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Saskatoon
Movember Boast
2016
15-20 Nov, Saskatchewan, Canada, $10k |
20-Nov, Semis:
Masters wins Movember boast
James Stephenson reports
The crown was anxious for the two players both looking for their
first 10K win on the Professional Squash Tour.
The players started cautiously feeling each other out with some
channel games down the left wall. Peter Creed was getting
the better of the exchanges by keeping the court closed, and
making sure his crosscourts were wide enough to avoid the volley
of the tall Englishman Josh Masters. With a 5-3 lead, his
serve to the backhand was close to the wall but Josh went after
it anyway for a perfect crosscourt nick roller. This put Peter
into cautious mode and stole his focus as the Brit quickly ran
up 7 unanswered points and built confidence in his ability to
put the ball in from anywhere. Creedy saved one game ball but
Masters would not be denied the first game.
The Second was level pegging to 4-all then Peter began to open
the court and give Josh plenty of opportunities. This time Josh
was finding the tin, rather than the nick and Creed ran away
with 7 straight points to level the score. The third was similar
to the first, in that the backhand channel game was edging out
in the Welshman's favour.at 7-3 down, Masters began to let his
racket go again and ran 6 straight points with extreme skill.
Peter found his focus and was able to claw back three points of
his own to give himself the first game ball. Josh got himself
out of trouble and was able to get the next 3 game balls
himself, only to be thwarted by the feisty campaigner. At 14-13,
Creed was rewarded with another game ball after an amazing rally
of more than 40 shots. He was unable to finish there, and two
tins of his own gave Masters the 2-1 lead.
The crowd was extremely eager to continue the show into a fifth
game. From 5-all Josh gave himself a 2 point cushion and became
extremely difficult to get around and catch up. Creed was having
trouble with his short game and hitting trickle boasts and
crosscourt instead of counting on his bread-and-butter straight
drop. As soon as he saw a glimpse of levelling the score, Josh
shut the door all 3 times. With his first match ball, he played
down the backhand wall until Creed left one a little short and
he whipped in a boast that even on a full stretch and dive,
Peter was a fraction of an inch away from getting before the
second bounce.
Congratulations to Joshua Masters, the 2016 Sunrise Foods
International November Boast Champion!!
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Saskatoon Movember Boast
2016
15-20 Nov, Saskatchewan, Canada, $10k |
Round One
17 Nov |
Quarters
18 Nov |
Semis
19 Nov |
Final
20 Nov |
[1] Henrik Mustonen (Fin)
11-7, 11-8, 11-4 (29m)
Matias Tuomi (Fin) |
[1] Henrik Mustonen
10-12, 11-4, 7-11, 12-10, 11-8 (58m
[5] Peter Creed |
[5] Peter Creed
11-7. 11-6, 11-5 (40m)
[8] Mike McCue |
[5] Peter Creed
11-6, 4-11, 16-14, 11-8 (72m)
[3] Josh Masters
3rd PSA title for Josh |
[5] Peter Creed (Wal)
11-5, 11-5, 6-11, 11-7 (43m)
[Q] Babatunde Ajagbe (Ngr) |
[8] Mike McCue (Can)
11-6, 11-1, 11-1 (24m)
[wc] Thomas King (Can) |
[8] Mike McCue
11-9, 11-9, 11-7 (42m)
[4] Shawn Delierre |
[4] Shawn Delierre (Can)
6-11, 4-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-7 (65m)
Andres Herrera (Col) |
[Q] Nick Sachvie (Can)
11-8, 17-15, 11-8 (55m)
[3] Josh Masters (Eng) |
[3] Josh Masters
11-7, 11-6, 11-8 (44m)
[6] Martin Knight |
[3] Josh Masters 11-7, 11-4, 12-10)
[2] Andrew Schnell |
[Q] Miled Zarazua (Mex)
10-12, 11-7, 12-10, 11-7 (51m)
[6] Martin Knight (Nzl) |
[Q] Kyle Finch (Eng)
11-2, 4-11, 11-6, 11-6 (44m)
[7] Josh Larkin (Aus) |
[7] Josh Larkin
10-12, 11-8, 11-6, 11-4 (50m)
[2] Andrew Schnell |
Joe Green (Eng)
11-7, 12-10, 7-11, 11-5 (55m)
[2] Andrew Schnell (Can) |
Qualifying Finals:
Nick Sachvie (CAN) 3-0 Mark Broekman (ENG)
11-9, 11-3, 11-2 30m
Kyle Finch (ENG) 3-0 Kale Wilson (TRI)
11-2, 11-7, 11-6 21m
Babatunde Ajagbe (NIG) 3-1 Marco Toriz-Caddo 11-8, 8-11,
11-8, 11-8 51m
Miled Zarazua (MEX) 3-1 Micah Franklin (BER) 12-10, 7-11,
11-4, 11-6 53m
Qualifying Round One:
Nick Sachvie (CAN) 3-0 Jason Gelowitz (CAN)
11-1, 11-3, 11-3
Mark Broekman (ENG) 3-0 Mateo Buitrago (CAN)
11-2, 11-2, 11-3
Kyle Finch 3-0 Derek Shevkenek
Kale Wilson 3-1 Jamie Landeryou
Babtunde Ajagbe 3-0 Thomas Jackson
11-6, 11-9, 11-0
Marco Toriz-Caddo (MEX) 3-0 Noah Wernikowski
11-6, 11-2, 11-6
Miled Zarazua 3-1 Brock Janzer
Micah Franklin (BER) 3-0 Stephan Johnson
11-4, 11-4, 11-4
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19-Nov, Semis:
Creed and Masters through to final
James Stephenson reports
Peter Creedy came hunting tonight. Mike McCue had had an easy
draw so far and would be tested tonight. Peter showed patience
in the first two games , waiting for the Canadian to break.
Mike's confidence had waned as Peter picked up virtually every
ball, drops that had been winners the two rounds before, were
shot back at his body and down the line.
The third showed a lack of concentration from the Welshman. Two
attempts to fish for strokes were unrewarded and finally his
crosscourt nick made him the first point of the game. He
regained his focus and finished it out comfortably in three
games.
In the second semi-final Andrew Schnell started well and took a
6-1 lead with Josh Masters looking unsettled. The Englishman
found his range at this point and won 10 of the next 11 rallies
to take the lead with authority.
Masters continued to assert in the second and began reading
Schnell out of the front corners while sprinkling in some nice
attacking variations. The Canadian was unable to capitalize when
he finally did get a loose ball and made some untimely errors,
going down 2-0.
Despite the deficit, Andrew managed another good start in the
third game and looked poised to peg one back. Josh cranked up
the aggression and worked his way back from 0-7 with some
spectacular cross court nicks and trickle boasts. After forcing
a tiebreak, a lucky bounce and yet another deceptive boast
booked him a spot in the final.
MRound One/Quarters Match Reports
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