City of Perth WA Open
Men's Draw
23-25 May, Perth, Australia, $5k
Koukal Powers To 30th Tour Title In
Perth
#PSAWorldTour
Czech squash star Jan
Koukal
celebrated his 50th appearance in a
PSA
World Tour
final in suitable style - by winning the 30th title of his career at the
City
of Perth WA Open
in Australia.
The 30-year-old from Prague is one of the most industrious players on
the international circuit. Koukal competed in 24 PSA tour events in
2013 and has notched up his 10th already this year in Perth.
The top seed romped to the final of the
PSAChallenger 5
event at the
Terrace Squash Centre
where he faced Paul
Coll,
the third-seeded New Zealander who denied Australia's Mike
Corren
a third successive Tour title on home soil when he upset the No2 seed in
the semi-finals.
Underdog Coll, ranked 87 in the world, took Koukal the full distance –
but the World No.67 ultimately prevailed 11-9, 12-10, 4-11, 8-11, 11-6
in 52 minutes to pick up his third title of the year.
Koukal now becomes only the fourth player on the current PSA Tour to
notch up a 30th title – behind Mike
Corren
(49) and Egyptians
Ramy
Ashour
(34) and
Amr
Shabana
(33)
RESULTS: Men's City of Perth WA Open, Perth,
Australia
1st
round:
[1] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [Q] Ronivaldo Duarte (BRA) 12-10, 11-8,
8-11, 11-8
Chris van der Salm (NZL) bt Alex Eustace (AUS) 11-4, 12-10, 11-8
Matthew Hopkin (AUS) bt [Q] Diego Gobbi (BRA) 11-6, 11-3, 4-11, 11-2
Thomas Calvert (AUS) bt [8] Rhys Dowling (AUS) 11-9, 12-10, 13-11
[5] Joshua Larkin (AUS) bt [Q] Guhan Senthilkumar (IND) 11-5, 11-4,
11-3
Christo Potgieter (RSA) bt Matthew Bridle (AUS) 11-6, 13-11, 11-1
Ben Grindrod (NZL) bt Aidan Parkes (AUS) 11-7, 11-2, 11-7
[4] Sunil Seth (GUY) bt Julian Tomlinson (ENG) 11-5, 11-9, 11-13,
11-6
[3] Paul Coll (NZL) bt [Q] Shaun McErvale (AUS) 11-1, 11-3, 11-2
TJ French (AUS) bt Brenton Scheer (AUS) 11-6, 11-5, 11-7
Kwon Hyeon-Jun (KOR) bt Darcy Evans (AUS) 2-11, 11-6, 11-5, 9-11,
11-6
[7] Valentino Bon Jovi Bong (MAS) bt [WC] David Clegg (AUS) 11-7,
11-4, 11-6
[6] Jean-Pierre Brits (RSA) bt [Q] Ben Takamizawa Harris (JPN)
10-12, 11-1, 10-12, 11-4, 11-8
Tim Cowell (AUS) bt [Q] Daehoon Jeong (KOR) 11-8, 11-8, 10-12, 5-11,
11-5
Will John (WAL) bt [Q] Kale Wilson (TRI) 13-11, 11-5, 11-6
[2] Mike Corren (AUS) bt [Q] David Ilich (AUS) 11-5, 11-5, 11-2
2nd round:
[1] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt Chris van der Salm (NZL) 11-9, 11-5, 11-7
Matthew Hopkin (AUS) bt Thomas Calvert (AUS) 11-3, 11-5, 11-2
[5] Joshua Larkin (AUS) bt Christo Potgieter (RSA) 13-11, 10-12,
11-8, 11-7
[4] Sunil Seth (GUY) bt Ben Grindrod (NZL) 11-6, 8-11, 11-4, 12-10
[3] Paul Coll (NZL) bt TJ French (AUS) 11-5, 11-1, 11-2
[7] Valentino Bon Jovi Bong (MAS) bt Kwon Hyeon-Jun (KOR) 11-7,
9-11, 12-14, 11-6, 11-5
[6] Jean-Pierre Brits (RSA) bt Tim Cowell (AUS) 11-6, 11-4, 12-10
[2] Mike Corren (AUS) bt Will John (WAL) 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7