Olesen Banks
Qatar Crown
RESULTS:
PSA Challenger 5 Barwa Bank PSA Challenger, Doha, Qatar
Denmark's
Kristian Frost Olesen justified his top billing in the Barwa Bank PSA
Challenger in Doha when he won the PSA World Tour Challenger 5
squash title at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex in the
Qatar capital.
The
23-year-old from Odense reached the final after dismissing unseeded Welshman
David Haley in straight games in the semi-finals.
Olesen's final
opponent was Bader Al Hussaini, the No3 seed from Kuwait who ended the
run of fellow countryman Fallah Mohammed in the other semi - Mohammed
having earlier unseated second-seeded Englishman Chris Truswell.
But favourite
Olesen was too strong for the 28-year-old Kuwaiti in the final, beating Al
Hussaini 11-6, 11-7, 11-4 in just 35 minutes.
The triumph
marks the Dane's third successive PSA Tour title since December - and the fourth
of Olesen's career.
1st round:
[1] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) bt Zeyad Tareq Alowaesh (KUW)
11-3, 11-4, 11-4 (29m)
Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) bt James Earles (ENG) 11-2, 11-8, 3-11,
9-11, 11-6 (64m)
David Haley (WAL) bt [Q] Kim Are Killingberg (NOR) 11-8, 11-8,
6-11, 11-5 (47m)
[Q] Daniel West (ENG) bt [4] Karim A G A Samy (EGY) 12-10, 11-9,
4-11, 11-8 (50m)
[3] Bader Al Hussaini (KUW) bt [Q] Tarek Salah Shehata (EGY)
19-17, 9-11, 11-2, 11-2 (50m)
Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) bt Rory Pennell (ENG) 12-10, 11-5, 8-11, 11-9
(52m)
Ravi Dixit (IND) bt Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT) 11-7, 11-1, 11-9
(37m)
[Q] Fallah Mohammed (KUW) bt [2] Chris Truswell (ENG) 8-11, 11-9,
11-5, 11-5 (46m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) bt Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) 11-8,
13-11, 2-11, 11-9 (66m)
David Haley (WAL) bt [Q] Daniel West (ENG) 11-6, 11-9, 8-11,
10-12, 11-9 (64m)
[3] Bader Al Hussaini (KUW) bt Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) 11-9, 12-10,
11-6 (45m)
[Q] Fallah Mohammed (KUW) bt Ravi Dixit (IND) 11-5, 11-5, 11-2
(30m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) bt David Haley (WAL) 11-3, 11-6,
11-5 (29m)
[3] Bader Al Hussaini (KUW) bt [Q] Fallah Mohammed (KUW) 11-9,
13-11, 11-7 (65m)
Final:
[1] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) bt [3] Bader Al Hussaini (KUW)
11-6, 11-7, 11-4 (35m)
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