05/12/2011
EDMONTON OPEN 2011
Razik Keeps Edmonton Title In Canadian Hands
Reidbuilt
Homes Edmonton Open 2011
29 Nov - 04 Dec, Canada, $15k |
Round One
01 Dec |
Quarters
02 Dec |
Semis
03 Dec |
Final
04 Dec |
[1] Shahier Razik (Can)
8-11, 3-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-5 (70m)
[Q] Scott Arnold (Aus) |
Shahier Razik
11-2, 11-7, 11-5 (38m)
Dane Sharp |
Shahier Razik
11-9, 11-8, 11-1
(44m)
Kamran Khan |
Shahier Razik
5-11, 11-9,
2-11, 11-9, 11-6 (76m)
Nafiizwan Adnan |
Dane Sharp (Can)
12-10, 11-5, 11-7 (35m)
[Q] Thomas Brinkman (Can) |
Gonzalo Miranda (Arg)
11-1, 11-7, 11-8 (32m)
Kamran Khan (Mas) |
Kamran Khan
11-9, 11-9, 11-4 (61m)
Shawn Delierre |
[4] Shawn Delierre (Can)
11-9, 11-13, 11-6, 11-6 (89m)
David Letourneau (Can) |
Leo Au (Hkg)
8-11, 11-3, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8 (81m)
[3] Ryan Cuskelly (Aus) |
Ryan Cuskelly
11-7, 11-4, 11-9 (47m)
Dylan Bennett |
Ryan Cuskelly
11-7, 11-9, 8-11,
12-10 (88m)
Nafiizwan Adnan |
Dylan Bennett (Ned)
14-16, 11-6, 11-5, 7-11, 11-5 (55m)
[Q] Kam Hing Choong (Mas) |
Andrew Schnell (Can)
11-4, 11-8, 11-13, 11-9 (50m)
[Q] Anthony Graham (Eng) |
Andrew Schnell
11-7, 9-11, 11-1, 11-4 (47m)
Nafiizwan Adnan |
Dick Lau (Hkg)
7-11, 11-4, 11-5, 9-11, 11-3 (54m)
[2] Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas) |
Razik
Keeps Edmonton Title In Canadian Hands
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 15 ReidBuilt Homes Edmonton Open,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Top
seed Shahier Razik held off a determined challenge from Malaysian
Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan in the final of the ReidBuilt Homes
Edmonton Open at the Royal Glenora Club in Edmonton in
the Canadian province of Alberta to keep the PSA World Tour
Challenger 15 squash title in home hands.
It was
in the semi-finals that Razik, the Canadian national champion from
Toronto, defeated fellow countryman Shawn Delierre, defending
champion, in straight games.
In the
other semi, Adnan saw off Ryan Cuskelly - but it took 88 minutes
for the No2 seed from Kuala Lumpur to see off the third-seeded
Australian 11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 12-10.
But
the Malaysian show no ill effects in the final as he took the opening
game - and then, after Razik drew level, the third for the loss of just
two points.
However world No31 Razik, no stranger to lengthy battles on a squash
court, dug deep to reel in the next two games to record a popular 5-11,
11-9, 2-11, 11-9, 11-6 title victory over the world No37 after 76
minutes.
"Tonight's match was by far the best final that we've ever witnessed
here at the Edmonton Open," said a jubilant Jeff Williams, the
club's Head Squash Professional.
The
win is Razik's second PSA Tour title of the year - and the 22nd of his
career.
Battles Royal At Royal Glenora
The
first round of the ReidBuilt Homes Edmonton Open in Canada
produced a string of marathon encounters - with four matches going the
full distance and three lasting well over an hour as players battled for
places in the quarter-finals of the PSA World Tour Challenger 15
squash event in its fourth year at the Royal Glenora Club in
Edmonton, Alberta.
Top-seeded Canadian Shahier Razik had one of the toughest matches
- fighting back from two games down to overcome Australian qualifier
Scott Arnold 8-11, 3-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-5 in 70 minutes.
A home
semi-finalist is now assured as Toronto-based world No31 Razik now faces
fellow countryman Dane Sharp. By contrast, the 26-year-old from
Toronto only needed 35 minutes to see off Canadian qualifier Thomas
Brinkman 12-10, 11-5, 11-7.
Shawn Delierre,
the fourth seed from Canada whom Razik is expected to meet in the last
four round, survived the longest match en-route to his 11-9, 11-13,
11-6, 11-6 victory over compatriot David Letourneau in 89
minutes.
And it
took third-seeded Australian Ryan Cuskelly 81 minutes to get the
better of Hong Kong's Leo Au 8-11, 11-3, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8.
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