Corren
Claims 38th Title in 100th Tournament
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 5 NT Open, Alice Springs, Australia
Evergreen Australian Mike Corren won his 38th career PSA World
Tour squash title in his 100th tournament when he beat Englishman
Adam Murrills 11-7, 11-7, 11-7 in the final of the NT Open,
the PSA Challenger 5 event at Alice Springs Squash Centre
in Alice Springs, Australia.
Corren, 38, used all his experience to see off the challenge of his
22-year-old opponent from Manchester, who had never previously been past
the quarter-finals of a tour event.
The
South Australian, marking his 55th appearance in a Tour final, shows no
sign of slowing down as he extends his lead as the current player with
the most number of career titles.
"I'm
still trying to make changes and improvements to my game at 38, and I'm
still enjoying it," Corren said. "To be honest, that's more important
than any statistics."
The
title was Corren's first NT Open title and he now only needs to win the
Queensland Open to have won all state and territory open crowns in his
home country.
Corren
said he had struggled with a chest infection at the start of the year
but is now feeling in top form ahead of a run of nine consecutive
tournaments.
"I
really want to work on improving my game, which will keep me motivated
and interested. It's been going really well, I'm enjoying playing at the
moment."
1st
round:
Rhys Dowling (AUS) bt Dan Busby (ENG) 11-6, 11-2, 9-11,
12-10
Reuben Phillips (ENG) bt William Mather (USA) 11-3, 11-1,
11-0
Cameron Stafford (CAY) bt [7] Ben Takamizawa Harris (JPN)
11-9, 11-5, 8-11, 11-8
Daniel Jones (AUS) bt [8] Fares Mohamed Dessouki (EGY) w/o
Daniel Stephen Wright (AUS) bt Matthew Bridle (AUS) 4-11,
11-6, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8
Josh Auld (AUS) bt Tyler Hawkins (AUS) 11-6, 11-8, 11-3
Sanjay Singh (MAS) bt Adam Rowe (AUS) 11-1, 11-5, 11-4
Jack Jago (ENG) bt Arthur Moineau (FRA) 11-9, 11-4, 16-14
[6] Martin Mosnik (SLO) bt Joshua Southwell-Nobbs (AUS)
11-9, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8
Jonathan Geekie (SCO) bt Ben Russell (AUS) 11-5, 11-5,
11-3
Wesley Cusick (AUS) bt Dion Bandeira (AUS) 11-5, 11-1,
11-3
2nd round:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt Rhys Dowling (AUS) 11-7, 11-5,
11-4
Reuben Phillips (ENG) bt Cameron Stafford (CAY) 6-11,
11-6, 8-11, 11-9, 12-10
Daniel Stephen Wright (AUS) bt Daniel Jones (AUS) 11-8,
14-12, 11-5
[4] Matthew Serediak (CAN) bt Josh Auld (AUS) 11-1, 11-2,
11-1
[3] Justin Beard (AUS) bt Sanjay Singh (MAS) 11-7, 11-7,
10-12, 11-3
[5] Adam Murrills (ENG) bt Jack Jago (ENG) 11-8, 11-6,
9-11, 11-3
[6] Martin Mosnik (SLO) bt Jonathan Geekie (SCO) 11-5,
11-4, 11-5
[2] Kam Hing Choong (MAS) bt Wesley Cusick (AUS) 11-6,
11-4, 11-8
Quarter-finals:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt Reuben Phillips (ENG) 11-3,
11-13, 11-3, 11-7
[4] Matthew Serediak (CAN) bt Daniel Stephen Wright (AUS)
11-2, 11-2, 11-4
[5] Adam Murrills (ENG) bt [3] Justin Beard (AUS) 11-9,
11-2, 11-6
[2] Kam Hing Choong (MAS) bt [6] Martin Mosnik (SLO) 11-7,
2-11, 11-5, 11-5
Semi-finals:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt [4] Matthew Serediak (CAN) 11-6,
11-6, 14-12
[5] Adam Murrills (ENG) bt [2] Kam Hing Choong (MAS) 11-7,
11-9, 7-11, 5-11, 11-3
Final:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt [5] Adam Murrills (ENG) 11-7,
11-7, 11-7 |
