Salazar & Iqbal To Contest Atlanta Final

Top seeds Cesar Salazar and Nasir Iqbal will contest the final of the Atlanta Open - with Pakistani Iqbal bidding to become the first player to win two PSA World Tour titles this year in the climax of the PSA Challenger 10 squash event at the Lifetime Athletic Atlanta in Atlanta in the US state of Georgia.

Second seed Iqbal, the World No.53 who last week won the Racquet Club Pro Series in St Louis, despatched English qualifier Adam Murrills 11-5, 11-3, 11-7 in the semi-finals of the second US Pro Squash Series event of the year.

The 19-year-old from Bannu is celebrating the 11th Tour final of his career.

Event favourite Salazar, the World No.43 from Mexico, needed four games to overcome fifth seed Declan James, ultimately beating the 20-year-old from Nottingham 11-3, 12-10, 7-11, 11-8.

Salazar is marking his ninth appearance in a Tour final.