DragonDoc Squash
Championship,
Atlanta, USA
Final:
[1] Patrick Chifunda (ZAM)
bt [2] Jose Angel Becerril (MEX) 7-11, 13-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9
(71m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Patrick Chifunda (ZAM)
bt Tiago Cabral (BRA) 12-14, 11-4, 7-11,
12-10, 11-9 (80m)
[2] Jose Angel Becerril (MEX)
bt Dane Sharp (CAN) 14-12, 11-7, 11-4 (35m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Patrick Chifunda (ZAM)
bt [Q] Lekgotla Mosope (BOT) 5-11, 11-6, 13-11, 11-6
Tiago Cabral (BRA) bt [6]
Salvador Martinez (MEX) 11-6, 5-11, 13-11,
11-9 (43m)
Dane Sharp (CAN) bt [Q]
Benjamin Oliner (USA) 11-5, 6-11, 11-7,
7-11, 11-4 (73m)
[2] Jose Angel Becerril (MEX)
bt [7] Jacques Swanepoel (RSA) 12-10, 11-9, 12-10 (39m)
1st round:
[1] Patrick Chifunda (ZAM)
bt Christopher Callis (USA) 11-13, 11-8, 11-7, 11-6
[Q] Lekgotla Mosope (BOT)
bt [8] Lefika Ragontse (BOT) 9-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9,
12-10
Tiago Cabral (BRA) bt [4]
Matthew Serediak (CAN) 16-14, 11-6, 6-11,
14-12
[6] Salvador Martinez (MEX)
bt Joe Millman (ENG) 11-9, 13-11, 11-4 (35m)
[Q] Benjamin Oliner (USA)
bt [5] Jonas Laursen (DEN) 11-8, 11-3, 11-6 (35m)
Dane Sharp (CAN) bt [3]
Ahmed Maged Hamza (EGY) 7-11, 13-11, 9-11, 12-10,
12-10
[7] Jacques Swanepoel (RSA)
bt [Q] Italo Bonatti (GUA) 11-3, 11-3, 11-8
[2] Jose Angel Becerril (MEX)
bt [Q] Richard Chin (USA) 11-7, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9
Chifunda Checks Out First PSA Tour Title In
Atlanta
US-based Zambian
Patrick Chifunda celebrated his maiden PSA Tour squash title in fine
style when he beat Mexican Jose Angel Becerril in the final of the
DragonDoc Championship at Midtown Athletic Club in Atlanta,
USA.
The Richmond-based
33-year-old reached the final of the $5,000 Tour event after surviving an
80-minute five-game semi-final against unseeded Brazilian
Tiago Cabral.
Second seed Becerril, 23,
from Mexico City, claimed his fifth Tour final appearance in somewhat easier
circumstances - despatching unseeded Canadian Dane Sharp in straight
games in just 35 minutes.
But favourite Chifunda
twice had to battle from behind before beating Becerril 7-11, 13-11, 6-11, 11-9,
11-9 in 71 minutes to celebrate his PSA breakthrough.
"It was a wonderfully
competitive match, each of Chifunda’s three winning games could easily have gone
the other way," commented event spokesman Thomas Rumpler.