RESULTS: VX-Power Spanish Open Squash Championship, Tenerife, Spain
1st round:
[1] Kashif Shuja (NZL) bt Matias Tuomi (FIN) 11-8, 11-3, 13-11
[6] Leandro Romiglio (ARG) bt Carlos Cornes Ribadas (ESP) 11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 11-4
[4] Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) bt Philip Nightingale (ENG) 11-8, 11-3, 11-8
[Q] Jose Facchini (ITA) bt [8] Bart Ravelli (NED) 11-5, 11-6, 8-11, 12-10
[Q] Alejandro Garbi Caro (ESP) bt [5] Henrik Mustonen (FIN) 11-8, 12-10, 3-11, 11-6
[3] Alan Clyne (SCO) bt Eduardo Gonzales De Chaves (ESP) 11-6, 11-9, 11-7
[7] David Vidal (ESP) bt Rory Pennell (ENG) 9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-8
[Q] Ben Coleman (ENG) bt [2] Jens Schoor (GER) 11-9, 5-11, 11-4, 11-3
Quarter-finals:
[1] Kashif Shuja (NZL) bt [6] Leandro Romiglio (ARG) 11-4, 11-7, 11-6
[Q] Jose Facchini (ITA) bt [4] Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) 11-7, 8-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-5
[3] Alan Clyne (SCO) bt [Q] Alejandro Garbi Caro (ESP) 11-6, 12-10, 11-2
[7] David Vidal (ESP) bt [Q] Ben Coleman (ENG) 11-7, 11-5, 11-7
Semi-finals:
[1] Kashif Shuja (NZL) bt [Q] Jose Facchini (ITA) 11-9, 11-4, 11-9
[3] Alan Clyne (SCO) bt [7] David Vidal (ESP) 7-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-9
Final:
[1] Kashif Shuja (NZL) bt [3] Alan Clyne (SCO) 11-7, 6-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-8 (85m)
New Zealander Kashif Shuja clinched his first PSA World Tour squash title in Europe when he beat Scotland's Alan Clyne in a marathon final of the VX-Power Spanish Open, the $8,000 Super Satellite event at Centro Insular de Squash de Tenerife in Santa Cruz, Tenerife.
The Pakistan-born top seed reached the final without dropping a game - but the 30-year-old was soon put under pressure by Clyne, the 23-year-old third seed from Edinburgh who went two-games-to-one up, then led 6-2 in the fourth.
Shuja, a PSA Tour veteran since 1995, called upon all his experience to fight back to win the fourth - and then claimed the decider to record an impressive 11-7, 6-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-8 title victory in 85 minutes.
The triumph marked the eighth Tour title of Shuja's career, but his first since November 2007.