Golan takes Manitoba title!

Borja Golan (ESP) beat Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) 11-4, 11-5, 11-1 in the final of the Manitoba Open 2012 to take the big sized winners cheque.

Fourth seeded Spaniard Borja Golan took one of his best ever victories as he overcame top seed Laurens Jan Anjema in straight games (11-4, 11-5, 11-1) in the final of the Manitoba Open in Winnipeg, Canada.

The Dutch world No9 who was the 2010 champion could never keep up with Golan as the world No 21 took the 1st PSA title in 2012 and the 26th of his career.

“This was a very good match for me and a very good win”, said Golan.

Final:
[4] Borja Golan (ESP) bt [1] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) 11-4, 11-5, 11-1 (42m)

Semi-finals:
[1] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) bt [3] Tom Richards (ENG) 11-5, 11-6, 11-5 (52m)
[4] Borja Golan (ESP) bt [2] Cameron Pilley (AUS) 11-3, 11-8, 11-6 (50m)

Quarter-finals:
[1] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) bt [Q] Raphael Kandra (GER) 11-2, 11-7, 11-8 (40m)
[3] Tom Richards (ENG) bt Alan Clyne (SCO) 11-7, 11-7, 11-5 (35m)
[4] Borja Golan (ESP) bt Jonathan Kemp (ENG) 11-6, 11-4, 11-9 (42m)
[2] Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt [Q] Shawn Delierre (CAN) 11-6, 9-11, 14-12, 11-5 (75m)

1st round:
[1] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) bt Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) 11-5, 11-7, 3-11, 11-7 (75m)
[Q] Raphael Kandra (GER) bt Martin Knight (NZL) 3/2 (85m)
Alan Clyne (SCO) bt [Q] Anthony Graham (ENG) 9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-5 (35m)
[3] Tom Richards (ENG) bt Jan Koukal (CZE) 3/2 (35m)
[4] Borja Golan (ESP) bt [Q] Steven Finitsis (AUS) 12-10, 11-1, 4-11, 11-6 (60m)
Jonathan Kemp (ENG) bt Thomas Brinkman (CAN) 11-9, 11-6, 11-6 (42m)
[Q] Shawn Delierre (CAN) bt Andrew Schnell (CAN) 11-8, 11-5, 11-8 (60m)
[2] Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt Mohammed Abbas (EGY) 9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7 (75m)