10/11/2009
GOODLIFE OPEN
Corren Carries Off 24th PSA Tour Title In Canada
GoodLife
Open 2009
03-08 Nov, Ottawa, Canada, $6k |
Round One
05 Nov, from 14.30 |
Quarters
06 Nov |
Semis
07 Nov |
Final
08 Nov |
[1] Gilly Lane (Usa)
11-2, 11-7, 11-5 (25m)
Graeme Wilson (Nzl) |
Gilly Lane
11-7, 11-4, 11-9 (30m)
Dave Glass |
Gilly Lane
11-7,11-5,11-4 (32m)
Mike Corren |
Mike Corren
12-10, 8-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-7 (79m)
Robin Clarke |
Dave Glass (Can)
11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 14-12 (41m)
Maxym LecLair (Can) |
[4] Mike Corren (Aus)
11-6,11-7,11-8 (36m)
Matthew Serediak (Can) |
Mike Corren
11-4, 11-9,11-6 (29m)
Chris Truswell |
[8] Chris Truswell (Eng)
11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 13-11, 11-0 (53m)
Adrian Dudzicki (Can) |
Thomas Brinkman (Can)
11-5, 11-9, 11-4 (25m)
[7] Tyler Hamilton (Can) |
Thomas Brinkman
11-7, 11-6, 11-4 (25m)
Robin Clarke |
Robin Clarke
11-2, 11-7, 11-3 (34m)
David Phillips |
Rudi Willemse (Rsa)
11-9,11-1,11-7 (25m)
[3] Robin Clarke (Can) |
Dane Sharp (Can)
11-5,11-7,11-9 (45m)
[6] Eddie Charlton (Eng) |
Eddie Charlton
13-11, 8-11, 11-1, 11-6 (55m)
David Phillips |
TG Raubenheimer (Rsa)
w/o
[2] David Phillips (Can) |
Corren Carries Off 24th PSA
Tour Title In Canada
Australian
Mike Corren continued his relentless bid to pick up PSA World Tour
squash titles around the world when he won the GoodLife Open in Canada -
bringing his total for the year to six and his career-long haul to 24 Tour
titles since October 1996.
The
35-year-old from South Australia started his latest bid, in the $6,000 Super
Satellite event at the GoodLife Fitness Club in Ottawa, as the
fourth seed.
Currently
based in Hamilton, New Zealand, Corren made his breakthrough in the semi-finals
where he removed USA's Gilly Lane, the top seed from Philadelphia.
There was also
an upset in the other semi-final where Canada's third seed Robin Clarke,
the defending champion from Ottawa, ousted second-seeded compatriot David
Phillips.
The first game
of the final was tight, with Clarke squandering a game ball at 10-9 to lose
12-10. The second saw players again exchange points to 8-8, when Clarke hit some
killer shorts shot to close out the game.
In the third,
Clarke again finished strongly by taking the ball in short and volleying
Corren’s defensive reply, to move into a 2/1 lead. Clarke seemed to lose focus
in the fourth as Corren drew level.
The Australian
appeared to save his best for the last game as he took control. To the local
hero's credit, Clarke hung in to tie the game 7-7 - but he clipped the tin on a
backhand short volley, which proved to be the turning point.
Corren quickly
finished off the match to win 12-10, 8-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-7, thus denying the
host nation its fourth successive GoodLife Open win since 2006.
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