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| Final Too much Power for Heath Jonathon Power took the first major tournament of the year, and his third consecutive Tournament of Champions, in a final that provided a fitting climax to the event. In the early stages Power refrained from his usual attacking style, preferring to play good length to take the 'legs' out of Heath. Power took the first 15/12 and the second 15/11. Power's errors helped Heath to hold on in the third, taking it 15/14 as Power called for 'one', but in the fourth Heath was looking tired and Power always seemed the likely winner, eventually taking it 15/12. Semi-Finals Jonathon Power had a comfortable 3-0 victory over Derek Ryan, who couldn't cope with the Canadian's deception and attacking play. The final should be a real thriller. Power and Heath contested a physical British Open quarter-final, and both will want to make amends for that match ... Draw & Results Quarter-Finals The other semi-final will be between Jonathon Power, who won a predictably fiery match against Anthony Hill 3-1, and Derek Ryan, the Irish #1 whose run continued as John White was stretchered off court injured at the end of the third game, forcing him to retire. Ryan took the first, White levelled, and at 14-13 to Ryan in the third White chased a ball into the corner and collapsed in agony with a leg injury. Draw & Results 2nd
Round Derek Ryan caused the first major upset of the tournament, coming from 2 games down to beat US Open champion Simon Parke. Joining him in the quarters are Anthony Hill, 3-1 winner over Mark Chaloner, John White, who came from behind to defeat Paul Price, and Martin Heath who overcame Alex Gough. Reports to follow ... Draw & Results 1st
Round 4th seed Simon Parke, sporting a bandage on the knee which kept him out of last week's National League match, was made to work hard to overcome a 2-1 deficit against Amjad Khan, and 8th seed Price also found himself 2-1 down against Joe Kneipp before coming through. The other seeds in the top half joined them more comfortably, with top seed Jonathon Power and 7th seed Anthony Hill both scoring comfortable 3-0 wins. Power beat Australian Byron Davis, who took the place of the injured Dan Jensen dropping just 20 points, while Hill was made to work a little harder for his victory over Omar Elborolossy. Draw & Results The first round matches were completed on Sunday, with all the main seeds winning through to the last 16. Main casualty was Wales' David Evans, who lost 3-1 to qualifier Billy Haddrell. Haddrell now meets 2nd seed Peter Nicol, who beat Rodney Durbach 3-1, dropping the third game 16/17. The other Welshman in the draw, Alex Gough, was taken the distance by another Australian. Suffering from cramp, Gough finally saw off Stewart Boswell 15/14 in the fifth - on a stroke. 3rd seed Ahmed Barada and Chris Walker treated the crowd to an entertaining display of shot-making, with Barada winning 3-0. Draw & Results NEW YORK TOURNAMENT OF
CHAMPIONS HOSTS WORLD'S TOP SQUASH STARS The seven day celebration of one of the world's most challenging sports, presented by New York Sports Clubs, takes place on a portable, see/through squash court from January 29 to February 3, and stars all of the world's top male professional players. The Vanderbilt Hall set-up features a 17,000 lbs Perspex squash court, gallery seating for 550, and free viewing for the public. The focus of the $500,000 production will be the DLJdirect Tournament of Champions, a world ranking Professional Squash Association (PSA)/sanctioned "Super Series" event. The 56/man tournament features the best players in the world, including world No1 Jonathon Power (Canada), world champion Peter Nicol (Scotland), world No3 Ahmed Barada (Egypt), world No4 Simon Parke (England) and 1997 World Open champion and star of the '90's Rodney Eyles (Australia). Tournament Draw & Results Other activity during the tournament week includes: competition among the best professionals in North America in the Dunlop Pro Championships; free squash clinics for the public and juniors; extensive recreational competition in the Grand Open, a companion city/wide amateur tournament; and recognition of StreetSquash, an inner city program for children which blends squash, academics, community service, and mentoring. The 2000 DLJdirect Tournament of Champions presented by New York Sports Clubs offers $75,000 in total prize money, making it the largest professional squash tournament in North America and fourth biggest in the world. The event is one of 60 PSA/sanctioned World Tour tournaments. Squash was first played in England more than 100 years ago and is now a popular sport in more than 120 countries. There are 15 million squash players worldwide and 400,000 in the United States. Squash is on the short list of sports applying for inclusion in the Olympics and is being seriously considered for the 2004 Games in Athens. DLJdirect, America's premier online brokerage firm, is the title sponsor of the tournament for the second consecutive year. DLJdirect is consistently ranked as one of the best online brokerages in the industry - awarded "#1 internet broker" from Barron's, "Top Web-Based Discount Broker" from Time Digital, as well as, Forbes "Favorite Online Broker" and "Best of the Web." DLJdirect has over 700,000 customer accounts representing more than $14.2 billion in assets. Also returning as the event's presenting sponsor is New York Sports Clubs, the largest health and fitness company in the Northeast operating 100 clubs in New York, Boston, Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia. Cadillac and Foster's are major co-sponsors. Associate sponsors include STERIS Corporation, Talisker, the Grand Hyatt New York, Dunlop Sports Group and The Campbell Apartment. For event and media questions, call John Nimick (0) 617-731 6874. The event website is www.TournamentofChampions.org |
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