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Madison Open,
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Le Roux Takes
Madison Title
In an
all-English final between the event's top two seeds, Shaun le Roux
emerged triumphant after an hour to win the Madison Open, the $6,000
PSA World Tour squash event in its second year at the Madison Squash
Workshop in Madison in the US state of Wisconsin.
Le Roux and
second seed Eddie Charlton had both survived bruising 90-minute
semi-finals - favourite Le Roux defeating Malaysia's fourth seed Kamran Khan
in four games and Charlton, from Nottingham overcoming third-seeded compatriot
Jaymie Haycocks in five games.
And Charlton
took the opening game in the final before Yorkshireman Le Roux, the 24-year-old
world No80 from Castleford, came back to win 7-11, 11-6, 11-3, 4-11, 11-3.
The title
victory makes up for Le Roux's runners-up finish in the Leinster Open in
Ireland only three weeks ago, and takes the Englishman's Tour title total to
three over the last three years.
1st round:
[1] Shaun le Roux (ENG) bt Aqeel Rehman (AUT) 11-5, 11-3, 11-7
[5] Karim AGA Samy (EGY) bt Ben Coleman (ENG) 11-4, 7-11, 12-10,
11-8
[4] Kamran Khan (MAS) bt [Q] Fernando Lopez (MEX) 11-4, 11-9, 11-6
[Q] Anthony Graham (ENG) bt [8] Rex Hedrick (AUS) 11-7, 4-11,
7-11, 11-7, 11-9 (89m)
[6] Wade Johnstone (AUS) bt Juan Pablo Roude (ARG) 11-8, 11-7,
11-9
[3] Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) bt [Q] Neil Cordell (ENG) 11-5, 12-10,
11-4
[7] Peter Creed (WAL) bt Jonas Laursen (DEN) 11-5, 11-5, 11-6
[2] Eddie Charlton (ENG) bt [Q] Lyall Paterson (SCO) 10-12, 11-2,
7-6 ret.
Quarter-finals:
[1] Shaun le Roux (ENG) bt [5] Karim AGA Samy (EGY) 11-7, 11-2,
11-3
[4] Kamran Khan (MAS) bt [Q] Anthony Graham (ENG) 10-12, 11-9,
11-6, 11-6
[3] Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) bt [6] Wade Johnstone (AUS) 11-7, 11-8,
8-11, 1-11, 13-11
[2] Eddie Charlton (ENG) bt [7] Peter Creed (WAL) 11-6, 11-6, 11-7
Semi-finals:
[1] Shaun le Roux (ENG) bt [4] Kamran Khan (MAS) 9-11, 11-8, 11-8,
11-8 (90m)
[2] Eddie Charlton (ENG) bt [3] Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) 9-11, 11-7,
11-6, 9-11, 11-9 (90m)
Final:
[1] Shaun le Roux (ENG) bt [2] Eddie Charlton (ENG) 7-11, 11-6,
11-3, 4-11, 11-3 (60m)
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