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EBS Dayton Open
2005
27-30 January, Ohio, USA, $40k |
29th Jan
Nicol back on top with Dayton Title
Peter Nicol was back to his best
convincingly winning the EBS Dayton Openin Ohio by beating Amr Shabana 11-6,
11-10 (3-1), 11-2 in just 38 minutes in the final.
Nicol hit top form here leading 10-7 in
the second before his Egyptian opponent closed in a series of unbelievable
rallies with both players forcing chances to finished the points only to
have them saved with outstanding retrieving from their opponents. It was
attack and brilliant retrieving in big rallies.
Shabana levelled the points then
grabbbed game ball 11-10. He was coming back and if he got his confidence up
the match could turn right here. Then in the pivotal point of the match
after Nicol had saved game ball the playes visted all four corners of the
court at express speed in a sustained blitz of shots this was the best
rally of the match - before Nicol killed Shabana off with a backhand
straight drop. The Egyptian did not, could not, run for it - he was spent.
As the bedlam of a standing ovation rang out the playes walked around the
court for half a minute sucking in oxygen to prepare for the next point.
Another great rally. Nicol closed it out
again. He had broken the back of the opposition. Later he was to say: “those
rallies are the ones that get into an opponent’s mind. They have to believe
that they have to be out there for two hours doing that to win.”
If that was in Shabana’s mind he was not
prepared for it on this day and on this plaster court with its bouncy ball.
The second had elused him and after a few tough rallies at the start of the
third his resistance faded and it was all over in minutes. |
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Nicol back to form! |
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Power retires
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EBS Dayton Open
2005
27-30 Jan, Ohio,
USA, $40k |
1st Round
Jan 27th |
Quarters
Jan 28th |
Semis
Jan 29th |
Final
Jan 30th |
[1]
Peter Nicol
(Eng)
11-8,
11-4, 11-7
Julian Wellings (Eng) |
Peter Nicol
11/9, 11/3, 9/11, 11/8
Simon Parke |
Peter Nicol
11-7, 11-6, 11-4
Karim Darwish |
Peter Nicol
11-6, 11-10 (3-1), 11-2 (38 min)
Amr Shabana
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[6] Adrian Grant
(Eng)
8-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-9
Simon Parke (Eng) |
[4] Karim
Darwish (Egy)
11-8, 11-8, 5-11, 11-8
Graham Ryding (Can) |
Karim Darwish
11/5, 16/14, 13/11
Mohammed Abbas |
[8] Mohammed
Abbas (Egy)
7-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-2
[Q] Wael El Hindi (Egy) |
[Q] Cameron
Pilley (Aus)
11-3, 11-4, 11-5
[5] Jonathon Power (Can) |
Jonathon Power
11/4, 11/3, 11/6
Laurens Jan Anjema |
Jonathon Power
11-8, 11-6 ret'd
Amr Shabana |
[Q] Laurens Jan
Anjema (Ned)
11-10 (3-1), 7-11, 11-7, 11-7
[3] John White (Sco) |
Dan Jenson (Aus)
11-4, 11-10 (2-0), 6-11, 11-6
[7] Anthony Ricketts (Aus) |
Anthony Ricketts
11/4, 11/8, 11/5
Amr Shabana |
[Q]
Jonathan Kemp (Eng)
11-9, 11-5, 11-5
[2] Amr Shabana (Egy) |
Qualifying 25/26 Jan:
Finals:
Wael El Hindi (Egy) bt Mark Heather (Eng) 11/8,
11/10(2-0), 11/10(2-0)
Laurens Jan Anjema (Ned) bt Raj Nanda
(Aus) 8/11, 11/7, 11/4, 11/4
Jonathan Kemp (Eng) bt Timothy Manning
(Aus) 11/6, 11/7, 9/11, 11/5
Cameron Pilley (Aus) bt Shahid Zaman
(Pak) 11/4, 11/2, 11/5
First Round:
Wael El Hindi (Egy) bye
Mark Heather (Eng) bt Laurent Elriani (Fra) 7/11,
11/8, 7/11, 19/17, 11/5
Raj Nanda (Aus) bt Nicholas Kyme (Ber) 11/6, 9/11, 11/8,
11/8
Laurens Jan Anjema (Ned) bt Matthew Giuffre (Can) 11/7, 11/2, 11/5
Timothy Manning (Aus) bt Tommy Berden (Ned) 11/9, 3/11, 12/14, 11/3,
1-1 rtd
Jonathan Kemp (Eng) bt Stephane Galifi (Fra) 11/7, 11/1, 7/11,
2/11, 11/3
Cameron Pilley (Aus) bt Beau River (Usa) 11/1, 11/5, 11/3
Shahid Zaman (Pak) bt Jamie Crombie (Usa) 11/8, 11/8, 11/7
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EBS
Dayton Open
2005
27-30 Jan, Ohio,
USA, $14k |
1st Round
Jan 27th |
Quarters
Jan 28th |
Semis
Jan 29th |
Final
Jan 30th |
[1] Linda
Elriani (Eng)
9/2, 9/1, 9/1
Marnie Baizley (Can) |
Linda Elriani
9/4, 9/3, 9/1
Samantha Teran |
Linda Elriani
9/4, 3/9, 9/6, 9/1
Isabelle Stoehr |
Linda Elriani
9-7, 9-5, 9-0
Omneya Abdel Kawy |
[7] Runa Reta
(Can)
9/3, 9/4, 9/1
Samantha Teran (Mex) |
[3] Isabelle
Stoehr (Fra)
9/1, 9/3, 9/7
[Q] Jana Smeralova (Cze) |
Isabelle Stoehr
9/2, 9/2, 8/9, 9/10, 9/3
Becky Botwright |
[5] Becky
Botwright (Eng)
9/6, 6/9, 9/4, 9/3
[Q] Tara Mullins (Can) |
[8] Kasey
Brown (Aus)
9/1, 9/2, 9/6
Manuella Manetta (Ita) |
Kasey Brown
9/6, 9/2, 9/3
Katie Patrick |
Kasey Brown
9/1, 1/9, 9/3, 9/3
Omneya Abdel Kawy |
Katie Patrick
(Can)
9/6, 7/9, 9/1, 9/7
[4] Eman El Amir (Egy) |
[Q] Lily
Lorentzen (Usa)
9/0, 9/4, 9/5
[8] Lauren Briggs (Eng) |
Lauren Briggs
9/4, 9/3, 9/0
Omneya Abdel Kawy |
[Q] Suzie
Pierrepont (Eng)
9/3, 9/3, 9/2
[2] Omneya Abdel Kawy (Egy) |
Qualifying:
Finals:
Lily Lorentzen (Usa) bt
Jenna Gates (Eng) 9/3, 9/10, 9/4, 9/6
Suzie Pierrepont (Eng) bt
Lisa Camilleri (Aus) 9/5, 9/3, 9/2
Jana Smeralova (Cze) bt
Carlin Wing (Usa) 9/5, 9/0, 9/1
Tara Mullins (Can) bt
Seanna Keating (Can) 7/9, 9/3, 9/4, 4/9, 9/5
First Round:
Seanna Keating (Can) bt
Jemma Saxby (Aus) 9/5, 9/4, 9/2
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Reports |
29th Jan
Nicol back in form
Caught cold by an
inform Anjema and humiliatingly bundled out in the first round on the Windy
City tournament Peter Nicol proved he is not finished at the Dayton with a
convincing win over the Egyptian Karim Darwish 11-7, 11-6, 11-4 in just 46
minutes.
This was the old
Nicol. He dominated the T and didn’t give his opponent anything to hit.
Darwish was constantly pushed back by Nicol’s length and speed onto the ball
which forced the Egyptian to take risks from unlikely positions and which
set up the opportunities for Nicol to attack.
Nicol had not been
this sharp yet in this event. He stepped up a gear.
In the final he will
face Amr Shabana who was in unbelievable form against Jonathon Power.
Power, who was himself in good form, had been troubling his opponents
all week with his shots and deception but Shabana just seemed to read
them all. Outplayed and suffering with a problematical back Power tried to
stay in the match but a back spasm forced his withdrawal at 11-8,
11-6, 2-0.
Linda Elrani
driving purposefully convincingly beatOmneya Abdel Kawy in the women’s final
9-7, 9-5, 9-0. Kawy who was was also beaten 3/0 by Charman in the Greenwich
final the previous week faded at the end.
28-Jan
Nicol
Survives Parke Test In Dayton
England's top seed Peter Nicol forced his way into the semi-finals of
the EBS Asset Management Dayton Open Squash Championship in Ohio, USA - but
not before being fully tested in a dazzling 66-minute quarter-final clash
with unseeded compatriot Simon Parke.
Described by tournament organiser Charlie Johnson as 'the best match of the
night', the battle featured a long and close first game to Nicol, with Parke
showing his incredible retrieving skills and Nicol matching the talent. The
crowd was often gasping at the incredible athletic display. What followed
seemed to be a rest game for Parke in the second and then a long hard-fought
third game that went Parke's way.
The underdog from Nottingham had chances in the fourth and they went back
and forth until he went up 7-6 and then Nicol, the world No3 from London,
seemed to raise it up a notch and whipped off three straight points to go up
9-7. Parke, a former world No3 now ranked 22 in the world, got the next
point, but then Nicol closed it out in business-like fashion to win 11-9
11-3 9-11 11-8.
Nicol will face title-holder Karim Darwish for a place in the final.
In a repeat of last year's final, the fourth-seeded Egyptian beat compatriot
Mohammed Abbas, the eighth seed, 11-5 11-10 11-10.
The other semi-final will feature fifth seed Jonathon Power, of
Canada, against Egypt's No2 seed Amr Shabana - both of whom are
former world champions. Power ended Laurens Jan Anjema's second
giant-killing run in two weeks when he beat the Dutch qualifier 11-4 11-3
11-6. Second seed Shabana also came through in straight games, defeating
Australia's seventh seed Anthony Ricketts 11-4 11-8 11-5.
It will be Power and Shabana's first PSA Tour meeting for more than two
years - and the first since the Egyptian claimed the World Open title in
December 2003. Though Power was the victor in their five career meetings
since 1999, this will be their first clash in which Shabana is seeded to
succeed.
The top two seeds will meet in the final of the women's event after
surviving four-game semi-finals. Favourite Linda Elriani, from
England, beat France's third seed Isabelle Stoehr 9-4 3-9 9-6 9-1, while
second seed Omneya Abdel Kawy, from Egypt, defeated Australia's No8
seed Kasey Brown 9-1 1-9 9-3 9-3. It will be the pair's second WISPA
World Tour final meeting in a week, after contesting the climax of last
week's Greenwich Open in Connecticut.
27-Jan
Anjema
Scores Shock Win Over White
Qualifier
Laurens Jan Anjema
scored a major upset on day one of the main day when he knocked out the
inform third seed John White
11-10
(3-1), 7-11, 11-7, 11-7.
White had impressed recently and won the Windy City Open only a week ago.
Elsewhere the seeds went through safely. Amjema will face Jonathon Power in
the second round.
26-Jan
Anjema Back In Action In Dayton
Dutchman Laurens Jan Anjema has come through his second successive
qualifying tournament to earn a place in the first round draw of a PSA Tour
event in the USA. The 22-year-old from The Hague beat Australia's Raj
Nanda 8-11 11-7 11-4 11-4 in the qualifying finals of the EBS Asset
Management Dayton Open Squash Championship in Ohio, USA.
Last week Anjema pulled off the biggest win of his short career when he
upset former world No1 Peter Nicol in straight games in the first
round of the Windy City Open in Chicago. His opponent in the opening round
of the Dayton Open is Scotland's No3 seed John White, the Windy City
Open champion.
White is likely to face fifth seed Jonathon Power in the
quarter-finals - in what would be a rematch of the Chicago semi-final which
White clinched in a 94-minute marathon.
Peter Nicol is top seed in the $40,000 Dayton Open - and drawn to
face fellow Englishman Julian Wellings in the first round.
In the women's event in Ohio, England's top seed Linda Elriani
brushed aside her first round opponent as she progressed safely towards her
second successive WISPA World Tour title in the USA this month. The world
No6 from Eastbourne beat Canada's Marnie Baizley 9-2 9-1 9-1.
Whilst Elriani's quarter-final opponent was also expected to be a Canadian,
unseeded Mexican Samantha Teran caused one of the two upsets in the
first round when she beat Canada's sixth seed Runa Reta 9-3 9-4 9-1.
The other upset benefited a Canadian when unseeded Katie Patrick,
from Edmonton, beat Egypt's fourth seed Eman El Amir 9-6 7-9 9-1 9-7
to earn an unexpected quarter-final place.
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