17/06/2009
CLOUDY KRANJ OPEN
Waller Wins Kranj Crown
Kranj
Open 2009
12-14 Jun, Kranj, Slovenia, $3k |
Round One
13 Jun |
Quarters
13 Jun |
Semis
14 Jun |
Final
14 Jun |
[1] Lewis Walters (Eng)
12/10, 11/5, 12/10
[Q] Miha Kavas (Slo) |
Lewis Walters
11/5, 11/8, 11/8
Martin Mosnik |
Lewis Walters
12/10, 11/7, 11/9
Neil Hitchens |
Neil Hitchens
11/6, 11/4, 11/3
Adrian Waller
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[7] Jakob Dirnberger (Aut)
12/10, 11/7, 8/11, 11/4
[Q] Martin Mosnik (Slo) |
[3] Neil Hitchens (Eng)
11/6, 8/11, 11/9, 11/4
Benjamin Fischer (Sui) |
Neil Hitchens
11/8, 11/6, 8/11, 11/7
Kleman Gutman |
[8] Domagoj Spoljar (Cro)
11/3, 11/7, 11/3
Kleman Gutman (Slo) |
[Q] Andrew Birks (Eng)
11/7, 11/3, 11/6
[5] Adrian Waller (Eng) |
Adrian Waller
9/11, 11/9, 11/5, 11/3
Harinderpal Sandhu |
Adrian Waller
11/7, 11/8, 9/11, 11/7
Peter Creed |
Alex Ingham (Eng)
11/5, 7/11, 14/12, 7/11, 11/9
[4] Harinderpal Sandhu (Ind) |
Reiko Peter (Sui)
4/11, 11/8, 2/11, 11/4, 11/6
[6] Peter Creed (Wal) |
Peter Creed
11/7, 4/11, 11/3, 11/9
Chris Truswell |
[Q] Richard Birks (Eng)
9/11, 11/4, 11/7, 11/7
[2] Chris Truswell (Eng) |
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Waller Wins Kranj Crown
English
teenager Adrian Waller clinched his maiden PSA World Tour squash
title at the Cloudy Tour Kranj Open in Slovenia when he beat
higher-ranked compatriot Neil Hitchens in straight games in the final of
the $3,000 Satellite event at the Mega Center in Kranj.
Neither player
had been expected to reach the final. Firth seed Waller, a 19-year-old
left-hander from Enfield, made his breakthrough in the quarter-finals by
upsetting India's fourth seed Harinder Pal Sandhu. The former British
Junior champion, competing in only his ninth Tour event since making his debut
last October, went on to beat Welshman Peter Creed, the sixth seed, to
reach the final.
Hitchens, the
third seed from Essex, claimed the unexpected place in his first PSA final after
ousting top-seeded fellow countryman Lewis Walters in the semi-finals.
The final
between the two training partners looked a promising match-up, and from the
start Waller Adrian was very much in command. The tall Middlesex man grew in
confidence as the game progressed before ultimately claiming his 11-6, 11-4,
11-3 victory, and his debut Tour trophy.
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