India's Chetan Anand defeated Eric Pang to win the Irish Open Badminton Championship.
Anand, world number 26, won 8-15, 15-6, 15-7 against his higher ranked opponent in the final on Sunday.
In the semi-final, he beat England [Images] number one Aamir Ghaffar 15-8, 15-9.
The Indian had won the Welsh Open last week.
In the mixed doubles semi-final at the Irish Open, the Indian duo of V Diju and Jwala Gutta lost to the Scottish number one pair of Andrew Bowman and Kirsteen McEwan Miller 15-3, 4-15, 9-15.
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