After having lost the squash singles final to Malaysia, Pakistan won a gold medal in the team event of squash in the on going Asian Games in China by defeating Malaysia in the final. Gold medal winners in squash were Farhan Mehbub and Aamir Atlas. This is the second gold medal of the country in the Asian Games.
"I feel really fantastic because I defeated Iskandar," the 20-year-old Khan said after whipping his Malaysian rival 14-12, 15-13, 11-4.
"After losing to Iskandar in the singles, I was mentally down and thought to myself that we could not get to the gold medal.
"My coach taught me a few things to prepare myself mentally and physically. I don't want to mention them because this is confidential." Amir added.
The squash team events were held for the first time at the Guangzhou Games.
In the first men's match against Malaysia, Farhan Mehboob had breezed past the 2002 and 2006 singles champion Ong Beng Hee 11-4, 11-4, 11-7.
Khan then went tit-for-tat against Iskandar to take the first two sets 14-12, 15-13. He took the third set 11-4 when a visibly tired Iskandar dropped his racquet in a return effort.
Pakistan has won a squash gold in the Asian Games for the second time only. The first one was one back in 1998 won by Zarak Jahan Khan.
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