Rock Building
Society Queensland Squash Open,
Rockhampton, Australia
Finitsis &
Camilleri Celebrate Aussie Double In Queensland Open
Australians
Steve Finitsis and Lisa Camilleri took the spoils in the
Rock Building Society Queensland Squash Open at Scottvale Park Squash
Centre in Rockhampton, Australia.
Queenslander Steve
Finitsis justified his top billing in the men's $3,500 PSA World Tour
event when he won the title for the first time after a straight games win over
Denmark’s Rasmus Nielsen.
Finitsis went into
the tournament as the highest ranked and most experienced player and it showed
as he downed Nielsen 11-2, 11-7, 11-7.
He had earlier
accounted for Swiss player Reiko Peter in the semi-finals 11-8, 11-3,
11-6 while Nielsen ended the giant-killing run of 19-year-old Queenslander
Sunil Seth 11-6, 11-8, 10-12, 11-5.
“It’s a good
feeling to win my home state open,” the 27-year-old Finitsis said. “I was
runner-up in 2007, but when you look at the previous winners of the Queensland
Open, to have my name alongside those players is pretty special."
Finitsis moved to
the Dutch city of Almere 18 months ago and said his game had developed
enormously in that time.
“I’ve learned a lot
and progressed so much, and even though my ranking (72) is not the best at the
moment, the European tour can be quite difficult,” he said. “In my last three
tournaments I have lost early round matches in five games. If I had won those,
my ranking would be a lot higher.
“But I’m hitting
the ball with a lot more purpose and I’m a lot more composed during my matches,”
added Finitsis, after his first Tour win of the year, but the seventh of his
career.
Lisa Camilleri made
it a Far North Queensland double when she came from two games down to beat South
Korea’s Song Sun-Mi 7-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-6 in the final of the
women's $4,000 WISPA World Tour event.
Camilleri, the
second seed from Tully, celebrated her selection in the Australian
Commonwealth Games team with her seventh title in succession and her 13th
overall.
Unbeaten now for 27
matches, the 27-year-old world No39 has a 10-day break before her Australian
Open first round clash against Ireland’s Aisling Blake.
Men’s 1st round:
[10] Jonas Daehler
(SUI) bt Jayden Wadd (AUS) 11-4, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6 (31m)
Se Hyun Lee (KOR)
bt [16] Joseph Watts (NZL) 11-4, 12-10, 11-5 (32m)
[9] Jamie Mcervale
(AUS) bt Syed Hamzah Shah Bukhari (PAK) w/o
[13] Chris Lloyd (NZL)
bt Aurangzeb Mehmund (PAK) w/o
[14] Sunil Seth
(AUS) bt Christopher Hanson (USA) 11-6, 11-3, 11-0 (15m)
[7] Adrian Dudzicki
(CAN) bt Jaung Gue Park (KOR) 12-10, 0-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-5 (55m)
[11] Caspar
Grauball Nielsen (DEN) bt Edward Dromgool (NZL) 11-6, 10-12, 11-5, 11-3 (35m)
Jong Myoung Park (KOR)
bt [15] Courtney West (AUS) 11-4, 10-12, 11-2, 11-4 (44m)
Steven London (ENG)
bt [12] James Skiffington (NZL) 11-2, 11-7, 11-7 (30m)
2nd round:
[1] Steve Finitsis
(AUS) bt [10] Jonas Daehler (SUI) 11-6, 11-4, 11-2 (25m)
Se Hyun Lee (KOR)
bt [5] Peter Taylor (AUS) 9-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7 ret.
[4] Reiko Peter
(SUI) bt [9] Jamie Mcervale (AUS) 8-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-3, 11-9
[8] Frank Hartkoren
(NED) bt [13] Chris Lloyd (NZL) 10-12, 12-10, 11-7, 11-9
[14] Sunil Seth
(AUS) bt [7] Adrian Dudzicki (CAN) 5-11, 15-13, 12-10, 11-9 (33m)
[3] Peter Creed (GBR)
bt [11] Caspar Grauball Nielsen (DEN) 11-7, 11-9, 10-12, 11-8
[6] Alex Grayson (NZL)
bt Jong Myoung Park (KOR) 11-4, 11-3, 11-7 (35m)
[2] Rasmus Nielsen
(DEN) bt Steven London (ENG) 11-5, 11-1, 11-5
Quarter-finals:
[1] Steve Finitsis
(AUS) bt Se Hyun Lee (KOR) 11-4, 11-3, 11-2 (25m)
[4] Reiko Peter
(SUI) bt [8] Frank Hartkoren (NED) 13-11, 11-5, 11-9 (40m)
[14] Sunil Seth
(AUS) bt [3] Peter Creed (GBR) 9-11, 11-1, 10-12, 11-8, 11-6 (62m)
[2] Rasmus Nielsen
(DEN) bt [6] Alex Grayson (NZL) 11-3, 12-10, 11-8 (29m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Steve Finitsis
(AUS) bt [4] Reiko Peter (SUI) 11-8, 11-3, 11-6
[2] Rasmus Nielsen
(DEN) bt [14] Sunil Seth (AUS) 11-6, 11-8, 10-12, 11-5
Final:
[1] Steve Finitsis
(AUS) bt [2] Rasmus Nielsen (DEN) 11-2, 11-7, 11-7
Women’s 1st round:
Moana Gray (AUS) bt
[16] Natalie Newton (AUS) 11-4, 11-5, 11-8 (25m)
Emily Stack-Masula
(AUS) bt [15] Alyssa Mcinerney (AUS) 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 12-10 (35m)
Aimee Slatter (AUS)
bt [14] Challen Stowell (AUS) 11-5, 11-3, 11-8 (25m)
2nd round:
[1] Sharon Wee
(MAS) bt [10] Tamika Saxby (AUS) 11-6, 11-8, 11-3 (21m)
[6] Amelia Pittock
(AUS) bt [9] Maggy Marshall (AUS) 11-6, 11-3, 9-11, 11-7 (29m)
[3] Song Sun-Mi (KOR)
bt Moana Gray (AUS) 11-1, 11-4, 11-4
[8] Sarah Cardwell
(AUS) bt [11] Elpiniki Clement (USA) 11-6, 11-6, 5-11, 11-4
[7] Birgit Coufal (AUT)
bt Emily Stack-Masula (AUS) 11-5, 11-4, 11-5
[4] Kylie Lindsay (NZL)
bt [12] Bethany Brazier (AUS) 11-9, 11-5, 11-3
[5] Melody Francis
(AUS) bt Aimee Slatter (AUS) 11-8, 14-12, 9-11, 11-1
[2] Lisa Camilleri
(AUS) bt [13] Grace Mcervale (AUS) 11-2, 11-1, 11-1 (20m)
Quarter-finals:
[6] Amelia Pittock
(AUS) bt [1] Sharon Wee (MAS) 10-12, 11-6, 9-11, 11-3, 11-4 (31m)
[3] Song Sun-Mi (KOR)
bt [8] Sarah Cardwell (AUS) 11-9, 11-3, 4-11, 11-4 (35m)
[4] Kylie Lindsay (NZL)
bt [7] Birgit Coufal (AUT) 11-4, 11-9, 12-10
[2] Lisa Camilleri
(AUS) bt [5] Melody Francis (AUS) 11-5, 11-8, 11-3 (30m)
Semi-finals:
[3] Song Sun-Mi (KOR)
bt [6] Amelia Pittock (AUS) 11-8, 11-3, 11-6
[2] Lisa Camilleri
(AUS) bt [4] Kylie Lindsay (NZL) 11-4, 11-3, 11-13, 11-7
Final:
[2] Lisa Camilleri
(AUS) bt [3] Song Sun-Mi (KOR) 7-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-6
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