18/01/2010
COMFORT INN OPEN
Campbell Makes Knight's Day In Vancouver
Comfort
Inn Open 2010
12-17 Jan, North Vancouver, Canada,
$20k |
Round One
14 Jan |
Quarters
15 Jan |
Semis
16 Jan |
Final
17 Jan |
[1] Tarek Momen (Egy)
9-11, 11-4, 12-10, 11-8 (41m)
Matthew Karwalski (Usa) |
Tarek Momen
11-7, 11-7, 9-11, 11-2
(54m)
Ryan Cuskelly |
Tarek Momen
13-11, 9-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9 (73m)
Martin Knight |
Martin Knight
11-6, 11-1, 11-5 (53m)
Campbell Grayson |
[7] Ryan Cuskelly (Aus)
11-8, 11-4, 8-11, 11-6 (51m)
[Q] Andrew McDougall (Can) |
[3] Tom Richards (Eng)
11-4, 11-2, 11-7 (26m)
Viktor Berg (Can) |
Tom Richards
11-9, 11-8, 11-8 (42m)
Martin Knight |
[5] Martin Knight (Nzl)
11-4, 11-7, 11-7 (27m)
[Q] Adil Maqbool (Pak) |
[Q] Laurence Delasaux (Eng)
11-7, 11-9, 11-4 in 46
[8] Arturo Salazar (Mex) |
Arturo Salazar
11-5, 12-10, 12-10 (60m)
Rafael Alarcon |
Arturo Salazar
11-5, 11-8, 11-7 (34m)
Campbell Grayson |
[Q] Lewis Walters (Eng)
11-5, 11-13, 13-11, 11-9 (53m)
[4] Rafael Alarcon (Bra) |
Robin Clarke (Can)
7-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-9 (56m)
[6] Campbell Grayson (Nzl) |
Campbell Grayson
11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 11-7 (60m)
Miguel Angel Rodriguez |
Alan Clyne (Sco)
11-13, 8-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-9 (73m)
[2] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (Col) |
Campbell Makes Knight's Day In Vancouver
Martin Knight
beat fellow New Zealander Campbell Grayson in the final of the Comfort
Inn Open to claim the third PSA World Tour title of his career at
the $20,000 squash event at Evergreen Squash Club in Vancouver,
Canada.
Fifth seed Knight, the
world No48 from Wellington, proved too good on the day for his sixth-seeded
compatriot, winning 11-6, 11-1, 11-5 in 53 minutes.
Comfort Inn Open Climaxes In Kiwi Clash
A pair of New Zealanders
will contest the final of the Comfort Inn Open after fifth seed Martin
Knight and sixth seed Campbell Grayson came through contrasting
semi-finals of the $20,000 PSA World Tour squash event at Evergreen
Squash Club in Vancouver, Canada.
Knight, the world No48 from
Wellington who upset England's third seed Tom Richards in the quarters,
battled for 73 minutes to overcome top seed Tarek Momen, last year's
runner-up ranked 24 places higher, 13-11, 9-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9.
The win takes 26-year-old
Knight through to his sixth PSA Tour final.
Earlier, close compatriot
Campbell Grayson, from Auckland, ousted Mexico's No8 seed Arturo
Salazar 11-5, 11-8, 11-7 in a 34-minute win which puts the 23-year-old into
his fifth Tour final.
Knight & Grayson Celebrate Kiwi Day In
Vancouver
New Zealanders Martin
Knight and Campbell Grayson pulled off impressive upsets in the
quarter-finals of the Comfort Inn Open to earn unexpected places in the
last four of the $20,000 PSA World Tour squash event at Evergreen
Squash Club in Vancouver, Canada.
Knight, the fifth seed from
Wellington, battled for 42 minutes to overcome England's third seed Tom
Richards 11-9, 11-8, 11-8.
"Richards seemed distracted
by decisions that went against him early on and never seemed to shake off the
ill effect," said tournament spokesman Paul Marley. "Martin stayed
focused and was relentless on the attack to secure his impressive victory."
Later, close compatriot
Campbell Grayson, the sixth seed from Auckland, removed the event's No2
seed. After dropping the first game, Colombia's highest-ever ranked player
Miguel Angel Rodriguez, the world No27, took the second to draw level.
But 23-year-old Grayson,
ranked 22 places lower, kept his focus and went on to beat Rodriguez 11-6, 5-11,
11-8, 11-7 in exactly one hour.
Tarek Takes Out Karwalski In Vancouver
Last year's runner-up
Tarek Momen took a step closer towards a second successive appearance in the
final of the Comfort Inn Open when he beat Australian Matthew
Karwalski in four games in the first round of the $20,000 PSA World Tour
squash event at Evergreen Squash Club in Vancouver, Canada.
The 21-year-old top seed
from Egypt won 9-11, 11-4, 12-10, 11-8 in 41 minutes to set up a quarter-final
clash with another Australian, seventh seed Ryan Cuskelly who also took
four games to overcome Canadian qualifier Andrew McDougall.
The tournament’s second
seed Miguel Angel Rodriguez had an even rougher ride from Scotland's
Alan Clyne. The 23-year-old from Edinburgh took the first two games and led
8-5 in the third only to have Colombian Rodriguez play some magnificent squash
to even the game at 9-9 and eventually win 11-9.
Rodriguez won the fourth
convincingly as errors seemed to be creeping into the Scot’s game. The dramatic
decider saw the score reach nine-all before Rodriguez won the concluding points
to take the match 11-13, 8-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-9 after 73 minutes.
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