Ten up for Frost in Poland

Denmark’s Kristian Frost notched up his tenth PSA title when he beat Czech champion Jan Koukal in the final of the Squash Promotion Group & Heroes Open at the Modelarnia Squash&Fitness Club in Bielsko-Biała, Poland.

Frost, the World No.76 from Odense, was the top seed in the first PSA tournament to be held in the Silesia of Poland. The London-born 26-year-old reached the final, the 16th of his career and his second in a row, after seeing off newly-crowned Dutch champion Sebastiaan Weenink, the No.4 seed, in the semi-finals.

Koukal, the third seed, earned his place in the 55th PSA final of his illustrious career after upsetting Richie Fallows, the No.2 seed from England, in the other semi.

Frost was in sparkling form in the final, despatching Koukal 11-2, 11-5, 11-8 in 44 minutes in his first straight games win of the tournament.

"It was a great tournament,” said the new champion.

“The organisation was beyond good. Polish squash is definitely on the rise and this tournament just proves the potential that lies in the smaller squash nations in Europe.

“For a $5k tournament, the standard was very high. I am very happy with the outcome - I played well and picked up my tenth title after 12 months without any success in numerous finals."

Maciej Kliś, Tournament Director said:

"We had a great week of squash. Many people gathered in a club everyday were thirsty of professional squash. We combined PSA tournament with nationwide junior tournament so we gave the opportunity to our best polish juniors to see squash on this level. Many of them saw this first time in their lives.

"This was the first PSA tournament in Silesia region in Poland. We are sure that we will do at least one professional tournament per year. We are now thinking about 10k PSA tournament next year, maybe in combination with WSA tournament as well. Squash is growing in Poland very quickly and we want to promote this discipline hardly in Bielsko-Biała.

"Big thanks for our main sponsors: Squash Promotion Group, Heroes and Auto-Boss dealer of Volvo cars."
 

[4] Sebastiaan Weenink

11/2, 11/5, 11/8

[3] Jan Koukal

[2] Richie Fallows

12-Feb, Qualifying Finals:

Daniel Mekbib (Cze)3-1 [8] Nick Mulvey (Eng)                       5/11, 11/6, 11/4, 11/7
[3] Martin Svec (Cze) 3-1 [7] Miroslav Celler (Svk)                11/4, 11/8, 9/11, 11/9
[4] Daniel Poleshchuk (Isr) 3-1 [6] Claudio Pinto (Por)         11/2, 4/11, 11/7, 12/10
[2] Edmon Lopez Moller (Esp) 3-1 [5] Anthony Brindle (Gib) 11/2, 4/11, 11/7, 12/10

First Round

Daniel Mekbib (Cze) 3-1 [1] Rui Soares (Por)                 11/5, 11/4, 9/11, 8/11, 11/5
[8] Nick Mulvey (Eng) 3-0 [L] Jakub Wasilewski (Pol)                        11/4, 11/7, 11/4
[7] Miroslav Celler (Svk) 3-0 [L] Mateusz Kotra (Pol)                      11/5, 11/7, 12/10
[3] Martin Svec (Cze) 3-2 Dani Pascual (ESP)               8/11, 7/11, 11/3, 12/10, 13/11
[4] Daniel Poleshchuk (Isr) bt [L] Przemyslaw Atras (Pol)                                    wo
[6] Claudio Pinto (Por) 3-0 Ruslan Sorochinskiy (UKR)                      11/3, 11/4, 11/8
[5] Anthony Brindle (Gib) 3-0 Nir Cohen (Isr)                                  11/3, 11/4, 11/8
[2] Edmon Lopez Moller (Esp) 3-0 Robert Dadds (Eng)                   11/7, 13/11, 11/6