[2] Joel Makin (Wal) 3-0 [3] Joshua Larkin (Aus)
                              11-4, 11-5, 11-7 (50m)
[4] Cyrielle Peltier (Fra) 3-1 [1] Milou van der Heijden (Ned)
                              6-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-9 (46m)

The Women’s final saw top seed Milou Van Der Heijden take on 4th seed Cyrielle Peltier from France. With 19 world ranking points separating the two (40 and 59 respectively), the action began quickly with Van Der Heijden securing the early break at 1-0.

Peltier came back strongly to win the next 2 games and lead 2-1. In the fourth game Peltier skipped away to an 8-3 lead, but Van Der Heijden fought back to 8 all. Peltier managed to hold her nerve and took out her first PSA title 6-11 11-6 11-7 11-9.

“I’m so happy, this is my first win, it’s very important!”

In the Men’s Open final it was a battle of the 2nd and 3rd seeds. Joel Makin hadn’t dropped a game leading in the final while his opponent, Joshua Larkin had a tough 3/2 semi-final to dispose of top seed Tayyab Aslam.

Makin took the first game 11-4 and continued his dominance with 11-5 in the second. In the third, players traded points until 6 all when Makin again asserted control and took the match 11-4 11-5 11-7.

22-Aug, Semis:
Larkin keeps home hopes alive

France’s Cyrielle Peltier was the first woman through to tomorrow’s Bendigo International Women’s Open final after defeating Vanessa Chu 11-9 12-10 11-6. Although the scores were close, Peltier was too strong late in each game and able to close out the match.

The second women’s semi-final saw tournament giant killer Korean Yang Yeon-Soo, ranked 231 in the world taking on top seed Milou van der Heijden, ranked 42. This was Yang’s first PSA semi-final and she acquitted herself well but in the end was unable to match the experience of Milou going down 11-8 11-9 11-5.

In the first men’s semi-final, 2nd seed Joel Makin took on 8th seed Kush Kumar. With 41 world ranking points separating the two players, Makin captured the first game 11-7. He followed up the next two games 11-9 11-6 to book his first finals appearance in Australia.

In the second semi-final, the last surviving Australian and 3rd seed, Joshua Larkin was up against the tournament top seed Tayyab Aslam from Pakistan. Larkin took the early lead but Aslam fought back to take the second game. Larkin took the third and Aslam again levelled at 2-all.

The final game went down to the wire and with Aslam clearly upset with some decisions, Larkin took the match 3-2.

 

FROG'S TALK

Coucou Fram,

Je gagne la finale 3/1 contre la numéro 40 mondiale.

J'ai fait un match complet.
Je ne me sens pas encore très à l'aise en raquette car c'est le début de saison. J'ai fait la différence car j'étais bien physiquement et j'avais tout simplement vraiment envie de gagner.

De gagner ce premier PSA est une étape pour moi, maintenant il va falloir en gagner d'autres et des plus gros.

Un grand merci à tout le monde pour vos messages de soutien. J'en ai eu beaucoup ce week-end, ça fait du bien mentalement surtout quand on est à l'autre bout du monde.

Je voulais dire merci à mon coach Benny. Il s'investit énormément depuis des années et est toujours là dans les mauvais moments comme dans les bons.
Aujourd'hui ce trophée il est a toi et à tous mes partenaires d'entraînements...

Merci à Tignes à mes partenaires Prince, Benestar, la Fédération, Beautysane Nl international ainsi que SiteSquash pour les news lorsque nous sommes au bout du monde !

Des bisous aux gens que j'aime en France.
Récupération demain matin et je m'envole pour Sydney. La semaine prochaine sera aussi intense....

   

11/9, 7/11, 12/10, 9/11, 11/8 (68m)

[3] Joshua Larkin

11/4, 11/5, 11/7 (50m)

[2] Joel Makin

11/7, 11/9, 11/6 (50m)

[2] Joel Makin

Round One:

Enzo Corigliano (FRA) def Shahzad Khan (PAK)                            7-11 11-8 11-2 11-4
Sam Gould (USA) def Tyler Hawkins (AUS)                                         11-9 11-9 11-9
Lewis Doughty(ENG) def Khaled Zahran (EGY)                              6-11 11-5 11-9 11-9
Alex Noakes (ENG) def Mike Corren (AUS)                                        12-10 11-6 11-3
Valentino Bon Jovi Bong [7] (MAS) def Mithran Selvaratnam (MAS) 11-7 11-7 8-11 11-6
Kush Kumar [8] (IND) def Jong Myoung Park (KOR)                            14-12 11-9 11-8
Ko Youngjo (KOR) def Jonathan Maloney [6] (ENG)                    10-12 12-10 11-7 11-4
Addeen Idrakie [5] (MAS) def Ruan Olivier (RSA)                               14-12 11-4 11-8
Jaejin Yoo (KOR) def Connor Sheen (ENG)                                 12-14 11-6 11-6 11-6
Joshua Masters (ENG) def Joel Luca (AUS)                                          11-6 11-4 11-6
Rhys Dowling (AUS) def Ben Coates (ENG)                                        11-1 12-10 11-8
Rohan Toole (AUS) def Caillin Austin (AUS)                                         11-4 11-3 11-6
Tayyab Aslam [1] (PAK) def David Clegg (AUS)                                 12-10 11-8 11-8
Joshua Larkin [3] (AUS) def Omar Bahgat (EGY)                                  11-3 11-5 11-2
Douglas Kempsell [4] (SCO) def Ondrej Uherka (CZE)                 9-11 11-9 12-10 11-8
Joel Makin [2] (WAL) def Martin Svec (CZE)                                         11-7 11-4 11-5

11/8, 11/9, 11/5 (26m)

Yang Yeon-Soo

 6/11, 11/6, 11/7, 11/9 (46m)

[4] Cyrielle Peltier

11/9, 12/10, 11/6 (32m)

[5] Vanessa Chu

FROGS' TALK

helloooo fram, petit coucou d'Australie où cyrielle et moi même sommes.

J'ai commencé mon tournoi ce matin et j'ai gagné 3/1 contre un pakistanais, drôle de match mais je m'en sors.

Je joue un coréen demain et cyrielle joue son premier tour contre une australienne!