked up the pace and made some good strokes.”
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