Danish Reclaims Persian Gulf Cup

Pakistan's Danish Atlas Khan recorded his second successive PSA World Tour triumph over his older brother Aamir Atlas Khan when he toppled the defending champion in today's final of the Kish Persian Gulf Cup to reclaim the PSA Challenger 5 squash title he first won at the Olympic Squash Complex in Kish Island, Iran, three years ago.

Both Peshawar-based players survived five-game semi-finals to set up the predicted climax between the event's top two seeds - 20-year-old No.1 seed Danish taking 88 minutes to overcome Kuwait's fourth seed Yousif Nizar Saleh 11-4, 9-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-7, while second seed Aamir, aged 23, twice came from behind to see off surprise semi-finalist Youssef Abdalla, the No.6 seed from England.

The final produced the Khan brothers' sixth Tour clash - and the second in the event - with Aamir successful in the first four.

But after celebrating his first senior sibling success in the CAS International on home soil last September, World No.72 Danish proved that it was no fluke when he beat Aamir, a former World No.14, 11-7, 10-12, 11-9, 11-8 in 70 minutes.

The triumph - in his 10th Tour final - takes Danish's Tour title haul to six.