Caboolture Open 01-03 Nov, Caboolture,
Australia $5k
Koukal Captures Caboolture Crown
Czech squash star Jan Koukal
celebrated his second successive PSA World Tour title in
Australia in a week when he beat Sebastiaan Weenink in the
final of the Caboolture Open, the PSA Challenger 5
event in its fourth year at Caboolture Squash & Fitness in
Caboolture in Queensland.
The world No74 from Prague reached
the final - the 46th of his career - after only dropping one game.
A massive quarter-final breakthrough
by Weenink saw the unseeded Dutchman topple second-seeded New
Zealander Evan Williams in five games to reach the semis -
when he again survived a five-game battle to overcame Hong Kong
qualifier Tsz Fung Yip.
It was the Rotterdam-born
27-year-old's second appearance in a Tour final - and second in a
row against Koukal!
Despite the effects of the previous
two rounds, world No 117 Weenink took Koukal to a tie-break in the
first game - but the top seed took control thereafter, winning
14-12, 11-4, 11-4 in 50 minutes to net the 26th Tour title of his
career.
The Caboolture success is the latest
milestone in a formidable year for the 12-time Czech national
champion - who has already competed in 22 Tour events in 2013,
reaching the finals on eight occasions and claiming four titles!
1st round:
[1] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt Pablo Rawden (ENG) 9-11, 11-5,
11-2, 11-6 (39m)
[Q] Hesham Mohamed Aly (EGY) bt Andrew Fraser (AUS)
11-7, 11-7, 14-12 (46m) Nathan Stevenson (AUS) bt Rhys Dowling (AUS) 10-12,
11-4, 8-11, 11-2, 11-4 (49m) Addeen Idrakie (MAS) bt [6] Joshua Larkin (AUS) 9-11,
12-10, 14-12, 11-8 (58m)
[8] Sunil Seth (GUY) bt James Skiffington (NZL) 11-6,
11-8, 11-6 (26m)
[Q] Matthew Hopkin (AUS) bt Shinnosuke Tsukue (JPN)
11-9, 11-9, 11-9 (33m)
[Q] Ollie Holland (ENG) bt Thomas Calvert (AUS) 11-1,
11-5, 11-2 (23m)
[4] Cheuk Yan Tang (HKG) bt Lance James Beddoes (NZL)
11-2, 11-4, 12-10 (28m)
[3] Adam Murrills (ENG) bt [Q] Gurshan Singh (MAS)
12-10, 13-11, 11-3 (31m) Yuta Fukui (JPN) bt [Q] Abhinav Sinha (IND) 11-4,
11-4, 11-7 (38m)
[Q] Tsz Fung Yip (HKG) bt Kwon Hyeon-Jun (KOR) 11-8,
9-11, 11-2, 11-3 (38m)
[7] Ondrej Ertl (CZE) bt [WC] Courtney West (AUS)
11-5, 11-8, 11-9 (40m)
[Q] Chi Him Wong (HKG) bt [5] Lukas Burkhart (SUI)
8-11, 11-8, 11-13, 11-9, 11-7 (54m) Sebastiaan Weenink (NED) bt T J Rarere (AUS) 11-6,
11-7, 11-3 (28m) Thoboki Mohohlo (RSA) bt [Q] Hannan Tarmidi (MAS)
14-12, 11-6, 12-14, 5-11, 11-5 (59m)
[2] Evan Williams (NZL) bt Jonathan Geekie (SCO) 11-7,
11-4, 11-4 (31m)
2nd round:
[1] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [Q] Hesham Mohamed Aly (EGY)
11-2, 11-9, 11-9 (55m) Addeen Idrakie (MAS) bt Nathan Stevenson (AUS) 5-11,
11-4, 11-7, 15-13 (52m)
[8] Sunil Seth (GUY) bt [Q] Matthew Hopkin (AUS) 11-8,
11-9, 11-9 (48m)
[Q] Ollie Holland (ENG) bt [4] Cheuk Yan Tang (HKG)
11-7, 11-7, 11-3 (36m) Yuta Fukui (JPN) bt [3] Adam Murrills (ENG) 11-8,
7-11, 11-9, 4-11, 11-9 (59m)
[Q] Tsz Fung Yip (HKG) bt [7] Ondrej Ertl (CZE) 11-8,
8-11, 11-4, 11-7 (58m) Sebastiaan Weenink (NED) bt [Q] Chi Him Wong (HKG)
7-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-3 (62m)
[2] Evan Williams (NZL) bt Thoboki Mohohlo (RSA)
15-13, 9-11, 12-10, 11-8 (48m)
