PSF to name 4-member team for SAG today.

ISLAMABAD -- Faiza Zafar, Amna Fayyaz and Madina Zafar look all set to confirm their spots in the Pakistan national team for the coming South Asian Games (SAG) to be held in Nepal.

Faiza is leading the race going into the third and last day of the trials and it looks quite obvious that she will finish at the top, while present national champion Amna Fayyaz and former Pakistan No 1 Madina Zafar have also brighten their chances. Madina staged tremendous recovery from twisted ankle, which she suffered in the morning session. Her right ankle badly twisted and she had to forfeit match against Amna Fayyaz after just one game.

In the first match of the morning session, it was battle between the two former top players Muqaddas Ashraf and Saima Shoukat. Muqaddas showed her class and bamboozled Saima 3-1. She took first game 11-6, lost the second 8-11 while won the third 11-4 and fourth 11-8. It was disheartening to witness such low a standard of women squash in Pakistan, as it doesn't look like two top professional players were battling it out, but it was like amateurs were playing against each other.

It is highly unfortunate that standard of women squash in Pakistan has fallen to new lows, as the federation can only...