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22/12/2017
Amir Kabir Open 2017

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Victory for Iran’s Navid Maleksabet $5,000 Men's Amir Kabir Open 2017, Arak Squash Club, Arak, Iran

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Amir Kabir Open 2017 18 - 22 Dec Arak, Iran, $5k

Round ONE 19 dec	Quarters 20 dec	Semis 21 dec	Final 22 dec
[1] Martin Svec (CZE) 11-8, 11-6, 11-9 (29m) [Q] Sami Ghased Abadi (IRI)	Martin Svec 11-1, 11-7, 4-11, 9-11, 11-4 (47m) Mohammed Hasan	Martin Svec 13-11, 11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 15-13 (72m) Navid Maleksabet	Navid Maleksabet 14-12, 13-11, 11-9 (67m) Rasool Alsultani
[5] Mohammed Hasan (IRQ) 12-10, 12-10, 5-11, 11-7 (47m) Soheil Shameli (IRI)
[Q] Mohammad Amin Ataei Khaah (IRI) 9-11, 11-13, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9 (57m) [7] Ahmed Al Kiremli (IRQ)	Mohammad Amin Ataei Khaah 11-8, 11-9, 11-7 (26m) Navid Maleksabet
[4] Navid Maleksabet (IRI) 13-11, 11-6, 11-6 (27m) Ali Jafari (ENG)
[3] Sajad Zareian (IRI) 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 (20m) [Q] Vahid Fathi (IRI)	Sajad Zareian 11-7, 9-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-2 (53m) Alireza Shameli	Alireza Shameli 11-6, 7-11, 11-8, 7- 11, 11-6 (49m) Rasool Alsultani
[8] Alireza Shameli (IRI) 14-12, 9-11, 11-8, 11-1 (37m) [Q] Abdullah Al-Sultani (IRQ)
[6] Mohammed Jafari (IRI) 11-7, 11-6, 8-11, 13-11 (53m) Hasanain Dakheel (IRQ)	Mohammed Jafari 10-12, 11-8, 11-5, 11-4 (33m) Rasool Alsultani
Rasool Alsultani (IRQ) 11-9, 11-7, 11-4 (39m) [2] Ondrej Uherka (CZE)

Qualifying

Qualifying finals: Abdullah Al-Sultani (IRQ) bt Mohammad Kashani (IRI) 11-6, 11-2, 11-5 (31m) Vahid Fathi (IRI) bt Sepehr Etemad Poor (IRI) 11-8, 12-10, 11-9 (41m) Mohammad Amin Ataei Khaah (IRI) bt Mehdi Hasanpour (IRI) 11-3, 11-8, 11-7 (28m) Sami Ghased Abadi (IRI) bt Omid Hoseini (IRI) 11-9, 11-7, 11-4 (20m) 1st qualifying round: Mohammad Kashani (IRI) bye Abdullah Al-Sultani (IRQ) bt Sepehr Eftekhari (IRI) 11-3, 11-7, 11-2 (27m) Sepehr Etemad Poor (IRI) bt Mahdi Fathi (IRI) 7-11, 11-6, 11-8, 13-11 (42m) Vahid Fathi (IRI) bt Behrad Bigdeli (IRI) 12-10, 8-11, 11-6, 11-3 (40m) Mohammad Amin Ataei Khaah (IRI) bt Nima Shamisa (IRI) 11-6, 11-5, 11-5 (14m) Mehdi Hasanpour (IRI) bt Hosein Vosooghi (IRI) 8-11, 11-2, 11-9, 11-2 (35m) Omid Hoseini (IRI) bt Arsham Taheri (IRI) 11-9, 11-6, 9-11, 12-10 (28m) Sami Ghased Abadi (IRI) bt Amir Hosein Shafiei (IRI) 11-7, 11-0, 12-10 (16m)

REPORTS

Victory for Iran’s Navid Maleksabet Maleksabet claimed his maiden PSA World Tour title at the Amir Kabir Cup this week. The tournament – which was held in memory of Ali Roghni who passed away two months ago in a car accident and donated his organs – saw Maleksabet contest the final against Iraq’s Rasool Alsultani in which the former came out on top in straight games.