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Senses Squash Open 2011
27-30 Jul, Utah, USA, $10k |
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30-Jul, Final:
[1] Julian Illingworth bt [2] Shawn Delierre
11/9, 10/12, 11/3, 11/9 (65m)
Illingworth provides home success
New Yorker Julian Illingworth provide home success in the
Squashworks Salt Lake City Open when he beat Canadian rival Shawn
Delierre in the final at Squashworks in Salt Lake City.
Top seed Illingworth, winner of a record seven US national titles,
reached the final without dropping a game - but, after taking the
opener, dropped the second as the 29-year-old second seed from
Montreal drew level.
A survivor of two successive hour-and-a-half-plus marathon matches,
Delierre could be excused for the tiredness that crept into the
third game as world No32 Illingworth reclaimed the lead for the loss
of just three points.
And the Portland-born 27-year-old went on to extend his lead in the
fourth before claiming his title-winning 11-9, 10-12, 11-3, 11-9
triumph after 65 minutes.
The win marks the fifth PSA title of Illingworth's career - and his
fourth on home soil. 29-Jul:
Illingworth Makes Salt Lake City Final
US champion Julian
Illingworth stormed into the final of the Squashworks Salt Lake
City Open after ending the brave run of English qualifier Declan
James in the semi-finals.
Illingworth, winner of a record seven US national titles, reached
the semi-finals without dropping a game - and maintained his form
against James, defeating the 18-year-old from Nottingham 11-4, 11-5,
11-7.
Now in his third PSA final of the year - and the 15th of his career
- top seed Illingworth, 27, from New York, will face North American
rival Shawn Delierre, the No2 seed from Canada.
After surviving a 95-minute quarter-final, Delierre faced unseeded
Mexican Erik Tepos Valtierra.
And in yet another marathon encounter in the 29-year-old from
Montreal's career, Delierre overcame the Mexican 11-5, 8-11, 11-4,
7-11, 11-9 in 105 minutes to reach the 13th PSA final of his career,
but his first this year.
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Lake City Open 2011
27-30 Jul, Salt Lake City, USA $10k |
Round One
27 Jul |
Quarters
28 Jul |
Semis
29 Jul |
Final
30 Jul |
[1] Julian Illingworth (Usa)
11/4, 11/3, 11/5 (30m)
[Q] Armando Olguin (Mex) |
[1] Julian Illingworth
11/3, 11/6, 11/6 (49m)
David Letourneau |
[1] Julian Illingworth
11/4, 11/5, 11/7 (40m)
[Q] Declan James |
[1] Julian Illingworth
11/9, 10/12, 11/3, 11/9 (65m)
[2] Shawn Delierre |
David Letourneau (Can)
11/3, 11/7, 11/5 (40m)
Lucas Serme (Fra) |
Matthew Serediak (Can)
7/11, 11/7, 11/5, 11/9 (45m)
Adrian Dudzicki (Can) |
Matthew Serediak
11/7, 11/6, 13/11 (31m)
[Q] Declan James |
bt [4] Andrew McDougall (Can)
7/11, 11/7, 11/7, 11/4 (65m)
[Q] Declan James (Eng) |
[Q] Cameron Stafford (Cay)
11/7, 11/6, 11/5
[3] Chris Gordon (Usa) |
[3] Chris Gordon
11/8, 3/11,
11/6, 11/5, 11/9 (90m)
Erik Tepos |
Erik Tepos
11/5, 8/11, 11/4, 7/11, 11/9 (105m)
[2] Shawn Delierre |
Erik Tepos (Mex)
11/6, 11/5, 11/3 (35m)
Wade Johnstone (Aus) |
Alfredo Avila (Mex)
6/11, 8/11, 11/8, 11/5, 11/7 (75m)
[Q] Lyall Paterson (Sco) |
Alfredo Avila
11/9, 7/11, 11/9, 11/7 (95m)
[2] Shawn Delierre |
Fernando Lopez (Mex)
11/3, 11/6, 11/7 (39m)
[2] Shawn Delierre (Can) |
28-Jul, Quarters:
Declan Drives On In Salt Lake City
English teenager Declan James continued his impressive run in the
Squashworks Salt Lake City Open when he reached the semi-finals. The
18-year-old qualifier from Nottingham, who knocked out fourth seed
Andrew McDougall in the first round, went on to defeat a further
Canadian in the quarter-finals.
His 11-7, 11-6, 12-10 victory over Matthew Serediak, a 27-year-old
from Toronto, takes James to a clash with Julian Illingworth.
 Top
seed Illingworth, the record seven-time US champion, leads home
hopes in the championship - and despatched Canada's David Letourneau
11-3, 11-6, 11-6 to make the last four.
It was marathon day in the other half of the draw where it took more
than three hours to decide the second semi-final line-up.
Third seed Mexican Erik Tepos Valtierra battled for 90 minutes to
overcome Chris Gordon, the US number three from New York, winning
11-8, 3-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-9.
But second-seeded Canadian Shawn Delierre took 95 minutes to get the
better of his opponent, also a Mexican. In only four games, the
29-year-old from Montreal beat unseeded Avila, ranked almost 40
places lower in the world, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7. |
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