Pakistan’s Farhan Zaman has claimed his first PSA World Tour title after winning the inaugural Milad Open in Iran.
Seeded two in the PSA Challenger 5 event at Golestan Squash Centre in Gorgan, Zaman reached the final after straight games wins over opponents from three different nations.
And it was a surprise player from a fourth different country that faced the 18-year-old from Peshawar in the final.
Unseeded Kuwaiti Ammar Al-Tamimi made his breakthrough in the quarter-finals where he upset Pakistani Basem Makram, beating the top seed 11-5, 11-2, 11-5 in just 12 minutes.
The 22-year-old from Kuwait went on to defeat third-seeded Iranian Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour in the semi-finals to reach the first Tour final of his career.
But there was no stopping Pakistani teenager Zaman – who battled for 44 minutes to overcome Al-Tamimi 15-13, 6-11, 11-5, 11-7 to become a Tour title winner for the first time.
Final:
[2] Farhan Zaman (PAK) bt Ammar Al-Tamimi (KUW) 15-13, 6-11, 11-5, 11-7 (44m)
Semi-finals:
[2] Farhan Zaman (PAK) bt [4] Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) 11-4, 11-5, 11-9 (20m)
Ammar Al-Tamimi (KUW) bt [3] Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour (IRI) 11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9 (43m)
Quarter-finals:
[2] Farhan Zaman (PAK) bt Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK) 11-5, 11-5, 11-9 (35m)
[4] Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) bt Navid Maleksabet (IRI) 12-10, 13-11, 13-11 (42m)
[3] Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour (IRI) bt [Q] Mohd Amin Atayi Kha (IRI) 9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-8 (50m)
Ammar Al-Tamimi (KUW) bt [1] Basem Makram (EGY) 11-5, 11-2, 11-5 (12m)
1st round:
[2] Farhan Zaman (PAK) bt Seyed Mohammad Hossein Sanaee (IRI) 11-6, 11-4, 11-6 (19m)
Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK) bt Mohammad Hossei Jafari Nadoushan (IRI) 9-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-6 (37m)
Navid Maleksabet (IRI) bt Masoud Gharehzyaldini (IRI) 9-11, 11-8, 16-14, 11-9 (52m)
[4] Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) bt [Q] Murtaza Murtaza (PAK) 11-8, 11-6, 6-11, 11-9 (47m)
[3] Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour (IRI) bt Alireza Sanaei (IRI) 11-8, 11-7, 11-7 (35m)
[Q] Mohd Amin Atayi Kha (IRI) bt [Q] Muqadar Shah (PAK) 11-3, 11-4, 11-7 (27m)
Ammar Al-Tamimi (KUW) bt Aurangzeb Mehmund (PAK) 11-6, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9 (45m)
[1] Basem Makram (EGY) bt [Q] Sohail Shameli (IRI) 11-9, 11-8, 12-10 (35m)
Qualifying finals:
Sohail Shameli (IRI) bt Mohamadreza Fooroohi (IRI) 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 (16m)
Mohd Amin Atayi Kha (IRI) bt Seyed Mohdreza Zia Kashani (IRI) 11-8, 11-8, 12-10 (37m)
Murtaza Murtaza (PAK) bt Abdolreza Zia Kashani (IRI) 11-5, 11-5, 11-7 (19m)
Muqadar Shah (PAK) bt Erfan Jamshidi (IRI) 11-5, 11-9, 12-10 (35m)
1st qualifying round:
Sohail Shameli (IRI) bt Sameollah Ghasedabadi (IRI) 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 (38m)
Mohamadreza Fooroohi (IRI) bt Mazlar Tusan (IRI) 11-7, 11-6, 12-10 (27m)
Mohd Amin Atayi Kha (IRI) bt Farzad Shokouhi (IRI) 11-8, 11-7, 11-6 (20m)
Seyed Mohdreza Zia Kashani (IRI) bt Hadi Shamsolghar (IRI) 11-5, 11-3, 11-4 (17m)
Murtaza Murtaza (PAK) bt Aria Fazeli Manesh (IRI) 11-7, 5-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-2 (48m)
Abdolreza Zia Kashani (IRI) bt Ashkan Ettehadi (IRI) 11-6, 11-7, 4-11, 6-11, 11-6 (50m)
Erfan Jamshidi (IRI) bt Ashkan Mansoori Nejad (IRI) 11-4, 11-6, 11-7 (26m)
Muqadar Shah (PAK) bt Abbas Ali (PAK) 11-8, 10-12, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6
