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 RC Pro 2014
12-15 Nov, St Louis, Usa, $10k |
  RC
Pro 2014
12-15 Nov, St Louis, Usa, $10k |
Round One
12 Nov |
Quarters
13 Nov |
Semis
14 Nov |
Final
15 Nov |
[1] Martin Knight (Nzl)
11-9, 9-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-4 (81m)
Matias Tuomi (Fin) |
[1] Martin Knight
11-5, 7-11, 11-6, 12-10 (84m)
[8] Mike McCue |
[1] Martin Knight
11-7, 8-11, 13-11, 9-11, 11-6 (118m)
[4] Arthur Gaskin |
[1] Martin Knight
11-8, 8-11,
11-8, 8-11,
11-5 (125m)
[2] Ali Anwar Reda |
[8] Mike McCue (Can)
6-11, 11-8, 11-2, 9-11, 11-5 (82m)
Chris Hanson (Usa) |
[6] Matthew Serediak (Can)
11-3, 11-5, 11-7 (36m)
Mubarak Mohsin (Pak) |
[6] Matthew Serediak
11-5, 11-6, 11-4 (41m)
[4] Arthur Gaskin |
[4] Arthur Gaskin (Irl)
11-7, 11-8, 11-9 (40m)
Sunil Seth (Guy) |
Rodrigo Pezotta (Arg)
11-8, 11-7, 11-7 (39m)
[3] Shawn Delierre (Can) |
[3] Shawn Delierre
11-9, 11-9, 11-8 (71m)
[5] Lewis Walters |
[3] Shawn Delierre
12-10, 13-15, 11-8, 11-6 (82m)
[2] Ali Anwar Reda |
Sean Conroy (Irl)
12-10, 11-7, 11-9 (43m)
[5] Lewis Walters (Eng) |
Thoboki Mohohlo (Rsa)
11-8, 11-8, 11-8 (41m)
[7] Alex Ingham (Eng) |
[7] Alex Ingham
15-17, 11-4, 11-2, 11-5
[2] Ali Anwar Reda |
Karamatullah Khan (Pak)
w/o
[2] Ali Anwar Reda (Egy) |
Semis:
 Arthur
Gaskin and Martin Knight went at it in this evening’s first
semi-final. In an absolute marathon #1 Seed Martin Knight outlasted
the #4 Seed from Carlow, Ireland in 118 minutes.
Knight, hailing from North Shore, New Zealand proved his #1 Seed
with making just a few less errors than his counterpart Gaskin. Both
played exceptionally well. Knight moves on to the finals with an
11-7, 8-11, 13-11, 9-11, 11-6 victory.
 Nary
a worry for the Egyptian Mohd Ali Anwar Reda as he went about
business on the court in a gentlemanly way ousting the Canadian and
#3 Seed Shawn Delierre in four 12-10, 13-15, 11-8, 11-6 in 82
minutes.
The #2 Seed Mohd Ali Anwar Reda will face #1 Martin Knight in the
finals tomorrow night just as the experts had mapped out.
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Quarters:
Our first lunchtime match started out as if they’d finish at dinner
time with the first games splitting and lasting a total of 45
minutes.
 After
nary a racquet error the match ended after 84 minutes with the top
seeded Martin Knight defeating the Canadian Michael McCue 11-5,
7-11, 11-6, 12-10.
 The
steady Irishman, Arthur Gaskin, continued on to the semis with an
11-5, 11-6, 11-4 41-minute win over Matt Serediak from Toronto. The
#4 Seed Gaskin will take on Martin Knight tomorrow in the semis.
 In
a bruising display of multiple lets the #3 Seed from Canada, Shawn
Delierre, moved on to the semis in a 71 minute match over the
Englishman Lewis Walters 11-9, 11-9, 11-8.
 In
the finale for the day we returned to the non-contact sport with
some long fluid rallies between #7 Seed Alex Ingham and the Egyptian
Mohd Ali Anwar Reda. Ingham, hailing from Chertsey, seemed to hunt
every ball down using his size to his advantage with some amazing
retrieves.
But the #2 Seed Ali Anwar Reda was too much for him as he went down
in four, 17-15, 4-11, 2-11, 5-11.
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Seeds through to quarters in St Louis
 Our
first matches are under way at the Racquet Club of Saint Louis for
the 2014 RC Invitational $10,000 PSA Tour Event.
In the first match that was completed Matt Serediak, the #6 Seed
from Canada, disposed of the reserve player from Pakistan, Mubarak
Mohsin, in three straight 11-3, 11-5, 11-7 in 36 minutes.
 On
the other court the ailing #1 seed Martin Knight from New Zealand
endured as Matias Tuomi from Finland pushed him to five games for 81
minutes. Knight came out on top 11-9, 9-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-4.
Next match up saw the Irishman and #4 seed Arthur Gaskin beat Sunil
Seth from Guyana in three straight 11-7, 11-8, 11-9 in 40 minutes.
Michael McCue the #8 seed from Canada knocked off the American Chris
Hanson in 82 minutes 6-11, 11-8, 11-2, 9-11, 11-5 for the last
afternoon match.
Our first evening match pitted the Canadian Shawn Delierre against
Rodrigo Pezzota from Argentina. The #3 Seed Delierre finished off
Pezzota in three straight in 39 minutes 11-8, 11-7, 11-7.
 On
the Upstairs Court the #7 Seed Alex Ingham took it to Thoboki
Mohohlo of South Africa in a 41 minute match 11-8, 11-8, 11-8.
Pakistani Karamatullah Khan had to withdraw in one of the 6:00
matches. #2 Seed Mohd Ali Reda, the Egyptian, will advance and play
a quarterfinals match against Alex Ingham at 6:00 tomorrow.
Tonight’s final match had the Englishman Lewis Walters facing off
against Sean Conroy from Ireland. The #5 Seed Walters advanced in a
43-minute match 12-10, 11-7, 11-9.
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