After finishing as runner-up in two PSA
World Tour
finals earlier in the year, it was third time lucky for
Raphael Kandra
at the
Gibraltar Open
when the German won the PSA
Challenger 5
title after beating Ireland's Arthur
Gaskin
at The
Squash Centre
in
Gibraltar.
Top seed Kandra, the German number two, reached the 12th Tour final of
his career without conceding a game, beating England's No.4 seed
Robert Downer
in the semi-finals.
Second seed Gaskin, the reigning Irish champion from Dublin, notched up
the seventh final appearance of his career when he recovered from a game
down to see off third-seeded Englishman Richie
Fallows
in the other semi.
But Kandra
(pictured below, extreme right, with Gaskin)
was in command in the final. The 23-year-old World No.59 from Essen
survived an opening game tie-break to overcome Gaskin 13-11, 11-4, 11-4
in 40 minutes.
The win marks the fifth Tour title of Kandra's career.
