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02/02/2015
Finnish Open 2015
Round One
29 Jan |
Quarters
30 Jan |
Semis
31 Jan |
Final
01 Feb |
[1] Henrik Mustonen (Fin)
15/13, 11/1, 11/3 (26m)
[wc] Jaakko Vahamaa (Fin) |
Henrik Mustonen
11/8 11/6 11/4 (37m)
Declan James |
Declan James
15/13, 9/11, 11/8, 12/10 (85m)
James Earles |
Declan James
10/12, 12/10, 11/6, 11/7 (60m)
Raphael Kandra |
[5] Declan James (Eng)
11/5, 12/14, 12/10, 9/11, 11/8 (99m)
Adam Murrills (Eng) |
[8] Shehab Essam (Egy)
11/9, 11/3, 12/10 (28m)
Matias Tuomi (Fin) |
Shehab Essam
10/12 11/9 15/13 11/3 (65m)
James Earles |
[4] Jens Schoor (Ger)
3/11, 11/5, 11/6, 10/12, 11/8 (67m)
James Earles (Eng) |
[Q] George Parker (Eng)
11/2, 12/10, 12/10 (42m)
[3] Steve Finitsis (Aus) |
Steve Finitsis
11/9 11/5 6/11 11/1 (67m)
Karim El Hammamy
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Karim El Hammamy
11/2, 11/9, 11/5 (40m)
Raphael Kandra |
[Q] Karim El Hammamy (Egy)
11/7, 11/9, 11/13, 11/5 (60m)
[7] Geoffrey Demont (Fra) |
[Q] Josh Masters (Eng)
11/8, 11/7, 11/2 (32m)
[6] Peter Creed (Wal) |
Peter Creed
10/12 11/7 11/5 11/8 (56m)
Raphael Kandra |
[Q] Mohamed Elgawarhy (Egy)
11/7, 11/6, 11/6 (34m)
[2] Raphael Kandra (Ger) |
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RESULTS: PSA Challenger 10 Savcor Finnish Open, Mikkeli, Finland |
Kandra Captures
Finnish Open Crown
#PSAWorldTour
Raphael Kandra became the first German winner of the Savcor Finnish Open
title after beating England’s Declan James in the final of the
long-established PSA Challenger 10 squash event at the Shopping Center
Stella in Mikkeli, Finland.
Second seed Kandra, the left-hander who celebrated a career-high World
No.52 ranking in December, secured his anticipated place in the final
after ending the run of Egyptian qualifier Karim El Hammamy in a
straight games semi-final victory.
By contrast, Nottingham-based James was the event’s fifth seed – who
made his breakthrough in the quarter-finals when he broke local hearts
by ousting top seed Henrik Mustonen, the Finnish No.2 who was expected
to bring the country’s established national open title back home.
World No.73 James went on to overcome unseeded fellow countryman James
Earles to reach the seventh PSA Tour final of his career.
The final was the pair’s second meeting in the climax of a Tour event
since last November in Canada. The 21-year-old Englishman took the
opening game in a tie-break after saving a game-ball.
Kandra looked on course to draw level quickly after taking an early lead
in the second – but James levelled from 3-7 down and saved game-balls
before the German eventually took the game 12-10.
But Kandra regained supremacy in the third and maintained the upper hand
for the next two games before closing out the match 10-12, 12-10, 11-6,
11-7 in 60 minutes.
The win, in his 15th final, marked 24-year-old Kandra’s eighth Tour
title.
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