Linkoping

Matthew makes it three in Sweden!

World No1 Nick Matthew (pic) showed his good form when he beat world No8 Peter Barker in the all-English final of the Case Swedish Open in Linkoping. This straight games victory (11-7, 11-6, 11-5) takes Matthew to his 3rd Swedish Open crown in a row

Matthew beats Selby to make it three!

World No1 Nick Matthew (pic le) did not face any problems in the all-English semi-final of the Case Swedish Open when he overrun world No10 Daryl Selby (pic ri) in the first two games 11-4 and 11-5. The 3rd looked as Matthew would be able to close the ...

Barker secures all-English final at the Swedish Open!

No3 seed Peter Barker (pic) outs higher seeded Karim Darwish from Egypt to secure an all-English final in Linkoping. The English world No8 was very sharp from the beginning and gave the Egyptian world No3 a hard time (11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8). This vict...

Matthew struggled but did not fall!

Nick Matthew (pic) survived a 5 games battle against Australian world No11 Cameron Pilley. The English World No1 came back from 1-2 down to level the games, but in the final game it was just like the flip of a coin who is going to win this tough encoun...

Selby makes it 2 for England!

As England’s Daryl Selby (pic) beats Italian Davide Bianchetti in straight games 11-6, 11-7, 11-9 after 48 minutes of play the 2nd Englishman made the semi-finals of the Case Swedish Open in Linkoping. Selby stayed strong as Bianchetti tried to attac...

Barker eased into Swedish Open semis!

It was Peter Barker (pic) who never gave anything away when he was well in control of the quarter-final match against Farhan Mehboob from Pakistan. In just 33 minutes Barker showed his strength in the game of the 2 lefthanders, when he beat Mehboob 11-...

Darwish beats Boswell in 1st Swedish Open quarters!

In the 1st quarter-final match of the Case Swedish Open we saw a much sharper Karim Darish (pic) than in the previous round when he was taken to 5 games by Germany’s Simon Rosner. The Egyptian’s opponent Stewart Boswell from Australia was able to s...

Darwish just survived Rosners attack!

The 5th match of the Case Swedish Open’s 1st round was the thriller of the day, when world No3 Karim Darwish from Egypt fought back from being 1:2 down and was surviving a match ball of his German opponent Simon Rosner (pic) in the 5th game to take t...