02/04/2012
ACT OPEN (Men) 2012
Hedrick Claims Canberra Crown
Hedrick Claims
Canberra Crown
RESULTS:
PSA Challenger 5 ACT Open, Phillip, Canberra, Australia
Australia's
Rex Hedrick ended the giant-killing run of exciting Egyptian Omar Mohie
Elddin Marei to win the ACT Open, the PSA World Tour Challenger 5
squash event at the Woden Squash Centre in the Australian capital
Canberra.
Hedrick
claimed the second professional title of his career when he beat qualifier Marei
11-9, 11-9, 3-11, 11-7 in a thrilling final to the latest Australian Squash Tour
tournament.
The
23-year-old from Melbourne, who broke through for his first Tour title in
January, was able to contain the brilliant shot-making of his Egyptian rival.
But it was a
remarkable performance from Marei, who was competing in only his second Tour
event - yet celebrating his second successive appearance in a final as a
qualifier!
The
Alexandria-born 20-year-old, now based in Cairo, made his major breakthrough in
the quarter-finals where he despatched Australia's top seed Justin Beard,
before then ousting fifth-seeded New Zealander Paul Coll in the semis.
Marei's final
appearance was his sixth match in four days.
1st round:
[1] Justin Beard (AUS) bt Rohan Toole (AUS) 11-2, 11-5, 11-3
[Q] Omar Mohie Elddin Marei (EGY) bt Cameron Stafford (CAY) 11-9,
12-10, 7-11, 8-11, 11-3
SungYoung Kim (KOR) bt Matthew Bridle (AUS) 11-6, 11-4, 11-5
[Q] Jean-Pierre Brits (RSA) bt [6] Ben Takamizawa Harris (JPN)
11-7, 11-4, 11-5
[5] Paul Coll (NZL) bt [Q] JaeJin Yoo (KOR) 9-11, 11-2, 11-6, 11-1
Walter Koteka (AUS) bt [Q] Hyun Goo Kim (KOR) 11-2, 11-6, 11-6
Rhys Dowling (AUS) bt [Q] Michael Badenhorst (AUS) 11-5, 11-3,
11-4
[3] Chris Lloyd (NZL) bt Courtney West (AUS) 11-4, 11-5, 11-7
[4] Jamie McErvale (AUS) bt Thomas Calvert (AUS) 11-5, 11-3, 11-2
Ben Marschall (AUS) bt T J Rarere (AUS) 11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 9-11,
11-7
James Huang (TPE) bt Joshua Stack-Masula (AUS) 11-3, 11-7, 11-2
[7] Tsukue Shinnosuke (JPN) bt James Skiffington (NZL) 11-2, 11-7,
11-5
[8] Lance James Beddoes (NZL) bt [Q] SeungYong Yoo Yoo (KOR) 9-11,
11-8, 11-4, 11-3
[Q] Christo Potgieter (RSA) bt Luke Sims (AUS) 11-5, 11-5, 11-7
[Q] Tim Cowell (AUS) bt Joshua Southwell-Nobbs (AUS) 11-8, 13-15,
11-5, 11-4
[2] Rex Hedrick (AUS) bt Alex Grayson (NZL) 11-4, 11-8, 11-4
2nd round:
[Q] Omar Mohie Elddin Marei (EGY) bt [1] Justin Beard (AUS) 11-8,
7-11, 11-9, 11-4
[Q] Jean-Pierre Brits (RSA) bt SungYoung Kim (KOR) 11-2, 11-4,
11-2
[5] Paul Coll (NZL) bt Walter Koteka (AUS) 11-3, 11-4, 10-12, 11-8
[3] Chris Lloyd (NZL) bt Rhys Dowling (AUS) 11-6, 11-9, 11-3
[4] Jamie McErvale (AUS) bt Ben Marschall (AUS) 11-1, 11-1, 11-3
James Huang (TPE) bt [7] Tsukue Shinnosuke (JPN) 11-8, 11-4, 9-11,
11-7
[Q] Christo Potgieter (RSA) bt [8] Lance James Beddoes (NZL) 11-5,
11-6, 11-4
[2] Rex Hedrick (AUS) bt [Q] Tim Cowell (AUS) 11-5, 11-3, 11-5
Quarter-finals:
[Q] Omar Mohie Elddin Marei (EGY) bt [Q] Jean-Pierre Brits (RSA)
11-4, 11-9, 11-5
[5] Paul Coll (NZL) bt [3] Chris Lloyd (NZL) 11-4, 8-11, 11-3,
11-8
James Huang (TPE) bt [4] Jamie McErvale (AUS) 11-7, 11-7, 8-11,
11-1
[2] Rex Hedrick (AUS) bt [Q] Christo Potgieter (RSA) 11-8, 11-3,
11-2
Semi-finals:
[Q] Omar Mohie Elddin Marei (EGY) bt [5] Paul Coll (NZL) 11-6,
11-6, 6-11, 15-13
[2] Rex Hedrick (AUS) bt James Huang (TPE) 11-1, 8-11, 10-12,
11-4, 11-1
Final:
[2] Rex Hedrick (AUS) bt [Q] Omar Mohie Elddin Marei (EGY) 11-9,
11-9, 3-11, 11-7 |
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