Le
Roux Lifts Gauteng Crown
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 5 Central Gauteng Open, Johannesburg,
South Africa
Top
seed Shaun le Roux prevailed in an all-South African Central
Gauteng Open final to win the inaugural PSA World Tour Challenger
5 squash event at the Parkview Squash Club in Johannesburg.
It was
a battle between the top two seeds - favourite Le Roux reaching the
climax after stopping unseeded fellow countryman Thoboki Mohohlo,
and his opponent Clinton Leeuw, the No2 seed, ending the
giant-killing run of Craig van der Wath, the 46-year-old
tournament promoter and a former Tour regular.
Leeuw,
the South African number three, took a 2/1 lead in the final - but
second-ranked Le Roux recovered the advantage before closing out the
match 11-6, 9-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-9.
The
win marks the UK-based 25-year-old's sixth career Tour title - and his
second of the year.
1st
round:
[Q] Zuko Kubukeli (RSA) bt Fernando Molina (ARG) 11-6,
6-11, 11-8, 11-2
Rudi Willemse (RSA) bt [Q] Gary Wheadon (RSA) 0-11, 11-9,
8-11, 11-6, 11-5
Rodney Durbach (RSA) bt [6] Jean-Pierre Brits (RSA) 11-9,
11-4, 11-5
[5] Christo Potgieter (RSA) bt Kelvin Ndhlovu (ZAM) w/o
[Q] Jimmy Schlebusch (RSA) bt Ahmed Effat Ashoush (EGY)
11-3, 12-10, 11-6
[Q] Michael Tootill (RSA) bt Omar Shehata (EGY) 11-7,
11-6, 11-4
Thoboki Mohohlo (RSA) bt [4] Ahmed Atef Abdel-Fattah (EGY)
6-11, 4-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-7
[Q] Jacques Kruger (RSA) bt Youssef Mohamed Ghareib (EGY)
11-9, 10-12, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8
Craig van der Wath (RSA) bt Tristan Eysele (ENG) 12-10,
11-9, 7-11, 11-4
[7] Kashif Khan (PAK) bt [Q] Gary Naidoo (RSA) 11-9, 11-5,
12-10
[8] Omar Khaled Kheiralla (EGY) bt Jamie Sutcliffe (ENG)
9-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-0
Panos Hadjiphilippou (CYP) bt Sunday Akintoye (NGR) w/o
[Q] Andrew Martin (RSA) bt Moustafa Bayoumy (EGY) 11-8,
6-11, 11-9, 11-6
2nd round:
[1] Shaun le Roux (RSA) bt [Q] Zuko Kubukeli (RSA) 9-11,
11-4, 11-7, 11-9
Rodney Durbach (RSA) bt Rudi Willemse (RSA) 10-12, 11-7,
11-6, 11-6
[5] Christo Potgieter (RSA) bt [Q] Jimmy Schlebusch (RSA)
11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-8
Thoboki Mohohlo (RSA) bt [Q] Michael Tootill (RSA) 11-7,
5-11, 11-7, 11-4
[3] Aamir Malik Khan (UAE) bt [Q] Jacques Kruger (RSA)
11-7, 11-5, 11-8
Craig van der Wath (RSA) bt [7] Kashif Khan (PAK) 10-12,
11-8, 11-9, 11-3
Panos Hadjiphilippou (CYP) bt [8] Omar Khaled Kheiralla (EGY)
11-8, 11-6, 11-3
[2] Clinton Leeuw (RSA) bt [Q] Andrew Martin (RSA) 11-6,
11-8, 11-7
Quarter-finals:
[1] Shaun le Roux (RSA) bt Rodney Durbach (RSA) 11-6,
11-6, 11-9
Thoboki Mohohlo (RSA) bt [5] Christo Potgieter (RSA) 9-11,
11-7, 11-9, 11-8
Craig van der Wath (RSA) bt [3] Aamir Malik Khan (UAE)
11-6, 11-4, 6-11, 11-3
[2] Clinton Leeuw (RSA) bt Panos Hadjiphilippou (CYP)
11-3, 11-2, 11-3
Semi-finals:
[1] Shaun le Roux (RSA) bt Thoboki Mohohlo (RSA) 11-5,
11-7, 13-11
[2] Clinton Leeuw (RSA) bt Craig van der Wath (RSA) 11-7,
11-8, 11-6
Final:
[1] Shaun le Roux (RSA) bt [2] Clinton Leeuw (RSA) 11-6,
9-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-9
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