07/02/2008
BLUENOSE CLASSIC
Anjema Survives Bluenose Classic Marathon For Halifax Title
Bluenose
Classic 2008
05-10 Feb, Halifax, Nova Scotia, $30k |
Round One
07 Feb |
Quarters
08 Feb |
Semis
09 Feb |
Final
10 Feb |
[1]
Laurens Jan Anjema (Ned)
11-3, 11-6, 11-1
(36m)
Jan Koukal (Cze) |
Laurens Jan Anjema
11-10 (4-2), 7-11,
11-9, 11-6 (70m)
Shawn Delierre |
Laurens Jan Anjema
10-11 (1-3), 11-5, 11-3,
11-8 (74m)
Cameron Pilley |
Laurens Jan Anjema
8-11, 11-10
(2-0), 11-5, 4-11, 11-10 (3-1) (108m)
Borja Golan |
[6]
Shawn Delierre
(Can)
11-7, 11-5, 8-11,
11-4 (45m)
[Q] Morten W Sorensen (DEN) |
[3]
Cameron Pilley
(Aus)
11-8, 11-6, 11-8
(42m)
[Q} Martin Knight (NZL) |
Cameron Pilley
11-7, 11-10 (2-0),
11-8 (53m)
Liam Kenny |
[7] Liam Kenny (Irl)
11-8, 11-6, 11-9
(44m)
Robin Clarke (Can) |
[8]Scott Arnold
(Aus)
8-11, 11-8, 11-9,
11-9 (68m)
Bernardo Samper (Col) |
Scott Arnold
11-7, 11-3, 11-8
(50m)
Borja Golan |
Borja Golan
11-1, 11-10 (2-0),
3-11, 11-8 (70m)
Shahier Razik |
[Q] Tom Richards (ENG)
11-7, 11-6, 11-6 (40m)
[4] Borja Golan (Esp) |
[5] Eric Galvez (MEX)
bt 11-9, 11-8, 11-8 (47m)
David Phillips (CAN) |
Eric Galvez
11-7, 11-5, 7-11, 11-6 (78m)
Shahier Razik |
[Q] Andrew McDougall (CAN) 11-1, 11-8, 11-4 (29m)
[2] Shahier Razik (Can) |
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Qualifying:
David Phillips (Can), Tony James (Aus), Adil
Maqbool (Pak), Wade Jiohnstone (Aus), Tom Richards (Eng), Arturo
Salazar (Mex), Ian Power (Can), Morten Serensen (Den), Martin Knight
(Nzl), Arthur Gaskin (Irl), Andrew McDougall (Can), Michal Reid
(Can) + 3 locals |
Anjema Survives Bluenose Classic Marathon For
Halifax
Title
In what was, fittingly, the longest and most dramatic match of the
tournament, top seed Laurens Jan Anjema edged out fourth seed
Borja Golan in a five-game marathon final of the Bluenose Classic
to win the $30,000
PSA
Tour
squash event in its third year at St Mary’s University Tower in
Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Spaniard Golan, 25, from
Santiago DC, took the opening game - then lost out in the second after a
tie-break.
After two further games of contrasting scorelines, Anjema missed out on
two match balls in the decider before finally clinching his 8-11, 11-10
(2-0), 11-5, 4-11, 11-10 (3-1) title victory in 108 minutes.
It was the first final in three years that did not feature local interest
- and new champion Anjema, the 25-year-old world No19 from
The
Hague, was celebrating the seventh PSA Tour title of his career.
Golan
Denies Razik Halifax Repeat
Fourth-seeded Spaniard Borja Golan upset Shahier Razik in a
70-minute semi-final of the Bluenose Classic to deny the No2 seed
from Canada a second successive title in the $30,000
PSA
Tour
squash event in its third year at St Mary’s University Tower in
Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Golan, 25, from
Santiago DC, beat the 30-year-old from Toronto 11-1, 11-10 (2-0), 3-11,
11-8 to reach his second Tour final in Canada in a week.
Now
in his 21st PSA final - after celebrating his 20th
at last week's Manitoba Open in
Winnipeg - Golan faces favourite Laurens Jan Anjema.
In
the other semi-final, the Dutchman recovered from a game down to defeat
Australia's No3 seed Cameron Pilley 10-11 (1-3), 11-5, 11-3, 11-8
in 74 minutes - thus avenging his loss to the Australian in last week's
National Capital Open final in Maryland, USA.
The 25-year-old from
The
Hague is marking his 18th PSA Tour final appearance - and
hoping that he will extend his career head-to-head Tour record against the
Spaniard to 3-0.
Razik
Keeps Canadian Hopes Alive In
Nova
Scotia
Defending champion Shahier Razik kept hopes of Canadian success in
the Bluenose Classic alive after making it through to the
semi-finals of the $30,000
PSA
Tour
squash event in its third year at St Mary’s University Tower in
Halifax,
Nova Scotia.
The 30-year-old from Toronto needed 70 minutes to keep fifth-seeded
Mexican Eric Galvez at bay before winning 11-7, 11-5, 7-11, 11-6.
In a repeat of last year's final, Razik now meets fourth seed Borja
Golan after the Spaniard beat Australian Scott Arnold, the No8
seed, 11-7, 11-3, 11-8.
Canadian interest in the other half of the draw expired when former
champion Shawn Delierre bowed out to top seed Laurens Jan Anjema.
The Dutchman beat sixth seed Delierre 11-10 (4-2), 7-11, 11-9, 11-6 in 70
minutes to earn a clash with third seed Cameron Pilley.
Australian Pilley defeated Irishman Liam Kenny 11-7, 11-10 (2-0),
11-8.
Canadians Shine In
Nova
Scotia
Former champions Shawn Delierre and Shahier Razik delighted
the local crowds at the Bluenose Classic by taking local interest
through to the quarter-finals of the $30,000
PSA
Tour
squash event in its third year at St Mary’s University Tower in
Halifax,
Nova Scotia,
in
Canada.
Delierre, the 2006 champion from
Montreal, beat Danish qualifier Morten W Sorensen 11-7, 11-5, 8-11,
11-4. The sixth seed will now face favourite Laurens Jan Anjema
for a place in the last four.
Shahier Razik, the second seed who won the event last year, took just 29
minutes to despatch fellow Canadian Andrew McDougall, a qualifier
from
Calgary, 11-1, 11-8, 11-4.
The
30-year-old from
Toronto now lines up against Mexican Eric Galvez, the fifth seed,
in the quarter-finals.
Australia's Scott Arnold celebrated his 22nd birthday by
overcoming his first round opponent in the longest clash of the day. The
No8 seed from Sydney recovered from a game down to beat Pakistan's
Khawaja Adil Maqbool 8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9 in 68 minutes to set up a
last eight meeting with Spaniard Borja Golan.
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