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Corren's home win as sweet as any
Andrew Dent reports
 Mike
Corren won his 30th professional squash title and one of his
sweetest when he beat Nathan Stevenson to claim the Millicent
Open in his home town of Millicent, South Australia on Sunday.
The 36-year-old Corren beat Stevenson in straight games 11-7, 11-4,
11-9 on the courts where he learned the game.
“It was really strange – everywhere I went I bumped into people that
I hadn’t seen in 20 years,” Corren said.
“So when I should have been practising or warming up, I was chatting
to people.”
Corren and fellow local Ben Werchon ran some coaching clinics while
they were in Millicent and Corren said he tried to send out a
positive message.
“I just want people to know that even though they may come from a
small town, they can still get out and see the world playing a sport
they love,” he said.
“I hope I inspired some of them.”
The Millicent Open was the first professional squash tournament to
be held in the town and was the brainchild of Corren and Squash SA
marketing manager Jane Intini.
Squash SA put up some of the prize money and local sponsors came on
board, including the Kimberley Clark Millicent paper mill.
Such was the success that the organisers are confident of holding
another Open next year.
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 Millicent
Open 2010
18-20 Sep, Millicent, South Australia |
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Round One |
Quarters |
Semis |
Final |
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1-Mike Corren (SA) - Bye |
1-Mike Corren
11-5, 11-8, 11-9
6-Chris Lloyd |
1-Mike Corren
9-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7
4-Alex Grayson |
1-Mike Corren
11-7, 11-4, 11-9
2-Nathan Stevenson |
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6-Chris Lloyd (NZL) bt Ben
Harris (JPN) 11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 11-7 |
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4-Alex Grayson (NZL) bt David
Fumpson (SA) 11-6, 11-6, 11-2 |
4-Alex Grayson
11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 11-5
Cameron Deehan |
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Cameron Deehan (SA) bt 5-James
Skiffington (NZL) 4-11, 9-11, 13-11, 11-4, 14-12 |
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7-Ben Werchon (SA) bt Dylan
Swanson (NZL) 8-11, 11-13, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5 |
7-Ben Werchon
11-1, 11-2, 11-5
3-Justin Beard |
3-Justin Beard
11-7, 11-8, 12-10
2-Nathan Stevenson |
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3-Justin Beard (SA) bt John
Goodchild (SA) 11-2, 11-4, 11-6 |
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8-Joseph Watts (NZL) bt Nathaniel
Wolff (SA) 11-7, 6-11, 11-9, 11-6 |
8-Joseph Watts
11-9, 11-1, 11-6
2-Nathan Stevenson |
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2-Nathan Stevenson (Qld) bt Matt
Wolff (SA) 11-8, 11-0, 11-9 |
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