03/02/2006
PETR'S PRAGUE OPEN
Koukal Celebrates Prague Double
Tournament
Petr's Prague
Open Squash Championship,
Prague, Czech Republic
Reports
Final:
[Q] Jan Koukal (CZE)
bt [Q] Chris Ryder (ENG).10-11 (1-3), 11-4, 11-9, 11-7
Semi-finals:
[Q] Chris Ryder
(ENG) bt [8] Darren Lewis (ENG) 11-8, 11-10 (2-0), 11-7
[Q] Jan Koukal (CZE)
bt [5] Romain Tenant (FRA) 11-7, 11-9, 10-11 (0-2), 11-6
Quarter-finals:
[Q] Chris Ryder
(ENG) bt [1] Jesse Engelbrecht (ZIM) 11-9, 11-7, 11-3
[8] Darren Lewis
(ENG) bt [4] Rob Sutherland(WAL)10-11 (0-2), 11-8, 11-7, 11-10 (4-2)
[5] Romain Tenant (FRA)
bt [3] Andreas Fuchs (AUT) 11-10 (2-0), 11-6, 11-7
[Q] Jan Koukal (CZE)
bt [2] Luca Mastrostefano (ITA) 11-7, 11-7, 11-6
1st round:
[1] Jesse Engelbrecht (ZIM)
bt Fabien Verseille (FRA) 10-11 (1-3), 11-3, 11-7, 11-9
[Q] Chris Ryder (ENG) bt [6]
Yann Perrin (FRA) 11-8, 7-11, 11-2, 11-7
[4] Rob Sutherland (WAL) bt
Andre Haschker (GER) 11-8, 11-10 (5-3), 11-4
[8] Darren Lewis (ENG) bt
[Q] Jethro Binns (WAL) 11-5, 11-9, 8-11, 11-2
[5] Romain Tenant (FRA) bt
Mohamed Elkeiy (EGY) 11-10 (3-1), 11-7, 11-8
[3] Andreas Fuchs (AUT) bt
Ondrej Ertl (CZE) 6-11, 11-7, 11-10 (3-1), 11-3
[Q] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [7]
El Iraky Omar Abd El Aziz (EGY) 11-10 (10-8), 11-9, 8-11, 11-7
[2] Luca Mastrostefano (ITA)
bt [Q] Kristen Johnson (SCO) 5-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-8, 6-11, 11-8
Reports
Koukal Celebrates Prague Double
Czech squash star
Jan Koukal collected his second PSA Tour title in his hometown in
a week when he beat fellow qualifier Chris Ryder in the final of the
Petr's Prague Open at Squashpark Cibulka in the
Czech Republic
capital.
The 22-year-old from
Prague, who won the Czech Open last week - also as a qualifier -
recovered from a game down to Englishman Chris Ryder before taking the next
three to record a 10-11 11-4 11-9 11-7 victory.
The success marks
Koukal's fifth PSA title triumph – remarkably, all of which have been in
Prague! Thus the Czech number one boast an unbeaten Tour record in his
hometown of almost two years – since he first won the Czech Open in February
2004.
Ryder & Koukal In
Prague Final
In a rare PSA
Tour event final featuring two qualifiers, Englishman Chris Ryder
and local hero Jan Koukal will meet in the climax of the
Petr's Prague Open Squash Championship at Squashpark Cibulka in
the Czech Republic capital.
Ryder made
his breakthrough when he removed Zimbabwe's top seed Jesse Engelbrecht
in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, the 25-year-old qualifier
from Hertfordshire beat eighth-seeded compatriot Darren Lewis 11-8
11-10 11-7
Jan Koukal reached
his second successive PSA final in his hometown as a qualifier when he beat
France's fifth seed Romain Tenant 11-7 11-9 10-11 11-6.
Koukal Continues Czech Charge
A few days after
winning the Czech Open as a qualifier, local hero Jan Koukal
continued his hometown success in
Prague
by upsetting seventh seed
El Iraky Omar Abd El Aziz in the first round of the Petr's Prague
Open Squash Championship at Squashpark Cibulka in the
Czech Republic
capital.
Again a qualifier, Koukal survived one of the longest tie-break games on
record when he beat his Egyptian opponent 11-10 (10-8), 11-9, 8-11, 11-7 to
take his unexpected place in the last eight.
England's Chris Ryder also claimed a notable upset. The 25-year-old
qualifier from Hertfordshire beat France's sixth seed Yann Perrin
11-8 7-11 11-2 11-7.
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