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11/11/2015
Life Time Minneapolis Open 2015
First Round
05 Nov |
Quarters
06 Nov |
Semis
07 Nov |
Final
08 Nov |
[1] Declan James (ENG)
11/7, 11/4, 11/7
[wc] David Ryan (IRL) |
Declan James
13/11, 11/8, 7/11, 10/12, 11/8
Clinton Leeuw |
Clinton Leeuw
8/11, 11/5, 9/11, 11/3, 11/2
Arturo Salazar |
Arturo Salazar
9-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-2
Peter Creed
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[7] Amaad Fareed (PKA)
11/8, 8/11, 11/2, 6/11, 14/12
Clinton Leeuw (RSA) |
[5] Arturo Salazar (MEX)
11/2, 11/3, 11/3
[Q] Alex Noakes (ENG) |
Arturo Salazar
11/3, 11/6, 12/10
[3] Evan Williams |
[3] Evan Williams (NZL)
12/10, 11/3, 11/5
Faraz Khan (USA) |
Ben Grindrod (NZL)
11/6, 11/8, 12/10, 11/7
[4] Sebastiaan Weenink (NED) |
Sebastiaan Weenink
11/5, 11/5, 10/12, 11/6
Charlie Johnson |
Sebastiaan Weenink
11/9, 10/12, 11/7, 11/9
Peter Creed |
[Q] Charlie Johnson (ENG)
11/6, 6/11, 12/10, 11/5
[8] Chris van der Salm (NZL) |
[Q] Brian Byrne (IRL)
11/2, 5/11, 11/3, 11/6
[6] Thoboki Mohohlo (RSA) |
Thoboki Mohohlo
11/9, 11/5, 11/7
Peter Creed |
[Q] Vikram Malhotra (IND)
11/6, 11/5, 12/10
[2] Peter Creed (WAL) |
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Life Time Fitness Minneapolis
Open |
Salazar Seals Minneapolis Title
Mexico’s Arturo Salazar came up trumps in the final of the Life Time
Fitness Minneapolis Open, PSA M10 event to beat second seed Peter
Creed and lift his first PSA World Tour title in over four years.
The 27-year-old came through a mammoth five-game-thriller against
tournament surprise package Clinton Leeuw in the semi-final while
Peter Creed saw off Sebastiaan Weenink to book his final berth.
It was the Welshman Creed who started the better of the two with his
typically all-action game enabling him to edge the opener by an 11-9
margin of victory. Salazar fought back though in the second to
restore parity at the midway point of the match.
The World No.113 continued his momentum into the third, taking the
game 11-4 after some swashbuckling squash enable him to move Creed
off the ’T’ and pick up a number of points at the front of the
court.
Salazar kept his game plan up in the fourth and final game to wrap
up a 9-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-2 victory to capture his seventh career
PSA World Tour crown.
Result - Final: Life Time Fitness Minneapolis Open 2015 |
South Africa’s Clinton Leeuw overcame number seven seed Amaad Fareed
in the opening round of the Life Time Fitness Minneapolis Open, PSA
M10 event to book his place in the quarter-final stage of a PSA
World Tour event for the first time in 2015.
Leeuw built up a 2-1 lead mid-way through the match and, despite a
revival from Fareed in game four, held firm to complete an 11-7,
8-11, 11-2, 6-11, 14-12 victory.
He will meet number one seed Declan James in a tough quarter-final
clash after the Nottingham-born Englishman kickstarted his bid to
win a sixth successive PSA World Tour title with a 3-0 defeat of
wildcard David Ryan.
Charlie Johnson is the only qualifier left in the tournament after
he beat Chris van der Salm 3-1 to seal his place in the last eight.
Number four seed Sebastiaan Weenink will be his opponent there after
the Dutchman saw off Ben Grindrod by the same scoreline.
Peter Creed got his event off to a winning start with a sweeping win
over India’s Vikram Malhotra in their opening round tie. He will
face Thoboki Mohohlo in the quarter-final after the South African
downed Ireland’s Brian Byrne.
Elsewhere, Evan Williams and Arturo Salazar will go head-to-head in
the next round after they claimed respective wins over Faraz Khan
and Alex Noakes to advance.
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