Iskandar wins on Home Turf
Dec 31, 2004, by Howard Harding; SquashTalk Independent News Service © 2004;

Final Round   [draw/results]

Azlan Iskandar upstaged his more famous countryman, Ong Beng Hee, this week in winning the Malaysian Open Tournament in dominating fashion. Iskandar, who at the beginning of the week was looking forward to a potential rematch with Ong, by the end of the week was taking home a strong win over an Egyptian to hoist the Malaysian trophy.

Mohd Azlan Iskandar became only the second domestic winner of his country's prized Open squash title when he beat Egypt's Wael El Hindi in today's (Friday) final of the Country View Malaysian Open at the National Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur.

After failing to clinch a tie-break in the first game, Iskandar went on to assert himself in his first ever match against El Hindi, the 24-year-old world No30 from Cairo. Iskandar, the second seed from Sarawak, thrilled the partisan crowd when he finally claimed his epic 10-11 11-5 11-5 11-7 victory after 48 minutes.

The victory brings to three the number of PSA Tour titles that the 22-year-old Malaysian has won this year. Currently poised at 21 in the Dunlop PSA World Rankings, Iskandar can now confidently look forward to a first ever appearance in the world top twenty when the January rankings are announced next week.

RESULTS: Country View Malaysian Open Squash Championship, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Final:
[2] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt [3] Wael El Hindi (EGY) 10-11 (1-3), 11-5, 11-5, 11-7 (48m)

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