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March 23, 2011 •
Tags: Canary Wharf Classic, Daryl Selby, England, London, PSA, Tom Richards • Categories: all posts, tournaments
The crown at the Canary Wharf got much better matches in today’s 2nd part of the 1st round. Even if Nick Matthew (ENG) and Greg Gaultier (FRA) beat their opponents Borja Golan (ESP) and Olli Tuominen (FIN) in straight games, it was much more entertaining than the previous night. The opening game, which showed German Simon Rosner facing Nick Ryder from England went to 4 games as both players took one game each, Rosner was able to open up a gap and take the 3/1-victory. In the last match of the evening, Daryl Selby (pic le) came back from 1 game down to stretch a 2:1 lead. But his English compatriot Tom Richards (pic ri) was able to put the pace up, played superb shots to level with a thrilling 16-14 tiebreak. It looked like as there was nothing left inside Richards as Selby took a 10:4 lead, but Richard came back to 10:9 as Selby took the victory.
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March 22, 2011 •
Tags: Canary Wharf Classic, England, London, PSA • Categories: all posts, tournaments
The 1st night at the London Docklands is over – 4 matches have been played so far. Only the last match between England’s Joey Barrington (pic ri) and Matthew Karwalski (pic le) from Australia made the spectators happy. After 68 minutes of play Barrington got the better end in the final game to take the 11-7, 10-12, 11-8, 6-11, 11-4 victory. More 1st round results: [2] James Willstrop (ENG) bt [Q] Charles Sharpes (ENG) 11-5, 11-9, 11-5 (26m); [4] Peter Barker (ENG) bt [Q] Robbie Temple (ENG) 11-4, 11-8, 11-5 (74m, including technical break); Stewart Boswell (AUS) bt [Q] Henrik Mustonen (FIN) 11-3, 11-2, 11-3 (22m).
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March 21, 2011 •
Tags: Karim Darwish, KL Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nicol David, PSA, WISPA • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
Favourites Nicol David (pic ri) and Karim Darwish (pic le) emerged triumphant the CIMB KL Open in Kuala Lumpur. It was a glorious home success in which Nicol David, the world number, was celebrating her 7th KL title. The defending champion was beating surprise opponent Madeline Perry, the 7th seed from Ireland in straight games (11-6, 11-6, 11-2). The final of the men’s featured the top two seeds – Darwish and fellow Egyptian Mohamed El Shorbagy, the 2nd seed. El Shorbagy, the 20-year-old world No9, was marking only his 5th appearance in a PSA Tour final, while the more experienced Darwish, the 29-year-old former world number one, was celebrating his 33rd. Barwish overcame El Shorbagy 11-9, 11-9, 11-3 to celebrate the 20th Tour title of his career.
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March 20, 2011 •
Tags: Calgary, Canada, David Palmer, Laurens Jan Anjema, PSA, Rocky Mountain Open • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
Veteran Australian David Palmer (pic le) notched up the 27th Tour title of his illustrious squash career when he upset favourite Laurens Jan Anjema (pic ri) in the final of the Calgary Rocky Mountain Open in Canada. The final was the standout match of the championship in its 2nd year – in which the 34-year-old Palmer, a four-time British Open champion and twice World Open champion, recovered from 1/2 down to topple Anjema 11-7, 5-11, 4-11, 11-7, 11-6. It was a sensational conclusion to his Calgary campaign for the now US-based Palmer, who had already extended his record as the current player with the most appearances in PSA Tour finals by reaching his 54th.
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March 20, 2011 •
Tags: Karim Darwish, KL Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mohamed El Shorbagy, PSA • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
The men’s KL Open final will climax in an all-Egyptian final between favourite Karim Darwish and 2nd seed Mohamed El Shorbagy (pic). In only his third time in the KL championship, world No3 Darwish celebrated his 2nd successive final appearance after beating French qualifier Gregoire Marche 11-6, 11-5, 11-3. The home hopes of a 3rd KL Open title for local hero Azlan Iskandar, the 4th seed, were dashed by young Egyptian Mohamed El Shorbagy. The 20-year-old world No9 recovered from a game down to beat 28-year-old Iskandar, ranked a single place lower, 8-11, 14-12, 11-7, 11-5 in 64 minutes. Darwish leads the head-to-head against Shorbagy 2:0.
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March 20, 2011 •
Tags: KL Open, Kuala Lumpur, Madeline Perry, Malaysia, Nicol David • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
Top seed Nicol David (pic le) confidently reached the women’s CIMB KL Open final for the eighth year in a row after beating English rival Alison Waters (pic ri) in straight games (11-4, 12-10, 11-5 ) in the semi-finals in Kuala Lumpur. It was the end of the road for Hong Kong’s unseeded Annie Au in the other women’s semi-final. But Ireland’s Madeline Perry, the 7th seed from Belfast, was determined to make her maiden KL final, and beat Au 11-4, 5-11, 11-8, 12-10 in 62 minutes. The prediction for the final is very simple: David is leading 15:1 against Perry.
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March 19, 2011 •
Tags: Calgary, Canada, David Palmer, Laurens Jan Anjema, PSA, Rocky Mountain Open • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
The top 2 seeds Laurens Jan Anjema (pic) and David Palmer will contest the final of the Rocky Mountain Open after surviving four-game semi-finals in Calgary in the Canadian province of Alberta. Favourite Anjema, the Dutch national champion from The Hague, dropped the 3rd game against 3rd seed Egyptian Omar Mosaad but bounced back to beat the world No16 11-7, 11-9, 6-11, 13-11. Veteran Australian Palmer showed that he is still a major force on the Tour when he battled back from a game down, then survived two testing tie-break games before marching on to overcome Switzerland’s Nicolas Mueller 9-11, 12-10, 12-10, 11-4. Palmer, the 2nd seed now based in the USA, is celebrating his 1st Tour final since August 2009 – but the 54th of his illustrious career.
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March 18, 2011 •
Tags: Calgary, David Palmer, Laurens Jan Anjema, Nicolas Muller, Omar Mosaad, PSA, Rocky Mountain Open • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
Nicolas Mueller (pic) became the only unseeded player to make the semi-finals when he beat Australian Zac Alexander in the quarter-finals of the Calgary Rocky Mountain Open in Calgary (11-7, 11-8, 11-8). Both players scored notable first round wins – Swiss No1 Mueller overcoming England’s world No18 Adrian Grant in 4 games, and qualifier Alexander recording one of the best successes of his career by removing Egypt’s No4 seed Hisham Ashour, the 2010 runner-up. Mueller, the world No35 from Zurich, will now face Australian veteran 2-times World Champion David Palmer for a place in the final. Semi-final line-up: [1] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) v [3] Omar Mosaad (EGY); [2] David Palmer (AUS) v Nicolas Mueller (SUI).
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