10/11/2013
MACKAY OPEN 2013
Koukal Marks Aussie Hat-Trick In Mackay
Koukal Marks Aussie Hat-Trick In Mackay
Czech
squash star Jan Koukal rounded off a highly successful southern
hemisphere tour by winning his third successive PSA World Tour
title in Australia at the Mackay Open , the PSA Challenger 5
event at the Mackay Leisure Centre in Mackay in
Queensland.
The
top seed from Prague survived a testing semi, stemming a fight-back by
Lukas Burkhart to beat the No 4 seed from Switzerland in five
games.
And
Koukal's opponent in the final - for the third successive time -
was unseeded Dutchman Sebastiaan Weenink !
Weenink, the rapidly-improving world No 118 from The Hague, was also
unseeded in the earlier Queensland Open and Caboolture Open
- but outplayed a succession of higher-ranked opponents on both
occasions to set up Koukal confrontations in the climax.
In the
Mackay final, 27-year-old Weenink stretched the 13-time Czech champion
to five games for the first time - after leading 2/1.
But
world No 74 Koukal - celebrating the 47th PSA Tour final of his career -
dug deep to overcome the Dutchman 11-6, 7-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6 after 67
minutes to notch up the 27th title of his career.
Round 2
Quarters
Semis
Final
[1] Jan Koukal (CZE)
11-5, 11-7, 11-6 (21m)
Rohan Toole (AUS)
Jan Koukal (Cze)
11-5, 11-3, 11-2
Ondrej Ertl (Cze)
Jan Koukal
11-9, 11-2, 8-11, 8-11, 11-3
Lukas Burkhart
Jan Koukal
11-6, 7-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6 (67m)
Sebastiaan Weenink
[5] Ondrej Ertl (CZE)
11-6, 11-9, 11-5 (32m
Rhys Dowling (AUS) )
Thomas Calvert
(AUS)
7-11, 9-11, 11-8, 13-11, 11-7 (56m)
[7] Jonathan Geekie (SCO)
Lukas Burkhart (Sui)
11-8, 11-3, 11-3
Thomas Calvert (Aus)
[4] Lukas Burkhart
(SUI)
11-4, 11-6, 11-6 (26m)
T J Rarere (AUS)
Ollie Holland
(ENG)
11-6, 11-9, 11-9 (34m)
[3] Adam Murrills (ENG)
Thoboki Mohohlo (Rsa)
11-8, 11-5, 11-3
Ollie Holland (Eng)
Thoboki Mohohlo
11-6, 11-8, 11-5
Sebastiaan Weenink
Thoboki Mohohlo
(RSA)
11-6, 11-8, 11-4 (30m)
Nathan Stevenson (AUS)
[8] Addeen Idrakie
(MAS)
11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9 (38m)
[Q] Hesham Mohamed Aly (EGY)
Sebastiaan Weenink (Ned)
12-10, 11-2, 15-13
Idrakie Addeen (Mas)
Sebastiaan Weenink
(NED)
11-9, 11-8, 11-7
[2] Evan Williams (NZL)
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 5 Mackay Open ,
Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Round
1
[1] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [Q] Ben Courtice (AUS) 11-4,
11-4, 11-5 (22m)
Rohan Toole (AUS) bt Daniel Wright (AUS) 11-8, 11-3,
11-9 (28m)
Rhys Dowling (AUS) bt Andrew Fraser (AUS) 13-11, 11-7,
3-11, 11-8 (38m)
[5] Ondrej Ertl (CZE) bt Pablo Rawden (ENG) 11-8,
13-11, 11-8 (36m)
[7] Jonathan Geekie (SCO) bt [WC] Alex Eustace (AUS)
11-8, 11-8, 11-13, 13-15, 11-9 (61m)
Thomas Calvert (AUS) bt [Q] Matthew Muller (AUS) 11-4,
11-8, 11-5 (36m)
T J Rarere (AUS) bt Aidan Parkes (AUS) 11-3, 11-3,
11-3 (26m)
[4] Lukas Burkhart (SUI) bt Jaakko Vahamaa (FIN) 11-9,
11-7, 11-5 (28m)
[3] Adam Murrills (ENG) bt Courtney West (AUS) 11-9,
7-11, 12-10, 11-5 (38m)
Ollie Holland (ENG) bt [Q] Matthew Hopkin (AUS) 11-8,
20-18, 11-6 (42m)
Nathan Stevenson (AUS) bt [Q] Hannan Tarmidi (MAS)
11-8, 11-4, 11-7 (26m)
Thoboki Mohohlo (RSA) bt [6] Sunil Seth (GUY) 11-3,
11-3, 7-11, 11-6 (30m)
[8] Addeen Idrakie (MAS) bt [Q] Gurshan Singh (MAS)
6-11, 11-3, 11-2, 11-9 (38m)
[Q] Hesham Mohamed Aly (EGY) bt Kwon Hyeon-Jun (KOR)
11-9, 11-5, 12-10 (34m)
Sebastiaan Weenink (NED) bt [Q] Yeshan Ekanayake (AUS)
11-2, 11-0, 11-8 (21m)
[2] Evan Williams (NZL) bt [Q] Joel Luca (AUS) 11-6,
11-6, 11-7 (28m)
Round Two
Quarters
Semis
Final
Milou Van Der Heijden , Ned,
8-11 11-5 11-5 11-4
Selena Shaikh, Aus,
Milou Van Der Heijden (Ned)
11-13, 11-5, 11-5, 7-1,1 12-10
Cheyna Tucker (Rsa)
Milou Van Der Heijden
9-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-8, 11-2
Tamika Saxby
Milou Van Der Heijden
10-12, 11-13, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6
(56m)
Lisa Camilleri
Cheyna Tucker , Rsa,
11-5 11-5 11-6
Belen Etchechoury, Arg,
Christine Nunn , Aus,
11-6 11-6 11-3
Jessica Turnbull, Aus,
Christine Nunn (Aus)
11-3, 8-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-5
Tamika Saxby (Aus)
Tamika Saxby , Aus,
11-6 11-2 11-4
Lakeesha Rarere, Aus,
Nikki Todd, Can,
6-11 11-9 11-4 11-9
Kim Ga-Hye, Kor,
Kim Ga-Hye (Kor)
11-9, 11-4, 11-5
Ahn Eun Chan (Kor)
Ahn Eun Chan
12-10, 8-11, 11-5, 11-5
Lisa Camilleri
Sarah Cardwell, Aus,
11-7 11-8 11-6
Ahn Eun Chan, Kor,
Natalie Newton, Aus,
11-4 12-10 9-11 11-6
Hollie Naughton, Can,
Hollie Naughton (Can)
11-6, 11-6, 11-7
Lisa Camilleri (Aus)
Leonie Holt, Eng,
11-1 11-9 8-11 11-7
Lisa Camilleri, Aus,
RESULTS: WSA Mackay Open , Mackay,
Queensland, Australia
WSA Round One:
Nikki Todd, Can, bt Janelle Scobbie, Aus, 11-2 11-5 11-5
.
Ahn Eun Chan, Kor, bt Melissa Bonello, Aus, 11-3 11-4 11-4 .
Leonie Holt, Eng, bt Rebecca Baum, Aus, 11-6 11-6 11-6 .