24/11/2009
SASKATOON BOAST
Delasaux Delights In Saskatoon Success
Saskatoon
Boast 2009
17-22 Nov, Canada, $10k |
Round One
19 Nov |
Quarters
20 Nov |
Semis
21 Nov |
Final
22 Nov |
[1] Aaron Frankcomb (Aus)
11-2, 12-10, 12-10 (33m)
Matthew Serediak (Can) |
Aaron Frankcomb
11-5, 5-11, 11-8, 11-8 (71m)
Eddie Charlton |
Aaron Frankcomb
11-9, 13-11, 3-11,
7-11, 11-6 (93m)
Lewis Walters |
Aaron Frankcomb
11-7, 11-3,
11-5 (42m)
Laurence Delasaux |
[7] Eddie Charlton (Eng)
11-3, 11-4, 11-6 (21m)
[Q] Justin Todd (Can) |
[4] Cesar Salazar (Mex)
11-5, 11-9, 11-6 (35m)
Daniel Sibley (Can) |
Cesar Salazar
12-10, 11-2, 5-11, 11-4 (49m)
Lewis Walters |
[8] Tyler Hamilton (Can)
11-3, 11-4, 11-7 (26m)
Lewis Walters (Eng) |
[Q] Andrew Schnell (Can)
7-11, 9-11, 11-2, 11-8, 11-3 (64m)
[5] Robin Clarke (Can) |
Robin Clarke
13-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-4 (55m)
Scott Arnold |
Robin Clarke
11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 11-3 (72m)
Laurence Delasaux |
Dave Glass (Can)
7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-4 (38m)
[3] Scott Arnold (Aus) |
[Q] Laurence Delasaux (Eng)
11-9, 11-5, 11-6 (7m)2
[6] Neil Hitchens (Eng) |
Laurence Delasaux
12-10, 11-8, 11-2 (50m)
Arturo Salazar |
[Q] Jethro Binns (Wal)
11-6, 11-4, 11-5 (29m)
[2] Arturo Salazar (Mex) |
Delasaux Delights In
Saskatoon Success
England's
Laurence Delasaux marked the latest chapter in his return to the PSA
World Squash Tour after more than two years away by winning the $10,000
Saskatoon Boast Open at the YMCA of Saskatoon in Saskatoon in
the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
After reaching
77 in the PSA rankings in 2006, the 24-year-old from Hull decided to pursue
other interests. But his love of Squash returned this year - and he rejoined
PSA.
By beating
fifth seed Robin Clarke in the Saskatoon Open semi-finals - his third
successive win against the Canadian over the past two months - Delasaux reached
his fifth PSA Tour event final as a qualifier since June.
The English
underdog, ranked 149 in the world, now faced top seed Aaron Frankcomb -
but again was too strong for the world No38 from Australia as he coasted to an
11-7, 11-3, 11-5 victory in 42 minutes.
The success
marks Delasaux's second Tour title success since his comeback - and the fourth
of his career.
It also -
surely - signals another rankings rise for the Yorkshireman who started his
comeback at 371 in the PSA list and leapt more than 100 places to his current
position in November.
English Pair Score In Saskatoon
English pair Lewis
Walters and Laurence Delasaux upset the form book in the first round
of the Saskatoon Boast Open when they overturned seeded opponents in the
$10,000 PSA World Tour squash event at the YMCA of Saskatoon in
Saskatoon in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
Qualifier Delasaux, ranked
149 in the world, defeated sixth-seeded compatriot Neil Hitchens 11-9,
11-5, 11-6. The 24-year-old from Hull will now take on Mexico's Arturo
Salazar, the No2 seed who is ranked more than 100 places higher.
Unseeded Walters, the world
No 133, despatched local hope Tyler Hamilton, the No8 seed from
Burlington, Ontario, 11-3, 11-4, 11-7 in just 26 minutes – and will now face
Arturo's twin brother Cesar Salazar, the fourth seed.
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