Daryl Selby (ENG) beat Nicolas Mueller (SUI) 12-10, 11-7, 8-11, 11-4 in the final of the Grasshopper Cup 2012 to take the 11th title of his career (photo: Helen Ree) England's Daryl Selby (ri) denied Nicolas Mueller (le) the chance to become the 1st local winner of the Grasshopper Cup in the 33-year history of the event when he beat the Swiss No1 in the final in Zurich.
And by doing so – in the 1st staging of the popular event for 11 years – Selby kept the trophy in English hands following the 2001 title triumph by former world No10 Mark Cairns.
Second seed Mueller, the world No24 and the country's highest-ranked player of all-time, became the 2nd ever Swiss player to reach the final. Ultimately it was the 29-year-old Daryl Selby who prevailed, winning 12-10, 11-7, 8-11, 11-4 in 70 minutes to celebrate the 11th PSA Tour title of his career.
Final:
[1] Daryl Selby (ENG) bt [2] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) 12-10, 11-7, 8-11, 11-4 (70m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Daryl Selby (ENG) bt [3] Olli Tuominen (FIN) 11-8, 11-5, 11-6 (38m)
[2] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt [4] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) 6-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-7 (70m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Daryl Selby (ENG) bt Jan Koukal (CZE) 11-6, 11-4, 11-6 (34m)
[3] Olli Tuominen (FIN) bt Charles Sharpes (ENG) 11-8, 11-6, 11-7 (36m)
[4] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) bt Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) 11-5, 13-11, 11-5 (24m)
[2] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) 11-5, 11-7, 11-3 (34m)
1st round:
[1] Daryl Selby (ENG) bt Kashif Shuja (NZL) 11-4, 11-7, 11-9 (41m)
Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [Q] Fabien Verseille (FRA) 9-11, 13-11, 14-12, 6-11, 11-8 (89m)
Charles Sharpes (ENG) bt [Q] Andre Haschker (GER) 11-8, 11-4, 14-16, 11-9 (58m)
[3] Olli Tuominen (FIN) bt Steven Finitsis (AUS) 12-10, 15-17, 5-11, 12-10, 11-4 (95m)
[4] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) bt [Q] Davide Bianchetti (ITA) 14-16, 6-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-8 (115m)
Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) bt Reiko Peter (SUI) 6-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-7 (40m)
Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt Yann Perrin (FRA) 11-5, 8-11, 11-5, 12-14, 11-6 (72m)
[2] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt [Q] Raphael Kandra (GER) 11-5, 11-5, 11-5 (34m)
