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16/10/2010
PHOENIX OPEN 2010
Galifi Grinds Out Phoenix Triumph
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Don
Thomas Phoenix
Open 2010
04-10 Oct, Phoenix, Usa, $11k |
Round One
05/06 Oct |
Quarters
07 Oct |
Semis
08 Oct |
Final
09 |
[1] Stéphane Galifi (Ita)
3/?
Matthew Serediak (Can) |
Stéphane Galifi
11-2, 11-5, 11-7
(31m)
Rex Hedrick |
Stéphane Galifi
11-2,
7-11, 15-13, 11-5 (64m)
Grégoire Marche |
Stéphane Galifi
11/5, 5/11,11/6, 12/14, 11/9 (96m)
Mark Krajcsak |
[7] Nathan Stevenson (Aus)
3/2
Rex Hedrick (Aus) |
[4] Grégoire Marche (Fra)
3/0
[Q] Geoffrey Demont (Fra) |
Grégoire Marche
11-4, 11-4, 11-3
(30m)
Dane Sharp |
[8] Chris Truswell (Eng)
3/0
[Q] Dane Sharp (Can) |
Fred Reid (Can)
3/?
[6] Wade Johnstone (Aus) |
Wade Johnstone
11-4, 11-4,
12-14, 11-4 (58m)
Yann Perrin |
Yann Perrin
11-4, 11-4, 11-7
(44m)
Mark Krajcsak |
[Q] Anthony Graham (Eng)
3/0
[3] Yann Perrin (Fra) |
Josh Cardwell (Aus)
3/1
[5] Joel Hinds (Eng) |
Joel Hinds
9-11, 11-3, 11-6,
11-9 (68m)
Mark Krajcsak |
[Q] Phil Nightingale (Eng)
3/0
[2] Mark Krajcsak (Hun) |
Galifi Grinds
Out Phoenix Triumph
After coming
through an hour-long semi-final, Italian favourite Stephane Galifi
battled for 96 minutes to beat second seed Mark Krajcsak in the final of
the Don Thomas Phoenix Open to become the first winner of the
inaugural $11,925 PSA World Tour squash event at Foley Squash in
Phoenix, USA.
Galifi, ranked
41 in the world, twice led Krajcsak - but twice the Hungarian, ranked ten places
lower, fought back to draw level.
The decider
was a close-fought affair - but it was 32-year-old Galifi who ultimately
prevailed, winning 11-5, 5-11, 11-6, 12-14, 11-9.
The victory
takes the Aix-en-Provence-based Italian to his ninth career Tour title - but the
first of the year after finishing as runner-up in two earlier finals in 2010.
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