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Waller Wins Kranj Crown
English teenager Adrian Waller clinched his maiden PSA
title at the Cloudy Tour Kranj Open in Slovenia when he beat
higher-ranked compatriot Neil Hitchens in straight games in the
final of the $3,000 Satellite event at the Mega Center in Kranj.
Neither player had been expected to reach the final. Fifth seed
Waller, a 19-year-old left-hander from Enfield, made his
breakthrough in the quarter-finals by upsetting India's fourth seed
Harinderpal Sandhu. The former British Junior champion, competing in
only his ninth PSA event since making his debut last October, went
on to beat Welshman Peter Creed, the sixth seed, to reach the final.
Hitchens, the third seed from Essex, claimed the unexpected place in
his first PSA final after ousting top-seeded fellow countryman Lewis
Walters in the semi-finals.
The final between the two training partners looked a promising
match-up, and from the start Waller was very much in command. The
Middlesex man grew in confidence as the game progressed before
ultimately claiming his 11-6, 11-4, 11-3 victory, and his debut Tour
trophy.
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 Kranj
Open 2009
12-14 Jun, Kranj, Slovenia, $3k |
Round One
13 Jun |
Quarters
13 Jun |
Semis
14 Jun |
Final
14 Jun |
[1] Lewis Walters (Eng)
12/10, 11/5, 12/10
[Q] Miha Kavas (Slo) |
[1] Lewis Walters
11/5, 11/8, 11/8
[Q] Martin Mosnik |
[1] Lewis Walters
12/10, 11/7, 11/9
[3] Neil Hitchens |
[3] Neil Hitchens
11/6, 11/4, 11/3
[5] Adrian Waller
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[7] Jakob Dirnberger (Aut)
12/10, 11/7, 8/11, 11/4
[Q] Martin Mosnik (Slo) |
[3] Neil Hitchens (Eng)
11/6, 8/11, 11/9, 11/4
Benjamin Fischer (Sui) |
[3] Neil Hitchens
11/8, 11/6, 8/11, 11/7
Kleman Gutman |
[8] Domagoj Spoljar (Cro)
11/3, 11/7, 11/3
Kleman Gutman (Slo) |
[Q] Andrew Birks (Eng)
11/7, 11/3, 11/6
[5] Adrian Waller (Eng) |
[5] Adrian Waller
9/11, 11/9, 11/5, 11/3
[4] Harinderpal Sandhu |
[5] Adrian Waller
11/7, 11/8, 9/11, 11/7
[6] Peter Creed |
Alex Ingham (Eng)
11/5, 7/11, 14/12, 7/11, 11/9
[4] Harinderpal Sandhu (Ind) |
Reiko Peter (Sui)
4/11, 11/8, 2/11, 11/4, 11/6
[6] Peter Creed (Wal) |
[6] Peter Creed
11/7, 4/11, 11/3, 11/9
[2] Chris Truswell |
[Q] Richard Birks (Eng)
9/11, 11/4, 11/7, 11/7
[2] Chris Truswell (Eng) |
Qualifying Finals:
Andrew Birks (Eng) bt
Rozle Langus (Slo)
11/8, 11/3, 11/8
Richard Birks (Eng) bt Klemen Kristan (Slo)
9/11, 11/6, 11/5, 11/4
Miha Kavas (Slo) bt Igor Pejic (Slo)
11/9, 11/4, 11/8
Martin Mosnik (Slo) bt Goran Djukic (Slo)
13/11, 8/11, 11/2, 11/5
Qualifying First Round:
Rozle Langus (Slo) bt Damir Bezan (Slo)
8/11, 12/10, 9/11, 11/4, 11/6
Klemen Kristan (Slo) bt Samo Bester (Slo)
11/2, 11/5, 11/6
Igor Pejic (Slo) bt Jurij Jakse (Slo)
10/12, 9/11, 11/4, 12/10, 11/8
Goran Djukic (Slo) bt Martin Fiser (Slo)
8/11, 11/8, 11/5, 11/1
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