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Kiva Club Open 2016
15-18 Sep, Santa Fe , USA, $5k |
18-Sep, Final:
Haycocks takes
Santa Fe title
 The
32-year-old Jaymie Haycocks defeated 22-year-old Dylan
Cunningham in three games at the Kiva Club Open final Sunday in
Santa Fe, New Mexico, the match lasted 35 minutes.
Haycocks, who is English, was the tournament’s No. 1 seed and is
ranked No. 88 in world. He did not lose a game in his four
matches in the tournament. Cunningham, an American, was the No.
5 seed and is ranked No. 179 in the world. It was his first trip
to a PSA tournament final.
 The
first game took 14 minutes. Haycocks took the first point, then
Cunningham took three straight. Haycocks countered with five of
his own. Haycocks was more patient than Cunningham in the early
going, varying his pace, hitting deep rails and cross-courts
until he spotted an opening.
 Eight
minutes into the game, the score was tied at 6-6 and a minute
later at 7-7. With 13 minutes gone, it was tied 10-10. Then
Haycocks ended a rally with a shot of perfect length that died
in Cunningham’s forehand corner, and Cunningham tinned the final
shot to end the game.
 The
second game mirrored the first at the start. Eight minutes in,
the game was tied 7-7, but Haycocks rattled of four straight in
the next three minutes to take it, 11-7. Again, it was Haycock’s
experience and patience that won the game. When it mattered
most, he always made the right shot and never rushed or tried to
force a winner.
Haycocks dominated the third game, which lasted just six
minutes. Cunningham won the first point, but Haycocks ran off
the next eight. He seemed to have Cunningham off balance
throughout. Haycocks even won two service points when Cunningham
mishit the ball.
As he fell further behind, Cunningham seemed to tire, while
Haycocks appeared fresh, as if the match had just started.
Cunningham managed just two more points, losing 11-3.
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Kiva BLOG: Matthew Wilson
reports |
 
Kiva Club Open 2016
15-18 Sep, Santa Fe , USA, $5k |
Round One
15-Sep |
Quarters
16-Sep |
Semis
17-Sep |
Final
18Sep |
[1] Jaymie Haycocks (Eng)
11/4, 11/3, 11/5
Heraclio Salaiz (Mex) |
[1] Jaymie Haycocks
11/8, 11/7, 11/8
[7] Babatunde Ajagbe |
[1] Jaymie Haycocks 11/3, 12/10, 12/10
[3] Reuben Phillips |
[1] Jaymie Haycocks
12/10, 11/7, 11/3 (35m)
[5] Dylan Cunningham |
[7] Babatunde Ajagbe (Ngr)
8/11, 11/7, 3/11, 12/10, 11/9
Leonal Cardenas (Mex) |
[8] Charlie Lee (Eng)
11/9, 11/7, 11/6
Noah Browne (Ber) |
[8] Charlie Lee
12/10, 7/11, 9/11, 11/3, 11/5
[3] Reuben Phillips |
[3] Reuben Phillips (Eng)
11/3, 12/10, 11/3
Adrian Leanza (Usa) |
Nicolas Talbott (Usa)
11/9, 11/5, 11/5
[4] Edgar Zayas (Mex) |
[4] Edgar Zayas
11/9, 8/11, 5/11, 11/3, 11-4
[wc] Alex Ingham |
[4] Edgar Zayas w/o injured
[5] Dylan Cunningham |
[wc] Alex Ingham (Eng)
11/7, 11/3, 11/4
[6] Diego Gobbi (Bra) |
Jon Geekie (Sco)
11/3, 11/7, 11/8
[5] Dylan Cunningham (Usa) |
[5] Dylan Cunningham
11/9, 8/11, 12/10, 11/6
[2] Adam Murrills |
Drewe Williams (Usa)
11/4, 11/7, 11/7
[2] Adam Murrills (Eng) |
16-Sep, Quarters:
English trio bow out as Cunningham
keeps home hopes alive in Santa Fe
Quarter-finals of the second edition
of the Kiva Club in high-altitude Santa Fe saw English players
feature in all four matches, but only one survived ...
Kiva BLOG: Matthew Wilson reports |
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