Hungarian Mark Krajcsak (ri) returned to winning form at the Kish Persian Gulf Cup in Iran when he upset top seed Yann Perrin (le) to claim the at Kish Island.
The 28-year-old 2nd seed from Budapest survived an evenly-contested clash with Perrin to topple the higher-ranked Frenchman 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 11-5 in 40 minutes.
It was a major disappointment for the world No70 from Aix-en-Provence who won the Kish crown two years ago.
The success marks Krajcsak's ninth PSA Tour title – but the Hungarian number one's 1st for almost a year and a half.
Final:
[2] Mark Krajcsak (HUN) bt [1] Yann Perrin (FRA) 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 11-5 (40m)
Semi-finals:
[2] Mark Krajcsak (HUN) bt [4] Fabien Verseille (FRA) 11-4, 15-13, 14-12 (49m)
[1] Yann Perrin (FRA) bt [3] Joan Lezaud (FRA) 11-3, 13-11, 11-8 (50m)
Quarter-finals:
[2] Mark Krajcsak (HUN) bt [Q] Nathan Lake (ENG) 11-2, 11-4, 11-7 (30m)
[4] Fabien Verseille (FRA) bt Muhammad Saqib Yousaf (PAK) 11-5, 13-11, 11-5 (27m)
[3] Joan Lezaud (FRA) bt Matias Tuomi (FIN) 11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 2-11, 11-6 (47m)
[1] Yann Perrin (FRA) bt Ammar Al-Tamimi (KUW) 11-7, 13-11, 11-9 (44m)
1st round:
[2] Mark Krajcsak (HUN) bt [Q] Mohammad Sanaee (IRI) 11-4, 11-3, 11-6 (31m)
[Q] Nathan Lake (ENG) bt Reuben Phillips (ENG) 11-13, 11-8, 11-3, 11-6 (41m)
Muhammad Saqib Yousaf (PAK) bt Navid Maleksabet (IRI) 11-7, 11-3, 11-8 (21m)
[4] Fabien Verseille (FRA) bt Sohail Shameli (IRI) 11-3, 11-2, 11-4 (15m)
[3] Joan Lezaud (FRA) bt Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour (IRI) 7-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-5 (36m)
Matias Tuomi (FIN) bt [Q] Zeyad Tareq Alowaesh (KUW) 11-3, 11-3, 11-4 (19m)
Ammar Al-Tamimi (KUW) bt [Q] Erfan Jamshidi (IRI) 11-3, 11-5, 11-0 (14m)
[1] Yann Perrin (FRA) bt Alireza Sanaei (IRI) 11-6, 11-7, 11-9 (25m)