Cheuk Yan Tang
11-5, 9-11, 11-1, 11-4 (35m) Paul Coll
[7] Rhys Dowling (Aus)
4-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-3, 11-2 (47m) [2] Paul Coll (Nzl)
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 5 Australia Day Challenge,
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Coll Denies Home Hero Corren
On Australia Day
New
Zealander Paul Coll denied the organisers of the Australia Day
Squash Challenge home success on Australia Day for the second
year in a row when he upset top seed Mike Corren in today's final
of the PSA World Tour Challenger 5 event at Ipswich PCYC
in Ipswich in Queensland.
Defending champion Coll, the 21-year-old No2 seed from Christchurch,
reached the third Tour final of his career when he beat Hong Kong's No.5
seed Cheuk Yan Tang in the semi-finals.
Meanwhile, in the other semi, 39-year-old Corren saw off fellow
Australian Sunil Seth in straight games to notch up the 69th Tour
final appearance of his illustrious career.
But
hopes of extending his haul of Tour titles to 48 just a month before his
40th birthday were dashed for Corren when Coll clinched his 12-10, 11-2,
11-3 final victory after 40 minutes.
The
title triumph extended Coll's unbeaten run in Tour final to give the
World No.89 the third Tour title of his career.
