Favourites Flourish In KL
Men's 1st round:
[1] Shahid Zaman (PAK) bt Ivan Yuen (MAS) 8-11, 14-12, 11-8, 11-6 (35m)
[7] Zac Alexander (AUS) bt Kamran Khan (MAS) 9-11, 11-2, 13-11, 9-11, 11-6 (52m)
[4] Matthew Karwalski (AUS) bt [Q] Choong Kam Hing (MAS) 11-9, 11-5, 11-5 (22m)
[5] Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK) bt [Q] Wai Hang Wong (HKG) 11-8, 11-8, 11-9 (33m)
[6] Nafzahizam Adnan (MAS) bt Elvinn Keo (MAS) 9-11, 11-6, 11-9, 5-11, 11-6 (47m)
[Q] Aqib Hanif (PAK) bt [3] Steve Finitsis (AUS) 11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9 (50m)
[8] Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) bt [Q] Wasim Shad (PAK) 6-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-13, 11-2 (51m)
[2] Mike Corren (AUS) bt Philip Nightingale (ENG) 6-11, 11-8, 13-11, 11-7 (48m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Shahid Zaman (PAK) bt [7] Zac Alexander (AUS) 11-6, 6-11, 11-6, 11-7 (22m)
[5] Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK) bt [4] Matthew Karwalski (AUS) 13-15, 11-7, 10-12, 11-8, 10-5 ret. (73m)
[6] Nafzahizam Adnan (MAS) bt [Q] Aqib Hanif (PAK) 13-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-8 (49m)
[2] Mike Corren (AUS) bt [8] Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) 11-6, 11-8, 11-7 (35m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Shahid Zaman (PAK) bt [5] Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK) 5-11, 11-6 ret. (17m)
[2] Mike Corren (AUS) bt [6] Nafzahizam Adnan (MAS) 11-3, 11-8, 11-5 (25m)
Final:
[1] Shahid Zaman (PAK) bt [2] Mike Corren (AUS) 7-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-7 (27m)
Women's 1st round:
[1] Line Hansen (DEN) bt Zulhijjah Binti Azan (MAS) 9-5, 9-3, 9-0 (38m)
[7] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) bt [Q] Ahn Eun Chan (KOR) 9-4, 9-7, 5-9, 10-8 (33m)
Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS) bt [3] Orla Noom (NED) 9-7, 9-2, 6-9, 9-3 (45m)
[5] Lim Yoke Wah (MAS) bt Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) 4-9, 9-7, 9-1, 7-9, 9-3 (54m)
[8] Low Wee Wern (MAS) bt Pushppa Devi (MAS) 9-1, 9-1, 9-1 (15m)
[4] Alana Miller (CAN) bt [Q] Shin Nga Leung (HKG) 9-0, 9-0, 7-9, 9-1 (33m)
[6] Delia Arnold (MAS) bt Park Eun Ok (KOR) 8-10, 9-3, 9-2, 9-3 (47m)
[2] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt Song Sun-Mi (KOR) 9-3, 3-9, 0-9, 9-1, 9-1 (35m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Line Hansen (DEN) bt [7] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) 9-1, 3-9, 9-4, 9-0 (27m)
[5] Lim Yoke Wah (MAS) bt Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS) 6-9, 9-4, 9-3, 9-4 (37m)
[4] Alana Miller (CAN) bt [8] Low Wee Wern (MAS) 1-9, 9-6, 9-4, 9-5 (41m)
[6] Delia Arnold (MAS) bt [2] Joshna Chinappa (IND) 9-5, 9-7, 5-9, 9-2 (45m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Line Hansen (DEN) bt [5] Lim Yoke Wah (MAS) 9-0, 9-1, 9-0 (20m)
[6] Delia Arnold (MAS) bt [4] Alana Miller (CAN) 9-6, 5-9, 9-5, 9-6
Final:
[1] Line Hansen (DEN) bt [6] Delia Arnold (MAS) 9-7, 9-4, 9-7 (46m)
Top seeds Shahid Zaman and Line Hansen, from Pakistan and Denmark, respectively, took the titles in the NSC Super Squash Satellite No2 at the Bukit Jalil National Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
After overcoming compatriot Arshad Iqbal Burki in the semi-finals, 25-year-old Zaman faced Australia's second seed Mike Corren in the final of the men's $6,000 PSA Tour Super Satellite event.
Corren, in his 27th Tour final, took the opening game. But Zaman struck back to win the next three to take the title 7-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-7 in just 27 minutes.
It was a confidence-boosting win for the Quetta-based Pakistani - the fifth PSA Tour title of his career, but the first for over three years.
Local player Delia Arnold was the star of the women's WISPA World Tour event. The 22-year-old sixth seed from KL made her breakthrough in the quarter-finals where she upset India's No2 seed Joshna Chinappa.
A semi-final victory over fourth-seeded Canadian Alana Miller took Arnold into her first Tour final of the year.
But favourite Line Hansen, ranked almost 20 places higher in the world, was too strong for Arnold in the final, winning 9-7, 9-4, 9-7 in 46 minutes to record the fourth title of her career.