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 Rhiwbina
PSA Welsh Open
2017
23-28 May, Cardiff, Wales,
$10k |
28-May, Final:
Qualifier Parker takes the title in
Cardiff
Having beaten the top two seeds in
the semi-finals, young Englishmen George Parker and Patrick
Rooney contested their biggest-ever PSA final in Cardiff.
It was qualifier Parker who prevailed, winning in straight
games.
[Q] George Parker (Eng) 3-0
[8] Patrick Rooney (Eng)
11/7, 11/3, 11/3
Richard Murphy reports
A superb sublime performance from George saw him take the
inaugural Rhiwbina welsh open title. His fantastic run of form
continued and he powered his way to victory in three straight
games.
His English counterpart could not get to grips with the
consistent length of George's shots and was on the backfoot for
most of the time. A thoroughly deserved victory but both of
these stars are destined for much higher things in the game.
A tremendous week of squash at the Rhiwbina club and thanks go
to Wales Squash for all their help and support and to an army of
people who operationally helped to run the event so well.
It was a pleasure to host an event such as this
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Twitter: @SquashRhiwbina
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Rhiwbina PSA Welsh Open
2017
23-28 May, Cardiff, Wales, $10k |
Round One
25 May |
Quarters
26 May |
Semis
27 May |
Final
28 May |
[1] Joshua Masters (Eng)
10/12, 11/4, 11/6, 11/8
Lyell Fuller (Eng) |
[1] Joshua Masters
11/7, 11/7, 11/7 (33m)
Ahsan Ayaz (Pak) |
[1] Joshua Masters 11/8, 11/9, 11/9
[Q] George Parker |
4th PSA title for George
[Q] George Parker
11/7, 11/3, 11/3
[8] Patrick Rooney |
[5] Kristian Frost (Den)
7/11, 4/11, 11/5, 11/6, 11/9 (66m)
Ahsan Ayaz (Pak) |
[6] Jan Van Den Herrewegen (Bel)
11/4, 7/11, 11/9, 11/8 (58m)
[Q] George Parker (Eng) |
[Q] George Parker
6/11, 11/3, 11/6, 11/6 (44m)
[4] Mahesh Mangaonkar
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[4] Mahesh Mangaonkar (Ind)
11/8, 10/12, 11/1, 10/12, 11/6 (78m)
[Q] Emyr Evans (Wal) |
[wc] Sam Fenwick (Wal)
11/6, 11/9, 11/6
[3] Carlos Cornes (Esp) |
[3] Carlos Cornes
9/11, 11/7, 11/2, 9/11, 11/4 (55m)
[8] Patrick Rooney |
[8] Patrick Rooney 6/11, 11/8 11/5, 11/6 (55m)
[2] Peter Creed |
[Q] Mark Fuller (Eng)
14/12, 11/4, 11/6 (38m)
[8] Patrick Rooney (Eng) |
Ammar Altamimi (Kuw)
12/10, 8/11, 11/8, 12/10 (61m)
[7] Dougie Kempsell (Sco) |
Ammar Altamimi
11/6, 9/11, 11/7, 11/5 (53m)
[2] Peter Creed |
[Q] Brian Byrne (Irl)
11/3, 11/3, 11/3 (45m)
[2] Peter Creed (Wal) |
Qualifying, 23-24 May:
Finals:
[5] Brian Byrne (Irl) 3-1 James Peach (Eng)
11/5, 8/11, 11/9, 11/9 (41m)
George Parker (Eng) 3-0 [3] Rui Soares (Por)
11/9, 11/8, 11/5 (36m)
[4] Mark Fuller (Eng) 3-0 [6] Ondrej Uherka (Cze)
11/7, 11/6, 11/5 (43m)
Emyr Evans (Wal) 3-0 [8] Robert Downer (En
11/8, 11/7, 11/8 (42m)
Round ONE:
James Peach (Eng) 3-0
[1] Asim Khan (Pak) 11/8,
9/11, 11/9, 11/5 (41m)
[5]
Brian Byrne (Irl) 3-1 Sean Conroy (Irl)
11/8, 11/4, 11/4 (30m)
George Parker (Eng) 3-0 [7] Connor Sheen (Eng)
11/9, 11/6, 11/5 (30m)
[3] Rui
Soares (Por) 3-0 Mark Broekman (Eng)
11/9, 11/6, 11/5 (25m)
[4] Mark Fuller (Eng) 3-0 Liam Eason (Wal)
11/5, 11/7, 11/8 (38m)
[6] Ondrej Uherka (Cze) 3-0 Dan Bergin (Wal)
13/11, 11/2, 11/9 (35m)
[8] Robert Downer (Eng) 3-1 David Haley (Wal)
11/7, 3/11, 12/10, 11/8 (54m)
Emyr Evans (Wal) 3-0
[2] Lewis Walters (Jam)
11/6, 11/4, 11/8 (34m)
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27-May, Semis:
Rooney and Parker in
surprise all-English final
Richard Murphy reports
 There
was a huge upset in the first semi-final as
qualifier George Parker took out the number one seed to progress
to the final.
Big crowd witnessed a great performance and although Josh
Masters played a significant part George finished off each game
solidly.
Richard
 Young
English player Patrick Rooney played a sublime game of squash to
reach the final of the Welsh Open.
Peter Creed hit the ground running taking the first game
and a place in the final looked on the cards.
A big crowd roared him on but he seemed to lose his length game
from there and Patrick stepped up his incredible all round game.
Surely destined for much higher things he slotted the ball away
with regularity.
Peter can hold his head high as he contributed massively to a
fine game.
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Twitter: @SquashRhiwbina
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26-May, Quarters:
Creed keeps home hopes alive in
Cardiff,
joins English trio in semis
Another incredible day at the
Welsh National Open. Blessed once again with summer sun, it
promises to be a great afternoon of squash in the capital city
of Wales.
Joshua Masters 3-0 Ahsan Ayaz
Josh played some solid squash throughout dictating play to his
young pakistan opponent who had enjoyed a good run to the
quarter finals.
Josh's attacking style meant that as soon as a soon a ball
become free he duly dispatched it into the nick. Onto the semi
finals for Josh.
George Parker 3-1 Mahesh Mangaonkar
After a slow-ish start, George found his aggressive rhythm and
dominated play in a 44 minute encouncter. Mahesh played solidly
and despite endless rallies, George's impressive form continued.
It will be a great test tomorrow night against his England
counter part, Josh Masters.
Patrick Rooney 3-2 Carlos Cornes
In the longest match of the night, young England international
Rooney outlasted his Spanish opponent in five games.
Carlos had to take an injury time out in the fourth game, but
recovered to take it 11-9, to push the match into a decider.
Patrick dominated the final game, to progress to the semi
finals.
Peter Creed 3-1 Ammar Atlamimi
In the final match of the evening along with a packed crowd;
witnessed a great contrasting style of squash match. Ammar, full
of attacking intension, hit nicks from every angles and leveled
the game at 1-1.
However, Peter displayed some great width and length as well as
some tremendous retrieving capabilities and progressed through
to thesemi finals, backed by a hugely supportive crowd.
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Twitter: @SquashRhiwbina
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26-May, Round One:
Evans bows out, but Creed keeps
home hopes alive
Richard Murphy reports
Another superb day in the welsh sun saw some tremendous no holds
barred squash and the odd upset to boot ...
Josh Masters 3-1 Lyell Fuller
Lyell played some steady squash in the first game taking Josh a
little bit by surprise. Josh himself made a few errors and Lyell
capitalized on these to take the first game. Throughout the next
three games rallies were keenly contested but Josh just seemed
to have a final winning shot and prevailed in four games.
Ahsan Ayaz 3-2 Kristian Frost
This was a mini classic with Kristian taking the first two games
only to be pegged back by young Ahsan. The fifth game was brutal
with endless great rallies and tremendous retrieving. Kristian
tinned the ball on the final point to give us the first upset on
the first round. Excellent match by both.
George Parker 3-1 Jan Van Den Herrewegen
George again slayed his higher ranked opponent to create another
upset in this very long and physical encounter. Great long
rallies ensued but George just got on top of Jan to go through
to the next round and continue his impressive form of late.
Mahesh Mangaonkar 3-2 Emyr Evans
What a fantastic game of squash! 78 minutes of pure drama. Emyr
battled to take it into a fifth game after Mahesh seemed to be
upset by a few of the refereeing decisions early doors. He re
grouped however in the face of a partisan crowd to take the
match 3-2. Emyr will take great encouragement from this match
and will surely be destined for much higher things in the coming
months and years in the game. A great effort from the welsh lad
but Mahesh moves on the next round.
Patrick Rooney 3-0 Mark Fuller
Another attritional match saw Patrick get the edge in each game.
After a tough opener mark seemed to have the previous 2 nights
games in his legs and Patrick with his attacking style prevailed
in 3.
Carlos Cornes 3-0 Sam Fenwick 3-0
This was always going to be a tough ask for the wildcard young
Welshman. Carlos has a very attacking nick looking game and he
worked Sam around the court before finishing points with slots
into the nick. Useful experience for Sam but Carlos marches on.
Ammar Altamimi 3-1 Dougie Kempsell
Another seeding upset as Ammar playing a specific type of game
fought to outdo his Scottish opponent. Both covered the court
incredibly with gasps from the audience but Amar goes through to
face a very interesting battle with home favourite Peter Creed.
Peter Creed 3-0 Brian Byrne
A workman like solid performance from Peter saw a lone Welshman
enter the second round. Pete played such great width and length
that Brian did not really get into the match. Creed moves on to
face tougher tests but the crowd was so behind him and with his
form of late being so positive he will take some stopping.
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25-May, Qualifying Finals:
Evans delights home fans in Cardiff
The sun beat down on the Rhiwbina squash club in Cardiff for the
final day of qualifying for the Welsh Squash Open.
A sizeable crowd saw some superb squash which has only increased
further the interest for the coming rounds. Lots of cool drinks
chilled the spectators as they saw some red hot squash !!
George Parker 3-0 Rui Soares
George, fresh from his final appearance the week before
continued his impressive run of form and imposed his fast
physical style upon Rui who hung in on valiantly throughout the
match.
After a very tough encounter in the first game George prevailed
in three straight games and will now face Belguim's Jan Van Den
Herrewegen.
Brian Byrne 3-1 James Peach
Rhiwbina player James Peach knew this was going to be a tough
physical match as Brian's movement and fitness is a real asset,
and so it proved.
Sharing the first two games it was so finely balanced but Brian
pulled away in the third game and although James played some
superb stuff Brian held on 11/9 in the fourth to take it and set
up an intriguing clash with Peter Creed in the main draw.
Mark Fuller 3-0 Ondrej Uherka
This was a match full of up and down the wall stuff with some
incredible retrieving in between. An attritional battle which
Mark always seemed to be in control of.
This now sets up a great match up with Patrick Rooney in the
main draw first round.
Emyr Evans 3-0 Robert Downer
This was the match many had come to see and they saw a great
performance from Emyr who took the game by the scruff of its
neck to dominate really in most of the exchanges.
Rob seemingly suffering from the previous nights tough match was
on the wrong end of many of physical rallies but Emyrs
impressive runs continues and he will be up against India's
Mahesh Mangaonkar in the first round. |
Twitter: @SquashRhiwbina
Lots of info in the Tournament Booklet
Welcome
to Wales – Croeso I Gymru |
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24-May, Qualifying Finals:
Evans boosts home interest
Emyr Evans produced a second successive qualifying upset as
he beat Robert Downer in straight games to earn a place in the
main draw and a match against fourth seed Mahesh Mangaonkar.
England's George Parker also upset the seedings as he
beat Rui Soares in straight games, Brian Byrne and
Mark Fuller claiming the other main draw spots.
23-May, Qualifying Round One:
Top seeds beaten on opening day in Cardiff
 Top
class squash returned to Wales with the start of qualifying for
the Rhwibina PSA Welsh Open, and there were two notable opening
day upsets as the top two qualifying seeds were both beaten.
Asim Khan fell to English junior James Peach, while
Wales' own Emyr Evans beat Lewis Walters in straight game
to keep home interest in the qualifying draw alive.
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Twitter: @SquashRhiwbina
Lots of info in the Tournament Booklet
Welcome
to Wales – Croeso I Gymru |
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