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 Champion
Fiberglass Open 2015
08-13 Sep, Downtown Club at the
Met,
Houston, Usa, $10k |
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13-Sep, Final:
Declan James
takes the title ...
[3] Declan James (Eng) 3-1 [4] Danish Atlas Khan (Pak)
11/8, 5/11, 11/7, 11/4
A seasoned player in the crowd called it "clinical". James
used his long reach and and no mistake play to win in four.
Slowing down the ball and making tight rails on the backhand side,
along with working boasts, he forced Khan into shooting for the nick
too many times that found the tin.
True sportsmanship prevailed throughout the match with not many
complaints on calls from the referee, made it a pleasure to watch.
12-Sep, Semis:
Top seeds beaten in Houston semis
 A
little delay in proceeding to let the Amateurs finish up brought up
the two gentleman from Nottingham, roommates all week, for the first
semi-final.
Second seed Eddie Charlton did a turnabout and started strong in the
first game, as opposed to other matches, and with long rallies had
Declan James reaching for nicks up front on the backhand side,
taking the lead 11/6.
 But
in the second James used his reach to continually return balls in
long points that saw it extend to the max, levelling the match 11/9.
The third and the fourth games had some very long points, much to
the crowds delight, but James seemed in control never hitting the
tin in flawless play as he closed out the match 11/6, 11/5.
 The
second semi final started right away with a lot of anticipation from
the crowd, and Danish Atlas Khan's quickness seemed to surprise the
unflappable Finlander Henrik Mustonen.
A lot of short points and both came off the court quickly with Khan
taking the lead 11/7.
 The
second game saw Khan taking control of each point with good lengths
then hitting nicks on both sides, 11/3.
The third game was tight with both trading hand ins and hand outs. A
quick stoppage for 3-4 minutes when Khan ran for the ball on the
forehand side and seemed to jam the racquet head into the wall
taking the racquet end in the solar plexus knocking the wind out of
him.
A quick trading of points at 10-all and Khan goes to 11-10. He then
won the last point with a beautiful backhand length to reach the
final 12-10.
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  Champion Fiberglass
Open 2015
08-13 Sep, Houston, Usa, $10k |
Round One
10 Sep |
Quarters
11 Sep |
Semis
12 Sep |
Final
13 Sep |
[2] Eddie Charlton (Eng)
8/11, 11/6, 11/6, 11/8
[Q] Anthony Graham (Eng) |
[2] Eddie Charlton
5/11, 11/7, 11/4, 11/8
[6] Abdulla Al Tamimi |
[2] Eddie Charlton
6/11, 11/9, 11/6, 11/5
[3] Declan James |
[3] Declan James
11/8, 5/11, 11/7, 11/4
[4] Danish Atlas Khan
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[6] Abdulla Al Tamimi (Qat)
14/16, 11/9, 11/6, 11/6
[Q] Clinton Leuw (Rsa) |
[8] Eric Galvez (Mex)
11/4, 11/13, 11/6 11/4
[wc] Shahid Hussain (Pak) |
[8] Eric Galvez
8/11, 11/0, 10/12, 11/3, 11/1
[3] Declan James |
[3] Declan James (Eng)
12/10, 9/11, 11/4, 13/11
Shahjahan Khan (Pak) |
[Q] Cameron Stafford (Cay)
11/7, 14/12, 11/5
[4] Danish Atlas Khan (Pak) |
[4] Danish Atlas Khan
12/10, 11/7, 6/11, 7/11, 11/9
[7] Farhan Zaman |
[4] Danish Atlas Khan
11/7, 11/3, 12/10
[1] Henrik Mustonen |
Arthur Gaskin (Irl)
11/9, 13/11, 11/13, 11/4
[7] Farhan Zaman (Pak) |
Andrew Schnell (Can)
2/11, 8/11, 11/8, 11/2, 11/6
[5] Todd Harrity (Usa) |
Andrew Schnell
9/11, 11/2, 11/7, 11/9
[1] Henrik Mustonen |
[Q] Leandro Romiglio (Arg)
11/6, 13/11, 11/3
[1] Henrik Mustonen (Fin) |
09 Sep, Qualifying Finals:
Cameron Stafford (Cay)
3-0 Albert Shoihet (Can)
11/7, 11/6, 12/10
Anthony Graham (Eng) 3-1 Amaad Fareed (Pak)
8/11, 11/7, 11/8, 11/7
Clinton Leeuw (Rsa) 3-2
Faraz Khan (Usa)
14/12, 4/11, 11/6, 8/11, 11/5
Leandro Romiglio (Arg) 3-0
Deigo Gobbi (Bra)
11/7, 11/2, 11/8
08 Sep, Qualifying Round One:
Albert Shoihet (Can)
w/o Atif Siddique
w/o
Cameron Stafford (Cay) 3-0 Abbas Maniar (Usa)
11/5, 11/8, 11/6
Anthony Grahan (Eng) 3-0 Jahanzaib Khan (Pak)
11/6, 11/3, 11/8
Amaad Fareed (Pak) 3-1 Charlie Johnson (Eng)
11/3, 11/4, 6/11, 11/8
Faraz Khan (Usa) 3-0 Karim Ebrahim (Egy)
11/6, 11/1, 12/10
Clinton Leeuw (Rsa) 3-0 Mark Broekman (Eng)
11/2, 11/5, 11/6
Deigo Gobbi (Bra) 3-0 Chris Laporte
11/1, 11/5, 11/1
Leandro Romiglio (Arg)
3-1
Dylan Cunningham (Usa) 12/10, 11/8, 9/11, 11/5
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10-Sep, Round One:
Schnell stops Harrity in Houston
Round One of the Champion Fiberglass Open in Houston saw seven of
the seeded players progress, the exception being Canada's Andrew
Schnell who came from two games down to beat fifth-seeded home
favourite Todd Harrity in what observers described as 'the best
match of the night'.
'Andrew battled back with both concentrating on the forehand rails
infinitum. Andrew showed another gear in the fifth not letting Todd
getting in to any long rallies. Andrew played drops in to both sides
within a hair of the tin for winners for the last five points.'
Schnell's next task is to face top seed Henrik Mustonen, the
young Finn who beat Argentinean qualifier Leandro Romiglio.
England has two representatives in the quarters after wins from
Eddie Charlton and Declan James. Charlton, the #2 seed,
now meets Qatari Abdulla Al Tamimi while James faces
experienced Mexican Eric Galvez.
A Pakistani semi-finalist is guaranteed after wins from Danish
Atlas Khan and Farhan Zaman to set up a quarter-final
meeting.
'Zaman was in control throughout his match with Arthur Gaskin,
with a tight one in the third. Fourth game showed his shot making
going for nicks from everywhere and cutting the ball into the nick
the last half of the final game.'
'Danish against Cameron Stafford was like two old friends playing.
Very clean games, Ref had to make very few calls. Both gave up many
calls that were close they both decided to play lets. Both true
gentlemen.'
"I look forward to my next match with Danish," said Zaman, "we are
old friends but he always brings out the best in my game. I love
coming to Houston [2nd time] the crowds are great, everyone is
friendly, and I play my best in front of them."
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09-Sep:
Qualifying complete in HoustonA
good mix of nationalities made it through to the main draw in
Houston, with England's Anthony Graham, Cameron Stafford
of the Cayman Islands, Argentinean Leandro Romiglio [we
wrongly reported him as losing yesterday!], and South Africa's
Clinton Leuw winning their qualifying finals at at the Downtown
Club.
The withdrawal of top seed Adrian Grant necessitated a draw change
with Finland's Henrik Mustonen elevated to the #1 position
and set to face Romiglio in the first round.
Graham's reward is a meeting with fellow Englishman Eddie
Charlton, now the #2 seed, Leuw meets Qatari Abdulla Al Tamimi,
while Stafford (below) faces Pakistan's Danish Atlas Khan.
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