RESULTS: PSA Challenger 5 City of Perth
International Challenge,
Perth, Australia
King Corren Adds A
Further Tour Record
Australia's seemingly ageless Mike
Corren broke yet another record at the City of Perth International
Challenge in Western Australia when he became the oldest man ever to win a
title on the men's Professional Squash Association World Tour.
The 39-year-old beat Irishman Arthur
Gaskin in four games in the final of the PSA Challenger 5 event at
the Terrace Squash Centre in Perth to claim his 44th Tour title.
Corren becomes the first 39-year-old to
win a Tour title, and the oldest player since France's former world champion Thierry
Lincou won the Bluenose Classic in Canada in April last year - one
month before his 36th birthday.
World No63 Corren won his first title in
Hong Kong in 1996 and has been a regular winner ever since - his current title
haul being 13 more than his nearest PSA rival, the new British Open champion Ramy
Ashour!
The Adelaide-based veteran has struggled
in his previous two tournaments in Darwin and Alice Springs - but, after
surviving a first round scare against fellow countryman Andrew Fraser,
looked increasingly in control in Perth and saw off the dangerous Irishman in
four games 12-10, 5-11, 11-6, 11-7.
Corren could add more trophies to his
collection at his next two tournaments in his home state of South Australia,
where he is once again top seed in both the Toyota Barossa Valley Open
and South Australian Open.
1st round:[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt Andrew Fraser (AUS) 9-11, 15-13, 8-11,
11-7, 11-4[Q] Liam Gutcher (ENG) bt James Skiffington (NZL) 11-8, 9-11,
11-5, 11-7Sanjay Singh (MAS) bt [Q] T J Rarere (AUS) 11-4, 11-3, 11-7Rhys Dowling (AUS) bt [6] Micah Franklin (BER) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5[Q] Addeen Idrakie (MAS) bt [5] Justin Beard (AUS) 4-11, 11-8,
11-7, 5-11, 11-6Nosherwan Khan (PAK) bt [Q] Thoboki Mohohlo (RSA) 11-5, 12-10,
11-7Jean-Pierre Brits (RSA) bt Thomas Calvert (AUS) 11-9, 11-5, 11-6[4] Paul Coll (NZL) bt [Q] Tristan Eysele (ENG) 12-10, 11-9, 11-8[3] Arthur Gaskin (IRL) bt Luke Sims (AUS) 11-3, 11-2, 8-11, 11-3[Q] Kwon Hyeon-Jun (KOR) bt Adam Auckland (ENG) 6-11, 11-5, 7-11,
11-8, 12-10Sunil Seth (AUS) bt [WC] Matthew Bridle (AUS) 11-4, 11-8, 11-5[7] Robert Downer (ENG) bt Jack Jago (ENG) 11-9, 11-6, 4-11, 11-8[8] Kim Are Killingberg (NOR) bt [Q] Rohan Toole (AUS) 11-7,
11-3, 11-5Matias Tuomi (FIN) bt [Q] Jason Patmore (AUS) 11-8, 11-5, 11-4Arthur Moineau (FRA) bt Tim Cowell (AUS) 11-9, 12-10, 11-9Tom de Mulder (BEL) bt [LL] Neal Brooker (ENG) 11-4, 11-4, 11-1 2nd round:[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt [Q] Liam Gutcher (ENG) 11-7, 11-8, 11-7Sanjay Singh (MAS) bt Rhys Dowling (AUS) 11-7, 11-4, 11-4Nosherwan Khan (PAK) bt [Q] Addeen Idrakie (MAS) 8-11, 11-6,
10-12, 11-9, 11-4[4] Paul Coll (NZL) bt Jean-Pierre Brits (RSA) 14-12, 11-5, 11-5[3] Arthur Gaskin (IRL) bt [Q] Kwon Hyeon-Jun (KOR) 11-5, 11-7,
7-11, 11-6Sunil Seth (AUS) bt [7] Robert Downer (ENG) 10-12, 11-9, 11-4,
6-11, 11-8Matias Tuomi (FIN) bt [8] Kim Are Killingberg (NOR) 11-4, 11-7,
8-11, 13-11Arthur Moineau (FRA) bt Tom de Mulder (BEL) 11-8, 11-4, 12-10 Quarter-finals:[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt Sanjay Singh (MAS) 12-10, 11-6, 5-11,
11-5[4] Paul Coll (NZL) bt Nosherwan Khan (PAK) 11-7, 11-7, 11-5[3] Arthur Gaskin (IRL) bt Sunil Seth (AUS) 11-5, 11-9, 11-5Matias Tuomi (FIN) bt Arthur Moineau (FRA) 11-9, 3-11, 11-9, 11-7 Semi-finals:[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt [4] Paul Coll (NZL) 7-11, 11-5, 12-10,
11-5 (54m)[3] Arthur Gaskin (IRL) bt Matias Tuomi (FIN) 11-5, 11-8, 11-9
(40m) Final:[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt [3] Arthur Gaskin (IRL) 12-10, 5-11,
11-6, 11-7 (57m)