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 Florida State
Open2003
06-09 November, Boca Raton, USA, $10k
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Barker flourishes in Florida
England's Peter Barker despatched three higher-seeded
players in the Spear & Jackson Florida State Squash Open in Boca Raton,
USA, to claim his third PSA Tour title in only his second year as a
full-time player.
Seeded eight, the 20-year-old from Upminster in Essex made his
breakthrough in the quarter-finals when he knocked out fourth-seeded
Welshman Gavin Jones in four games in 70 minutes. In a 68-minute
semi-final, the runner-up in last year's World Junior Championships
dismissed Australia's No2 seed Cameron Pilley in straight games to reach
the final.
Barker faced top seed Stefan Casteleyn in the final and after taking the
opener, fell two games behind as the higher-ranked Belgian imposed his
authority.
Barker, however, fought back to take the fourth and reach match-ball at
14-10 in the decider. Casteleyn saved four match balls before the
Englishman was able to celebrate his dramatic 15-13 12-15 5-15 15-13
15-14 victory in 89 minutes.
Champion Barker now returns to England where he will meet up with his
rival James Willstrop, winner of the World Junior title, in next week's
British U23 Super 8 Championships in Pontefract, Yorkshire.
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Florida State Open
2003 |
1st Round
Thu 6th |
Quarters
Fri 7th |
Semis
Sat 8th |
Final
Sun 9th |
[1] Stefan Casteleyn (Bel)
15-10, 15-7, 15-7
Ben Howell (Eng) |
Stefan Casteleyn
15-7, 15-10, 12-15, 15-10
Jan Koukal |
Stefan Casteleyn
15-10, 15-2, 15-8
Peter Genever |
Stefan Casteleyn
15-13,
12-15, 5-15,
15-13, 15-14
Peter Barker |
Jan Koukal (Cze)
15-13, 17-15, 13-15, 15-10
[Q] Shahid Khan (Eng) |
[3] Peter Genever (Eng)
15-14, 15-12, 15-9
Luis Borges (Bra) |
Peter Genever
15-12, 15-10, 15-13
Mark Heather |
Mark Heather (Eng)
15-11, 15-9, 15-7
Karim Yehia (Egy) |
John Rooney (Irl)
15-12, 15-8, ret.
Peter Barker (Eng) |
Peter Barker
15-13, 12-15, 15-12, 15-13
Gavin Jones |
Peter Barker
15-13, 15-12, 15-13
Cameron Pilley |
[Q] Imran Khan (Pak)
15-7, 15-9, 15-5
[4] Gavin Jones (Wal) |
[Q] Patrick Chifunda (Zam)
15-13, 17-15, 13-15, 15-10
Alister Walker (Eng) |
Alister Walker
15-12, 10-15, 15-13, 13-15, 15-13
Cameron Pilley |
[Q] Erick Galvez (Mex)
15-5, 15-11, 15-8
[2] Cameron Pilley (Aus) |
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RESULTS & Reports |
Spanish Report
from Gerardo from SquashFlash ...
Despues de un exitoso y excitante fin de semana en Boca Raton el
Spear & Jackson Florida State Open llego a su final con grandes
sorpresas en el Torneo PSA en donde el Ingles Peter Barker se corono
campeon venciendo en su camino a Gavin Jones (sembrado # 4) 3x1, Cameron
Pilley (sembrado # 2) 3x0, y Stefan Casteleyn (sembrado # 1)3x2 con
parciales de 15-13/12-15/5-15/15-13/15-14.
El Mexicano Erick Galvez cumplio con una excelente presentacion pero
tuvo que doblegar su ferrea voluntad ante la experiencia del tambien
juvenil Cameron Pilley de Australia, quien viaja por todo el mundo
fogeandose con los mejores jugadores del mundo.
En el Torneo aficionado la competencia fue bastante equilibrada en la
que tuvimos ganadores representando a las diferentes delegaciones:
Orlando, Colombia, Tallahasse, Bahamas, Miami, Jamaica, Cayman Islands y
por supuesto algunos de los titulos se quedaron con los jugadores
locales.
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