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Christchurch Boys School Open 2012
25-30 Sep, New Zealand, $5k |
Corren notches up another
 Prolific
South Australian Mike Corren notched up yet another PSA title
with a hard-fought victory in the final of the Doubledot Media
Christchurch Boys School Open in New Zealand.
Top seed Corren prevailed in a hard-fought encounter against second
seeded Kiwi Evan Williams that went the full distance.
Williams got off to a flying start being up 7/1 in the first game
before Corren fought back to square it 7/7 but Williams steadied to
win first game. The next two games went to Corren with Williams
making a few errors on the crucial points. Williams then fought back
strongly and took a commanding lead of 6/2 in the fourthth, Corren
wasn't able to close the gap and Williams took that game quite
easily 11/3 to take it to a final game decider.
The fifth was a battle all the way with a number of long rallies and
let calls. Corren had match ball at 10-9 but a no let tied the game
right up at 10-10. Corren managed to take the victory with the next
two points, a stroke call ending the match at 12/10.
The victory marks 38-year-old Corren's 43rd PSA title in 61 final
appearances (out of 112 events played!), and his sixth success in
2012.
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 Doubledot
Media
Christchurch
Boys School Open 2012
25-30 Sep, New Zealand, $5k |
Round One
27 Sep |
Quarters
28 Sep |
Semis
29 Sep |
Final
30 Sep |
[1] Mike Corren (Aus)
13/11, 11/9, 9/11, 11/7 (38 m
Joshua Southwell-Nobbs (Aus) |
[1] Mike Corren
13/11, 4/11, 11/6, 10/12, 12/10 (40m)
[Q] Scott Gardiner |
[1] Mike Corren
11/4, 12/10, 5/11, 11/8 (40m)
Joseph Watts |
[1] Mike Corren
8/11, 11/6, 11/7, 3/11, 12/10 (82m)
[2] Evan Williams |
James Skiffington (Nzl)
11/7, 11/6, 11/6 (27
[Q] Scott Gardiner (Nzl) |
Joseph Watts (Nzl)
11/4, 11/6, 11/8 (21
[Q] Evans Chileshe (Nzl) |
Joseph Watts
11/7, 11/8, 11/4 (39m)
[4] Josh Cardwell |
[4] Josh Cardwell (Aus)
12/10, 11/9, 8/11, 11/9 (44
[Q] Matiu Te Kani-McQueen (Nzl) |
Andrew Fraser (Aus)
11/7, 7/11, 11/6, 11/7 (36
[3] Paul Coll (Nzl) |
[3] Paul Coll
11/5, 11/5, 11/7 (22m)
Alex Grayson |
[3] Paul Coll
11/7, 11/9, 8/11, 12/10 (60m)
[2] Evan Williams |
Alex Grayson (Nzl)
11/7, 11/9, 11/7 (34
[Q] Chis van der Salm (Nzl) |
Luke Sims (Aus)
11/8, 11/5, 11/2 (24
Andrew Ellis (Nzl) |
Luke Sims
11/9, 11/5, 11/4 (26m)
[2] Evan Williams |
Lance Beddoes (Nzl)
11/4, 11/7, 11/1 (25
[2] Evan Williams (Nzl) |
28-Sep, Qualifying Finals:
Matiu Te
Kani-McQueen bt Greg Johnston
11/8, 11/4, 12/10 (35m)
Evans Chileshe bt Tim Preston - walkover
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Corren and Williams to meet in final
Top seeds to meet in the final but it was not all easy going.
Mike Corren showed his experience to control parts of the
match against Joseph Watts but Watts showed a lot of character to
win 10 straight points to take the third 11/5 after being down 5/1.
He wasn't quite able to take it to five with Corren closing out the
match 11/8 in the 4th.
The second semi was a hard fought battle taking 60 minutes with some
very long rallies and great retrieving. The lefthanded Evan
Williams hit some classy nicks and drops particularly down
his forehand side but Paul Coll stayed in the match taking the third
game.
The fourth was a see-saw battle all and could have gone either way,
Williams finally prevailing 12/10 to take the match.
Top three seeds through to the semis
Top seed Mike Corren was
forced to work very hard for his five game victory and looked to be
carrying a slight injury niggle. Scott Gardiner had four match balls
in the 5th (10-6 up) but couldn't convert them.
Second and third seeds Evan Williams and Paul Coll turned in very
confident displays to win comfortably in three games each.
A slight upset as Joseph Watts played assured squash to edge out
fourth seeded Josh Cardwell in what was a long three game match. |
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