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 Open de Montréal
Financière
Banque Nationale 2013
01-06 Oct, Montreal, Canada, $35k |
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Final:
[1] Borja Golan 3-2 [2]
Daryl Selby
9/11, 11/3, 11/2, 12/14, 11/5 (95m)
Borja bags Montreal title
 Top
seed Borja Golan beat Daryl Selby 3-2 in a thrilling climax to the
Open de Montreal at the Montreal Arena.
After dropping the first game the Spaniard roared back to take
the next two games comfortably, but Selby forced a decider with an
extra-points win in the fourth.
Golan regrouped to take the fifth, collecting his 29th PSA title
in the process.
"Good match against @DarylSelby to win the Montreal Open. Very happy
:)" tweeted Golan.
"Gutted to lose tonight but gave it everything as always. Didn't
expect too much coming in so to make another final is a bonus," said
Selby.
"Congrats to @golansquash for winning the title. What a great
tournament, thanks everyone, see you next year!" concluded the
Englishman.
Full report, photos etc
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 Open
de Montreal 2013
01-06 Oct, Montreal, Canada, $35k |
Round One
03 Oct |
Quarters
04 Oct |
Semis
05 Oct |
Final
06 Oct |
[1] Borja Golan (Esp)
11/4, 11/4, 11/5 (37m)
Henrik Mustonen (Fin) |
[1] Borja Golan
9/11, 12/10, 11/5, 11/9 (79m)
Alan Clyne |
[1] Borja Golan
11/3, 11/7, 11/8 (45m)
[3] Saurav Ghosal |
a 29th PSA title
for Borja [1] Borja Golan
9/11, 11/3, 11/2, 12/14, 11/5 (95m)
[2] Daryl Selby |
Alan Clyne (Sco)
11/8, 12/10, 11/6 (54m)
[Q] Shawn Delierre (Can) |
Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy)
11/8, 12/10, 11/6 (43m)
[Q] Jaymie Haycocks (Eng) |
Omar Abdel Aziz
11/3, 11/4, 2/11, 11/4 (54m)
[3] Saurav Ghosal |
[3] Saurav Ghosal (Ind)
7/11, 11/9, 11/2, 11/5 (57m)
[Q] Steve Finitsis (Aus) |
Gregoire Marche (Fra)
11/7, 11/7, 12/10 (47m)
[4] Chris Simpson (Eng) |
[4] Chris Simpson
11/3, 11/7, 11/9 (45m)
Adrian Waller |
Adrian Waller
11/6, 11/8, 8/11, 11/9 (54m)
[2] Daryl Selby |
[Q] Dane Sharp (Can)
11/3, 11/5, 11/9 (33m)
Adrian Waller (Eng) |
Joe Lee (Eng)
11/5, 11/9, 11/6 (72m)
Mathieu Castagnet (Fra) |
Mathieu Castagnet
8/11, 8/11, 11/3, 11/9, 11/4 (98m)
[2] Daryl Selby |
Andrew Schnell (Can)
11/7, 13/11, 9/11, 11/3 (59m)
[2] Daryl Selby (Eng) |
02-Oct, Qualifying Finals:
match reports
Shawn Delierre (Can) 3-1
Ben Coleman (Eng)
11/9, 11/6, 5/11, 11/6 (71m)
Steve Finitsis (Aus) 3-0 Gonzalo Miranda (Arg)
11/6, 11/6, 11/7 (42m)
Jaymie Haycocks (Eng) 3-1 Rex Hedrick (Aus)
5/11, 11/8, 13/11, 11/7 (83m)
Dane Sharp (Can) 3-0 David Phillips (Can)
11/5, 11/9, 13/11 (32m)
01-Oct,
Qualifying Round One:
match reports
Shawn Delierre (Can) 3-0 Joe Chapman (Bvi)
11/6, 11/9, 11/6
Ben Coleman (Eng) 3-1 Matthew Serediak (Can)
11/6, 6/11, 11/6, 11/5 (38m)
Gonzalo Miranda (Arg) 3-0 Eric Dingle (Can)
11/4, 11/4, 11/5 (26m)
Steve Finitsis (Aus) 3-1 Graeme Schnell (Can)
9/11, 11/6, 11/5, 11/6 (54m)
Jaymie Haycocks (Eng) 3-0 Mike McCue (Can)
9/6 rtd
Rex Hedrick (Aus) 3-0 David Ballargeon (Can)
11/9, 11/4, 11/4 (36m)
Dane Sharp (Can) 3-0 Scott Arnold (Aus)
11/6, 11/8, 11/3 (30m)
David Phillips (Can)
3-2
Matthew Karwalski (Aus) 11/9, 4/11, 5/11, 11/6, 11/9
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Semis - top two to face off in final
 Top
seeds Borja Golan and Daryl Selby will meet in the
final of the PSA $35k Open de Montreal after the semi-finals at the
Montreal Forum (the old Ice Hockey arena, hence the headline!
Golan beat Saurav Ghosal in straight games and was pleased with his
performance: " I beat Ghosal 3-0 playing my best squash. Happy!"
tweeted the Spanish world #9.
Selby prevailed in an all-English encounter with Adrian Waller, and
he too was satisfied with his night's work: "Thought I played
well today, was a good hard match with @Adiewaller who played some
class rallies in third and fourth. Ice bath time!"
"Onwards to the final against @golansquash who played very well
today," added Selby, the world #14, on twitter. "Gonna be tough but
will give it everything I have ..."
Match reports, photos, interviews Quarters in Montreal :
Waller joins top three
Unseeded
Adrian Waller prevailed in an all-English quarter-final in
which he upset fourth seed Chris Simpson to set up an all-English
semi-final in Montreal.
Waller will now face second seed Daryl Selby, who survived
being two games down to France's Mathieu Castagnet to win a
98-minute marathon.
"Sometimes squash is just about pure grit and determination,"
tweeted Selby. "Proud of myself for digging very deep to beat
Mathieu from 2-0 down."
In the top half of the draw top seed
Borja Golan will face Saurav Ghosal for a place in the final.
"Happy to win my match 3-1 today," tweeted Ghosal after his
four-game win over Omar Abdel Aziz. "Aziz played some good stuff but
thankfully my squash was better than yesterday!"
Full match reports, photos and interviews
Round One in Montreal
It
was the end of the road for both Canadian hopes in the first round
of the Open de Montreal as Shawn Delierre, Dane Sharp and Graeme
Schnell all lost out.
All four seeded players made it through to the quarters, with top
seeded Spaniard Borja Golan set to meet Scotland's Alan Clyne and
Daryl Selby, the second seed, facing Frenchman Mathieu Castagnet,
who won the longest match of the day in beating Joe Lee.
Full match reports
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Glass court for Montreal
 National Bank Financial - Wealth
Management and Saputo are proud to sponsor the prestigious National
Bank Financial Squash Open which will be held from October 1st to
6th at the Montreal Forum. An all glass court will be set up in the
atrium on the old famous centre ice.
The fifth edition of the tournament will feature 28 of the best
professional players in the world competing for a purse of US
$35,000. Many competitors will be making their first appearance at
the event.
 The top seeded Spaniard Borja Golan will face fierce competition
from players from 11 different countries. Notables are England's
Daryl Selby, member of the winning team at the 2013 World
Team Championships and India's #1 Saurav Ghosal. Three members of the
Canadian team will also participate including the #1 Canadian montrealer,
Shawn Delierre.
Every year, through its donations and sponsorships program and the
initiatives of its employees, National Bank supports hundreds of
organizations across Canada. It is particularly committed to
supporting health, education, arts and culture, and community
outreach, with the goal of generating positive benefits for
communities
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