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Keith Grainger
Memorial UCT Open
2018
22-27 Apr, Cape Town, South Africa, $5kx2 |
27-Apr, Finals: It's top seeds Svec & Fuller
Finals were completed tonight and both top seeds in the men and
women’s sections emerged as Victors!
South African Alexandra Fuller clinched her 6th PSA title, 3-0,
in 33 min beating fellow South African Milnay Louw in the same
result as a week before where they met in the Gauteng Open.
Alex showed her class and precision in this
victory and although Milnay clawed her way back from 3-8 in the
3rd game it was Alex her kept her nerve and finished off a great
victory in front of her home Cape Town fans.
The no 1 seed Martin Svec from Czech Republic won his first PSA
title, in his 5th final, having waited 8 years on the tour.
Martin was clinical racing to a 2-0 lead, but Abhay showed his
fighting spirit and backed by a home crowd that wanted the match
to go the distance he rallied hard and won the 3rd and could
have clinched the 4th but Martin showed his experience and
backed his ability to win the 4th.
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  UCT
Open
2018
22-27 Apr, Cape Town, South Africa, $5k |
Round One
24 Apr |
Quarters
25 Apr |
Semis
26 Apr |
Final
27 Apr |
[1] Martin Svec (Cze)
11/7, 11/4, 11/1 (29m)
[wc] JP Van der Merwe (Rsa) |
[1] Martin Svec
11/9, 11/9, 11/8 (34m)
[Q] Gary Wheadon |
[1] Martin Svec
11/3, 13/11, 11/3 (25m)
[Q] Christo Potgieter |
1st PSA title for Martin
[1] Martin Svec
11/7, 11/5, 12/14, 12/10 (50m)
[2] Abhay Singh
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[6] Ben Coates (Eng)
11/7, 12/10, 11/9 (32m)
[Q] Gary Wheadon (Rsa) |
[8] Blessing Muhwati (Zim)
9/11, 11/8, 13/11, 11/9 (45m)
[Q] Christo Potgieter (Rsa) |
[Q] Christo Potgieter
5/11, 8/11, 11/5, 11/6, 11/7 (47m)
[4] Ondrej Uherka |
[4] Ondrej Uherka (Cze)
11/2, 11/9, 11/7 (37m)
[Q] Wayne Sithole (Rsa) |
[3] Alex Noakes (Eng)
11/7, 11/2 rtd (24m)
Adrian Leanza (Usa) |
Adrian Leanza
11/5, 11/8, 11/9 (44m)
[7] Stuart Macgregor |
[7] Stuart Macgregor 11/9, 14/12, 11/6 (43m)
[2] Abhay Singh |
Ruan Oliver (Rsa)
11/8, 11/5, 11/3 (34m)
[7] Stuart Macgregor (Eng) |
[Q] Jean-Pierre Brits (Rsa)
11/6, 11/8, 12/10 (39m)
[5] Kyle Finch (Eng) |
[5] Kyle Finch
7/11, 11/1, 11/8, 14/12 (48m)
[2] Abhay Singh |
Guhan Senthilkumar (Ind)
11/9, 11/7, 11/5 (36m)
[2] Abhay Singh (Ind) |
Qualifying Finals:
Jean-Pierre Brits (Rsa) 3-0 Adam Shean
(Rsa)
11-4, 11-8, 11-3 (29m)
Wayne Sithole (Rsa) 3-1 Abdulrahaman Yusuf (Ngr) 7-11, 11-4,
11-8, 11-6 (38m)
Gary Wheadon (Rsa) 3-2 Karim Magdy (Egy) 0-11,
11-8, 7-11, 11-4, 11-7 (61m)
Christo Potgieter (Rsa) 3-1 Gareth Naidoo (Rsa)
11-8, 11-8, 2-11, 11-7 (35m)
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UCT
Open
2018
22-27 Apr, Cape Town, South Africa, $5k |
Round One
24 Apr |
Quarters
25 Apr |
Semis
26 Apr |
Final
27 Apr |
[1] Alexandra Fuller (Rsa)
11/2, 11/1, 11/8 (17m)
[LL] Bongi Seroto (Rsa) |
[1] Alexandra Fuller
11/7, 11/2, 11/8 (13m)
[6] Salma Youssef |
[1] Alexandra Fuller
11/1, 11/7, 11/2 (18m)
[4] Nazihah Hanis |
6th PSA title for Alex
[1] Alexandra Fuller
11/5, 11/9, 11/8 (33m)
[2] Milnay Louw
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[6] Salma Youssef (Egy)
11/7, 11/5, 11/8 (16m)
Juanette Le Roux (Rsa) |
[7] Winifer Bonilla (Gua)
11/2, 5/11, 11/9, 11/6 (30m)
Karen Blom (Rsa) |
[7] Winifer Bonilla
11/6, 6/11, 11/4, 11/5 (28m)
[4] Nazihah Hanis |
[4] Nazihah Hanis (Mas)
11/3, 11/2, 11/8 (15m)
[Q] Shelomi Truter (Rsa) |
[Q] Katie Mayhew (Rsa)
9/11, 11/1, 11/6, 11/8 (26m)
[3] Jelena Dutina (Srb) |
[Q] Katie Mayhew
11/5, 11/3, 18/16 (20m)
Cheyna Tucker |
Cheyna Tucker 11/4, 11/4, 11/4 (22m)
[2] Milnay Louw |
Sacha West (Rsa)
11/9, 11/5, 11/9 (21m)
Cheyna Tucker (Rsa) |
[Q] Barbara Vintcent (Rsa)
11/6, 11/5, 9/11, 11/9 (31m)
[5] Makgosi Peloakgosi (Rsa) |
[5] Makgosi Peloakgosi
11/4, 11/1, 11/3 (21m)
[2] Milnay Louw |
[Q] Reese Bain (Rsa)
11/1, 11/2, 11/5 (19m)
[2] Milnay Louw (Rsa) |
Qualifying Finals:
Katie Mayhew (Rsa) 3-1 Sharon Bender
(Rsa) 11-4, 18-16,
10-12, 11-7 (41m)
Barbara Vintcent (Rsa) w/o Siyoli Waters (Rsa)
Shelomi Truter (Rsa) 3-2 Lara Valster (Rsa) 12-14, 14-12,
11-9, 7-11, 11-5 (40m)
Reese Bain (Rsa) 3-0 Bongi Seroto (Rsa)
11-9, 11-8, 11-5 (31m)
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26-Apr, Semis
Semi-Finals were completed tonight and both top seeds in the men
and women’s sections will meet each other in the finals.
After so many epic encounters in the men’s draw with matches
going the distance it was surprising that the top seeds did not
drop games on their way to victory.
In the women’s section the top 2 seeds once again demonstrated
their dominance needing only 18 min and 22 min to complete the
matches.
This means the crowds will be looking forward to 2 great finals
with the best 2 players of the tournament going head to head.
South Africans Alexandra Fuller and Milnay Louw on their way
into the women’s finals and Martin Svec and Abhay Singh, top 2
seeds progressing to the men’s final. |
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25-Apr, Quarters
Quarter-Finals were completed tonight and a few interesting
results were noted. South African qualifier Christo Potgieter
emerged as the last South African standing in the men’s draw
with an epic 3-2 win over the no 4 seed, the top 2 seeds also
progressed through with some entertaining squash.
This matches up Christo and Martin with the
same semi-final encounter they had a week ago at the Gauteng
Open, Christo lost that 3-0 so it will be interesting to see if
he can turn that result around.
Both Stuart and Abhay were losing quarter-finalists last week
and will be happy to have made it through to the semi-finals.
In the women’s draw the top 2 seeds eased into the Semi-finals,
both not having lost a game which was the case last week as well
and both look set to meet each other in the finals which the
local crowds would be thrilled to see.
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24-Apr, Round One
Round One was completed tonight and a few interesting results
were noted.
Gary Wheadon upset the no 6 seed from England
and so did veteran Christo Potgieter beating the no 8 seed.
Adrian Leanza caused the biggest men’s upset of the night
beating the no 3 seed Alex Noakes from England who had to
withdraw in the 3rd game.
In the women’s draw local girl Katie Mayhew
from Cape Town surprised many beating the no 3 seed from Serbia
in 26 min.
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