Lukas Burkhart (Sui)
11/7, 11/4, 11/3 Alex Ingham (Eng)
Martin Mosnik (Slo)
11/5 , 11/7, 11/ 4 [Q] Ollie Holland (Eng)
Ollie Holland 5/11, 11/6, 12/10, 8/11, 11/8
Joan Lezaud
Joan Lezaud (Fra)
12/10 , 3/11 , 9/11 , 11 /9, 11/7
[2] Johan Bouquet (Fra)
Fuller Forges Tour Title Breakthrough In Porto
Chris
Fuller
prevailed in a surprise unseeded all-English final of the Porto Cup
in Portugal to claim the first PSA World Tour squash title of his
career.
The
PSA Challenger 5 championship at Complexo Desportive de Monte
Aventino in Porto celebrated the first Tour event to be held
in Portugal for more than ten years.
Fuller, the 22-year-old world No 123 from Nottingham, made his
breakthrough in the quarter-finals where he battled from two games down
to beat Spain's No 3 seed Alejandro Garbi Caro.
In the
semis, underdog Fuller took the scalp of Ben Coleman when he
upset his top-seeded compatriot 7-11, 11-8, 9-11, 14-12, 11-4 in 95
minutes - the longest match of the tournament - to reach the fourth Tour
final of his career.
His
opponent Alex Ingham, also unseeded and ranked two positions
lower, took out two fellow Englishmen en-route to the final - needing
just over an hour to overcome qualifier Ollie Holland in the
semi-finals. The win took the 23-year-old from Surrey into the first
Tour final of his career.
Honours were shared after the first two games of the final - but Fuller
(pictured above, right, with Ingham) raised his game in the third
before closing out the match 11-8, 6-11, 11-8, 11-4.
At the
closing ceremony, hosted by tournament organiser Paulo Pinto and
in the presence of Dr Luís Alves (New Executive Director of PORTO
LAZER) and Dr Bruno Dias (President of the National Squash
Federation), Fuller thanked the hosts and everyone in the tournament for
helping him achieve his first victory in a PSA tournament.
"The
PORTO CUP will be back next year," conclude Pinto. "Our only wish is
that our sponsors such as the Hotel AC Porto, Squash On Fire, Head, VIP
Domotec, ADC, Cinco Em Ponto the Loja A Vieira, the Squaty, the Nuno
Alves Designe and our media partners PortugalSquash and Squashsite,
remain faithful to this joint project and continue to work with the
tripartite organization - Municipality of Porto Porto Lazer, National
Squash Federation, and Oporto School of Squash."