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James Baker & Assoc. Open 2003
22-27 July, Oklahoma City, USA, $6k

28-Jul
Anjema takes James Baker title

Dutchman Laurens Anjema beat top seed Stefan Casteleyn in the semi-finals in Oklahoma City, and went on to defeat England's Joey Barrington 3/1 in the final.

Eyewitness report from Oklahoma:

Anjema beat Castelyn 3-0 in the semis. The games were close - literally and figuratively! The ref was constantly challenged as the players jostled each other with increasing force.

Contact was constant in the Barrington-Anjema final as well which Anjema won 3-1. The struggle seemed to frustrate and rattle Joey who believed he was being blocked. He lost the first two games but pulled himself together to win the third. He lost the fourth game on a clear "stroke" call. The exhausting four games took 1 hour and 35 minutes.

In comments afterwards, Anjema graciously thanked event hosts/organizers as did Barrington, who also added, "Well-played Laurent, but I'll get you next time!"

Draw & Results
Reports
2002 Event

We'd normally expect to receive information direct from the tournament, but in this case the first news came in the form of a text message from the new champion himself as he arrived back in London, to one of our Scottish readers!

James Baker Assoc. Open 2003
1st Round Thu 24th	Quarters Fri 25th	Semis Sat 26th	Final Sun 27th
[1] Stefan Casteleyn (Bel) 15/12, 15/10, 15/9 Beau River	Stefan Casteleyn 15/11, 15/11, 15/10 Matthew Giuffre	Stefan Casteleyn 15/11, 15/10, 5/15, 15/11 Laurens Anjema	Laurens Anjema 15/9, 15/9, 8/15, 15/12 Joey Barrington
[8] Ian Power (Can) 15/13, 15/8, 15/17, 15/11 Matthew Giuffre (Can)
[5] Laurens Anjema (Ned) 15/8, 10/15, 15/9, 3/15, 15/13 Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind)	Laurens Anjema 15/10, 15/11, 15/11 Ben Howell
[6] Ben Howell (Eng) 15/9, 15/12, 15/12 Karim Yehia
Jago Nardelli (Eng) 15/6, 11/15, 15/5, 15/9 John Rooney (Irl)	John Rooney 15/13, 15/12, 15/2 Cameron Pilley	Cameron Pilley 15/11, 17/14, 15/8 Joey Barrington
Shahid Khan (Eng) 15/11, 15/14, 16/17, 15/9 [4] Cameron Pilley (Aus)
Laurent Elriani (Fra) 15/12, 15/8, 15/9 [7] Joey Barrington (Eng)	Joey Barrington 16/17, 15/2, 15/9, 15/1 Mikkel Korsbjerg
Shawn Delierre (Can) 15/13, 12/15, 13/15, 15/13, 15/12 [3] Mikkel Korsbjerg (Den)
Qualifying Finals: S.Delierre bt R. Donegan 3-0 B. River bt N. Kyme 3-0 S.Khan bt D.Phollips 3-2 K. Yehia bt D Zarazua 3-0 Qualifying Round One: S. De Lierre bye, B. River bye, D. Phillips bye, S.Khan bye, K. Yehia bye R Donogan bt C. Gordon 3-1, N. Kyme bt J. Sandler 3-0, A. Zarazusa bt D. Asturias 3-1

RESULTS & Reports

2002 Event
James Baker & Associates Open 2002 26-29 July, Oklahoma, USA, $6k FINAL: Bradley Ball (Eng) bt Mikkel Korsbjerg (Den) 15-17, 15-8, 15-10, 17-15 Semi-Finals: Bradley Ball (Eng) bt Eric Galvez (Mex) 7-15, 15-7, 15-2, 14-15, 15-7 Mikkel Korsbjerg (Den) bt Laurens Anjema (Ned) 15-11, 10-15),8-15, 15-7, 15-9 Quarter-Finals: Bradley Ball (Eng) bt John Power (Can) 15-5, 15-5, 15-13 Eric Galvez (Mex) bt Matthew Guiffre (Can) 15-11, 15-5, 15-7 Mikkel Korsbjerg (Den) bt Andrew Holderegger (Sui) 15-10, 15-8, 15-4 Laurens Anjema (Ned) bt Viktor Berg (Can) 13-15, 15-10, 15-8, 15-8 First Round: Bradley Ball (Eng) bt Shahid Khan (Pak) 15-2, 15-5, 15-7 John Power (Can) bt Santos 15-9, 15-8,15- 13 Eric Galvez (Mex) bt Ben Garner (Eng) 15-7, 15-8, 15-12 Matthew Guiffre (Can) bt Jago Nardelli (Eng) 13-15, 15-8, 15-13, 15-7 Andrew Holderegger (Sui) bt David McNeely (Usa) 10-15, 15-9, 11-15, 15-10, 15-9 Mikkel Korsbjerg (Den) bt Preston Quick (Usa) 15-11, 15-10, 15-8 Laurens Anjema (Ned) bt Andrew Whipp (Eng) 15-13, 15-8, 15-6 Viktor Berg (Can) bt Elriani 15-11, 15-11, 15-7