It's a great venue and the people here are knowledgeable and really appreciate what we do so when you're in this surrounding you always play at you best," said Matthew (pic: Sofia Tapola). England’s 34-year-old Nick Matthew (ri), the current World No.3, beating the 32-year-old Greg Gaultier (le), the World No.2 from France, in the final of the 2015 CASE Swedish Open to retain his 2014 title.
It was the 46th meeting between the pair – Matthew was holding an 23:22 advantage – and it was the 3 times World Champion Matthew, who dominated the contest to take the victory (11-9, 11-8, 11-7) after 63-minutes on the ASB show glass court.
“I felt like I played well today and I always seem to play really well here in Sweden. I’ve won here five times now and I’ve been in the final seven times. Greg played so well in the early rounds but he maybe needed a closer match earlier in the tournament because i could tell he wasn’t at his best physical condition today whereas I had a few close 12-10s so that maybe helped me,” Matthew said.
Final:
[2] Nick Matthew (ENG) bt [1] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) 11-9, 11-8, 11-7 (63m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt [8] Stephen Coppinger (RSA) 11-4, 11-3, 11-6 (33m)
[2] Nick Matthew (ENG) bt [4] Simon Rösner (GER) 11-7, 7-11, 11-5, 13-11 (62m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt [Q] Tom Richards (ENG) 11-7, 11-7, 11-4 (41m)
[8] Stephen Coppinger (RSA) bt [3] James Willstrop (ENG) 11-7, 11-9, 11-13, 11-7 (63m)
[4] Simon Rösner (GER) bt [5] Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY) 11-6, 11-6, 11-4 (39m)
[2] Nick Matthew (ENG) bt [7] Cameron Pilley (AUS) 12-10, 11-8, 12-10 (60m)
1st round:
[1] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt Fares Dessouki (EGY) 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 (44m)
[Q] Tom Richards (ENG) bt [6] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) 9-11, 11-1, 11-8, 11-5 (53m)
[8] Stephen Coppinger (RSA) bt [WC] Rasmus Hult (SWE) 12-10, 11-7, 11-8 (37m)
[3] James Willstrop (ENG) bt Chris Simpson (ENG) 11-9, 7-11, 7-11, 11-4, 11-8 (72m)
[4] Simon Rösner (GER) bt Adrian Waller (ENG) 12-14, 11-6, 14-12, 14-12 (69m)
[5] Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY) bt [Q] Shaun le Roux (RSA) 11-9, 5-11, 11-6, 11-7 (57m)
[7] Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt [Q] Joe Lee (ENG) 11-5, 11-9, 11-3 (40m)
[2] Nick Matthew (ENG) bt [Q] Olli Tuominen (FIN) 11-5, 11-4, 11-4 (30m)
