ISLAMABAD: Local player Noor Zaman overwhelmed Hazem Hossam of Egypt in keenly-contested four games to move into the quarter-finals of Chief of the Air Staff (CAS)-Serena Hotels International Squash Championship here at Mushaf Squash Complex, Tuesday.

Noor won 12-10, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9 in 38 minutes. He could have finished off the match in straight games and was leading 9-7 at one stage.

A few reckless shots however resulted in taking the match to fourth game.

“Yes, I should have finished it in straight games. I put up the same pressure in the next, finishing off the match in four games.”

Nasir Iqbal and Ashab Irfan also made it to quarter-finals winning their matches in style.

Results: Ibrahim Elkabbani (Egy) bt Duncan Lee (Mas) 11-9, 14-12, 13-11 (41 Min), Darren Pragasam (Mas) bt Tayyab Aslam (Pak) 9-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-6 (30 Min), Seif El Shenawy (Egy) bt Hafiz Zhafri (Mas) 11-9, 11-8, 11-8 (24 Min), Nasir Iqbal (Pak) bt Yasin Shodhy (Egy) 11-4, 11-8, 8-11, 8-11, 11-7 (48 Min), M Ashab Irfan (Pak) bt (WC) Abdullah Nawaz (Pak) 10-12, 11-8, 11-5, 11-9 (45 Min), Rowan Damming (Ned) bt (WC) Farhan Mehboob (Pak) 11-4, 11-9, 11-9 (27 Min), Perry Malik (Eng) bt Ammar Altamimi (Kuw) 11-7, 11-9, 11-8 (33 Min), Noor Zaman (Pak).