RESULTS: Asian Squash Championships, Kuwait
Men's 2nd round:
[1] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt Abdul Rahman Al-Malki (QAT) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 (21m)
Yuta Fukui (JPN) bt [9/16] Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) 9-7, 2-9, 5-9, 9-3, 9-7 (64m)
[9/16] Majid Khan (PAK) bt Navin Samarasinghe (SRI) 9-2, 9-4, 9-6 (24m)
[5/8] Dick Lau (HKG) bt Ammar Al-Tamimi (KUW) 9-2, 9-2, 2-9, 9-2 (32m)
Mohammed Hajeyah (KUW) bt [5/8] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) 9-4, 3-9, 9-5, 6-9, 10-8 (93m)
[9/16] Bilal Zaman (PAK) bt Alireza Sanaei (IRI) 9-5, 9-3, 9-4 (19m)
Mohammad Hossei Jafari Nadoushan (IRI) bt [9/16] Mohd Oltuarir (KUW) 6-9, 10-9, 3-9, 9-1, 9-1
[3/4] Shahid Zaman (PAK) bt Anson Kwong (HKG) 9-3, 9-1, 9-3 (25m)
[3/4] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt Ali Alramezi (KUW) 9-2, 9-2, 9-2 (35m)
[9/16] Max Lee (HKG) bt Kim Hyun-Dong (KOR) 10-8, 9-2, 9-5
[9/16] Abdullah Almezayen (KUW) bt Takanori Shimizu (JPN) 9-2, 9-4, 9-1 (45m)
[5/8] Yasir Butt (PAK) bt Jun Matsumoto (JPN) 9-1, 9-5, 9-3 (25m)
[5/8] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) bt Nasser B Al-Ramzi (KUW) 0-9, 9-4, 9-6, 9-2
[9/16] Siddharth Suchde (IND) bt Cheng Yao Huang (TPE) 9-1, 9-3, 9-2 (30m)
[9/16] Wai Hang Wong (HKG) bt Naresh Kumar (IND) 9-1, 9-4, 9-1 (34m)
[2] Ong Beng Hee (MAS) bt Armando Amante (MAC) 9-2, 9-2, 9-2
3rd round:
[1] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt Yuta Fukui (JPN) 9-2, 9-2, 9-0 (23m)
[9/16] Majid Khan (PAK) bt [5/8] Dick Lau (HKG) 9-5, 9-3, 2-9, 9-4 (55m)
[9/16] Bilal Zaman (PAK) bt Mohammed Hajeyah (KUW) 9-3, 9-5, 9-7 (38m)
[3/4] Shahid Zaman (PAK) bt Mohammad Hossei Jafari Nadoushan (IRI) 9-1, 9-5, 9-8 (37m)
[3/4] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [9/16] Max Lee (HKG) 9-3, 9-1, 9-1 (48m)
[9/16] Abdullah Almezayen (KUW) bt [5/8] Yasir Butt (PAK) 9-3, 10-9, 4-9, 5-9, 10-8 (98m)
[9/16] Siddharth Suchde (IND) bt [5/8] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) 6-9, 9-3, 7-9, 9-5, 9-6 (106m)
[2] Ong Beng Hee (MAS) bt [9/16] Wai Hang Wong (HKG) 9-3, 9-2, 10-9 (39m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt [9/16] Majid Khan (PAK) 9-0, 9-0, 9-1 (33m)
[3/4] Shahid Zaman (PAK) bt [9/16] Bilal Zaman (PAK) 10-8, 9-3, 9-6 (47m)
[9/16] Abdullah Almezayen (KUW) bt [3/4] Saurav Ghosal (IND) 8-10, 9-4, 9-1, 9-3 (72m)
[2] Ong Beng Hee (MAS) bt [9/16] Siddharth Suchde (IND) 9-2, 9-3, 8-10, 9-2 (62m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt [3/4] Shahid Zaman (PAK) 9-2, 9-4, 9-6 (42m)
[2] Ong Beng Hee (MAS) bt [9/16] Abdullah Almezayen (KUW) 9-3, 9-2, 9-5 (51m)
Final:
[1] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt [2] Ong Beng Hee (MAS) 5-9, 8-10, 9-5, 9-0, 9-7 (120m)
Women's 1st round:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bye
[9/16] Kim Jin-Hee (KOR) bt Xu Li (CHN) 9-2, 9-0, 9-0 (12m)
[9/16] Low Wee Wern (MAS) bt Li Chun Ping (TPE) 9-0, 9-1, 9-0 (9m)
[5/8] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) bt Harita Omprakash (IND) 9-4, 9-0, 9-3 (32m)
[5/8] Elise Ng (HKG) bt Jiang Li (CHN) 9-1, 9-4, 9-1 (19m)
[9/16] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) bt Maria Estela Gageiro Madeira (MAC) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 (10m)
[9/16] Song Sun-Mi (KOR) bt Pan Kuei Yeh (TPE) 10-8, 9-0, 9-0 (13m)
[3/4] Christina Mak (HKG) bt Surbhi Misra (IND) 9-0, 9-6, 9-7 (21m)
[3/4] Sharon Wee (MAS) bt Xiu Chen (CHN) 9-1, 9-1, 9-1 (12m)
[9/16] Anwesha Reddy (IND) bt Hsieh Ssu Han (TPE) 9-1, 9-0, 9-1 (10m)
[9/16] Maria Toor Pakay (PAK) bt Sam Hei Tong (MAC) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2 (10m)
[5/8] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt Wu Zhenzhen (CHN) 9-0, 9-4, 9-1 (17m)
[5/8] Delia Arnold (MAS) bt Hung Ning Yu (TPE) 9-3, 9-1, 9-0 (20m)
[9/16] Park Eun Ok (KOR) bt Kozue Onizawa (JPN) 9-5, 9-0, 9-2 (29m)
[9/16] Ahn Eun Ok (KOR) bt Si Man Wendy Chan (MAC) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 (8m)
[2] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt Yuki Omiya (JPN) 9-2, 9-1, 9-0 (23m)
2nd round:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [9/16] Kim Jin-Hee (KOR) 9-3, 9-0, 9-0 (20m)
[9/16] Low Wee Wern (MAS) bt [5/8] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) 4-9, 9-6, 6-9, 9-2, 9-2 (65m)
[5/8] Elise Ng (HKG) bt [9/16] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) 9-2, 9-7, 9-2 (26m)
[3/4] Christina Mak (HKG) bt [9/16] Song Sun-Mi (KOR) 9-5, 4-9, 9-7, 9-4 (55m)
[3/4] Sharon Wee (MAS) bt [9/16] Anwesha Reddy (IND) 9-1, 9-4, 9-6 (34m)
[5/8] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt [9/16] Maria Toor Pakay (PAK) 9-1, 9-6, 9-2 (31m)
[5/8] Delia Arnold (MAS) bt [9/16] Park Eun Ok (KOR) 9-2, 3-9, 9-2, 9-4 (41m)
[2] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt [9/16] Ahn Eun Ok (KOR) 9-5, 9-1, 9-1 (23m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [9/16] Low Wee Wern (MAS) 9-2, 9-4, 9-4 (25m)
[3/4] Christina Mak (HKG) bt [5/8] Elise Ng (HKG) 9-4, 9-6, 9-3 (35m)
[5/8] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt [3/4] Sharon Wee (MAS) 9-5, 4-9, 9-7, 9-5 (55m)
[2] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt [5/8] Delia Arnold (MAS) 9-7, 9-4, 9-1 (33m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [3/4] Christina Mak (HKG) 9-0, 9-2, 9-0 (16m)
[2] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt [5/8] Joshna Chinappa (IND) 9-0, 9-2 ret. (10m)
Final:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [2] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) 9-5, 9-2, 9-2 (34m)
Top seeds Mohd Azlan Iskandar and Nicol David celebrated the fifth successive Malaysian double in the Asian Squash Championships - but did so in contrasting styles in the 14th staging of the biennial event in Kuwait.
In the men's final, Iskandar was made to battle for exactly two hours by compatriot Ong Beng Hee - the defending champion, ranked two places lower in the world - before winning 5-9, 8-10, 9-5, 9-0, 9-7 to secure the title for the first time.
The match was a repeat of the 2006 final in Chinese Taipei, in which Beng Hee won the regional title for a fourth successive time.
But, arguably, the standout performance in the men's event was made by 20-year-old Abdullah Almezayen - a 9/16 seed who upset Pakistan's 5/8 seed Yasir Butt 9-3, 10-9, 4-9, 5-9, 10-8 in 98 minutes in the last sixteen before overcoming India's 3/4 seed Saurav Ghosal in a 72-minute quarter-final to become the first Kuwaiti to reach the semi-finals this decade.
The women's event saw Malaysia's Nicol David confirm her status as the undisputed Queen of Asian Squash when she beat long-time Hong Kong rival Rebecca Chiu 9-5, 9-2, 9-2 in 34 minutes in the final.
David, voted the 'Asian Sportswoman of the Year' in December, has now won the prestigious title for a remarkable six times in a row - since first claiming the crown in 1998 as a 14-year-old!
The triumph also marks the fourth Asian Championship final in which David has beaten Chiu - and brings the total of her regional singles titles (including the Asian Games and Asian Junior Championships) to ten!