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Manitoba Open
2004
29 Jan - 01 Feb,
Manitoba, Canada, $12k |
01-Feb-04, Final:
[3] Shahier Razik (Can) bt [2] Paul Price (Aus) 15-13, 11-15, 15-13, 15-8
Razik scores home
win in Manitoba
Gene Turk reports from Winnipeg
Shahier Razik Claimed his sixth PSA title in front of a packed
house at the Winnipeg Squash Racquet Club on Super Bowl Sunday.
Razik moved around the court effortlessly, showing no mercy to a
slowed Price by moving him around the court with soft drops and
boasts. Price fired back, and hit the nick often but was not able to
put the ball away with enough frequency to overcome the smooth
moving Razik.
"I haven't done too badly here," Razik, who has played in the
Manitoba Open five times, told the Winnipeg Sun. "I've always made
it to the semis or quarters. This is the first time I won."
"I knew it would be tough in the semis, having to play Graham
[Ryding] and if I got through I'd have to play Paul Price," said
Razik. "Both of them are in the top 20. But I felt positive coming
in here because I like playing on these courts. They really suit my
game."
Price, who is now based in Toronto and regularly trains with Razik
and Graham Ryding, told the Winnipeg Sun: "The first game could have
gone either way, as with the second. In the third and fourth, he
sort of just broke away from me. He was moving quicker than I was. I
just made some mistakes in the end and he made some really good
shots. That's what really broke my back."
Full report from the Winnipeg Sun
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ADL Optical / Rodenstock
Manitoba Open 2004 |
1st Round
Thu 29th |
Quarters
Fri 30th |
Semis
Sat 31st |
Final
Sun 1st |
[1] Graham Ryding (Can)
15-7, 15-5, 15-11
Duncan Walsh (Eng) |
Graham
Ryding
15-8, 15-14, 15-10
Jan Koukal |
Graham
Ryding
8-15, 15-9, 13-15, 15-5,
15-13 Shahier Razik |
Shahier Razik
15-13, 11-15,
15-13, 15-8
Paul Price
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[5] Jan Koukal (Cze)
15-8, 15-13, 15-9
[Q] Tony James (Aus) |
[3] Shahier Razik (Can)
15-6, 15-13, 15-11
[Q] Mark Krajcsak |
Shahier Razik
15-10, 15-5, 15-4
Karim Yehia |
[7] Karim Yehia (Egy)
15-11, 15-10, 10-15, 15-11
Eric Galvez (Mex) |
[Q] Josh McDonald
15-8, 14-15, 15-11, 15-8
[6] Matthew Giuffre (Can) |
Matthew Giuffre
15-13, 15-12, 13-15, 10-15, 15-8
Jean-Michel Arcucci |
Matthew Guiffre
13-15, 15-9, 15-11, 15-11
Paul Price |
Ian Power (Can)
12-15, 15-8, 15-5, 15-6
[4] Jean-Michel Arcucci (Fra) |
David Phillips (Can)
15-6, 10-15, 14-15, 15-8, 15-6
[8] Shawn De Lierre (Can) |
Shawn De Lierre
11-15, 15-6, 15-6, 15-13
Paul Price |
[Q] Fabian Kalaitzis (Gre)
15-5, 15-3, 15-4
[2] Paul Price (Aus) |
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Qualifying
Finals:
Fabian Kaliatzis bt Robin
Clarke 15-13, 15-5, 15-13
Tony James bt Rob McFadzean 15-10, 13-15, 15-8, 15-14
Mark Krajcsak bt Ashley Flathers 3-0
Josh McDonald bt Nicholas Kyme 15-13, 15-10, 15-13
Qualifying round one:
Ashley Flathers bt Evan Mancer 15-11,
15-13, 15-10
Josh McDonald bt Paul David Johnson 17-16, 15-9, 6-15, 15-9
Mark Krajcsak bt Mohammed Elkeiy 15-11, 15-0, 15-9
Rob McFazdean bt Patick Bedore 15-8, 15-9, 15-11
Robin Clarke bt Ryan Thompson 15-9, 15-13, 15-7
Nicholas Kyme bt Josh Struthers 15-8, 13-15, 15-13, 15-8
Fabian Kalaitzis bt Tom Hoevenaars 15-13, 15-6, 15-7
Tony James bt Trevor Borland 17-14, 15-8, 15-13
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Reports |
31-Jan, Semi-Finals:
[3] Shahier Razik bt [1] Graham Ryding 8-15, 15-9, 13-15,
15-5, 15-13
[2] Paul Price bt [6] Matthew Giuffre 13-15, 15-9, 15-11,
15-11
Price prevents
Canadian takeover
Gene Turk reports from Manitoba
Squash fans in Winnipeg were treated to an excellent day of squash
on semi-final day at the ADL/Rodenstock Manitoba Open Squash
Championships.
It began with an all Canadian battle between Graham Ryding
and Shahier Razik. Neither had been stretched too hard in
their previous matches and so were fit and ready to go. These two
former roommates have played each other numerous times and know each
other's game well. Whoever said that squash was chess with a racquet
and a ball must have had a match like this in mind.
It went back and forth for the full five games, as both players
played well placed drives and drops, sending each other into every
corner several times each rally. After an hour and forty minutes it
was Razik who came out on top after an ill-timed forehand drop tin
from Ryding. The full house at the Winnipeg Squash Racquet Club gave
both players a standing ovation in appreciation for the hard fought
battle they were witness to.
The second semi-final was between Paul Price and Canadian
Matthew Giuffre. Price took to the court despite numerous
nagging injuries and Giuffre was quick to take advantage of the
slowed Price. With a mix of volley kills and quick drops Giuffre
took the first game. Price then settled down somewhat and began to
punish any loose offering from Giuffre straight into the nick.
Giuffre fought hard, but was unable to overcome Price's shot making
and fell to the Australian in four games.
Preview:
Price aims to crash Canadian party
The Manitoba Open features a strong home
contingent, led by world number 14 Graham Ryding, with 17th
ranked Australian Paul Price seeded to meet Ryding in the
final.
"It's an important
tournament," Ryding, gold medallist in both singles and team at the
1999 Pan Am Games in Winnipeg and a two-time Canadian champion, told
the Winnipeg Sun. "There's some good prize money and good points to
be had. I'm just hoping to try not to get too caught up in
everything and just try to concentrate on my matches."
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