RESULTS: Jena Real Estate Championship, Hawally, Kuwait
Final:
[1] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt [6] Abdullah Almezayen (KUW) 11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 11-5 (50m)
Pakistan's Farhan Mehboob justified his top seed billing in the Jena Real Estate Championship, but disappointed the local crowd when he beat Kuwaiti hero Abdullah Almezayen in today's (Friday) final of the $10,000 PSA World Tour squash event in Hawally, Kuwait.
The 21-year-old from Peshawar reached the final without dropping a game - and faced surprise opponent Almezayen, the sixth seed who despatched two higher-ranked players to make it to the climax.
Mehboob, ranked 47 in the world, was unable to maintain his straight games run in the event - but the Pakistani ultimately held off the challenge of the promising Kuwaiti, ranked more than 70 places below, to win 11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 11-5 in 50 minutes.
The win marks Mehboob's first PSA Tour title triumph of the year - but the third of his career.