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Imet Open,
Bratislava, Slovakia
Serme Scores
Surprise Slovakian Success
French
teenager Lucas Serme celebrated a stunning PSA World Tour squash
success in Slovakia where he won the $5,000 Imet Open at the Imet
Squash Club in the country's capital Bratislava.
After beating
eighth seed Lukas Jelinek in the second round, the No10 seed made his
breakthrough in the quarter-finals where he upset fellow countryman Johan
Bouquet, the third seed, in a close-fought five-game encounter.
But
18-year-old Serme, ranked 213 in the world, then survived another bruising
battle which went the full distance when he overcame England's second seed
Neil Hitchens in the semi-finals.
Now in his
first Tour final since becoming the European junior champion in March, Serme
faced England's fourth seed Ben Coleman, the 2009 British Junior champion
celebrating his second Tour final in three months.
Serme twice
had to stem fight backs by the Englishman before winning his third five-game
match in a row by beating Coleman 11-7, 6-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8 to claim the
first PSA Tour title of his career.
1st round:
[1] Lewis Walters (ENG) bt [Q] Michael Harris (ENG) 11-2, 9-11,
11-7, 11-6
Peter Kviecinsky (SVK) bt [9] Stefan Brauneis (AUT) 11-6, 11-6,
11-3
[7] Ruslan Sorochinskiy (UKR) bt Miroslav Celler (SVK) 11-8, 11-9,
11-6
[13] Matias Tuomi (FIN) bt [Q] Rozle Langus (SLO) 11-5, 11-5,
12-10
[4] Ben Coleman (ENG) bt [Q] Roman Svec (CZE) 11-9, 11-7, 11-4
[16] Tomas Toth (SVK) bt Jonas Daehler (SUI) 11-9, 11-9, 4-11,
11-9
[5] Andrew Birks (ENG) bt [Q] Denis Podvornyi (UKR) 11-8, 13-11,
12-10
[11] Ondrej Ertl (CZE) bt [Q] Zbynek Standera (CZE) 13-11, 6-11,
11-6, 11-4
[10] Lucas Serme (FRA) bt Robert Downer (ENG) 11-7, 11-1, 11-4
[8] Lukas Jelinek (CZE) bt Marcus Greslehner (AUT) 8-11, 11-8,
11-2, 14-12
[14] Kostiantyn Rybalchenko (UKR) bt [Q] Dusan Lorincik (SVK)
11-3, 11-6, 11-2
[3] Johan Bouquet (FRA) bt Steven London (ENG) 11-0, 13-11, 9-11,
11-5
Geoffrey Demont (FRA) bt [12] Florent Pontiere (FRA) 6-11, 11-5,
11-8, 11-5
[Q] Richard Birks (ENG) bt [6] Petr Martin (CZE) 12-10, 11-3,
10-12, 2-11, 11-5
[Q] Kevin Moran (SCO) bt [15] Martin Mosnik (SLO) 11-6, 6-11,
11-4, 9-11, 11-4
[2] Neil Hitchens (ENG) bt Marek Manik (SVK) 14-12, 13-11, 11-5
2nd round:
[1] Lewis Walters (ENG) bt Peter Kviecinsky (SVK) 11-6, 6-11,
6-11, 11-5, 11-9
[13] Matias Tuomi (FIN) bt [7] Ruslan Sorochinskiy (UKR) 11-8,
11-8, 11-7
[4] Ben Coleman (ENG) bt [16] Tomas Toth (SVK) 11-5, 11-1, 11-5
[5] Andrew Birks (ENG) bt [11] Ondrej Ertl (CZE) 11-8, 11-4,
13-15, 11-4
[10] Lucas Serme (FRA) bt [8] Lukas Jelinek (CZE) 14-12, 11-3,
11-9
[3] Johan Bouquet (FRA) bt [14] Kostiantyn Rybalchenko (UKR) 11-3,
11-9, 11-4
Geoffrey Demont (FRA) bt [Q] Richard Birks (ENG) 11-7, 11-1, 11-7
[2] Neil Hitchens (ENG) bt [Q] Kevin Moran (SCO) 11-9, 9-11, 11-4,
5-11, 11-5
Quarter-finals:
[13] Matias Tuomi (FIN) bt [1] Lewis Walters (ENG) 11-6, 11-8,
11-4
[4] Ben Coleman (ENG) bt [5] Andrew Birks (ENG) 11-8, 11-7, 11-5
[10] Lucas Serme (FRA) bt [3] Johan Bouquet (FRA) 11-8, 10-12,
11-8, 9-11, 11-6
[2] Neil Hitchens (ENG) bt Geoffrey Demont (FRA) 11-4, 12-10, 11-1
Semi-finals:
[4] Ben Coleman (ENG) bt [13] Matias Tuomi (FIN) 11-9, 11-4, 11-8
[10] Lucas Serme (FRA) bt [2] Neil Hitchens (ENG) 11-5, 6-11,
7-11, 11-5, 11-6
Final:
[10] Lucas Serme (FRA) bt [4] Ben Coleman (ENG) 11-7, 6-11, 11-7,
7-11, 11-8
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