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Christchurch Vets Ipswich Open 2014
20-25 May, Ipswich, England, $5k |
Coleman claims Ipswich title
Alec Livingstone reports
 Ben
Coleman went one better then his runner up spot in last year's event
when he comprehensively beat Scot Douglas Kempsell in the PSA 5k
Challenger event, the Christchurch Vets Ipswich Open.
Kempsell had reached the final playing an attacking game against
Jonathan Kemp, but he never had the chance to repeat the performance
against Coleman. Speaking after the match Coleman gave credit to the
England support structure and there is no doubt that there is an
added maturity in his game over the past year thanks to that
support. Kempsell worked very hard, and at times the match got quite
physical, but he was missing the spark from the previous evening.
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was just the hint of an opening at 9-7 up in the 2nd but a great
drop from Coleman and a loose tin from Kempsell and suddenly Coleman
was back in charge. He took that game 12/10, and the third fairly
comfortably, to complete a very comprehensive victory.
After the match Jonathan Kemp, who had lost to Kempsell in
Saturday's semi, confirmed that he is retiring from the PSA tour to
concentrate on his coaching commitments. The end of an illustrious
era!
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Ipswich Open 2014
20-25 May, Ipswich, England, $5k |
Round One
22 May |
Quarters
23 May |
Semis
24 May |
Final
25 May |
[1] Jon Kemp (Eng)
11/7, 11/7, 11/7 (22mins)
Tristan Eysele (Rsa) |
[1] Jon Kemp
11/8, 11/8, 11/5 (24mins)
[Q] Joshua Masters |
[1] Jon Kemp
13/11, 11/8, 6/11, 9/11, 11/7 (67m)
[3] Dougie Kempsell |
[3] Dougie Kempsell
11/6, 12/10, 11/5 (66m
[2] Ben Coleman |
[7] Youssef Abdalla (Eng)
9/11, 11/9, 11/4, 11/9 (45mins)
[Q] Joshua Masters |
[6] Steve London (Eng)
4/11, 12/10, 11/7, 11/7 (65mins)
[Q] Daniel Hockborn (Eng) |
[Q] Daniel Hockborn
11/7, 11/3, 11/6 (35mins)
[3] Dougie Kempsell |
[3] Dougie Kempsell (Sco)
11/5, 11/7, 11/3 (33mins)
Anthony Brindle (Gib) |
[WC] Josh Turmel (Eng)
11/4, 11/3, 11/1 (26mins)
[4] Reuben Phillips (Eng) |
[4] Reuben Phillips
12/10, 11/6, 11/5 (35mins)
[5] James Earles |
[5] James Earles
12/10, 11/3, 11/6 (38m
[2] Ben Coleman |
[Q] Joe Green (Eng)
11/8, 11/5, 11/8 (35mins)
[5] James Earles (Eng) |
[Q] Harry Leitch (Sco)
11/7, 11/5, 11/2 (35mins)
[8] Jonathan Geekie (Sco) |
[Q] Harry Leitch
11/4, 11/5, 11/5 (23mins)
[2] Ben Coleman |
[Q] George Parker (Eng)
11/7, 11/8, 11/4 (41mins)
[2] Ben Coleman (Eng) |
21-May, Qualifying Finals:
Joe Green 3-0 Philp Bull
11/3, 11/5, 12/10 (30m)
Joshua Masters 3-0 Eric Garson
11/1, 11/7, 11/4 (23m)
Daniel Hockborn 3-0 Harry Leitch
11/4, 11/9, 14/12 (32m)
George Parker 3-1 Alexander Arjoon
11/4, 11/7, 13/15, 11/8 (53m)
20-May, Qualifying Round One:
Joe Green bt Ben Turmel
12/10, 11/9, 14/12 (40mins)
Eric Garson bt Ryan Betts
13/11,11/7,4/11,11/2 (35mins)
Joshua Masters bt Jesper Skarman
11/3, 11/5, 11/6 (23mins)
Harry Leitch bt Ismail Rauf
11/3, 11/8, 11/9 (25mins)
Alexander Arjoon bt Robert Dodds
11/6, 11/6, 11/6 (30mins)
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Kempsell ousts Kemp in Ipswich
Alec Livingstone reports
Top seed Joey Kemp is out of the Christchurch Vets Ipswich Open,
knocked out in five games in front of his home crowd by young Scot
Dougie Kempsell.
Kempsell well remembered the previous very one-sided encounter
between the two and knew exactly what to expect. The game plan was
clearly to make a fast start, and it worked. Off to an early lead in
the first, and although he was pegged back and even faced a game
ball, the impetus was with Kempsell as he took the first. He was
almost playing a Kemp-like match, lots of drops and volley drops,
but in the early stages it was the Scot who was less error prone and
quickly had a two game lead.
A bit of a breather in the third and Kemp was back in it. The fourth
was very tight and at 9-9 Kempsell had a chance at a winning
straight drive that would have given him a match ball. Instead, he
tinned it and Kemp had a game ball that he quickly converted. Into
the fifth, but by now the younger legs had the edge, Kempsell
winning a controlled game 11-5 to take the match.
In Sunday's final Kempsell will face Ben Coleman, the tournament 2nd
seed, who was runner up in this event in 2013. Coleman played James
Earles, the 5th seed in the first of the semi finals and they played
a very tight first game in front of a crowd that wasn't quite warmed
up.
That changed after Coleman won the first and then began to stretch
his opponent with raking cross courts. The second quickly went to
Coleman 11-3 and although Earles dug in in the third, Coleman kept
the pressure up and eased to the final 11-6 in the third.
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Quarter-Finals in Ipswich
Alec Livingstone reports
The Christchurch Vets Ipswich Open reached the quarter final stage
on Friday night.
The first quarter final of the evening promised to be a close affair
between Rueben Phillips and James Earles, ranked 132 and 137
respectively and fourth and fifth seeds for the tournament. However,
the first meeting between the two since 2011 was not as close as
anticipated with Earles earning a comfortable 3-0 victory over the
higher ranked Phillips. Earles put on a solid display of accurate
squash with some great length and nice touch in the front. Earles
court coverage was impressive and that mixed in with his error free
squash ultimately frustrated his opponent.
He now faces his fellow countryman Ben Coleman for a spot in Sundays
final. Coleman's win over Harry Leach was comfortable despite the
strenuous efforts of the Scot who covered a lot of court but was
always chasing the game. However, a good effort by Leach who, as a
doctor in Cambridge, is only a part-time squash player in this
company.
The other semi will be between Jonathan Kemp and Douglas Kempsell.
Kemp played youngster Joshua Masters who wasn't overawed by the
occasion; playing someone with Kemp's reputation in front of his
home crowd. Despite not playing a huge amount of competitive squash
these days, Kemp's touch and agility are still a treat to watch.
Although Kemp won comfortably, Masters can be pleased with his
week's work.
Kempsell played Daniel Hockborn who had played an epic struggle the
night before and Kempsell quickly set out his stall - hard attacking
play with quick reactions to constantly keep Hockborn under
pressure. The combination of the pressure, and maybe a bit of
tiredness from the night before, was enough to produce errors from
Hockborn, giving Kempsell a 3-0 passage to a semi-final against
Kemp.
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Round One in Ipswich
Alec Livingstone reports
The first round of the Christchurch Vets Ipswich Open produced a few
surprises although all the top seeds are safely through.
Top seed Jonathan Kemp saw off a spirited performance from Tristan
Eysele. Eysele looked out of it at 2-0 down but exploded into action
at the beginning of the third to take a 7-1 lead on a string of
nicks. But it takes more than that to ruffle Kemp who calmly pegged
the South African back to take the match in only 22 minutes.
The other top seeds are also safely through and it was in the lower
order that the tougher matches took place. Steve London [6] lost 3-1
to qualifier Daniel Hockburn in a match that always threatened to
get ugly but never did. Another qualifier, Joshua Masters, did for
7th seed Youssef Abdalla. Masters had worked very hard to get the
upper hand but at 8-7 in the 4th it looked as if Abdalla might be
about to level the match. But having got that close Masters wasn't
going to be denied and steadied the ship to run out a 3-1 winner.
The biggest winner so far has been the Lucky Loser, Harry Leitch.
Having lost his Qualifier Final to Daniel Hockborn he made it to the
main draw as the Lucky Loser and beat fellow Scot Jonathan Geekie to
make it to the quarter finals where he will meet Ben Coleman.
Maybe his luck has run out!
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