[1] Julian Illingworth (Usa)
11/6, 11/9, 11/5
Thomas Brinkman (Can)
Julian Illingworth
11-6, 11-9, 11-5
Reiko Peter (Sui)
Julian Illingworth 11-4, 11-3, 11-7
Peter Creed
Julian Illingworth 11-5, 11-8,
11-5 (55m)
Zac Alexander
Scott Arnold (Aus)
w/o [Q] Reiko Peter (Sui)
Jaymie Haycocks (Eng) 11/6, 12/10, 8/11, 11/9
Lewis Walters (Eng)
Jaymie Haycocks (Eng) 11-9, 13-11,
6-11, 13-11 Peter Creed
[4] Peter Creed (Wal)
11/7, 9/11, 11/8, 11/4
[Q] Tom Pashley (Eng)r
Aqib Hanif(Pak)
11/8, 11/6, 11/4 [3] Zac Alexander (Aus)
Zac Alexander
5-11, 11-13, 12-10, 11-5, 11-6
Ben Coleman
Zac Alexander 11-8, 11-8, 9-11,
11-8
Yasir Ali Butt
Ben Coleman (Eng)
11/6, 11/3, 11/5
Colin Ramasra (Tri)
Yasir Ali Butt (Pak)
11/9, 11/5, 11/4
[Q] Tyler Hamilton (Can)r
Yasir Ali Butt
7-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8
Hamza Bukhari
[Q] Hamza Bukhari (Pak)
11/7, 11/9, 9/11, 11/8
[2] Matthew Karwalski (Aus)
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 10 Las Vegas Open, Las Vegas, USA
Illingworth
Hits Ten In Las Vegas
US squash star
Julian Illingworth scored the 10th PSA World Tour title of his
career on home soil when he beat Australian Zac Alexander in the final of
the Las Vegas Open, the PSA Challenger 10 event at Life Time
Athletic in Las Vegas.
After retiring
from last week's Houston Open with food poisoning, the New York-based
world No55 was back at his best again in the eighth event of the year in the new
US Pro Squash Series - and did not drop a game throughout the tournament.
Illingworth
defeated third seed Alexander - the 24-year-old from Queensland who is currently
ranked ahead of the former US champion, at 48 in the world - 11-5, 11-8, 11-5 in
55 minutes.
The triumph
marks the tenth title of Illingworth's professional career - and extends his
unbeaten record in PSA Tour finals to six wins since March 2011.
Next step on
the US Pro Squash Series for Illingworth is the Chicago Open in October.
Home
Soil 20th Title For Illingworth In Las Vegas
US squash star
Julian Illingworth fittingly celebrates his 20th final on the PSA
World Tour on home soil after reaching the climax of the Las Vegas Open,
the PSA Challenger 10 event at Life Time Athletic in Las Vegas.
The top seed defeated fourth seed Peter Creed, the Welsh number one,
11-4, 11-3, 11-7 to record his third successive straight games win in the eighth
event of the year in the new US Pro Squash Series.
He will face Australian Zac Alexander, the New York-based No3 seed who
ended unseeded Pakistani Yasir Ali Butt's run - beating the 24-year-old
from Lahore 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8.
Alexander is marking his 18th appearance in a PSA Tour final.
Both finalists are appearing in their first Tour finals of the year - and
Illingworth will be looking to extend his unbeaten record in finals which
stretches back to March 2011.
Down-and-out
Zac Recovers To Make Las Vegas Semis
Australian
Zac Alexander recovered from match-ball down in the third game of his Las
Vegas Open quarter-final to ultimately outlast Ben Coleman and take
his anticipated place in the semi-finals of the PSA World Tour Challenger 10
squash event at Life Time Athletic in Las Vegas, USA.
Seeded three
in the eighth event of the year in the new US Pro Squash Series,
Alexander beat his unseeded English opponent 5-11, 11-13, 12-10, 11-5, 11-6.
The
Brisbane-born 24-year-old will now face Yasir Ali Butt, who took out
fellow Pakistani Syed Hamzah Shah Bukhari, a qualifier, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8,
11-8.
Top seed
Julian Illingworth carried US interest into the last four after beating
Swiss qualifier Reiko Peter 11-6, 11-9, 11-5.
The New
York-based 29-year-old will now meet Welshman Peter Creed after the
fourth seed defeated England's Jaymie Haycocks 11-9, 13-11, 6-11, 13-11.
Bukhari
Books Surprise Las Vegas
Quarter-Final
Pakistan
qualifier Syed Hamzah Shah Bukhari, the lowest-ranked player in the
Las Vegas Open, pulled off a mighty upset when he beat second-seeded
Australian Matthew Karwalski in the opening round of the PSA World
Tour Challenger 10 squash event at Life Time Athletic in Las Vegas,
USA.
The event
marks the eighth event of the year in the new US Pro Squash Series.
Bukhari, a
19-year-old from Lahore who is ranked 181 in the world, played well above his
position in the PSA hierarchy to see off Karwalski, ranked more than 120 places
higher, 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8.
An
all-Pakistan battle will follow for the teenager when he takes on Yasir Ali
Butt, an unseeded 24-year-old also from Lahore who despatched Canadian
qualifier Tyler Hamilton 11-9, 11-5, 11-4.
Top seed
Julian Illingworth leads US interest into the quarter-finals after beating
Canadian Thomas Brinkman 11-6, 11-9, 11-5.
The former US
national champion will now meet Reiko Peter, a Swiss qualifier who was
awarded a walkover into the next round after his Australian opponent Scott
Arnold was forced to withdraw suffering with acute toothache.
