India's Anaka Alankamony claimed her second title on the women's professional squash tour and her first one abroad when she stunned top seed Kylie Lindsay of New Zealand to win the Ipswich Open in Queensland on Sunday.
The 18-year-old trainee at the Indian Squash Academy, Chennai, took advantage of a string of errors from the world number 39 to win in straight games 11-8, 13-11, 11-5 in hot and humid con ditions.
Alankamony, ranked 93 in the world, had earlier beaten sixth seeded South African Cheyna Tucker in the semi-finals and fourth ranked Christine Nunn in the quarters to complete a weekend of upsets.
She settled far quicker than Lindsay in the final and took control in all three games to record a comfortable win.
“It’s been an amazing week for me, I was seventh seed for this tournament so it feels really good to win,” said Anaka, the reigning Asian junior champion.