06/10/2014
National Capital Open 2014
Round One
03 Oct |
Quarters
03 Oct |
Semis
04 Oct |
Final
05 Oct |
[1] Dane Sharp (Can)
11/9, 11/7, 11/9 (48m)
Ashley Davies (Eng) |
Ashley Davies
7/11, 11/7, 6/11, 11/7, 11/9 (56m)
David Letourneau |
David Letourneau
6/11, 11/5, 11/5, 11/4 (39m)
Lewis Walters
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Lewis Walters
11/2, 11/5, 4/11, 11/9 (64m)
Shahier Razik |
[7] David Letourneau (Can)
11/4, 11/9, 10/12, 11/6 (40m)
[Q] Mubarak Mohsin (Pak) |
[5] Mike McCue (Can)
9/11, 12/10, 11/3, 11/8 (62m)
Anthony Graham (Eng) |
Anthony Graham
11/9, 11/8, 11/5 (34m)
Lewis Walters |
[4] Lewis Walters
(Eng)
11/9, 11/4, 8/11, 11/5 (45m)
Nosherwan Khan (Pak) |
[wc] Omar Sobhy (Usa)
11/5, 11/4, 11/6
[3] Shahier Razik (Can) |
Shahier Razik
11/8, 11/5, 11/7
Chris Hanson |
Shahier Razik
9/11, 11/7, 11/6, 11/2 (37m)
Ahmad Alzabadi |
[Q] Chris Hanson (Usa)
11/7, 11/8, 11/1
[6] Adrian Leanza (Usa) |
[Q] Baba Agajbe
(Ngr)
w/o ill
[8] Karamatullah Khan (Pak) |
Baba Agajbe
11/6, 11/8, 11/8
Ahmad Alzabadi |
[Q] Ahmad Alzabadi
(Jor)
11/7, 9/11, 11/7,3/1 rtd
[2] Arthur Gaskin (Irl) |
Razik Reigns In National Capital
Open
#PSAWorldTour
Canadian Shahier Razik, the number three seed, claimed the Squash
Revolution National Capital Open title for the third time in his
career after defeating Englishman Lewis Walters, the number four
seed, 3-1 in a tense final at the Chevy Chase Athletics Club.
The 36-year-old, who claimed the 2009 and 2010 titles, dominated the
first game of the encounter winning 11-2 and followed it up to take
the second 11-5 and establish a dominant looking lead.
However 26-year-old Walters hit back with a tenacious performance in
the third game, winning it 11-4 and keeping his hopes of victory
alive but there was no beating Razik, as the elder statesman
redoubled his efforts to stop Walters’ resurgence and edge a close
11-9 win in the final game to take the title.
It was a final full of excitement and entertainment and was a
fitting end to a tournament that had more than its fair share of
shocks and upsets from day one – with some of the top seeds falling
at the first hurdles.
Tournament favourite and number one seed Dane Sharp, the World
No.88, fell to unseeded Ashley Davies in a shock 3-0 defeat on the
opening day with Davies’ performance belying his world ranking of
168 while Arthur Gaskin, the No. 2 seed, also bowed out on day one
to unseeded opponent Ahmad Alzabidi – the World No.229.
Alzabidi followed up his impressive first round performance with
victory over fellow qualifier Baba Tunde Ajagbe, who earned his
passage to the last eight courtesy of a walkover victory against
Karamatullah Khan, in the quarter-finals before falling to Razik at
the semi-final stage.
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