02 January 2005	Sunday	20 Ziqa'ad 1425

ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: Mohammad 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 final of the Country View Malaysian Open at the National Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur.

According to reports made available on Saturday, 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 No 30 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.-PPI