Iskandar Wins North American Open

Malaysia's Mohd Azlan Iskandar claimed his second higher-ranked scalp in two days when he beat favourite John White in four games to win the Mayacamas Ranch North American Open at the San Francisco Bay Club in San Francisco.

The $25,000 PSA Tour event in the USA has unleashed a notable return to form for the 24-year-old from Kuala Lumpur who has slipped seven places down the PSA World Rankings since achieving a career-high No12 position more than a year ago.

The Sarawak-born third seed made his Californian breakthrough in the semi-finals when he beat England's No2 seed Adrian Grant 11-4, 11-10 (11-9), 4-11, 11-7.

But in his 14th PSA Tour final - yet, remarkably, his first ever Tour meeting with John White - Iskandar recovered from losing a long opening tie-break game to beat the world No9 from Scotland 10-11 (4-6), 11-8, 11-2, 11-7.

The triumph marks Iskandar's 9th PSA Tour title, but the first since the Malaysian won the Kuala Lumpur Open on home soil in February last year.

Final:
[3] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt [1] John White (SCO) 10-11 (4-6), 11-8, 11-2, 11-7