Pakistan teenager Danish Atlas Khan celebrated his third successive PSA World Tour title triumph in Iran in a month when he won the Norooz International, the PSA Challenger 5 event in its third year at Enghelab Sports Complex in Tehran.
Third seed Khan made his breakthrough in the semi-finals where he beat top-seeded Egyptian Mazen Gamal, the champion in 2009.
The 17-year-old from Peshawar then faced the title-holder Bader Al Hussaini in the final after the fourth seed from Kuwait had overcome second seed Waqar Mehboob, from Pakistan, in the other semi-final.
But Danish Atlas Khan was too strong for the defending champion in the final, despatching the 27-year-old 11-6, 11-8, 11-3 in just 35 minutes.
“I really want to thank Allah for winning three tournaments here – also thanks to my father and my coach Atlas Khan, and my family, who really support me,” said the jubilant champion after his victory.
Final:
[3] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) bt [4] Bader Al Hussaini (KUW) 11-6, 11-8, 11-3 (35m)
Semi-finals:
[3] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) bt [1] Mazen Gamal (EGY) 7-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-9 (46m)
[4] Bader Al Hussaini (KUW) bt [2] Waqar Mehboob (PAK) 1-11, 12-10, 11-4, 11-5 (28m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Mazen Gamal (EGY) bt [Q] Aurangzeb Mehmund (PAK) 11-7, 11-9, 3-11, 11-5 (41m)
[3] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour (IRI) 7-11, 11-2, 11-0, 11-3 (27m)
[4] Bader Al Hussaini (KUW) bt Alireza Sanaei (IRI) 11-3, 11-6, 11-4 (18m)
[2] Waqar Mehboob (PAK) bt [Q] Mohammed Yaquop Hajeyah (KUW) 11-7, 17-15, 11-3 (39m)
1st round:
[1] Mazen Gamal (EGY) bt [Q] Syed Hamzah Shah Bukhari (PAK) 11-5, 7-11, 11-8, 11-5 (65m)
[Q] Aurangzeb Mehmund (PAK) bt Mohammad Hossei Jafari Nadoushan (IRI) 11-5, 11-6, 11-9 (26m)
Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour (IRI) bt Navid Maleksabet (IRI) 11-8, 11-7, 4-11, 11-3 (27m)
[3] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Seyed Mohammad Hossein Sanaee (IRI) 11-4, 11-9, 11-6 (28m)
[4] Bader Al Hussaini (KUW) bt Masoud Gharehzyaldini (IRI) 11-4, 11-7, 12-10 (29m)
Alireza Sanaei (IRI) bt [Q] Sameollah Ghasedabadi (IRI) 11-9, 4-11, 11-8, 11-8 (30m)
[Q] Mohammed Yaquop Hajeyah (KUW) bt Zeyad Tareq Alowaesh (KUW) 11-4, 11-3, 4-11, 11-4 (33m)
[2] Waqar Mehboob (PAK) bt Waqas Mehboob (PAK) 8-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 (24m)
Qualifying finals:
Sameollah Ghasedabadi (IRI) bt Sohail Shameli (IRI) 11-2, 11-7, 11-4 (22m)
Syed Hamzah Shah Bukhari (PAK) bt Vahid Fathi (IRI) 11-4, 11-8, 11-8 (26m)
Mohammed Yaquop Hajeyah (KUW) bt Abbas Ali (PAK) 11-2, 11-8, 11-4 (22m)
Aurangzeb Mehmund (PAK) bt Mahmoud Reza Kashefi (IRI) 11-4, 11-8, 11-5 (22m)
1st qualifying round:
Sohail Shameli (IRI) bt Mohamed Eftekhari (IRI) 11-6, 11-9, 11-9 (18m)
Sameollah Ghasedabadi (IRI) bt Maziar Tosan (IRI) 11-7, 11-7, 11-8 (14m)
Vahid Fathi (IRI) bt Farzad Shokouhi (IRI) 11-9, 12-10, 8-11, 9-11, 11-9 (47m)
Syed Hamzah Shah Bukhari (PAK) bt Mohd Amin Atayi Kha (IRI) 11-5, 11-8, 8-11, 11-4 (35m)
Abbas Ali (PAK) bt Abdolreza Zia Kashani (IRI) 8-11, 7-11, 11-2, 11-3, 11-2 (36m)
Mohammed Yaquop Hajeyah (KUW) bt Ali Roghani (IRI) 11-3, 11-3, 11-6 (12m)
Mahmoud Reza Kashefi (IRI) bt Vahid Naderi (IRI) 11-1, 7-11, 11-6, 11-7 (22m)
Aurangzeb Mehmund (PAK) bt Erfan Jamshidi (IRI) 11-5, 11-9, 11-8 (24m)
