24/03/2009
SWISS OPEN
Mueller Celebrates Historic Swiss Open Success
Swiss Open 2009
19-21 Mar, Geneva, $4k |
Round One
20 Mar |
Quarters
21 Mar |
Semis
21 Mar |
Final
22 Mar |
[1]
Manuela Manetta (Ita)
11/9, 11/7, 11/8
[Q] Gaby Delavison (Fra) |
Manuela Manetta
5/11, 11/8, 4/11, 11/9, 11/9
Carla Khan |
Carla Khan
11/1, 11/2, 11/4
Camille Serme |
Camille Serme
8/11, 11/5, 14/12, 12/10
Nicolette Fernandes |
[6]
Lucie Fialova (Cze)
11/7, 11/3, 11/6
[Q] Carla Khan (Pak) |
[4]
Camille Serme (Fra)
11/7, 11/2, 11/4
Anna-Carin Forstadius (Swe) |
Camille Serme
12/10, 11/3, 11/4
Maud Duplomb |
[8]
Maud Duplomb (Fra)
12/10, 11/8, 11/9
Coline Aumard (Fra) |
[Q] Nicolette Fernandes (Guy)
11/9, 11/2, 11/5
[8] Lotte Eriksen (Nor) |
Nicolette Fernandes
13/11, 5/11, 11/4, 11/9
Celia Allamargot |
Nicolette Fernandes
11/6,
11/9, 11/7
Orla Noom |
Jasmin Ballman (Sui)
11/6, 11/6, 11/6
[4] Celia Allamargot (Fra) |
Dagmar Vermuelen (Ned)
11/5, 11/9, 11/7
[6]
Emma Chorley (Eng) |
Emma Chorley
11/8, 11/7, 10/12, 7/11, 11/8
Orla Noom |
[Q] Laura Pomportes (Fra)
11/8, 11/5, 11/7
[2] Orla Noom (Ned) |
Mueller
Celebrates Historic Swiss Open Success
Nicolas Mueller
claimed a long-awaited first in the men's final of the Guardian Wealth
Management Swiss Open when he became the first Swiss winner in the event's
36-year-old history.
The 19-year-old top
seed from Hirzel, near Zurich, beat England's fourth seed Eddie Charlton
11-7, 11-6, 11-5 in the climax of the $4,000 PSA Tour Satellite squash
event in front of a packed home crowd at Geneva Squash Club in Geneva.
"The Swiss Open
started in 1974 and has been run in the same club for the last 36 years,"
explained Tournament Director Bob Lincoln. "The nearest any Swiss has
been to the title were Agnes Muller in 2000 and Lars Harms in 2001 reaching the
final – that is until today!"
Mueller, a former
European Junior champion, has further reasons to celebrate: The home success
marks his 15th consecutive unbeaten Tour match and his fourth PSA title in a row
- following the teenager's victories in the Russian Opportunities Fund
Championship in Moscow in December, the NSC Series No1 in Malaysia in
February, and the Salzburg Open in Austria earlier this month.
France's Camille
Serme took the women's $4,000 WISPA World Tour title after beating
Guyana qualifier Nicolette Fernandes 8-11, 11-5, 14-12, 12-10. "It was a
superb example of how to use a drop shot, in what was the best ladies final we
have seen in years," added Lincoln.
"The deciding point
of the match was at one game all and 12-all in the second, when Nicolette made a
great opening and drove the ball into the tin. From that moment on the
devastating short game of Camille took its toll."
The win takes
Serme's career Tour title total to four. But it was another great tournament
for Fernandes, who was celebrating her maiden appearance in a WISPA final in
only her second event after almost a two-year layoff following treatment for a
knee injury.
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