27/01/2006
HECTOR COMPANION CZECH OPEN
Koukal Captures Czech Crown
Tournament
Hector Companion Czech Open Squash Championship
Prague, Czech Republic
Reports
Final:
[Q] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [8]
Fabien Verseille (FRA) 11-4, 11-6, 11-6
Semi-finals:
[8] Fabien Verseille (FRA)
bt [3] Andras Torok (HUN) 11-7, 11-10 (2-0), 10-11 (0-2), 2-11, 11-2
[Q] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [Q]
Shaun le Roux (ENG) 11-6, 5-11, 11-4, 11-5
Quarter-finals:
[8] Fabien Verseille (FRA)
bt [1] Sabir Butt (CAN) 11-4, 11-10 (2-0), 11-9
[3] Andras Torok (HUN) bt
[5] David Barnett (ENG) 10-11 (0-2), 11-10 (3-1), 11-4, 11-4
[Q] Shaun le Roux (ENG) bt
[4] Andreas Fuchs (AUT) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5
[Q] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [2]
Badr Abdel Aziz (SWE) 11-9, 11-5, 11-10 (2-0)
1st round:
[1] Sabir Butt (CAN) bt [Q] Philip Nightingale (ENG) 11-8, 9-11, 11-10 (5-3), 11-4
[8] Fabien Verseille (FRA) bt Brian Byrne (IRL)11-7, 11-7, 11-9
[3] Andras Torok (HUN) bt Aqeel Rehman (AUT)11-10 (2-0), 11-5, 11-2
[5] David Barnett (ENG) bt Robbie Temple (ENG)11-5, 11-10 (6-4), 5-11, 11-10 (2-0)
[Q] Shaun le Roux (ENG) bt [6] Romain Tenant (FRA)11-7, 11-8, 10-11 (0-2), 11-10 (2-0)
[4] Andreas Fuchs (AUT) bt [Q] Stuart Crawford (SCO)11-9, 11-6, 5-11, 11-10 (2-0)
[Q] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [7] Yann Perrin (FRA)11-10 (2-0), 11-7, 11-5
[2] Badr Abdel Aziz (SWE) bt Mohamed Elkeiy (EGY)11-4, 11-4, 11-10 (4-2)
Reports
Koukal Captures Czech
Crown
Qualifier Jan Koukal
clinched his fourth PSA Tour title – and the fourth in his home town
– when he outplayed France's eighth seed Fabien Verseille in the
final of the Hector Companion Czech Open Squash Championship at the
Sport Centre & Hotel Hector in the Czech Republic capital
Prague.
Koukal capitalised on his error-free squash – and the nervousness of an
opponent who was in his first PSA final – to dominate the match and earn an
11-4 11-6 11-6 victory.
Koukal On Course For Fourth PSA Title In Hometown
Jan Koukal,
the Czech number one, is one match away from winning his fourth successive
PSA Tour title in his hometown of Prague after beating fellow
qualifier Shaun le Roux, from England, in the semi-finals of the
Hector Companion Czech Open Squash Championship at the Sport Centre &
Hotel Hector in the Czech Republic capital.
Koukal, who upset second-seeded Swede Badr Abdel Aziz in the
quarter-finals, beat le Roux 11-6 5-11 11-4 11-5 to reach his seventh
PSA final.
His surprise opponent in the final will be Frenchman Fabien Verseille,
the eighth seed who upset Hungary's No3 seed Andras Torok 11-7 11-10
10-11 2-11 11-2.
Verseille, a 20-year-old from Aix-en-Provence who is only in his first year
as a PSA member, is celebrating his maiden appearance in a Tour final.
Koukal Cooks Up First Round Upset In Prague
Qualifier Jan Koukal, the Czech number one, forced his way into the quarter-finals of the Hector Companion Czech Open Squash Championship in the Czech Republic capital Prague when he upset seventh-seeded Frenchman Yann Perrin 11-10 11-7 11-5.
The 22-year-old from Prague now goes on to meet Sweden's Badr Abdel Aziz after the No2 seed beat Egypt's Mohamed Elkeiy 11-4 11-4 11-10 at the Sport Centre & Hotel Hector.
Canadian favourite Sabir Butt beat English qualifier Philip Nightingale 11-8 9-11 11-10 11-4 to set up a quarter-final clash with France's eighth seed Fabien Verseille.
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