City Of Devonport Tasmanian Open,
Devonport, Australia
Nunn And Kumar Win Tasmanian Open
Men's Event
Kush Kumar lifted his maiden PSA World Tour title after a superb 3-0
victory over Jaymie Haycocks in the final of the City of Devenport
Tasmanian Open, PSA M5 tournament.
19-year-old Kumar, who was appearing in his first ever PSA World
Tour final, overcame Sean Conroy in the previous round while
Haycocks battled through a difficult semi-final tie with Chris van
der Salm.
Kumar began the match in the ascendancy, taking advantage of
Haycocks’ tired legs after the previous day’s exploits and stormed
into an early lead.
The second game was an equally one-sided affair with Haycocks’
semi-final exploits looming large over the Englishman as he
struggled to cope with Kumar’s speed around court as the Indian
doubled his lead.
Haycocks came back strongly in the third and the game went all the
way to the wire with Kumar just edging out the encounter to secure
an 11-4, 11-5, 13-11 victory.
Result – Final: City of Devenport Tasmanian Open 2015
[3] Kush Kumar (IND) bt [1] Jaymie
Haycocks (ENG) 3-0: 11-4, 11-5, 13-11 (30m)
Women's Event
Christine Nunn secured her third career PSA World Tour title with a
comfortable straight-games victory over number three seed Cheyna
Tucker in the final of the City of Devenport Tasmanian Open, PSA W5
event.
Nunn had to fight to the death against Lisa Camilleri in the
semi-final, overturning a two-game deficit to complete a mammoth
comeback which delighted spectators at the Devenport Squash Club.
Tucker meanwhile upset Sarah Cardwell in her semi-final encounter,
taking a 3-1 victory after dropping the opening game.
Nunn showed no signs of being tired after her titanic tussle the
previous day and took the first two games comfortably after tearing
away to open up big leads in both over her opponent.
After breaking Tucker’s resolve, Nunn raised her game even further
to romp to victory in the third and final game and record a 11-6,
11-6, 11-2 triumph over the South African.
Result – Final: City of Devenport Tasmanian Open 2015
[1] Christine Nunn (AUS) bt [3] Cheyna
Tucker (RSA) 3-0: 11-6, 11-6, 11-2 (34m)
