14/08/2011
NOTTINGHAM OPEN
Sharpes Cuts Through Nottingham Opposition
Nottingham
Open 2011
08-13 Aug, Nottinghan, $5k |
Round One
10 Aug |
Quarters
11 Aug |
Semis
12 Aug |
Final
13 Aug |
[2] Charles Sharpes (Eng)
11-5, 6-11, 13-11, 3-11, 13-11 (96m)
[Q] Mahesh Mangoankar (Ind) |
Charles Sharpes
6/11, 12/10, 11/13, 11/9, 11/5 (108 min)
Ben Coleman |
Charles Sharpes
11/7, 11/8, 5/11, 11/7 (51m)
Sebastiaan Weenink |
Charles Sharpes
11/5, 11/8, 8/11, 11/4 (74m)
Anthony Graham |
Steve London (Eng)
11-8, 12-10, 11-6 (39m)
Ben Coleman (Eng) |
Jon Harford (Eng)
9-11, 11-8, 6-11, 6-3 rtd (43m)
Sebastiaan Weenink (Ned) |
Sebastiaan Weenink
11/7, 8/11, 11/9, 11/5 (51 min)
Lucas Serme |
[4] Eddie Charlton (Eng)
11-13, 11-6, 11-6, 11-5 (53m)
[Q] Lucas Serme (Fra) |
[Q] James Earles (Eng)
11-9, 11-3, 11-6 (29m)
[3] Anthony Graham (Eng) |
Anthony Graham
11/7, 9/11, 11/8, 9/11, 11/9 (68 min)
Declan James |
Anthony Graham
11/8, 7/11, 11/9, 5/11, 11/7 (70m)
Rasmus Nielsen |
Neil Hitchens (Eng)
7-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-5 (49m)
Declan James (Eng) |
Ben Ford (Eng)
11-9, 11-9, 11-5 (38m)
[Q] Johan Bouquet (Fra) |
Ben Ford
11/8, 10/12, 11/9, 11/5 (44 min)
Rasmus Nielsen |
Alex Ingham (Eng)
11-7, 11-3, 11-6 (24m)
[1] Rasmus Nielsen (Den) |
Sharpes Cuts
Through Nottingham Opposition
Charles
Sharpes
survived an all-English final of the inaugural MANTIS Fantasysquash.Net
Nottingham Open to win the PSA World Tour Challenger 5 title at
Nottingham Squash Club in Nottingham, England.
But the
London-born second seed had to fight from the very start - battling through
five-game marathons lasting 96 and 108 minutes in the first two rounds before
seeing off unseeded Dutchman Sebastian Weenink in a 51-minute four-game
semi-final.
His unexpected
opponent in the final was Anthony Graham, the Zimbabwe-born fourth seed
who made his breakthrough in the semi-final where he ousted Rasmus Nielsen,
the event favourite from Denmark, in five games.
Sharpes
dominated from the start in the final, hitting good width and length and then
moving onto the loose ball early and putting Graham under a lot of pressure.
Graham tried
to slow the pace in the second, finding a better length and using height to
recover and extend the rallies. But from 8-4 down, Sharpes managed to find the
nick and his length and found a way back into the game to go on a seven-point
run to take the game 11-8.
Graham reduced
the deficit in a scrappy third game - but 19-year-old Sharpes came back in the
fourth, getting back to basics, hitting straight and finding his length. From
four-all, Sharpes pulled away to close out the match 11-5, 11-8, 8-11, 11-4
after 74 minutes.
"I'm really
happy to win my third PSA title," said a jubilant Sharpes, from
Kingston-upon-Thames, afterwards. "It wasn't a pretty final but they all count.
"It's been a
tough week, I'm looking forward to a well earned rest now.
"I would like
to thank everyone who has helped me with my squash and especially my coach,"
concluded the new Nottingham Open champion.
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