Millicent Open,
Millicent, Australia
1st round:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bye
[6] Chris Lloyd (NZL) bt Ben Harris (JPN) 11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 11-7
(39m)
[3] Justin Beard (AUS) bt John Goodchild (AUS) 11-2, 11-4, 11-6
(19m)
[7] Ben Werchon (AUS) bt Dylan Swanson (NZL) 8-11, 11-13, 11-6,
11-8, 11-5 (57m)
Cameron Deehan (AUS) bt [5] James Skiffington(NZL) 4-11, 9-11,
13-11, 11-4, 14-12 (38m)
[4] Alex Grayson (NZL) bt David Fumpson (ENG) 11-6, 11-6, 11-2
(21m)
[8] Joseph Watts (NZL) bt Nathaniel Wolff (AUS) 11-7, 6-11, 11-9,
11-6 (26m)
[2] Nathan Stevenson (AUS) bt Matthew Wolff (AUS) 11-8, 11-0, 11-9
(22m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt [6] Chris Lloyd (NZL) 11-5, 11-8, 11-9
[3] Justin Beard (AUS) bt [7] Ben Werchon (AUS) 11-1, 11-2, 11-5
[4] Alex Grayson (NZL) bt Cameron Deehan (AUS) 11-9, 7-11, 11-8,
11-5
[2] Nathan Stevenson (AUS) bt [8] Joseph Watts (NZL) 11-9, 11-1,
11-6
Semi-finals:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt [3] Justin Beard (AUS) 9-11, 11-9, 11-9,
11-7 (53m)
[2] Nathan Stevenson (AUS) bt [4] Alex Grayson (NZL) 11-7, 11-8,
12-10 (50m)
Final:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt [2] Nathan Stevenson (AUS) 11-7, 11-4,
11-9 (33m)
Corren
Celebrates Home Town Win - & 30th PSA Tour Title
Mike Corren
won his 30th PSA World Tour squash title - and one of his sweetest - when
he beat fellow Australian Nathan Stevenson to claim the inaugural $4,000
Millicent Open in his home town of Millicent in South Australia.
The
36-year-old beat Stevenson 11-7, 11-4, 11-9 on the courts where he learned the
game.
"It was really
strange - everywhere I went I bumped into people that I hadn't seen in 20
years," Corren said. "So when I should have been practising or warming up, I was
chatting to people."
Corren and
fellow local Ben Werchon ran some coaching clinics while they were in
Millicent and Corren said he tried to send out a positive message.
"I just want
people to know that even though they may come from a small town, they can still
get out and see the world playing a sport they love," he said.
"I hope I
inspired some of them."
The
Millicent Open was the first professional squash tournament to be held in
the town and was the brainchild of Corren and Squash SA marketing manager
Jane Intini.
Squash SA put
up some of the prize money and local sponsors came on board, including the
Kimberley Clark Millicent paper mill.
Such was the
success that the organisers are confident of holding another Open next year.
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