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Double Dot Media CBHS
Open 2013
12-15 Sep, Christchurch, New
Zealand, $5k |
Coll comeback beats Corren to CBHS title
A large crowd packed the Burnside
courts to watch local favourite and 2nd seed Paul Coll take on PSA
Tour veteran Mike Corren.
The first game began with Corren dominating most of the
exchanges, he took an early lead 5/1 and never really looked back
taking the first game with relative ease, the local supporters a bit
stunned.
The second game was a closer affair, both players making more errors
than they would have liked, Corren had the early advantage but Coll
clawed his way back to 9/9, the next two points however were crucial
and both went Corren's way, taking the game 11/9.
Corren now two games up, the third game seemed to be going in a
similar fashion Corren slightly ahead with Coll trying to narrow the
gap. At 10/8 Corren had two match balls and the crowd were on the
edge of the seats, could Coll survive the next 2 points?
 Answer
them he did, fist pumping as he closed the gap to 10/10, Coll then
took the advantage 12/11 and when Corren attempted a flashy reverse
boast Coll just got it and played a tight forehand drop, Corren
tried to get past but bumped his opponent, a no let, referee
determining that the drop was a winner.
In the fourth Corren tried to reassert his earlier dominance but
Coll played patiently, tightening his game up and Coll took the game
11/9, a fifth set decider was required. The 5th game started off
evenly but a monster rally at 4-2 with Coll working Corren all over
the court was won by Coll and this seemed to spell the beginning of
the end for Corren. Coll hit a couple of lovely backhand cross-court
nicks to finish off points and opened up a sizeable lead
At 10-5 Coll had his first match ball, he served at Corren who's
backhand shot just went out, first NZ PSA victory to Coll, he was
delighted as were the local crowd.
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  Christchurch
BHS Open 2013
12-15 Sep, Christchurch, New
Zealand, $5k |
Round One
13 Sep 18.00-20.15 |
Quarters
14 Sep |
Semis
14 Sep |
Final
15 Sep |
[1] Mike Corren (Aus)
11/7, 11/5, 11/7 (28m)
[Q] Adrian Leanza (Usa) |
[1] Mike Corren
11/3, 11/4, 9/11, 11/7 (48m)
Kashif Shuja |
[1] Mike Corren
11/8, 11/9, 6/11, 11/3 (38m)
[4] Kevin Moran |
[1] Mike Corren
6/11, 9/11, 13/11, 11/7, 11/4 (76m)
[2] Paul Coll |
Kashif Shuja (Nzl)
11/9, 13/15, 11/4, 11/4 (45m)
Matias Tuomi (Fin) |
Lance Beddoes (Nzl)
12/10, 11/2, 9/4 rtd (32m)
[Q] Paul Rawden (Eng) |
Lance Beddoes
11/9, 11/6, 10/12, 11/6 (45m)
[4] Kevin Moran |
Andrew Ellis (Nzl)
11/6, 11/5, 11/4 (20m)
[4] Kevin Moran (Sco) |
[3] James Huang (Tpe)
11/8, 12/14, 11/6, 11/13, 11/6 (92m)
Dougie Kempsell (Sco) |
Dougie Kempsell
11/7, 11/3, 11/7 (36m)
[Q] Jaakko Vähämaa |
Dougie Kempsell
11/7, 11/5, 11/6 (41m)
[2] Paul Coll |
Woitek Nowisz (Pol)
13/10, 11/6, 11/8 (28m)
[Q] Jaakko Vähämaa (Fin) |
Andrew Fraser (Aus)
11/8, 4/11, 11/8, 3/11, 11/9 (71m)
[Q] Ben Grindrod (Nzl) |
[Q] Ben Grindrod
11/4, 12/10, 11/9 (29m)
[2] Paul Coll |
Thoboki Mohohlo (Rsa)
11/9, 10/12, 11/9, 7/11, 11/7 (73m)
[2] Paul Coll (Nzl) |
12-Sep, Qualifying Finals:
Paul Rawden (Eng) bt
Chris van der Salm (Nzl)
11/4, 11/8, 11/3 (29m)
Adrian Leanza (Usa) bt Chris Lloyd (Nzl)
11/1, 11/3, 11/8 (22m)
Ben Grindrod (Nzl) bt James Skiffington (Nzl)
11/7, 11/9, 11/6 (29m)
Jaakko Vähämaa (Fni) bt Tim Cowell (Aus
15/13, 11/1, 11/6 (29m)
12-Sep, Qualifying Round One:
Chris van der Salm (Nzl) bt Courtney West (Aus) 11/2, 11/8,
5/11, 7/11, 11/9 (48m)
Adrian Leanza (Usa) bt Jason van der Valt (Nzl) 11/1, 11/2,
11/2 (16m)
Tim Cowell (Aus) bt David Clegg (Aus) 11/5, 11/5, 11/5
(20m)
Jaakko Vähämaa (Fin) bt Richard King (Eng) 11/3, 11/4,
11/8 (27m)
Ben Grindrod (Nzl) bt Jamie Henderson (Sco) 12/10,
2/11, 13/11, 2/11, 11/7 (49m)
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14-Sep, Semis:
Top seeds stop Scottish run
It will be the top two seeds who contest the Double Dot Media BHS
Open in Christchurch, after Mike Corren and Paul Coll both beat
Scottish opponents in today's semi-finals ...
Mike Corren seemed to
dominant the exchanges in the opening two games against Kevin Moran,
the games were tight but Corren had the edge and went up 2/0.
Moran then came back in determined fashion to hit some nice winners
in the 3rd game which caught Corren out of position, were we perhaps
in for a comeback from the Scot?
Corren had other ideas and really upped the tempo in the 4th, he
powered away and finished off the match 11/3 in the fourth.
Paul Coll started strongly in his match against Douglas Kempsell,
tight length allowed him to control the game but Kempsell was
competing until 4/2 in the first.
Kempsell appeared to twist his knee badly and took time to recover,
in fact at that point it appeared he might exit the game through
injury.
But the determined Scot opted to continue on, he challenged Coll
throughout the next three games but it seemed the slight injury had
taken the edge from his game and Coll's victory was comfortable in
the end.14-Sep, Quarters:
Normal order restored in Quarters
No surprises in the quarterfinals - after last nights drama the
quarterfinals were completed with no real upsets.
Top seed Mike Corren was dominant in his first two games
against Kashif Shuja and looked to have a semi-final berth booked
easily but Shuja fought back and took the 3rd in a very close game.
Corren however was too strong in the 4th and took the match.
Kevin Moran played accurate error-free squash in the first
two games forcing errors from his opponent Lance Beddoes. Moran
could have had the match in the 3rd with two match balls but could
not convert them, Beddoes finished off this tight game with the next
2 points, Moran clearly upset by a ball that looked out but was not
called at 10 all. Moran did not let this trouble him too much and
came back strongly to close out the match, taking the 4th with
relative ease.
Paul Coll proved too strong for Ben Grindrod taking the first
game comfortably 11/4. But it wasn't going to be all plain sailing
with Grindrod showing superb fighting qualities to build up a good
lead 9/5 in the second. Coll then showed his class, tightened his
game up and clawed his way back to take the game 12/10. Coll looked
in control of the 3rd to take a 10-7 lead but it took him the three
match balls to finally claim victory 11/9.
After his marathon game last night Douglas Kempsell was a bit
slow starting and surrendered an early 5/1 lead in his first game
against Jaakko Vähämaa. He eventually got into his work and played
some great shots to close out the first game 11/7. Kempsell
dominated the next 2 games and booked the last spot in the semis, 2
Scots in the semi-finals.
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