Finals:
[2] Donna Urquhart bt [1] Annie Au
       11-13, 11-5, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9  (50m)
Leo Au bt [3] Kamran Khan
        13-11, 11-9, 11-3 (50m)

"I did it the hard way like yesterday and came back from 1-0 and 2-1 down to finally win 11-9 in the fifth. This is the biggest tournament I have won to date!"

Donna Denies Au Double

Second-seeded Australian Donna Urquhart denied the local crowd an Au family double in the Buler Challenge Cup when she upset Hong Kong's top seed Annie Au in the final of the women’s  event in Hong Kong.

Both players had reached the climax after surviving five-game semi-finals – and Au, the 21-year-old world No17, twice took the lead in the final.

But Urquhart, who overtook her opponent in the September rankings to secure a career-best 16th place, held her nerve to claw back the advantage before winning 11-13, 11-5, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9 after 50 minutes.

The victory marks the 23-year-old from Brisbane's fifth career title – but her first of the year. It will also undoubtedly boost Urquhart's confidence going into next week's Soho Square World Open in Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt, where she is drawn to face New Zealand's 16th seed Jaclyn Hawkes in the opening round.

The final of the men's  event also produced a surprise outcome when unseeded Leo Au – Annie's younger brother – pulled off his fourth shock win a row in the event by beating third-seeded Malaysian Kamran Khan 13-11, 11-9, 11-3 in 50 minutes.

The new men's champion, aged 20 and ranked 174 in the world, is celebrating his maiden PSA Tour title – and can surely look forward to a significant rise in his PSA world ranking.

Top seeds survive five-set semis
as Aus make finals ...

An Au Hong Kong double is now on the cards after siblings Annie Au and Leo Au reached the finals of the Buler Challenge Cup following successes in the semi-finals of the international squash event in Hong Kong.

Unseeded Leo Au caused his third successive upset in the men’s event when he beat Egypt’s Omar Abdel Meguid, the fourth seed, 8-11, 11-2, 11-9, 11-9.

Now celebrating his third appearance in a PSA Tour final, the 20-year-old world No174 will face third seed Kamran Khan.

The 20-year-old Malaysian denied the crowd an all-Hong Kong final by upsetting second seed Dick Lau 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-4 in a 90-minute marathon.

Khan, son of the legendary Pakistani Jansher Khan, is also marking his third Tour final appearance - but his first outside his home country.

Top seed Annie Au was expected to reach the final of the women’s event – but the world No17 was taken the full distance by third seed Delia Arnold before beating the Malaysian 7-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-2, 11-6 to reach her 11th Tour final.

The Hong Kong left-hander will now face second seed Donna Urquhart, the 23-year-old Australian who has moved ahead of the event favourite in the September world rankings.

But Urquhart twice had to come from behind to fight off the challenge of Hong Kong’s Joey Chan. The world No16 from Brisbane notched up her tenth appearance in a WISPA Tour final when she defeated fourth seed Chan 7-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-7, 12-10 in 47 minutes.
 

7-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-2, 11-6 (37m)

[3] Delia Arnold

11-13, 11-5, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9  (50m)

[2] Donna Urquhart

7-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-7, 12-10 (47m).

[2] Donna Urquhart

07 Sep, Qualifying Finals:

Miwa Maekawa (Jpn) bt Pushppa Devi (Mas)          11-9, 11-7, 11-5
Carmen Lee (Hkg) bt Lee Ka-Yi (Hkg)                   11-7, 11-6, 11-9
Tong Tsz-Wing (Hkg) bt Carrie Ramsay (Eng)        (8-11), 11-5, 12-10, 11-6
Chinatsu Matsui (Jpn) bt Liu Tsz-Ling (Hkg)            11-4, 11-5, 11-5

07 Sep, Qualifying Round One:

Pushppa Devi (Mas) bt Karman Siu (Hkg)              12-10, 11-8, 15-13
Miwa Maekawa (Jpn) bt Chu Ka-Hei (Hkg)              11-4, 11-5, 11-6
Carmen Lee (Hkg) bt Ho Tze-Lok (Hkg)                 11-3, 11-7, 11-4
Lee Ka-Yi (Hkg) bt Ho Ka-Po (Hkg)                        11-7, (6-11), 11-8, (5-11), 11-2
Tong Tsz-Wing (Hkg) bt Aisha Al-Hamad (Kuw)       11-0, 11-7, 11-3
Carrie Ramsay (Eng) bt Isabella Bersani (Usa)       11-4, 11-2, 11-5
Liu Tsz-Ling (Hkg) bt Kimberley Szeto (Hkg)           11-6, 11-6, 11-6
Chinatsu Matsui (Jpn) bt Mayu Yamazaki (Jpn)        11-3, 11-1, 11-3

8-11, 11-2, 11-9, 11-9 in 53m

[4] Omar Abdel Meguid

 13-11, 11-9, 11-3 (50m)

[3] Kamran Khan

11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-4 in 90

[2] Dick Lau

07 Sep, Qualifying Finals:

Yeung Ho-Wai (Hkg) bt Zeyad Tareq Alowaesh (Kuw)                          11-8, 11-8, 13-11
Wong Hon-Fung (Hgk) bt Choy Kit-Lun (Hkg)                                       13-11, 11-3, 11-3
Salem Fayez Mohammed (Kuw) bt Bumpei Kawano (Jpn) 11-6, (4-11), (9-11), 11-8, 11-8
Fallah Mohammed (Kuw) bt Fung Ngo-Long (Hkg)                  (11-13), 12-10, 11-9, 13-11

07 Sep, Qualifying Round One:

Zeyad Tareq Alowaesh (Kuw)  bye
Yeung Ho-Wai (Hkg) bt Sajjad Ali Khan (Pak)             (2-11), 11-7, 11-3, 11-4
Wong Hon-Fung (Hgk) bt Ma Tsz-Hei (Hkg)                          11-5, 11-3, 14-12
Choy Kit-Lun (Hkg) bt Tang Cheuk-Yan (Hkg)                        11-7, 11-2, 11-9
Salem Fayez Mohammed (Kuw) bt Ho Tze-Ho (Hkg)    11-8, 11-7, (7-11), 11-3
Bumpei Kawano (Jpn) bt Yip Tsz-Fung (Hkg)               11-8, (7-11), 11-6, 11-6
Fallah Mohammed (Kuw) bt Abdul Razzaq Khan (Pak)             11-1, 11-0, 11-0
Fung Ngo-Long (Hkg) bt Yuta Fukui (Jpn)                    11-9, (5-11), 11-2, 11-3