[1] Bari was sponsored to travel to the United Kingdom to compete in the British Open (the effective world championship of the sport at the time), where he finished runner-up in 1950 to the Egyptian player Mahmoud Karim.
Two years later in 1952 he became the first Asian to become a professional coach in England when he was appointed by Junior Carlton Club in London.
[2] Bari was defeated by Karim at the 1950 British Open Squash Championships in London by a 9–3, 9–4, 9–0 margin.
[3] Bari lost to Karim again a few months later at the Scottish Championships in four-game match.
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