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Kinetic Challenger (men) 2022 |
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Kinetic 5k Challenger 2022
Men's Draw
15 - 18 Nov
Florida, USA, $6k |
Final:
[6] Jeremías Azaña (ARG) bt [2] Tom Walsh (ENG) 4-11, 9-11, 11-7,
11-5, 11-4 (73m)
Semi-finals:
[6] Jeremías Azaña (ARG) bt [3] Alejandro Enriquez (GUA) 12-10,
7-11, 11-4, 11-2 (51m)
[2] Tom Walsh (ENG) bt Anthony Lepper (NZL) 11-4, 11-4, 11-6 (36m
Quarter-finals:
[6] Jeremías Azaña (ARG) bt [1] David Baillargeon (CAN) 11-6, 11-0 ret.
(15m)
[3] Alejandro Enriquez (GUA) bt Asyraf Azan (MAS) 8-11, 17-15, 11-3,
6-11, 11-6 (75m)
Anthony Lepper (NZL) bt [4] Ricardo Toscano (GUA) 8-11, 12-10, 11-6,
11-6 (49m)
[2] Tom Walsh (ENG) bt [5] Sanjay Jeeva (MAS) 11-9, 11-5, 11-7 (41m)
1st round:
[1] David Baillargeon (CAN) bt Ewan Harris (CAN) 11-5, 11-2, 11-3 (27m)
[6] Jeremías Azaña (ARG) bt William Donnelly (NZL) 11-6, 11-6, 11-8
(26m)
Asyraf Azan (MAS) bt [8] Jamie Ruggiero (USA) 11-9, 13-11, 5-11, 11-7
[3] Alejandro Enriquez (GUA) bt Elijah Thomas (NZL) 6-11, 11-7, 11-8,
11-7 (49m)
[4] Ricardo Toscano (GUA) bt [WC] Alex Arader (USA) 12-14, 11-6, 11-8,
11-7
Anthony Lepper (NZL) bt [7] Saeed Abdul (PAK) 11-9, 11-6, 5-11, 5-11,
11-9
[5] Sanjay Jeeva (MAS) bt Muhammad Ibrahim Noorani (PAK) 11-3, 11-1,
11-4
[2] Tom Walsh (ENG) bt Veer Chotrani (IND) 9-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-3, 11-6
(61m) |
Round 1
Azan and Lepper Down Seeds
Malaysia’s Asyraf Azan and New Zealand’s Anthony Lepper caused upsets on
the opening day of the Kinetic 5k Challenger in Florida on Tuesday.
Lepper faced off against No.7 seed Saeed Abdul, and he went two games up
against the Pakistani at the Kinetic Indoor Racquet Club. However, Abdul
fought back, winning both the third and fourth games by an 11-5
scoreline to send the match into a deciding game. The Kiwi regrouped,
winning the fifth 11-9 to score an upset win after 63 minutes of action.
In the top half of the draw, Azan came up against No.8 seed Jamie
Ruggiero, who was playing on home soil. Two tight games went the way of
the Malaysian, including taking the second on a tie-break 13-11. The
American fought back to win the third, but Azan claimed the fourth to
take a 3-1 victory. He will now face Guatemala’s Alejandro Enriquez, the
No.3 seed, in the last eight.
Elsewhere on the opening day, England’s Tom Walsh had to survive a
five-gamer against India’s Veer Chotrani. The No.2 seed found himself
2-1 down to the Indian, but was able to fight back to win in five,
claiming the deciding game 11-6.
The quarter finals of the Kinetic 5k Challenger will take place on
Wednesday, November 16, with the last eight doing battle to try and
reach the semi-finals. You can keep up to date with live scores from the
tournament here.
For more information on the event, Where available see the
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Preview
Azana Aiming For Home Club Win
Argentine Jeremias Azana
The men’s event at the Kinetic 5k Challenger gets underway on Tuesday,
with the Kinetic Indoor Racquet Club Florida playing host to the
competition.
The Challenger 5 level tournament will run from Tuesday, November 15 to
Friday, November 18, with 16 players from nine nations participating in
the four-day event.
Canadian No.1 David Baillargeon, who is coming off a strong two weeks in
New Zealand, will be the tournament’s top seed, with England’s Tom Walsh
as the other member of the world’s top 100 in action.
The Guatemalan duo of Alejandro Enriquez and Ricardo Toscano make up the
rest of the top four seeds. Malaysia’s Sanjay Jeeva, Argentine Jeremias
Azana, Pakistan’s Saeed Abdul and American Jamie Ruggiero will all be
seeded for the competition.
We spoke to the Argentinian prior to the tournament, and at the club he
now calls home, Azana would love to take home the title this week.
“I am currently training at Kinetic in Miami, Florida. The truth is that
I feel that I have been playing good squash in recent months,” the
Argentine said.
“Changing and working on aspects of my game that have helped me play
good squash on the court, I hope to be able to continue like this and
keep progressing, but I am aware that there is still a long way to go. I
know I’m on the right track and the results will come when the time is
right.
“I’m going in with very good expectations for the tournament, I know
it’s not going to be easy and there are good players. But I’m very
confident and I’ll fight to win the title. Obtaining the title would be
very special for me because I am playing it at my club where I train
every day and with the people there. So it would be a nice memory to be
able to do it.
“Regarding the ranking, I would like to be able to finish inside the 100
this year. I hope to be able to achieve it at the end of the season if
possible.”
A trio of New Zealanders, in Elijah Tomas, Anthony Lepper and William
Donnelly will also be in action this week in Florida, along with two
juniors, in American Alex Arader and Canadian Ewan Harris, both of whom
will be featuring for only the second time on Tour.
For more information on the event, Where available see the
PSA Live Scores page, or
follow on
PSAChallengerTourLivestreams,
Facebook,
Twitter,
Instagram
&
TikTok. Selected
Challenger Tour Events will also be shown live on
SQUASHTV.
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