RESULTS:
PSA Challenger 5 Smart Centre PACE Credit Union National Squash Academy Open,
Toronto, Canada
Canadian
squash star Dane Sharp extended his unbeaten run in the Smart Centre
PACE Credit Union National Squash Academy Open to 12 matches when he won the
PSA World Tour Challenger 5 event at the National Squash Centre in
Toronto for the third year in a row.
The
Toronto-based 28-year-old reached the third Tour final of his career after
overcoming third-seeded Australian Scott Arnold in four games.
His opponent
Jan Koukal, the top seed from the Czech Republic, was marking his third
Tour final in a row - and the 42nd of his career - after another four-game
semi-final win over England's Tom Pashley.
Unseeded
Pashley, a 25-year-old from Sussex, made his breakthrough after surviving a
75-minute five-game quarter-final over local hero Michael McCue.
It took just
34 minutes for second seed Sharp, the world No83, to upset world No71 Koukal
11-5, 11-6, 11-4 to retain his status as the only ever winner of the Toronto
event.
1st round:
[1] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [Q] Nicholas Sachvie (CAN) 11-7, 11-4,
11-3 (37m) Tyler Hamilton (CAN) bt Matthew Serediak (CAN) 11-5, 11-8, 11-6
(27m) Tom Pashley (ENG) bt [Q] Carter Robitaille (CAN) 11-4, 11-4, 11-3
(22m) Michael McCue (CAN) bt [4] Fred Reid (CAN) 11-7, 11-3, 11-5 (19m)
[3] Scott Arnold (AUS) bt [Q] Ian Power (CAN) 11-7, 11-6, 7-11,
11-9 (46m) Thomas Brinkman (CAN) bt Adrian Dudzicki (CAN) 11-8, 11-2, 11-4
(21m)
[Q] James van Staveren (CAN) bt Micah Franklin (BER) 11-7, 12-10,
11-4 (32m)
[2] Dane Sharp (CAN) bt Yuta Fukui (JPN) 12-10, 11-5, 11-9 (40m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt Tyler Hamilton (CAN) 11-9, 11-5, 11-9
(31m) Tom Pashley (ENG) bt Michael McCue (CAN) 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 11-13,
11-5 (75m)
[3] Scott Arnold (AUS) bt Thomas Brinkman (CAN) 11-8, 11-1, 9-11,
11-6 (38m)
[2] Dane Sharp (CAN) bt [Q] James van Staveren (CAN) 11-6, 11-3,
9-11, 11-6 (38m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt Tom Pashley (ENG) 11-6, 11-13, 15-13, 11-2
(50m)
[2] Dane Sharp (CAN) bt [3] Scott Arnold (AUS) 11-5, 8-11, 11-6,
11-3 (45m)
Final:
[2] Dane Sharp (CAN) bt [1] Jan Koukal (CZE) 11-5, 11-6, 11-4
(34m)
