{"id":19458,"date":"2014-01-22T04:32:46","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T04:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=19458"},"modified":"2014-01-22T04:32:46","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T04:32:46","slug":"iqbal-conquers-kandra-in-st-louis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=19458","title":{"rendered":"Iqbal Conquers Kandra In St Louis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pakistan’s Nasir Iqbal emerged triumphant in the Emerson Racquet Club Pro Series after toppling Germany’s Raphael Kandra in the final of the PSA Challenger 10 squash event – the first event of the 2014 US Pro Squash Series – at The Racquet Club in St Louis, Missouri.<\/p>\n

Top-seeded teenager Iqbal, the World No.53 from Bannu, took the first game – but Kandra, the No.2 seed ranked 16 places lower, fought back to survive a lengthy second game to draw level.<\/p>\n

Iqbal cut down his unforced errors in the third to regain the lead and crushed his opponent in the fourth to claim his 11-9, 14-16, 11-7, 11-2 title triumph.<\/p>\n

“The Emerson Racquet Club Pro Series winner Nasir Iqbal kneeled down and kissed the hardwood after his victory,” reported event spokesman Tim Kelley.<\/p>\n

The win marks the sixth PSA Tour title of the 19-year-old Pakistan number one’s career.<\/p>\n

RESULTS: PSA Challenger 10 Emerson Racquet Club Pro Series, St Louis, Missouri, USA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Final:
<\/strong>
[1] Nasir Iqbal (PAK) bt [2] Raphael Kandra (GER) 11-9, 14-16, 11-7, 11-2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pakistan’s Nasir Iqbal emerged triumphant in the Emerson Racquet Club Pro Series after toppling Germany’s Raphael Kandra in the final of the PSA Challenger 10 squash event – the first event of the 2014 US Pro Squash Series – at The Racquet Club in St Louis, Missouri.<\/p>\n

Top-seeded teenager Iqbal, the World No.53 from Bannu, took the first game – but Kandra, the No.2 seed ranked 16 places lower, fought back to survive a lengthy second game to draw level.<\/p>\n

Iqbal cut down his unforced errors in the third to regain the lead and crushed his opponent in the fourth to claim his 11-9, 14-16, 11-7, 11-2 title triumph.<\/p>\n

“The Emerson Racquet Club Pro Series winner Nasir Iqbal kneeled down and kissed the hardwood after his victory,” reported event spokesman Tim Kelley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-others"],"yoast_head":"\nIqbal Conquers Kandra In St Louis - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=19458\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iqbal Conquers Kandra In St Louis - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pakistan's Nasir Iqbal emerged triumphant in the Emerson Racquet Club Pro Series after toppling Germany's Raphael Kandra in the final of the PSA Challenger 10 squash event - the first event of the 2014 US Pro Squash Series - at The Racquet Club in St Louis, Missouri. Top-seeded teenager Iqbal, the World No.53 from Bannu, took the first game - but Kandra, the No.2 seed ranked 16 places lower, fought back to survive a lengthy second game to draw level. Iqbal cut down his unforced errors in the third to regain the lead and crushed his opponent in the fourth to claim his 11-9, 14-16, 11-7, 11-2 title triumph. "The Emerson Racquet Club Pro Series winner Nasir Iqbal kneeled down and kissed the hardwood after his victory," reported event spokesman Tim Kelley.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=19458\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-01-22T04:32:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=19458#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=19458\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\"},\"headline\":\"Iqbal Conquers Kandra In St Louis\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-01-22T04:32:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=19458\"},\"wordCount\":177,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Others\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=19458#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=19458\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=19458\",\"name\":\"Iqbal Conquers Kandra In St Louis - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-01-22T04:32:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=19458#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=19458\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=19458#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Iqbal Conquers Kandra In St Louis\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/\",\"name\":\"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Iqbal Conquers Kandra In St Louis - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=19458","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iqbal Conquers Kandra In St Louis - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","og_description":"Pakistan's Nasir Iqbal emerged triumphant in the Emerson Racquet Club Pro Series after toppling Germany's Raphael Kandra in the final of the PSA Challenger 10 squash event - the first event of the 2014 US Pro Squash Series - at The Racquet Club in St Louis, Missouri. Top-seeded teenager Iqbal, the World No.53 from Bannu, took the first game - but Kandra, the No.2 seed ranked 16 places lower, fought back to survive a lengthy second game to draw level. Iqbal cut down his unforced errors in the third to regain the lead and crushed his opponent in the fourth to claim his 11-9, 14-16, 11-7, 11-2 title triumph. \"The Emerson Racquet Club Pro Series winner Nasir Iqbal kneeled down and kissed the hardwood after his victory,\" reported event spokesman Tim Kelley.","og_url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=19458","og_site_name":"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","article_published_time":"2014-01-22T04:32:46+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=19458#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=19458"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646"},"headline":"Iqbal Conquers Kandra In St Louis","datePublished":"2014-01-22T04:32:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=19458"},"wordCount":177,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["Others"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=19458#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=19458","url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=19458","name":"Iqbal Conquers Kandra In St Louis - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-01-22T04:32:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=19458#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=19458"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=19458#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iqbal Conquers Kandra In St Louis"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#website","url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/","name":"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in"],"url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}