[Q] Diego Elias (Per)
11-3, 11-5, 1-11, 9-11, 11-3 [2] Campbell Grayson (Nzl)
RESULTS: PSA
Challenger 10Las
Vegas Open,
Las Vegas, USA
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New Zealand's
Campbell Grayson
survived a 95-minute Las
Vegas Open
final marathon to upset top seed Cesar
Salazar
and win the PSA
Challenger 10
squash event in its second year at Life
Time Athletic
in Las
Vegas,
USA.
Incredibly, while Mexico's top seed Salazar cruised to a straight games
win over defending champion Julian
Illingworth
in one semi-final, second-seeded Kiwi Grayson needed more than 100
minutes to overcome fourth-seeded Mexican
Alfredo Avila
in five games in the other.
"Still feeling the effect from his semi-final game, he managed again to
get past Cesar - who spent half the time on court as Campbell did in the
tournament," said tournament promoter Andre Maur
(pictured below flanked by Grayson, right, and Salazar).
"Every rally was won hard fought and at the end it was a lucky Campbell
who edged out Salazar 11-9 in the fifth."
Grayson's 11-8, 6-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-9 victory brings up the New
Zealander's eighth Tour title triumph – but his first of the year.
"All
the hard training over the last few months is paying off,"
said champion Grayson later. "I am
looking forward to retaining the title next year."