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02/02/2022
EM Noll Classic 2022

EM Noll Classic 2022

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  • $6,000 Men's EM Noll Classic 2022, Racquet Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA, PSA Challenger Tour 5
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EM Noll Classic 2022
Men's Draw
03 - 06 Feb
Philadelphia, USA, $6k

ROUND ONE
03 FEB
QUARTERS
 04 FEB
SEMIS
05 FEB
FINAL
06 FEB

[1] Faraz Khan (USA)
11-6, 11-4, 11-5 (34m)
Velavan Senthilkumar (IND)

Faraz Khan
11-6, 6-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-4 (58m)
Ahsan Ayaz
Faraz Khan
11-8, 11-6, 11-8 (32m)
Sam Todd
Sam Todd
11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 4-11, 11-3
Charlie Lee
Ahsan Ayaz (PAK)
11-7, 11-7, 9-11, 11-5 (41m)
[7] Chris Hanson (USA)
[6] Sam Todd (ENG)
11-2, 11-5, 11-3 (22m)
[WC] James Asher (ENG)
Sam Todd
11-7, 11-9, 11-2 (29m)
Spencer Lovejoy
[4] Spencer Lovejoy (USA)
13-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6 (42m)
Noor Zaman (PAK)
Charlie Lee (ENG)
11-7, 11-4, 5-11, 11-4 (32m)
[3] Lau Tsz Kwan (HKG)
Charlie Lee
11-8, 11-3, 8-11, 3-0 ret. (28m)
Timothy Brownell
Charlie Lee
11-7, 11-5, 11-3 (28m)Max Lee
[8] Timothy Brownell (USA)
11-7, 8-11, 13-11, 11-6 (46m)
Nick Sachvie (CAN)
[5] Max Lee (HKG)
11-9, 11-7, 11-9 (37m)
Wong Chi Him (HKG)
Max Lee
18-16, 11-6, 8-11, 12-10 (68m)
Henry Leung
Babatunde Ajagbe (NGR)
11-8, 11-5, 11-7 (28m)
[2] Henry Leung (HKG)

EM Noll Classic 2022
Women's Draw
03 - 06 Feb
Philadelphia, USA, $6k

ROUND ONE
03 FEB
QUARTERS
 04 FEB
SEMIS
05 FEB
FINAL
06 FEB

[1] Lucy Turmel (ENG)
11-8, 11-7, 11-8 (27m)
Kaitlyn Watts (NZL)

Lucy Turmel
11-4, 9-1 ret.
Julianne Courtice
Lucy Turmel
11-7, 18-16, 11-4 (33m)
Liu Tsz-Ling
Lucy Turmel
14-12, 11-6, 2-11,
19-17
Jasmine Hutton
[6] Julianne Courtice (ENG)
8-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-6 (38m)
Anna Kimberley (ENG)
[8] Lily Taylor (ENG)
11-5, 11-4, 11-5 (23m)
Diana Garcia (MEX)
Lily Taylor
11-6, 6-11, 11-6, 11-8 (31m)
Liu Tsz-Ling
[4] Liu Tsz-Ling (HKG)
11-2, 11-2, 11-3 (18m)
Amna Fayyaz (PAK)
[3] Tze Lok Ho (HKG)
10-12, 11-6, 11-3, 11-5 (36m)
Nardine Garas (EGY)
Tze Lok Ho
9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8 (64m)
Fayrouz Aboelkheir
Tze Lok Ho
13-11, 11-6, 11-5 (29m)
 Jasmine Hutton
Fayrouz Aboelkheir (EGY)
11-9, 11-9, 8-11, 5-11, 11-4 (41m)
[7] Hana Moataz (EGY)
Chan Sin Yuk (HKG)
6-11, 14-12, 11-8, 11-9 (34m)
[5] Tong Tsz-Wing (HKG)
Chan Sin Yuk
11-2, 11-6, 11-3 (17m)
 Jasmine Hutton
Ali Loke (WAL)
11-6, 11-3, 11-5 (20m)
[2] Jasmine Hutton (ENG)

REPORTS

E.M. Noll Classic: Hutton And Todd Take Titles In Philadelphia



The English duo of Jasmine Hutton and Sam Todd were victorious on Sunday afternoon at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia, with the pair claiming their first titles of 2022 at the E.M. Noll Classic.

The tournament, which has been a qualifying event for the PSA World Championships in the past, had a Challenger 5 men’s draw and a Challenger 10 women’s draw this week, and the finals came down to four English players.

The men’s final went all the way to five, with No.6 seed Sam Todd and the unseeded Charlie Lee, both having already knocked out multiple players ranked above them, doing battle on Sunday afternoon.

It was Todd, the 18-year-old Yorkshireman, that got off to a quick start, and he was two games up in no time, but Lee fought back. The World No.136 won the next two games, dropping just ten points across the pair, to send the match into a deciding game.

Todd, who had already defeated the American duo of Spencer Lovejoy and Faraz Khan, the latter being the draw’s top seed, went on to take the victory, in a quick fire five-game final, winning the decider 11-3 to end the contest after just 43 minutes.



Sam Todd after winning in Philadelphia

He joined Jasmine Hutton in the winner’s circle in Philadelphia, after she won the battle of the 22-year-olds in the women’s final, beating top seed, and compatriot, Lucy Turmel in four games.

The World No.32 won the first game on a tie-break 14-12, and after taking the second 11-6, she was in cruise control in the match. Turmel fought back, dropping just a couple of points to take the third game, before the fourth went to a lengthy tie-break.

It swung both ways in the latter stages of it, with both players staying in it but it was Hutton who was eventually the one to come out on top 19-17 to take her second victory of the 2021-2022 season, following her win at the Capra Baerum Open in Norway.

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