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Charing Cross 2014
01-05 Dec, London UK, $5k |
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05-Dec, Earles wins final:
Final:
James Earles 3-2 Chris Fuller 11-7, 9-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-6 (79m)
 So
after a great week of squash at charing cross sports club it all
came down to the finals night!
A capacity crowd had gathered to watch the LOC WSA and PSA finals
between Alicia mead and Alison Thomson in the women's and James
earles and chris fuller in the men's.
First up was the women and Alison always managed to keep herself a
couple of points ahead each games with good length and great court
coverage especially hurting Alicia in the back right where she
struggled to get it out. Alison closing out a 3-0 win and the title
11-8 11-7 11-8 in 29 minutes. Alicia will be pleased making the
final in her first event after an year out through injury.
Final match of the event is the PSA final and the crowd were looking
forward to contrasting styles of chris fuller excellent line and
length , discipline and court coverage against earles racket control
and shot making. The crowd were not disappointed .
 Points
were shared at the start but earles hit a couple of cross court
nicks off return of serves which showed he could win quick points
when he needed to. Chris, the absolute gentlemen was always first to
acknowledge the good shots and the whole match was played in great
spirit as have all matches this week.
Earles takes the first games 11-8 but chris just sneaks the second
and third limiting the attacking options for earles and with some
great counter drops of his own but earles takes the 4th to take us
into a 5th which is what the crowd were hoping for.
By this point fuller was start to feel the effect of the week and of
having to pick up so many short balls from earles. The court was
quite cold and the ball by now fairly soft. Earles always had the
edge in the 5th and claimed his 2nd title in the space of a month.
A fitting end to a great week with plans already staring to make the
event bigger and better next year.
 Really pleased to win my 2nd PSA title
and especially with it being my second final as well. My game over
the last 3 days got better each day so I was pleased to of played
well today and get the win.
Happy that all my hard work over the last few years is finally
paying off and that I am showing to my sponsors and coaches that the
hard work and confidence in me is finally paying off, over the moon
to be finally giving them something back.
Hoping that this win will give me the confidence I need to take in
to Bratislava next week and do the same again.
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  Charing
Cross 2014
01-05 Dec, London UK, $5k |
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Round Two |
Quarters |
Semis |
Final |
Charles Sharpes
11-3 11-5 11-7 ( 29mins)
robert dadds |
Charles Sharpes
9-11 11-13 11-7 11-7 11-7
George Parker |
George Parker
3/2
Chris Fuller |
Chris Fuller
11-7, 9-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-6 (79m)
James Earles |
George Parker
11-3 7-2 retired(14mins)
chris hall |
Baptiste masotti
11-6 7-11 11-7 12-14 11-9(60mins)
jones Dahler |
Baptiste masotti
11-6 8-11 11-5 11-9
Chris fuller |
Chris fuller
11-3 11-7 11-(37mins)
steve London |
Joe green
6-11 11-9 11-5 11-6(49mins)
brad masters |
Joe green
11-9 11-8 11-9
Mark fuller |
Mark Fuller
3/0
James Earles |
Mark fuller
11-5 13-11 11-6(39mins)
Patrick Rooney |
James earles
11-7 8-11 13-11 5-11 1-11(58mins)
ondrej uherka |
James earles
11/9 3/11 12/10 11/5
Ben ford |
Ben ford
11-8 11-9 11-9. (39mins)
Micah franklin |
Round
ONE results:
Charles Sharpes bt Jamie Henderson
11-5 11-9 11-3
Robert dadds bt Claudio pinto
11-13 11-7 11-7 11-9
Chris hall bt Jon geekie
11-3 11-3 11-1
George Parker by Kevin Moran
11-6 11-9 11-7
Jonas dahler bt Daniel poleschuck
11-5 11-8 11-7
Masotti beat haseeb gul
11-2 11-7 11-7
Chris fuller bt dani pascual
5-11 11-6 11-3 11-7
Joe green bt Ben Fischer
12-10 11-5 1-11 11-8
Brad masters bt tom demulder
11-5 11-8 11-9
Patrick Rooney
8-11 11-8 11-9 11-8
Mark fuller bt Jacob dirnberger
11-7 11-9 11-3
James earles bt josh masters
11-6 6-11 11-7 11-3
Ondrej uherka bt Jakko valhamma 11-6 10-12 11-8 11-6
Micah franklin bt Anthony brindle
12-10 12-10 15-13
Ben ford bt joeri harpers
11-8 11-9 11-9
Qualifying Finals:
Ondrej uherka bt August dussord
11-5 13-11 13-11
Dani pascual bt sam Ellis
11-6 11-3 11-9
Brad masters bt Diego gobbi
11-7 11-5 11-3
Chris hall bt dave Haley
8-11 13-11 8-11 11-2 11-4
Robert dadds bt joeri harpers
9-11 11-4 11-7 7-11 13-11
Ben ford bt miles Jenkins
11-5 11-8 17-15
Baptiste masotti bt James bamber 10-12 11-5 5-11 11-3 11-8
Phil nightingale bt aitor zunzungui
11-6 7-11 11-8 11-7
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04-Dec, Semis in Charing Cross
The semi finals tonight here at charing cross sports club provided
the spectators with some top class squash from both the men and
women.
First of the ladies semis was top seed , Alison Thomson v Chloe
Marshall . Chloe started the better with Alison making so me
unforced errors. 2nd game was pretty close again. Alison struggling
to find her rhythm. She eventually won that game and managed to
close out the match 3-1 but may need to play better tomorrow.
2nd semi final saw the comeback continue for Alicia mead.
Same as Alicia's previous match with her starting well and taking a
2-0 lead only to lose the 3rd . She regained her composure to close
out the match 3-1 against Swiss girl nadia pfister.
Onto the men and what a 1st semi final we had. George Parker
was brimming with confidence after beating no.1 seed Charles Sharpes
this afternoon. Chris fuller had other ideas having beating
George previously . First game was all chris. Playing tight straight
squash and using his counter drop to good effect. 2nd game and
George increased the pace and it paid dividends and he levels at
1-1. 3rd was tight but chris just had the edge. The 4th was the most
entertaining game. Chris got himself to match ball at 10-9 but
George squeezed it to level.
At 10-10 chris has George all over the place but George gets 2
outrages gets to stay in it. That was Chris's chance gone and George
takes the game 12-10. In the 5th early on George starts going short
a lot more and is either finding the tin or being countered. Chris
keeps a lead all the way through and closes out the match 11-5. The
crowd give both players a great ovation for a great game played in
good spirit. Chris played a great game and George's 2 five setters
caught up with him.
Last match of the day and James earles starts slowly going
5-1 down and Mark Fuller is fist pumping already! James wins
a few quick points and the momentum changes. Now he is full of
confidence and closes out the game 11-8. 2nd is nip and tuck all the
way. At 13-12 mark wants a let after contact on the way through but
is given a no let after hitting the tin. 2-0 to James.
The 3rd and James if flowing now. Using his drops from the back on
the forehand to good effect and takes the game and the match 3-0.
So the finals tomorrow looks like being a great night with a full
house expected.
Wsa final kicks off at 6.30 and the PSA final follows at 7.30.
03-Dec, Down to the quarters in Charing Cross
Today saw the 1st round and last 16 of the main draw and there were
some amazing matches!
Stand out matches from the 1st round were, Robert dadds continuing
his good form taking out Claudio pinto of Portugal 3-1. Brad
masters, chris hall, George Parker, baptiste masotti all beat higher
ranked opponents. Ondrej uherka from Czech replublic who came
through pre quals won again! This time with a 3-1 over vahamma from
Finland . Wildcard Patrick Rooney took out nick Mulvey 3-1 and joe
green had a big win , upsetting no.4 seed from Switzerland 3-1
Tonight's last 16 matches were mainly straight forward. The closest
matches were between masotti the Frenchman beating Swiss Dahler in
an entertaining 5 setter. James earles finally got the better of
uherka coming from 2-1 down to secure his place in the 1/4 finals
where he will meet club pro Ben ford who came through both matches
today 3-0.
02-Dec, Qualifying complete in Charing Cross
This evening saw the qualifying finals and there some extremely
tight matches!
Czech player, ondrej uherka who came through pre quals continued his
run by beating Frenchman August dussord in 3 tight games. Spaniard
dani pascual was a comfortable winner against sam Ellis. Brad
masters powered his way past Brazilian Diego gobbi 3-0. Chris hall
was looking like going 2-0 down at 5-10 in 2nd but somehow came back
and eventually came through in 5 against Welshman dave Haley. Robert
dadds came through a brutal match with Belgian joeri harpers 13-11
in the 5th. Though harpers was rewarded for his effort with the
lucky loser spot!
Club pro Ben ford came through the only all English match 3-0 v
miles Jenkins to keep home hopes alive. Frenchman baptiste masotti
won an entertaining match against jim barber 3-2. The final match of
the night was won by Phil nightingale 3-1 against spaniard aitor
zunzungui.
Tomorrow, the main draw kicks off with matches starting at 10am. 2nd
round matches start at 5pm.
01-Dec, Under way in Charing Cross
Today there are a few pre qualifying matches to decide the final
local spots in qualifying matches with PSA players up against
charing cross players.
Top seeds in the main draw are Englishman Charles sharpes (runner up
in London open) and Ben coleman (winner of 4 PSA titles this year).
Looking to upset the seedlings will be George Parker and the fuller
brothers, Mark and Chris.
Local interest comes from head pro and event organiser, Ben ford.
Plus charing cross team members neal Brooker and Abid khan.
There will be an great international flavour to the event with
players from 19 countries and 4 continents. Also there is a women's
Wsa challenger on Thursday and Friday .
Viewing is free for Monday and Tuesday. Also daytime sessions are
free. For Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evening session tickets are
£5.
Thanks to main sponsor LOC, official string double ar, official
racket eye rackets and associate sponsors pongathon and
www.londonsquashcoach.com
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