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RESULTS: North Island Squash Championship, Auckland, New Zealand

Quarter-finals:
[1] Kashif Shuja (NZL) bt [6] Julian Illingworth (USA)  15-10, 15-8, 14-15, 15-7
[4] John Ashley Abrahamse (RSA) bt Will Evans (NZL)  15-7, 15-7, 9-15, 10-15, 15-9
Ahmed Mohsen Hassaan (EGY) bt [15] El Iraky Omar Abd El Aziz (EGY) w/o
[2] Callum O'Brien (NZL) bt [7] Campbell Grayson (NZL) 15-3, 15-6, 15-9

Semi-finals:
[1] Kashif Shuja (NZL) bt [4] John Ashley Abrahamse (RSA)  15-4, 15-12, 15-4
[2] Callum O'Brien (NZL) bt Ahmed Mohsen Hassaan (EGY)  15-8, 15-8, 15-5

Final:
[2] Callum O'Brien (NZL) bt [1] Kashif Shuja (NZL)  13-15, 15-13, 15-7, 10-15, 15-9
 
O'Brien Claims Second Title In New Zealand

New Zealand's Callum O'Brien has claimed his second PSA Tour squash title on home soil in two weeks after winning the North Island Championship at the Royal Oak Squash Club in Auckland.

O'Brien outlasted his Remuera club-mate Kashif Shuja in today's (Sunday) final, grinding out a 13-15 15-13 15-7 10-15 15-9 victory in 79 minutes.

The victory marked the third PSA title of the 21-year-old's career - and his second in a fortnight, after he also won the South Island Championship in Christchurch last month.