Jonas Daehler (Sui)
11-9, 8-11, 11-4, 11-9 (49m) [4] Chris Fuller (Eng)
Chris Fuller
11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 2-11, 11-3 (110m)
Anthony Graham
Chris Fuller
11-9, 11-6, 11-5 (48m)
Jan Koukal
[Q] Anthony Graham (Eng)
9-11, 11-4, 11-5, 9-11, 11-1 (76m)
[6] Robert Downer (Eng)
[Q] Manuel Wanner (Sui)
11-7, 11-5, 11-7 (52m) [7] Adam Murrills (Eng)
Adam Murrills
11-7, 11-8, 11-6 (50m) Jan Koukal
Gary Nisbet (Eng)
11-1, 11-3, 11-4 (28m) [2] Jan Koukal (Cze)
RESULTS:
PSA Challenger 5
Romania PSA International,
Bucharest, Romania
Delighted
Demont Earns Title Breakthrough In Bucharest
#PSAWorldTour
Frenchman
Geoffrey Demont
claimed the first
PSA World Tour
title of his career when he upset No.2 seed
Jan Koukal
in a dramatic
Romania PSA International
final in the Romanian capital
Bucharest.
Seeded three in the
PSA Challenger 5
squash event at
AEROSquash Baneasa Club,
Demont survived a 78-minute semi-final clash with
Thoboki Mohohlo,
the No.8 seed from South Africa, to reach the second Tour final of
his career.
Mohohlo reached the last four against expectations after a
quarter-final win over
Mark Fuller,
the unseeded Englishman who produced the event's biggest upset when
he removed top-seeded Dane
Kristian Frost Olesen
in the opening round.
Experienced Koukal, the long-time Czech number one, cruised into the
53rd Tour final of his illustrious career when he despatched
England's
Chris Fuller
in straight games in the other semi-final.
The World No.70 from Prague took the opening game in the final – but
Demont, ranked almost 40 places lower, held his nerve in three
tie-break games which followed to clinch an epic 8-11, 13-11, 13-11,
14-12 victory.
"I
am very happy to win my first Tour title here in Bucharest!"
said the jubilant 23-year-old from Aix-en-Provence (pictured below,
right, with Koukal).
"It wasn't an easy one - from the quarters I had to fight in each
game - but I knew I was ready for those kind of matches. "I
trained well in Aix this summer and it seems the hard work paid off.
A big thanks to my coaches (Renan & Thomas) and to the people
around me who are helping and supporting me every day. "I
hope I will be able to grab other Tour titles along the season which
just started."
