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30-Oct, Final:
[1] Jonathon Power (Can) bt [2] John White (Sco)
      11/2, 11/7, 11/6 (40m)

Detroit delight for Power

Canada's world number two Jonathon Power captured the Motor City Open title at the Birmingham Athletic Club in Detroit with a straight games victory over John White, the US-based world number eleven - repeating his win in the pair's meeting in the British Open two weeks ago.

In last year's event Power limped out at the semi-final stage with back troubles, but this year his new-found fitness and movement were apparent from the first round to the final point as he claimed his second Motor City Open title.

Power started at a fast pace, taking an early 6/1 lead which he quickly converted into a one game advantage, 11/2.

Loose play by White allowed Power to lead again in the second, 5/1, and although White battled back to 7/8 Power stopped the run with a service return nick winner and quickly closed out the game 11/7, much to White's frustration.

In the final game White stayed in touch up to 5/6 but a flurry of errors allowed Power to clinch the match, 11/6.


  

Power picks off Matthew

Nick Matthew started strongly in his match against Power, matching the Canadian point for point in the first two games, taking the second on a tie-break to level the match.

But the long rallies of those first two games started to take their toll on the Englishman, as Power slowly started to take control. Moving to a 7/2 lead in the third with a combination of tight lengths and exquisite drops, Power took the lead. A similar performance in the fourth saw Power playing error-free squash as he extracted loose returns from his tiring opponent. From a 4/1 lead he closed out the match in 80 minutes to move into the final.

White blasts out El Hindi

Second seed White started his match against the unseeded Wael El Hindi with a barrage of trademark winners as he moved to a 7/1 lead in the first. A series of errors from White allowed El Hindi to close before White claimed the game on the tie-break.

White raced away again in the second, to 6/1, but again El Hindi levelled at 10-all, only to see the game slip away again in the ensuing tie-break.

The winners from White came thick and fast in the third as he overpowered El Hindi to claim his place in the final.

John White

11/10(3-1), 11/10(2-0), 11-5 (45m)

John White

28-Oct, Quarters:
Three Seeds and
Surprise in Detroit

The semi-finals of the Motor City Open in Detroit will be contested by the top three seeds, and  surprise intruder.

Event favourite Jonathon Power cruised past Ong Ben Hee in straight games, a feat repeated by second seed John White - although the Scot needed an extended tie-break in the third to finally defeat Adrian Grant after 70 minutes.

Third seed Nick Matthew recovered from losing the first game against French qualifier Jean Michel Arcucci, and will face Power in the semis.

White will meet Egypt's Wael El Hindi, who produced the upset of the round in beating Finnish fifth seed Olli Tuominen in a four game match littered with lets in just short of an hour.

28-Oct, Round One:
No joy for Zaman
and Azlan in Detroit

The first round of the Motor City Open in Detroit held unpleasant surprises for the fourth and sixth seeds Azlan Iskandar and Shahid Zaman.

Iskandar was on the wrong end of a quickfire 3/0 defeat at the hands of Egyptian Wael El Hindi, while Zaman was ousted in four games by French qualifier Jean-Michel Arcucci.

Top seed Jonathon Power cruised to a straight-games win over young Dutchman LJ Anjema, but second seed John White found himself 2/1 down to qualifier Cameron Pilley before the Scot recovered to take the final two games.

Motor City Open