05/03/2012
PERSIAN GULF CUP 2012
Krajcsak Crowned Kish Champion
Persian
Gulf Cup 2012
28-Feb to 04-Mar, Kish Island, Iran, $10k |
Round One
01 Mar from 17.00 |
Quarters
02 Mar |
Semis
03 Mar |
Final
04 Mar |
[1] Yann Perrin (Fra)
11-6, 11-7, 11-9 (25m)
Piedro Schweertman (Ned) |
Yann Perrin
11-7, 13-11, 11-9
(44m)
Ammar Al-Tamimi |
Yann Perrin
11-3, 13-11, 11-8
(50m)
Joan Lezaud |
Yann Perrin
11-6, 11-7, 8-11,
11-5 (40m)
Mark Krajcsak |
Ammar Al-Tamimi (Kuw)
11-3, 11-5, 11-0 (14m)
[Q] Erfan Jamshidi (Iri) |
Matias Tuomi (Fin)
11-3, 11-3, 11-4 (19m)
[Q] Zeyad Tareq Alowaesh (Kuw) |
Matias Tuomi
11-9, 2-11, 11-6
(47m)
Joan Lezaud |
Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour (Iri)
7-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-5(36m)
[3] Joan Lezaud (Fra) |
[4] Fabien Verseille (Fra)
11-3, 11-2, 11-4 (15m)
Sohail Shameli (Iri) |
Fabien Verseille
11-5, 13-11, 11-5
(27m)
Muhammad Saqib Yousaf |
Fabien Verseille
11-4, 15-13,
14-12 (49m)
Mark Krajcsak |
Muhammad Saqib Yousaf (Pak)
11-7, 11-3, 11-8 (21m)
Navid Maleksabet (Iri) |
[Q] Nathan Lake (Eng)
11-13, 11-8, 11-3, 11-6 (41m)
[LL] Reuben Phillips (Eng) |
Nathan Lake
11-2, 11-4, 11-7
(30m)
Mark Krajcsak |
[Q] Alireza (Sanaei (Iri)
11-4, 11-3, 11-6 (31m)
[2] Mark Krajcsak (Hun) |
Krajcsak Crowned Kish Champion
Hungarian Mark Krajcsak returned to winning form at the Kish
Persian Gulf Cup in Iran when he upset top seed Yann Perrin
to claim the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash title at Kish
Sports Centre at Kish Island.
The
28-year-old second seed from Budapest survived an evenly-contested clash
with Perrin to topple the higher-ranked Frenchman 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 11-5
in 40 minutes.
It was
a major disappointment for the world No70 from Aix-en-Provence who won
the Kish crown two years ago.
The
success marks Krajcsak's ninth PSA Tour title - but the Hungarian number
one's first for almost a year and a half.
Perrin
& Krajcsak To Contest Kish Crown
Mark Krajcsak
and Yann Perrin overcame their Kish Persian Gulf Cup
semi-final opponents in straight games to set up the anticipated final
of the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event at Kish
Sports Centre at Kish Island in Iran.
Second
seed Krajcsak, the 28-year-old world No77 from Budapest, defeated
fourth-seeded Frenchman Fabien Verseille 11-4, 15-13, 14-12 in 49
minutes to reach the 14th Tour final of his career.
The
other semi was an all-French affair in which favourite Perrin needed 50
minutes to see off No3 seed Joan Lezaud 11-3, 13-11, 11-8.
The
26-year-old world No74 from Aix-en-Provence is celebrating the fourth
PSA Tour final of his career - but his first since winning the Kish
title two years ago.
Krajcsak v France For Kish Crown
Second
seed Mark Krajcsak is on course to reach the final of the Kish
Persian Gulf Cup in Iran, but a trio of Frenchmen stand in the
Hungarian's way of winning the PSA World Tour Challenger 10
squash event in its fourth year at Kish Sports Centre at Kish
Island.
The
28-year-old from Budapest ended Nathan Lake's run when he beat
the English qualifier 11-2, 11-4, 11-7 in 30 minutes.
Krajcsak will now face Fabien Verseille, the fourth seed from
Aix-en-Provence who ousted in-form Pakistani Muhammad Saqib Yousaf
11-5, 13-11, 11-5.
Top
seed Yann Perrin offers Krajcsak's stiffest resistance in the
lower half of the draw. The 2010 champion defeated Kuwait's Ammar Al-Tamimi
11-7, 13-11, 11-9.
The
26-year-old world No74 - ranked just three places higher than the
Hungarian number one - will line up against fellow countryman Joan
Lezaud in the other semi-final.
Lezaud,
26 and also based in Aix, was taken the full distance before overcoming
Finn Matias Tuomi 11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 2-11, 11-6 in 47 minutes.
Seeds
Progress At Kish Island
While
all four seeds progressed safely through the first round of the Kish
Persian Gulf Cup in Iran, England's Nathan Lake became the
only qualifier to make the quarter-finals of the PSA World Tour
Challenger 10 squash event at Kish Sports Centre at Kish
Island when he beat fellow countryman Reuben Phillips for the
second time in 24 hours.
Lake,
the European Junior champion from Cheltenham, despatched Phillips in
straight games in the tournament's final qualifying round - then found
he was paired up again with the 20-year-old Londoner when Phillips was
handed a 'lucky loser' slot following the last-minute withdrawal of top
seed Jan Koukal.
And a
remarkable shock looked on the card when Phillips - who shares an
identical ranking with his opponent - took the first game in the main
draw match.
But
19-year-old Lake recovered to close out the match 11-13, 11-8, 11-3,
11-6 in 41 minutes to earn himself a quarter-final clash with second
seed Mark Krajcsak.
The
Hungarian number one saw off local hope Mohammad Sanaee, a
qualifier, 11-4, 11-3, 11-6.
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