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21-Mar:

Final:
[1] Graham Ryding (Can) bt [4] Matthew Giuffre (Can)
        11/7, 8/11, 11/6, 11/6 (55m)

Ryding takes Quebec Title
Yvon Provencal reports from Montreal

The Quebec Open final took place tonight between veteran Graham Ryding and rising star Matt Giuffre. The first game was similar to the one Giuffre played last night against Joey Barrington. He was on the ball quickly but went for too much, Ryding was defending well and Giuffre did not respect that; inexperience.

The second was different as Giuffre kept the pressure but was a lot more patient. He pumped his fist at the end of the game, happy to have gotten on the board.

In the third, Ryding showed his attacking skills and started to move the ball around the court consistently. His opponent was now making a lot of retrieving. The crowd thought that was it, the young Giuffre would be too tired to keep the pace.

But they were wrong, Giuffre is fit and was able to stay in it for the first half of the game. Graham never let the the pressure off and and also countered effectively.

In the end, Matt had done too much running and Graham was able to close it out.
   

Canadians hope for home win

Quebec Open Site

Club Sportif MAA

Selby's Diary ... Daryl Selby on the road again

"I never felt comfortable most of this tournament.
I was playing not to lose rather than win. But tonight I wasn't as cautious and played a lot more aggressively."

Graham Ryding

The victory was Ryding's seventh career title, ending an eight-year drought.

11/7, 8/11, 11/6, 11/6 (55m)
 

Matthew Giuffre

6/11, 11/6, 5/11, 11/9, 11/7 (94m)

Joey Barrington

Qualifying

Finals, 17-Mar:
Fabian Kalaitzis (Gre) bt Robin Clark (Can)       11/9, 11/4, 11/8 (37m)
Wade Johnstone (Aus) bt Michael Read (Can)    6/11, 11/2, 11/4, 7/11, 11/3 (47m)
Daryl Selby (Eng) bt Brian Ernst (Aus)              11/2, 11/6, 11/9 (18m)
Niall Rooney (Irl) bt Mark Price (Aus)                11/9, 11/3, 11/9 (33m)

First Round, 16-Mar:
Fabian Kalaitzis (Gre) bt Patrick Bedore (Can)   11/8, 11/5, 11/8 (36m)
Robin Clark (Can) bt Duncan Walsh (Eng)         11/4, 17/15, 10/12, 13/11 (72m)
Michael Read (Can) bt Rob McFadzean (Usa)     8/11, 11/8, 11/7, 8/11, 11/7 (48m)
Wade Johnstone (Aus) bt Ian Crozier (Can)      11/2, 11/9, 12/10 (32m)
Brian Ernst (Aus) bt Paul Davis (Aus)               11/8 rtd
Daryl Selby (Eng) bt Bertrand Tissot (Fra)        11/4, 11/6, 11/6 (38m)
Mark Price (Aus) bt Ken Flynn (Can)                11/7, 11/5, 11/3 (24m)
Niall Rooney (Irl) bt Jason De Lierre (Can)       11/8, 11/7, 11/6 (35m)
 

20-Mar:
All-Canadian Final in Montreal

A home winner is guaranteed in Montreal, as top seed Graham Ryding and fourth seed Matthew Giuffre won their semi-finals to set up an all-Canadian final at the Club Sportif MAA in Montreal.

After two marathon victories in earlier rounds, Ryding wasted no time in beating compatriot Viktor Berg in straight games.

Giuffre, the world number 50, needed 94 minutes to overcome second seed Joey Barrington, coming from 2-1 down to seal a significant upset over the Englishman ranked 12 places higher.

19-Mar, Quarter-Finals:
Canadian Triple in Montreal

Home fans were delighted at the Club Sportif MAA, Jonathon Power's home club, when three Canadians won through to the semi-finals.

Top seed Graham Ryding won a second successive marathon, overcoming England's Lee Drew in 76 minutes after dropping the first game on a tie-break. A Canadian finalist is guaranteed as Ryding now meets Viktor Berg, who beat third seed Liam Kenny in straight games.

Matthew Giuffre completed the Canadian triple with a 3/1 victory over Ritwik Bhattacharya, and faces England's second seed Joey Barrington who needed five games and94 minutes to see off the challenge of Mexican Eric Galvez.

Round One:
Ryding sneaks past Ramy

Egypt's world junior champion Ramy Ashour, competing in only his fourth PSA event, came close to creating a spectacular upset in the opening round at the Club Sportif MAA in Montreal.

Ashour took a 2-1 lead over local favourite and top seed Graham Ryding, but just failed to hang on to the lead, as Ryding became one of three Canadians to reach the quarter-finals.

Viktor Berg and Matthew Giuffre joined Ryding in the last eight, but 2004 champion Shawn De Lierre couldn't get past Ireland's third seed Liam Kenny to make it a Canadian quartet.

Selby's Diary

Daryl Selby, starting out on his professional career, in Montreal ...

Round One:

Today was first round main draw and I played Ritwik Bhattacharya. I started really well, hitting good length to start the rallies and finishing positively to the front, waiting for opportunities to attack.

I won the first 11-8 after pulling away from 8-8. The second I went up 7-3 and then the referee called a ball of mine down which wasn't and I appealed and got
a let. Ritwik argued for a minute and convinced the ref to change his decision, so then I went out and argued my case and he changed his decision back!

This doesn't often happen! The problem was this dented the ref's confidence and also broke my rhythm and Ritwik rallied back to a tie-break, which I was lucky to sneak as I should have had a stroke against me on game ball.

Anyway this was exactly the same pattern as happened the last time we played in Rochester, which I went on to lose 3-2. Unfortunately for me lightning struck twice and Ritwik came back to beat me 3-2 , which was seriously frustrating for me. The problem was I lost my length and started floating drops into the front instead of punching them in and Ritwik worked even harder and cut out his errors, coupled with some inconsistent refereeing meant I lost my head in the last to give it to him 11-3.

I had a chance in the fourth, which I lost 11-9, but even though I was gutted to lose I played pretty well and am pushing the guys 40 places above me to the limit which is  something positive.

Anyway I'm in a lovely city and a nice club so I think I'm going to 'relax' for a couple of days before my flight on Sunday. Good luck to Ritwik in the next round and hopefully speak to you soon! Au Revoir!

Daryl Selby

Qualifying Finals:

Thursday today and it was last round of qualifying. I played Brian Ernst today a young Canadian who started off a bit nervous but grew in confidence as the match went on and slotted some nicks in the last game!

I played alright and won 3-0 which I'm happy about as it's nice to be fresh for whoever I play in the main draw as qualifying can sometimes take a lot out of you.

As I stand here and write this email they have done the draw, thanks
to player rep Joey pulling them out of the cup and I'm playing Ritwik, which
is ok as I had a tough one with him in Rochester. We will see how it goes
tomorrow!

Qualifying Round One:

My travels have taken me to a lovely sports club in Montreal where the Quebec Open is being held, which is a 1 star event. The club is fantastic and the people are doing a great job in organising the tournament.

I had the first round qualifying today and played Bertrand Tissot from France and I won 3-0. I was happy with the way I played, just trying to get used to the 'Jonathon Power' court (named after him as I believe this is his club) which has panelled front wall and is different to the courts back in England.

But overall was a good match with Bertrand giving 100% and retrieving everything. Tomorrow I have got Brian Ernst, a young Canadian who got past Paul Davis due to him withdrawing injured after the first game.

Speak to you tomorrow,
Daryl Selby