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Anjema Wins Manitoba Open Crown
Dutch squash star
Laurens Jan Anjema scored his second successive PSA win over
Daryl Selby in a week in Canada when he beat the Englishman in
straight games in the final of theWinnipeg Building & Decorating
Manitoba Open title at Winnipeg Squash Racquet Club.
The two top seeds, who had earlier contested the final of the
National Bank Financial Group International in Montreal, reached the
Winnipeg climax in contrasting styles – Anjema brushing aside
seventh-seeded Mexican Arturo Salazar in 55 minutes, while second
seed Selby was stretched for 98 minutes before overcoming local hero
Shahier Razik, the fourth seed and a twice former champion, in five
games.
But Selby, the world No12 who was celebrating his second year in a
row in the Manitoba final, was unable to take advantage of his
superior ranking over the five times Dutch champion from The Hague,
ranked 15 in the world.
Anjema, who only dropped a single game en-route to the final, made
up for the disappointment of finishing as runner-up in 2007 by
despatching Selby 11-7, 11-6, 11-5 in 55 minutes to pick up his
second Tour final of the year – but the tenth of his career.
Anjema & Selby Line Up For
Second Final In Canada
Just a week after contesting the climax of the NBF International in
Montreal, England's Daryl Selby and Dutchman Laurens Jan Anjema will
line-up in a second PSA final in Canada when they battle it out for
the Winnipeg Building & Decorating Manitoba Open title at
Winnipeg Squash Racquet Club.
Also for the second time since Montreal, it was Canada's top-ranked
player Shahier Razik that tried to stop Selby reaching the finale –
and this time the 32-year-old world No32 from Toronto extended the
Englishman to five games in his home event.
But second seed Selby, aged 27 and ranked 12 in the world, dug deep
to finally overcome the third-seeded local hero 10-12, 11-3, 2-11,
13-11, 11-6 in 98 minutes.
The other semi-final saw world No15 Anjema take on surprise opponent
Arturo Salazar, the No7 seed from Mexico who reached the last four
after removing Egypt's third seed Hisham Mohd Ashour in a dramatic
five-game quarter-final encounter.
And the 22-year-old from San Luis Potosi, ranked 54 in the world,
tested the top-seeded Dutchman from The Hague for 55 minutes before
Anjema finally emerged victorious 11-3, 7-11, 11-6, 11-2 to reach
the 23rd Tour final of his career.
Selby will be looking for revenge – and hoping to prove the current
world rankings correct – as he takes on the five-time Dutch national
champion in his 13th PSA final.
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 Manitoba
Open 2010
09-14 Mar, Winnipeg, Canada, $20k |
Round One
11 Mar |
Quarters
12 Mar |
Semis
13 Mar |
Final
14 Mar |
[1] Laurens Jan Anjema (Ned)
11-8, 11-1, 11-4
[Q] Zac Alexander (Aus) |
[1] Laurens Jan Anjema
11-6, 11-8, 11-3
[8] Jan Koukal |
[1] Laurens Jan Anjema
11-3, 7-11, 11-6, 11-2 (55m)
[7] Arturo Salazar |
[1] Laurens Jan Anjema
11-7, 11-6,
11-5 (55m)
[2] Daryl Selby |
[8] Jan Koukal (Cze)
6-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 11-4
[Q] Wade Johgnstone (Aus) |
[3] Hisham Ashour (Egy)
11-6, 6-11, 11-4, 11-7
Bernardo Samper (Col) |
[3] Hisham Ashour
6-11, 11-1, 9-11, 11-8, 13-11
[7] Arturo Salazar |
[7] Arturo Salazar (Mex)
6-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-1
Robbie Temple (Eng) |
[Q] Shawn Delierre (Can)
11-6, 11-9, 11-6
[5] Eric Galvez (Mex) |
[5] Eric Galvez
13-11, 11-8, 11-9
[4] Shahier Razik |
[4] Shahier Razik
10-12, 11-3, 2-11,
13-11, 11-6 (98m)
[2] Daryl Selby |
[Q] Eddie Charlton (Eng)
10-12, 11-6, 11-4, 11-4
[4] Shahier Razik (Can) |
Thomas Brinkman (Can)
11-4, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9
[5] Martin Knight (Nzl) |
[5] Martin Knight
6-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-4
[2] Daryl Selby |
Cesar Salazar (Mex)
8-11, 11-13, 11-3, 11-3, 11-4
[2] Daryl Selby (Eng) |
10-Mar, Qualifying Finals:
Zac Alexander beat Robin
Clarke
11-13, 11-5, 11-8, 14-12
Eddie Charlton beat Adil Maqbool
11-4, 11-5, 13-11
Wade Johnstone beat Chris Truswell
11-2, 11-5, 11-4
Shawn Delierre beat Shawn LeRoux
11-7, 11-8, 8-11, 13-15, 11-7
09-Mar,
Qualifying Round One:
Robin Clarke beat David Glass
11-6, 11-4, 11-7
Zac Alexander beat John Arbuthnot
w/o
Adil Maqbool beat Sufaraz Ahmed
11-6, 11-4, 5-11, 11-2
Eddie Charlton beat Fred Reid
11-1, 11-5, 11-4
Wade Johnstone beat Joel Hinds
11-9, 11-6, (rtd)
Chris Truswell beat Jamie Haycocks
11-4, 11-7, 11-9
Shawn Delierre beat Andrew McDougall
11-8, 11-8, 11-9
Shawn LeRoux beat Clinton Leeuw
8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-2
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Selby Stretched By Salazar
In Manitoba Open
All eight seeds made it safely through to the quarter-finals of
the Winnipeg Building & Decorating Manitoba Open in Canada, but
second seed Daryl Selby had to overcome a two-game deficit
before overcoming unseeded Cesar Salazar in the first round at
Winnipeg Squash Racquet Club in Winnipeg.
Englishman Selby, the world No12 who arrived in Winnipeg fresh
from an appearance in last week's final of the NBF International
in Montreal, had to call upon all his experience to defeat
Mexican Salazar, ranked 56 places lower in the world, 8-11,
10-12, 11-8, 11-8, 11-4.
The 27-year-old from Essex will now face fifth seed Martin
Knight after the New Zealander beat Canadian Thomas Brinkman
11-4, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9.
Top seed Laurens Jan Anjema, winner of the title in Montreal,
had a comfortable 11-8, 11-1, 11-4 win over Australian qualifier
Zac Alexander - and will now take on eighth seed Jan Koukal for
a place in the last four.
Czech number one Koukal also beat an Australian qualifier – but
had to fight back from two games down before getting the better
of Wade Johnstone 6-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 11-4. |
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