The 80th edition of the Vic Open in Melbourne saw men's top seed Max Lee and women's second seed Donna Urquhart claim the titles.

Lee maintained his record of not having dropped a game as he best Kiwi second seed Martin Knight 119/, 11/3, 11/5 in 44 minutes, while Urquhart overcame top-seeded Rachael Grinham in a close all-Aussie final 12/10, 14/12, 12/10 in 33 minutes.

 

For Max, the world #25, the win marked a 9th PSA title, while Urquhart - also the world #25 - was recording a 7th WSA title. 

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 11/9, 11/9, 12/10 (60m)

[3] Leo Au

[1] Max Lee

11/9, 11/3, 11/5 (44m)

[2] Nafiizwan Adnan

11/5, 14/12, 9/11, 10/12, 11/7 (89m)

[2] Nafiizwan Adnan

09-Jul, Round One:

[1] Max Lee (Hkg) 3-0 Chi Him Wong (Hkg)                            11/9, 11/8, 11/7
Paul Rawden (Eng) 3-0 [Q] Tyler Hawkins (Aus)                    12/10, 11/4, 11/3
Joshua Larkin (Aus) 3-0 [Q] Mike Lewis (USA)                        11/5, 11/7, 11/7
[7] Matthew Karwalski (Aus) 3-0 Sanjay Singh (Mas)              11/9, 11/7, 11/5
[8] Paul Coll (Nzl) 3-1 [Q] Cameron White (Aus)            6/11, 11/5, 11/5, 11/2
[wc] Matthew Hopkin (Aus) 3-1 Cheuk Yan Tang (Hkg)   11/7, 11/9, 9/11, 11/8
Lance Beddoes (Nzl) 3-0 [Q] David Crossley (Aus)                 11/3, 11/3, 11/6
[3] Leo Au (Hkg) 3-0 Ben Grindrod (Nzl)                                11/9, 11/4, 11/0
[4] Martin Knight (Nzl) 3-0 [Q] Sam Ejtemai (Aus)                  11/8, 11/5, 11/2
Tsz Fung Yip (Hkg) 3-1 [Q] Syafiq Kamal (Mas)            11/8, 5/11, 11/5, 14/12
Addeen Idrakie (Mas) 3-1 Hannan Tarmidi (Mas)          9/11, 12/10, 11/9, 11/8
[5] Rex Hedrick (Aus) 3-0 Rhys Dowling (Aus)                        11/5, 11/3, 11/2
[6] Ivan Yuen (Mas) 3-1 James Huang (Tpe)                  11/9, 7/11, 11/9, 11/8
Arthur Moineau (Fra) 3-0 [Q] David Clegg (Aus)                     11/9, 11/4, 11/2
Joe Chapman (Bvi) 3-0 [Q] Alex Eustace (Aus)                      11/2, 11/5, 11/7
[2] Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas) 3-0 Thomas Calvert (Aus)             11/4, 11/6, 11/6

Qualifying Finals:

Syafiq Kamal (Mas) 3-1 Daniel Wright (Aus)                        11/4, 9/11, 11/3, 11/4
Alex Eustace (Aus) 3-0 TJ French (Aus)                                       11/8, 11/7, 11/3
Tyler Hawkins (Aus) 3-1 Aidan Parkes (Aus)                      11/7, 10/12, 11/2, 11/6
Sam Ejtemai (Aus) 3-2 Tim Cowell (Aus)                    5/11, 11/6, 5/11, 11/5, 11/3
Cameron White (Aus) 3-2 Chris van der Salm (Nzl)            11/5, 11/7, 13/15, 11/8
David Clegg (Aus) 3-0 Joel Luca (Aus)                                       16/14, 11/3, 11/2
Mike Lewis (USA) 3-0 Ben Takamizawa Harris (Jpn)                      11/5, 11/1, 11/6
David Crossley (Aus) bt Shinnosuke Tsukue (Jpn)                         w/o

Main draw: Rawden v Hawkins, Larkin v Lewis, Coll v White, Beddoes v Crossley, Knight v Etmai, Yip v Kamal, Moineaux v Clegg, Chapman v Eustace

Qualifying Round One:

Daniel Wright (Aus) 3-1 Joseph White (Aus)               8/11, 11/7, 14/12, 12/10 (53m)
Sam Ejtemaj (Aus) 3-0 Muhammad Ayaz (Pak)          w/o
Cameron White (Aus) 3-0 Lewis Doughty (Aus)                     11/1, 11/6, 11/3 (22m)
Ben Takamizawa Harris (Jpn) 3-0 James Kavourakis (Aus)     11/5, 11/3, 11/4 (25m)
David Crossley (Aus) 3-2 Clavel Sebastien (Aus)  9/11, 11/9, 6/11, 11/5, 11/6 (34m)

11-Jul, Quarters:
Top seeds through to semis

10-Jul, Round TWO:
Eighth seeds fall

The top seven seeds are through to the men's and women's quarter-finals in Melbourne - Christine Nunn beat Eun Chan Ahn while wildcard Matthew Hopkin came through against an injured Paul Coll.


                    Cardwell and Nunn, Grinham and O'Connor

09-Jul, Round ONE:
Seeds safely through in Melbourne

A busy day in Melbourne as the first round of the upgraded Victorian Open saw all the top seeds safely through to the last sixteen.

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Squash & Racquetball Victoria, the peak body for squash and racquetball in Victoria, is excited to announce that the Victorian Open Squash Championship will be raised to a Challenger 15/Tour 15 event on the PSA/WSA circuits for 2014.

To be held from July 9th to 13th at the Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre and now in its 80th year, the Victorian Open past winners have included such greats as Geoff Hunt, Heather McKay, Sarah Fitz-Gerald and David Palmer.

Geoff Hunt, who has returned to Australia after a number of years coaching in Qatar, will be a special guest for the finals.

Grown extensively over the last five years, the event now boasts a field of quality competitors both from Australia and overseas. This year’s event will play host to players from over 14 countries including Hong Kong, Korea, Mexico, Malaysia, France, USA and Pakistan.

“This is one of the strongest fields we have seen in recent years and we will not only have Australia’s Number 2 ranked player (and former World Number 1) Rachel Grinham competing but the four female members of Australia’s Commonwealth Games Team,” explains Fiona Young, Executive Director at Squash & Racquetball Victoria.

“In the Men’s event, world number 25 and Hong Kong’s top player, Max Lee is making his first appearance at the Open and with Malaysia’s Nafiizwan Adnan the number 2 seed, compatriot Leo Au at 3 and kiwi Martin Knight fresh from a big win in New Zealand at 4, it will make for some great competition.

"We are hoping local gun, Rex Hedrick who is seeded 5th can get up and make an impact in the final rounds.”

The Victorian Open will provide Victorians with the chance to see some of the world’s best players in action for free, and once again Squash & Racquetball Vic will webcast the semi-finals and finals live across the internet from 4:45pm on Sat 12 July and 4:00pm Sun 13 July in partnership with My Sport Live. 

“We are really happy to be able to broadcast our event live for the fifth year in a row. To showcase squash to the general community is important for the continued growth and development of our sport.

"Last year the event was seen in more than 38 countries around the globe and we hope to extend on that number this year,” added Young.

"The Victorian Open in Melbourne is a very exciting destination on the World Squash Tour and we are pleased to have it back. This year's VIC Open is even bigger, better and stronger than ever before.

"With a total prize fund of 30k, the use of the glass court at MSAC, live streaming of the semi finals and finals and world ranked players from around the world, the Victorian Open is certainly the biggest event on the Australian Squash calendar.

"The 2014 event will also celebrate the prestigious and historic competition's 80 years in existence. This year's event promises to be yet another spectacle of Squash. I wish everyone the best of luck for the week."

Kashif Shuja - PSA Oceania rep

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