22/04/2012
BULER CHALLENGE CUP 2012
Max Lee Survives Buler Challenge In Hong Kong
Buler Challenge Cup 2012
Men's Draw
17-22 Apr, Hong Kong, $10k |
Round One
19 Apr |
Quarters
20 Apr |
Semis
21 Apr |
Final
22 Apr |
[1] Max Lee (Hkg)
11/6, 9/11, 11/2, 11/4 (47m)
Harinderpal Sandhu (Ind) |
Max Lee
11/2, 11/3, 11/5 (29m)
Ahmad Al-Saraj |
Max Lee
11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 11-2 (46m)
Leo Au |
Max Lee
11-4, 11-8, 11-7
(32m)
Dick Lau |
Ahmad Al-Saraj (Jor)
14/16, 11/4, 11/9, 4/11, 12/10 (82m)
[Q] Michael Harris (Eng) |
Elvinn Keo (Mas)
6/11, 11/5, 11/9, 3/11, 13/11 (59m)
[Q] Valentino Bong (Mas) |
Valentino Bong
11/2, 11/5, 11/7 (24m)
Leo Au |
[4] Leo Au (Hkg)
11/5, 11/7, 11/8 (24m)
[Q] Yuta Fukui (Jpn) |
Geoffrey Demont (Fra)
8/11, 11/8, 12/10, 8/11, 14/12 (82m)
[3] Ivan Yuen (Mas) |
[3] Ivan Yuen
7/11, 11/7, 11/9, 9/11, 11/5 (46m)
Kam Hing Choong |
Kam Hing Choong
10-12, 12-10, 8-11, 11-4, 11-9 (63m)
Dick Lau |
Cheuk Yan Tank (Hkg)
11/6, 12/10, 11/9 (28m)
Kam Hing Choong (Mas) |
[Q] Tsuke Shinnosuke (Jpn)
11/5, 11/2, 11/7 (27m)
Mahesh Mangoankar (Ind) |
Mahesh Mangoankar
5/11, 11/8, 11/9, 6/11, 11/5 (70m)
Dick Lau |
Dick Lau (Hkg)
11/9, 4/11, 11/6, 4/11, 11/9 (65m)
[2] Muhd Asyraf Azan (Mas) |
Buler
Challenge Cup 2012
Women's Draw
17-22 Apr, Hong Kong, $15k |
Round One
19 Apr from 17.00 |
Quarters
20 Apr |
Semis
21 Apr |
Final
22 Apr |
[1] Rachael Grinham (Aus)
11-4, 11-7, 9-11, 11-3 (37m)
[Q] Tong Tsz-Wing (Hkg) |
Rachael Grinham
11/7, 6/11, 11/3, 11/5 (35m)
Joshna Chinappa |
Rachael Grinham
11-4, 11-3, 11-5 (21m)
Ho Tze Lok |
Rachael Grinham
11-7, 4-11, 11-9, 10-12. 11,9 (51m)
Joey Chan |
[6] Joshna Chinappa (Ind)
11-9, 11-6, 11-3 (21m)
Karman Siu (Hkg) |
[3] Siyoli Waters (Rsa)
11-5, 9-11, 11-9, 11-6 (30m)
[Q] Ho Tze Lok (Hkg) |
Ho Tze Lok
9/11, 9/11, 13/11, 11/7, 11/8 (68m)
Olga Ertlova |
[7] Olga Ertlova (Cze)
11-3, 11-7, 11-6 (39m)
Carmen Lee (Hkg) |
[Q] Harshit Kaur Jawanda (Ind)
11-3, 11-3, 11-7 (19m)
[5] Siti Munirah Jusoh (Mas) |
Siti Munirah Jusoh
4/11, 8/11, 11/8, 14/12, 11/6 (65m)
Misaki Kobayashi |
Siti Munirah Jusoh
11-4, 11-5, 11-9 (26m)Joey Chan |
Sarah Cardwell (Aus)
11-8, 11-6, 11-4 (23m)
[4] Misaki Kobayashi (Jpn) |
Coline Aumard (Fra)
11-8, 11-9, 11-9 (39m)
[8] Liu Tsz-Ling (Hkg) |
Coline Aumard
11/6, 12/10, 11/6 (24m)
Joey Chan |
[Q] Pansy Chan (Hkg)
11-5, 7-11, 11-1, 11-2 (24m)
[2] Joey Chan (Hkg) |
Max Lee
Survives Buler Challenge In Hong Kong
Three years
after winning the Buler Challenge Cup title for the first time, Max
Lee reclaimed his place on the winner's podium after beating unseeded
Dick Lau in today's all-Hong Kong final of the PSA World Tour Challenger
10 squash event at the Hong Kong Squash Centre in Hong Kong.
In the 2008
final, also against Lau, the 24-year-old dropped a game to his older national
rival - but this time the world No35 and reigning Hong Kong national champion
was in complete control throughout.
The top seed's
11-4, 11-8, 11-7 victory in 32 minutes marks Lee's first PSA World Tour title
triumph of the year, but the sixth of his career.
Lee & Lau In
All-Hong Kong Buler Final
For the second
time in four years, Max Lee and Dick Lau will contest an all-Hong
Kong Buler Challenge Cup final after surviving contrasting semi-finals of
the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event today at the Hong Kong
Squash Centre in Hong Kong.
Top seed Lee,
the reigning Hong Kong national champion and the country's top-ranked player,
faced national rival Leo Au, the Hong Kong number two.
Lee, the
24-year-old world No35, recovered from losing the second game to beat fourth
seed Au 11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 11-2 in 46 minutes.
But unseeded
Lau, Lee's predecessor as national champion, had to battle for 63 minutes
against fellow non-seed Kam Hing Choong in the other semi before beating
the Malaysian 10-12, 12-10, 8-11, 11-4, 11-9.
The final will
mark the Hong Kong pair's 10th meeting on the PSA World Tour, with Lee currently
boasting a 6/3 advantage.
Lee is
celebrating his eighth Tour final appearance, while 26-year-old Lau is marking
his seventh, but the first since July 2009.
Lau Lingers
Longer In Hong Kong
Unseeded Hong
Kong hope Dick Lau extended his unexpected home run in the Buler
Challenge Cup in Hong Kong when he beat India's Mahesh Mangaonkar in
today's quarter-finals of the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event
in its eighth year at the Hong Kong Squash Centre.
Lau, now one
of three Hong Kong players through to the last four, made his breakthrough in
the opening round when he ousted second-seeded Malaysian Muhd Asyraf Azan
after a 65-minute battle.
The
26-year-old world No75 needed a further 70 minutes to see off Mangaonkar today,
winning 5-11, 11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 11-5 to set up a clash with fellow non-seed
Kam Hing Choong, from Malaysia.
The
23-year-old from Ipoh Perak scored a notable national triumph by recording his
first ever Tour win over higher-ranked fellow countryman Ivan Yuen, the
No3 seed, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5.
Max Lee
and Leo Au reached the other all-Hong Kong semi-final in double quick
time. Top seed Lee defeated Jordan's Ahmad Al-Saraj 11-2, 11-3, 11-5 in
29 minutes, while fourth seed Au beat Malaysian qualifier Valentino Bon Jovi
Bong 11-2, 11-5, 11-7 in 24 minutes.
Locals Shine
In Hong Kong Buler Challenge
There will be
domestic interest in all but one of the Buler Challenge Cup
quarter-finals after notable successes by local players in today's opening round
of the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event in its eighth year at
the Hong Kong Squash Centre in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong
champion Max Lee justified his status as top seed by dismissing India's
Harinder Pal Sandhu 11-6, 9-11, 11-2, 11-4 to set up a meeting with
Ahmad Al-Saraj, a Jordanian making his first appearance in Hong Kong.
But there was
a major shock at the other end of the draw where Hong Kong's unseeded Dick
Lau ousted second-seeded Malaysian Muhd Asyraf Azan 11-9, 4-11, 11-6,
4-11, 11-9 after a 65-minute battle.
Lau, ranked 75
in the world, now meets Mahesh Mangaonkar, an Indian ranked almost 70
places lower who knocked out Japanese qualifier Tsukue Shinnosuke 11-5,
11-2, 11-7.
Hong Kong's
third player in the quarter-finals is Leo Au, the No4 seed who despatched
Japan qualifier Yuta Fukui 11-4, 11-7, 11-8.
The
22-year-old world No59 will face Valentino Bon Jovi Bong, a Malaysian who
became the only qualifier to survive the first round after beating compatriot
Elvinn Keo 6-11, 11-5, 11-9, 3-11, 13-11.
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