08/12/2008
EDMONTON OPEN
Simpson Celebrates Edmonton Success
Edmonton
Open
2008
Royal Glenora Club, 02-07 Dec,
Canada, $10k |
Round One
04
Dec |
Quarters
05 Dec |
Semis
06 Dec |
Final
07 Dec |
[1]
Mark Krajcsak (Hun)
11-8, 9-11, 11-3, 11-7
Ian Power (Can) |
Mark Krajcsak
11-7, 7-11, 9-11, 11-8, 15-13
David Phillips |
Mark Krajcsak
11-9, 11-4, 12-10
Matthew Giuffre |
Matthew Giuffre
11-8, 11-9, 11-5
Chris Simpson |
[5]
David Phillips (Can)
6-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-7
[Q] Eddie Charlton (Eng) |
[3]
Ryan Cuskelly (Aus)
11-9, 11-6, 11-7
[Q] Jason Delierre (Can) |
Ryan Cuskelly
11-6, 13-11, 7-11, 11-7
Matthew Giuffre |
[6]
Matthew Giuffre (Can)
11-4, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6
Andrew McDougall (Can) |
[Q]
Kristian Frost (Den)
11-5, 11-9, 11-5
[8] John Rooney (Irl) |
John Rooney
12-10, 11-6, 11-4
Chris Simpson |
Chris Simpson
11-7, 5-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-5
Gilly Lane |
[Q]
Matt Serediak (Can)
11-6, 11-5, 11-9
[6] Chris Simpson (Eng) |
Tyler Hamilton (Can)
11-5, 4-11, 11-4, 11-7
[7] Gilly Lane (Usa) |
Gilly Lane
11-6, 6-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-8
Dylan Bennett |
Jaymie Haycocks (Eng)
7-11, 11-7, 11-9, 5-11, 11-4
[2] Dylan Bennett (Ned) |
Simpson Celebrates Edmonton Success
Chris Simpson,
the fourth seed from England, won the inaugural Servus Credit Union
Edmonton Open after beating local hero Matthew Giuffre in the
final of the $10,000 PSA Tour squash event at the Royal Glenora
Club in Edmonton, in Alberta, Canada.
The 21-year-old from the English Channel
Island of Guernsey reached the final after battling for five games
to beat Gilly Lane, the No7 seed from the USA, 11-7, 5-11, 9-11,
11-4, 11-5.
After making semi-finals following an upset over third seed Ryan
Cuskelly, local hero Giuffre continued his giant-killing run by
ousting Hungarian favourite Mark Krajcsak in the other semi.
But Simpson was too strong for the sixth seed from Edmonton in the final,
beating Giuffre 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 to win the second PSA Tour title of his
life.
Local Hero Giuffre Makes Edmonton Semis
Canada's Matthew
Giuffre delighted his home town fans in Edmonton when he
claimed an unexpected place in the semi-finals of the Servus Credit
Union Edmonton Open after upsetting third seed Ryan Cuskelly in
the quarter-finals of the $10,000 PSA Tour squash event at the
city's Royal Glenora Club in Alberta, Canada.
The 26-year-old sixth seed from Edmonton beat the higher-ranked Australian
11-6, 13-11, 7-11, 11-7 and will now face favourite Mark Krajcsak
for a place in the final.
Krajcsak, the Hungarian number one from Budapest, will be meeting his
third successive Canadian after dismissing David Phillips, the
fifth seed from Montreal, 11-7, 7-11, 9-11, 11-8, 13-11.
Seventh seed Gilly Lane also upset the form book by beating
second-seeded Dutchman Dylan Bennett 11-6, 6-11, 10-12, 11-6,
11-8. The 23-year-old American from Philadelphia will now face fourth
seed Chris Simpson after the Englishman defeated Ireland's John
Rooney 12-10, 11-6, 11-4.
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