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Iskandar Repeats For 2nd Port Moresby Crown
Number 1 seed Azlan Iskandar of Malaysia triumphed over second seed Cameron Pilley of Australia in the final of the 2005 Steel Industries PNG Squash International in a hard fought five game encounter that was almost a repeat of the 2004 final.

Pilley took a one nil lead via a tiebreaker in a first game that saw both players concentrating on playing steady error free squash. Iskandar upped the pace in the second game which saw Pilley make a string of unforced errors that allowed the Malaysian to comfortably take the second game 11-6. Iskandar took the crucial third game in another tiebreaker. Pilley was unlucky to slip on some sweat left on the floor after a dive by Azlan while the score was 10-10. Azlan capitalised by taking the next rally and the game to lead two games to one. However it did not take Pilley long to level the score in a fourth game that lasted only seven minutes and featured a lot of errors by a tiring Iskandar. The Malaysian managed to regroup himself and came out all guns blazing to take the fifth and final game 11-4.

The tournament was hailed a success by the players, organiser and sponsors. This is despite the pull out of the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th seeds after the closing date - all for unexplained reasons.

PNG PSA Open Squash, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Results
Final of the Main Draw
[1] Azlan Iskandar (MAS) def [2] Camron Pilley (AUS) 10-11(10-12) 11-6 11-10(12-10) 5-11 11-4 (69 mins)