Fluid Line Golden Squash
Open, YMCA Squash Centre, Kalgoorlie, WA, Australia
Final:
[1] Scott Arnold (AUS) bt [2]
Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) 11-10 (5-3), 2-11, 11-7, 11-7 (59m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Scott Arnold (AUS) bt [Q]
Zac Alexander (AUS)
11-10 (2-0),
10-11 (0-2), 11-10 (2-0), 7-11, 11-7 (60m)
[2] Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) bt [Q]
Paul Ratcliff (AUS) 11-4, 11-9, 3-1 ret. (19m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Scott Arnold (AUS) bt [7]
William Newnham (ENG) 11-0, 11-0, 11-1 (20m)
[Q] Zac Alexander (AUS) bt [Q]
Dong Woo Kim (KOR) 5-11, 11-6, 4-11, 11-6, 11-8 (50m)
[Q] Paul Ratcliff (AUS) bt [3]
Joseph Desira (AUS) 11-10 (2-0), 8-11, 11-10 (2-0), 1-11, 11-9 (60m)
[2] Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) bt
Will Jones (SCO) 11-4, 11-9, 11-7 (30m)
1st round:
[1] Scott Arnold (AUS) bt
Nathan Turnbull (AUS) 11-8, 11-10 (2-0), 11-9
[7] William Newnham (ENG) bt
Neeraj Aggarwal (AUS) 11-7, 11-4, 11-9
[Q] Zac Alexander (AUS) bt [4]
Jacob Lohrisch (AUS) 11-3, 8-11, 11-5, 11-4
[Q] Dong Woo Kim (KOR) bt [5]
Chris Truswell (ENG) 11-6, 7-11, 11-4, 11-4
[Q] Paul Ratcliff (AUS) bt [8]
Nathan Stevenson (AUS) 3-11, 10-11 (2-4), 11-5, 11-7, 11-6
[3] Joseph Desira (AUS) bt [Q]
Navin Samarasinghe (SRI) 5-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-5
Will Jones (SCO) bt [6] Justin
Beard (AUS) 11-10 (4-2), 11-4, 11-10 (2-0)
[2] Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) bt
Patrick Woods (AUS) 11-10 (3-1), 11-5, 11-10 (2-0)
Arnold
Beats Partner Cuskelly To Reap Golden Success In Kalgoorlie
Top seed Scott Arnold
beat training partner Ryan Cuskelly in an all-Australian final of the
Fluid Line Golden Squash Open to win his third PSA Tour title at
the YMCA Squash Centre in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
The 21-year-old from Sydney
said skipping last week’s City of Perth International probably gave him
the edge over fellow his New South Welshman in the final of the Satellite
event in the West Australian gold mining centre.
Arnold beat 19-year-old
Cuskelly, the No2 seed, 11-10 (5-3), 2-11, 11-7, 11-7 in 59 minutes in a
battle of the next generation of Australian squash stars.
Arnold and Cuskelly train with
the Australian Institute of Sport in Brisbane, where they are both
training partners and flat mates.
“We live together and train
with each other so we know each other pretty well,” Arnold said. “Once we get
on court, we’re both pretty competitive, but when we come off we’re best of
mates again.”
Arnold has now won two
tournaments in three successive finals over the past month, in Joondalup and
Kalgoorlie, and has seen his world ranking rise to 78.
He said a solid month’s
training with AIS coaches Byron Davis and Rodney Martin had
paved the way for his run of successes.
“I think he felt the effects
of playing four weeks straight,” Arnold said. “I took last week off and that
made me a bit fresher. That week off was probably the only difference between
us.”