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A new event on the PSA circuit, the Evergreen Open in Vancouver is the PSA
tour's only stopover in British Columbia this season, and for a $6k event
attracted a strong draw.
16-Jan, FINAL:
[1] Ben Garner (Eng) bt [4] Matthew Giuffre (Can)
11/3, 11/9, 11/8
 Garner
Grabs
Evergreen Glory
Ben Garner captured his first PSA
title for over three years when he dashed hopes of a home victory by
beating Canada's Matthew Giuffre in straight games in the final.
Having taken the first two games, Garner looked to be cruising to victory
at 8-2 in the third, but was pegged back to 8-7 as the crowd urged the
local favourite's comeback attempt.
But Garner, the world no 46, who had been struggling with flu symptoms all
weekend, reasserted his game to take the title for his
second career victory.
Thanks to Tim
Garner for news of the later stages - Ben rang his big brother before
going to collect the trophy!
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"It's been a tough weekend, with
four matches in 48 hours, but it's great to start the year with a
victory."
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Vancouver, Canada, 14-16 Jan
2005,
$6k |
Round One
Jan 14 |
Quarters
Jan 15 |
Semis
Jan 15 |
Final
Jan 16 |
[1] Ben
Garner (Eng)
11/7, 11/6, 11/5
Ian Power (Can) |
Ben Garner
8/11, 4/11, 11/3, 11/9, 11/8 (85m)
Aaron Frankcomb |
Ben Garner
11/5, 7/11, 12/10, 11/1 (51m)Lee Drew |
Ben Garner
11/3, 11/9, 11/8
Matthew Giuffre |
[8] Aaron
Frankcomb (Aus)
11/6, 11/4, 11/1 (22m)
[Q] Robin Clark (Can) |
[3] Mike
Corren (Aus)
11/7, 7/11, 11/9, 9/11, 12/10 (85m)
Shawn De Lierre (Can) |
Shawn De Lierre
11/13, 11/0, 10/12, 11/5, 11/7 (85m)
Lee Drew |
[5] Lee
Drew (Eng)
11/3, 11/5, 11/6 (29m)
Mike Reid (Can) |
[Q] Rob
Sutherland (Wal)
13/11, 11/7, 11/4 (49m)
[7] Nicholas Kyme (Ber) |
Nicholas Kyme
11/8, 7/11, 11/3, 11/4 (45m)
Matthew Giuffre |
Matthew Giuffre
11/7, 2/11, 11/1, 12/10 (49m)
Alex Stait |
[4] Matthew Giuffre (Can)
11/8, 6/11, 11/9, 11/4 (41m)
[Q] Mark Krajcsak (Hun) |
[Q] David Phillips (Can)
11/8, 14/12, 7/11, 11/9
[7] Rafael F Alarcon (Bra) |
Rafael F Alarcon
11/6, 11/9, 11/8 (30m)
Alex Stait |
[Q] Sam
Miller (Eng)
11/1, 11/5, 11/7 (54m)
[2] Alex Stait (Eng) |
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NB: Times
include knock-up |
Qualifying: Finals:
David Phillips beat Bertrand Tissot 11/8, 11/3, 11/4
Sam Miller beat Jose Angel Becerril 11/9, 11/2, 11/6
Robin Clarke beat David Barnett 11/9, 9/11, 11/7, 6/11, 11/3
Rob Sutherland beat Mark Price 11/5, 11/7, 11/7
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