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Edinburgh Open 2015
Men's Draw
29 Jan-1 Feb
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Round One
30th |
Round Two
30th |
Quarters
Sat 31st |
Semis
Sat 31st |
Final
Sun 1st |
[1] Daryl Selby
11/6, 11/2, 13/11 (31m)
Chris Leiper |
Daryl Selby
12/10, 11/5, 12/10 (26m)
Darren Lewis |
Daryl Selby
12/10, 9/11, 11/4, 11/5 (54m)
Kevin Moran |
Daryl Selby
11/8, 8/11, 11/7, 11/13, 11/6
(81m)
Jaymie Haycocks |
Daryl Selby
12/10, 12/10,
3/11, 12/10 (68m)
Shaun Le Roux |
Chris Gray
7/11, 11/7, 11/6, 11/6 (36m)
Darren Lewis |
Danny Hockburn
11/4, 11/7, 11/6 (24m)
Siego Masuda |
Danny Hockburn
15/13, 9/11, 11/4, 11/6 (55m)
Kevin Moran |
Iain Tennant
11/6, 11/8, 12/14, 11/9 (46m)
[5/8] Kevin Moran |
[5/8] Greg Lobban
11/8, 11/5, 7/11, 11/9 (40m)
Matt Sidaway |
Greg Lobban
11/4, 11/5, 11/5 (29m)
Rory Stewart |
Greg Lobban
6/11, 12/10, 11/9, 4/11, 12/10 (87m)
Jaymie Haycocks |
Rory Stewart
11/3, 11/7, 11/6 (25m)
[LL] David Beaumont |
Bryan Byrne
11/5, 11/9, 11/1 (23m)
Tom Bamford |
Bryan Byrne
11/2, 11/6, 11/8 (30m)
Jaymie Haycocks |
Allan Tasker
11/5, 11/7, 11/4 (23m)
[3/4] Jaymie Haycocks |
[3/4 Eddie Charlton
11/3, 11/7, 11/6 (25m)
Stuart George |
Eddie Charlton
11/9, 11/6, 11/8 (34m)
Jamie Henderson |
Eddie Charlton
11/7, 10/12, 11/9, 11/7 (81m)
Dougie Kempsell |
Eddie Charlton
11/7, 11/5, 11/7 (38m)
Shaun Le Roux |
Elliot Selby
11/8, 11/7, 11/6 (34m)
Jamie Henderson |
Phil Nightingale
11/5, 9/11, 11/9, 11/3 (41m)
Chris Shinnie |
Phil Nightingale
11/8, 9/11, 15/13, 11/8 (64m)
Dougie Kempsell |
Luke Parker
11/3, 11/3, 11/3 (24m)
[5/8] Dougie Kempsell |
[5/8] Richie Fallows
11/9, 6/11, 11/8, 11/8 (46m)
Adam Turner |
Richie Fallows
3/11, 13/11, 11/4, 8/11, 13/11 (74m)
Angus Gillams |
Richie Fallows
11/6, 11/4 rtd (14m)
Shaun Le Roux |
Taminder Gata-Aura
11/3, 7/11, 8/11, 11/6, 11 /7 (47m)
Angus Gillams |
Ben Grindrod
11/2, 11/9, 11/9 (22m)
Simon Boughton |
Ben Grindrod
11/9, 11/5, 12/10 (31m)
Shaun Le Roux |
James Jacobsen
11/7, 11/3, 10/12, 11/8 (30m)
[2] Shaun Le Roux |
Men's
Preliminary Round
29/1/15:
Chris Leiper 3-0 Ewan
Stewart 11/1, 11/4, 11/4 (17m)
Chris Gray w/o Tom
Chitty
Seigo Masuda 3-0 Nick
Forrest 11/4, 11/7, 11/7 (23m)
Iain Tennant 3-1 Fergus
Richards 8/11, 11/9, 11/6, 11/4 (34m)
Rory Stewart 3-1 Robert
Dadds 11/8, 11/4, 8/11, 11/8 (43m)
Tom Bamford 3-0 Gareth
Brown 11/4, 11/4, 11/6 (16m)
Alan Tasker 3-0 Dan
McGinn 11/7, 15/13, 11/6 (43m)
Stuart George 3-0 Tom
Partington 11/2, 11/2, 11/6 (20m)
Elliot Selby 3-0 Craig
Valent-Wallace 11/6, 11/8, 14/12 (40m)
Chris Shinne 3-0 James
Singh 11/4, 11/7, 11/4 (19m)
Luke Parker 3-0 Michael
Ross 12/10, 11/8, 11/7 (24m)
Adam Turner 3-1 David
Beaumont LL 11/7, 8/11, 11/6, 11/3 (36m)
Taminder Gata-Aura 3-2
Ross McHoul 9/11, 11/8, 8/11, 11/7, 11/5 (44m)
Simon Boughton 3-0 Matt
Schonfrucht 11/9, 11/5, 11/3 (20m)
James Jacobsen 3-0
Jacques Laas 12/10, 11/4, 11/6 (24m)
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Edinburgh Open 2015
Women's Draw
29 Jan-1 Feb
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Round One
Fri 30th |
Quarters
Sat 31st |
Semis
Sat 31st |
Final
Sun 1st |
[1] Lucie Fialova (Cze)
11/4, 11/3, 11/7 (18m)
[Q] Lauren Gray (Sco) |
Lucie Fialova
11/3, 11/5, 9/11, 11/7 (35m)
Lucy Beecroft |
Lucie Fialova
11/4, 11/7, 6/11, 11/2 (34m)
Fiona Moverley |
Fiona Moverley
11/7,
7/11, 12/10, 11/6 (51m)
Nele Gilis |
[5] Sina Wall (Ger)
11/5, 11/8, 11/8 (20m)
Lucy Beecroft (Eng) |
[6] Chloe Mesic (Fra)
11/2, 11/6, 11/4 (18m)
Fiona Moverley (Eng) |
Fiona Moverley
10/12, 8/11, 11/9, 11/4, 11/3 (55m)
Tamika Saxby |
[3] Tamika Saxby (Aus)
7/11, 12/10, 11/5, 11/8 (44m)
[Q] Alison Thomson (Eng) |
[Q] Ineta Mackevica (Lat)
11/3, 11/7, 11/2 (19m)
[4] Nele Gilis (Bel) |
Nele Gilis
11/7, 11/5, 11/8 (35m)
Leonie Holt |
Nele Gilis
11/3, 6/11, 11/9, 12/10 (47m)
Georgina Kennedy |
Anna Klimundova (Cze)
10/12, 11/9, 11/7, 11/6 (36m)
[8] Leonie Holt (Eng) |
[Q] Jessica Davis (Eng)
11/8, 11/4, 8/11, 11/6 (32m)
[8] Georgina Kennedy (Eng) |
Georgina Kennedy
11/8, 11/3, 11/3 (21m)
Birgit Coufal
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Enora Villard (Fra)
12/10, 12/10, 11/6 (27m)
[2] Birgit Coufal (Aut) |
Qualifying Round One:
Alison
Thomson (Eng) 3-1 Elspeth Young (Sco) 5/11, 11/3, 11/8, 11/9 (30m)
Senga
Macfie (Sco) 3-1 Ekaterina Marusan (Rus) 11/5, 12/10, 7/11, 11/9 (33m)
Taylor
Flavell (Aus) 3-0 Stephanie Walton (Sco) 11/4, 11/0, 11/1 (19m)
Ineta
Mackevica (Lat) 3-0 Kirsty Lobban (Sco) 11/4, 11/4, 11/2 (13m)
Lauren
Gray (Sco) 3-2 Tessa ter Sluis (Ned) 11/9, 4/11, 6/11, 13/11, 11/8 (30m)
Roxanna
Keshavarz (Eng) 3-2 Emily Ison (Eng) 14/12, 7/11, 10/12, 11/7, 11/2
(35m)
Marina
De Juan Gallach (Esp) 3-1 Claire Gadsby (Sco) 11/5, 5/11, 12/10, 11/9
(36m)
Jessica
Davis (Eng) 3-0 Elin Harlow (Wal) 11/1, 11/4, 11/6 (16m)
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Fiona Moverley (Eng) 3-1 [4] Nele Gilis (Bel) 11/7, 7/11, 12/10, 11/6 (51m)
[1] Daryl Selby (Eng) 3-1 [2] Shaun Le Roux (Rsa) 12/10, 12/10, 3/11, 12/10
(68m)
Fiona's Back as Daryl makes it Three in a row
Unseeded
Fiona Moverley, returning to WSA action after a four-year break, collected
the WSA Edinburgh Open title with a hard fought four-game win over Belgian
teenager Nele Gilis in the first of the day's finals at Edinburgh Sports
Club.
The 28 year old Yorkshirewoman was fastest out of the blocks, taking an
early 4-1 lead which she extended to 7-3. Gilis started to find her game,
lengthening the rallies as she fought back to 7-8, but two unforced errors
gave the momentum back to Moverley who took the lead 11-7.
Moverley had the edge early in the second, but this time her 5-2 lead was
pegged back, Gilis levelling at 6-all then continuing to force the pace as
she levelled the match 11-7.
There was hardly a point between them in the third, and both were fired up
and playing determined squash. At9-all a Moverley slip at the front gave
Gilis a game ball, but Moverley took three points in a row to regain the
lead 12-10.
After Gilis took the first two points in the first, it was Moverley mostly
in command of the rallies, and she took the lead and slowly eked out an
advantage, Gilis getting frustrated with some errors. From 8-6 Moverley put
it a dropshot that was too tight, powered a ball deep for match ball and
then another drop to claim the title.
""She's a real battler," said Moverley, "it looked like she was tired but
she never stopped. I knew I needed to move her around and play my short game
when I could, and I did that well for the most part. She's better than me at
a hard hitting game, so I needed to mix it up and I was pleased with how I
played at the end.
"It feels great to win another WSA title [her fourth]. After five years off
the circuit, mainly because of lack of funds, I thought it was time to give
it another go and I'm really enjoying it. I should be back in the top 100
now, I just need to get a few more tournaments in.
"I'm having a great time playing in Hull, where squash is really on the up
with all the work at the Humber Junior Squash Academy and the support that
Dr Allam is giving to all the squash projects in the area, long may it
continue!.
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the men's BSPA final defending champion Daryl Selby made it three Edinburgh
titles in a row and five overall with a finely balanced win over second seed
Shaun Le Roux, himself a former Edinburgh champion.
The packed crowd in Edinburgh Sports Club's "bearpit" court five were
treated to two fiercely contested first games with neither player able to
make any significant headway against the scoreboard.
It was Le Roux who had the first opportunity, eking out a lead from 7-all,
earning two game balls at 10-8. Selby, who has made a habit of saving game
balls this weekend, did it again as he dug in for some long rallies, and
took the next four points to lead 12-10.
The second game was a carbon copy, Le Roux again edged ahead for 10-8, Selby
again taking the next four for another 12-10!
Le Roux came out firing in the third, was quickly 6-1 up and with Selby
seemingly saving some energy it was quickly 10-1, then 11-3 to reduce the
deficit.
It was pretty much the same story in the fourth, Le Roux again forging
ahead, 7-3 and at 10-5 we were surely in for a decider. Not to be though, as
Selby mounted another comeback, this time seven points in a row with Le Roux
unable to find a finish. Selby's precision was too much in the end as the
South African maybe tried a little too hard to find a winner, clipping the
tin three times before Selby finally took the match with a dropshot leaving
his opponent stranded.
"I've certainly saved a few game balls this weekend," said a delighted
winner. "
"Shaun's tough to play, he volleys well and he's very accurate with his
drives, he's difficult to beat. It could easily have been one-all, although
I wouldn't have let the third go if it had been.
"To be honest in the fourth I was starting to try to build up some momentum
for the fifth, but I think he got a bit nervous and I played a few good
rallies that got me back into it, I was feeling better as that game went
along.
"I've been coming here for maybe 10 years now, and it's a fabulous
tournament every year. Big credit to Simon, JJ, the club members and
spectators and sponsors, they all make it what it is, and the quality of the
entries and the matches are testament to how good it is. It's great to see
such commitment in all the graded events too."
"Very happy to win my fifth title here, I haven't won a PSA title since 2012
so it's nice to get a trophy on the shelf early in the year, hopefully
there's more to come!"
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Sat 31st, Day THREE: down
to the finals
Two more rounds to play today as the BSPA and WSA events were whittled down
to the final two ... quarters at lunchtime and semis this evening, with lots
of Graded matches throughout the day ...
WSA Semis:
Fiona Moverley (Eng) 3-1 [1] Lucie Fialova (Cze) 11/4, 11/7, 6/11, 11/2
(34m)
[4] Nele Gilis (Bel) 3-1 [8] Georgina Kennedy (Eng) 11/3, 6/11, 11/9, 12/10
(47m)
BSPA Semis:
[2] Shaun Le Roux (Rsa) 3-0 [3/4] Eddie Charlton (Eng) 11/7, 11/5, 11/7
(38m)
[1] Daryl Selby (Eng) 3-2 [3/4] Jaymie Haycocks (Eng) 11/8, 8/11, 11/7,
11/13, 11/6 (81m)
Semi-finals
While the men's BSPA final will be as predicted by the seedings, the women's
WSA event is sure to produce an unexpected champion in Edinburgh tomorrow.
Unseeded Fiona Moverley continued her giant-killing run with a 3-1 win over
top seed Lucie Fialova. The Englishwoman capitalised on a good 4-0 start in
each of the first two games, taking the first comfortably 11-4 and forging
ahead in the second after Fialova had closed the gap to 7-8, inishing it
11-8.
The Czech was quickly out of the blocks in the third though, forcing the
pace and making Moverley work harder, then pulling clear from 6-all to
reduce the deficit 11-6.
"She dragged me into her game in the third," admitted Moverley afterwards,
"but once I managed to slow it down again in the fourth it was much more
comfortable."
So it was, and a 6-1 lead became 9-1 as Fialova realised she wasn't winning
this, Moverley taking it 11-2 to reach the final.
The second semi was a really tough battle for two of its four games. Nele
Gilis looked in control in the first as she recovered from 1-3 to take the
game 11-3 in fairly quick time. But Gina Kennedy is nothing if not a
battler, and she battled mightily to force her way back into the match,
racing to a 9-2 lead in the second before levelling 11-6.
For the next two games the pair slugged it out with hardly a point between
them, tough rallies, tremendous retrieving and great entertainment for the
crowd. Gilis found two lovely winners from 9-all in the third to regain the
lead, spurned match ball at 10-9 in the fourth with a tin, but forced two
final errors out of Kennedy to close out the match after 47 minutes.
"If I hadn't won that game I would have lost the match," said a relieved
Gilis, "she was fitter than me today.I just had to try to keep it tight,
she's a real tough cookie!"
The first men's semi was shorter than that at 38 minutes - Shaun Le Roux
taking advantage of his [much] easier afternoon match than Eddie Charlton.
"I knew he'd had a long match this afternoon, so I wanted to make it as
tough as possible at the start," said Le Roux, who took the first 11-7 and
effectively sealed the second going 6-1 up before taking it 11-5.
"Eddie found something extra in the third, and his shots started going in,
it sometimes happens like that you're often more dangerous when you're
tired!"
Charlton's surge of energy provided some entertaining rallies as he took the
lead 7-4 in that third, but Le Roux kept making him work hard and it told as
the South African closed out the match 11-7 to reach his second Edinburgh
final.
His opponent in the final will be appearing there for the third year in a
row, but defending champion Darly Selby certainly had his work cut out
tonight to keep that run going.
Jaymie Haycocks also had a tough match this afternoon, but as Selby said
afterwards, "I kept expecting to get tired and slow down, but he just never
did!"
It was a brutal match, both players being patient when required, and rapid
in running down the other's attacks when they came. After three tough games
Selby led two-one and looked to be closing in on the final as he edged ahead
10-9 in a fourth game that had gone point for point.
At this point two no lets, two lets he thought should be strokes, and a
final no let left Selby feeling hard done by five times, and Haycocks
walking off having levelled the match 13-11.
Despite a couple of miracle lobs from Haycocks that rolled along the back
wall, Selby always had the slight edge in the decider, and after 81 minutes
reached the final again 11-6.
"That was a good day," said a relieved winner, "I'm just glad I've only got
one match tomorrow!"
WSA Quarters:
[1] Lucie Fialova (Cze) 3-1 Lucy Beecroft (Eng) 11/3, 11/5, 9/11, 11/7 (35m)
Fiona Moverley (Eng) 3-2 [3] Tamika Saxby (Aus) 10/12, 8/11, 11/9, 11/4,
11/3 (55m)
[4] Nele Gilis (Bel) 3-0 [7 Leonie Holt (Eng) 11/7, 11/5, 11/8 (35m)
[8] Georgina Kennedy (Eng) 3-0 [2] Birgit Coufal (Aut) 11/8, 11/3, 11/3
(21m)
BSPA Quarters:
[2] Shaun Le Roux (Rsa) 3-0 [5/8] Richie Fallows (Eng) 11/6, 11/4 rtd (14m)
[3/4] Eddie Charlton (Eng) 3-1 [5/8] Dougie Kempsell (Sco) 11/7, 10/12,
11/9, 11/7 (81m)
[3/4] Jaymie Haycocks (Eng) 3-2 [5/8] Greg Lobban (Sco) 6/11, 12/10, 11/9,
4/11, 12/10 (87m)
[1] Daryl Selby (Eng) 3-1 [5/8] Kevin Moran (Sco) 12/10, 9/11, 11/4, 11/5
(54m)
Upsets continue in WSA quarters
The upsets continued in the WSA Edinburgh Open quarter-finals, with English
players gatecrashing both semi-finals.
Top seeded Czech Lucie Fialova started stongly but then had to hold off a
determined fightback from English teenager Lucy Beecroft, who took the third
game and ran Fialova close in the fourth.
"I'd never played her beore but I knew she'd be good, after her win
yesterday," said Fialova. "I started well but she was helping me with some
mistakes. She stopped making them and it was very tough in the third and
fourth, I'm glad she made a couple of mistakes at the end!"
Fialova faces Fiona Moverley for a place in the final, after the unseeded
Englishwoman came from two games down to beat Edinburgh-based Aussie Tamika
Saxby, the third seed. In truth Moverley had chances to win the first two
games, but having edged the third she took the last two with some comfort.
"I just couldn't relax at all," admitted Moverley, "I was nervous and got
dragged into her game. Once I started to slow it down it all just seemed to
click in place.
Second seed Birgit Coufal came unstuck against the fast, attacking style of
British U19 champion Gina Kennedy, the English girl winning in straight
games with the Austrian number one falling away after a close first game.
"That's my best win so far," said a delighted Kennedy. "The roofa are low
here so my coach told me I had to keep attacking and volleying everything,
and it worked! I played here last year and didn't get past the first round,
so to make the semis is great!"
Kennedy will face Nele Gilis, the 3/4 seed from Belgium in the semis, after
Gilis beat Leonie Holt in three well-contested games.
"Happy to be through, but I can play better that that," admitted Gilis. "I
was moving ok but wasn't really feeling the ball and gave her too many
chances. Things to work on for tonight!"
Home hopes bow out
The Men's quarter-finals saw the end of Scottish hopes as the top four seeds
won through to tonight's semi-finals.
Second seed Shaun Le Roux had the easiest time, taking two games from an
injured Richie Fallows before the youngster succumbed to his groin strain
after just fourteen minutes.
It took Eddie Charlton considerably longer - 81 minutes - to subdue a fired
up Dougie Kempsell in four games that all could have gone either way.
"He was very solid, not giving me anything," said Charlton. "I was moving
well and felt fine physically, but I don't think I played my best
tactically, I'll have to work on that for tonight."
Top seed Daryl Selby continued his habit of saving game balls as he came
from 6-10 to take the lead against Kevin Moran, and although the Scot
levelled, the defending champion took the next two games with something to
spare.
That left home hopes resting on Greg Lobban, who took a fierce opening game
against Jaymie Haycocks. The Englishman fought back to take the lead but
Lobban levelled strongly, and at 7-4 in the decider a Scottish win looked on
the cards.
Six points in a row gave Haycocks three match balls, and although a
determined Lobban forced extra points, a Haycocks high ball that rolled out
of the back wall nick at 11-10 put paid to that. At 87 minutes we had a new
longest match, but no Scots left.
"Very satisfying," said Haycocks. "I've had a few tough losses in some
bizarre fifth games recently, so I just decided to keep it simple, play
lengths and make him win it." |
WSA Round One
Simon Boughton Reports From Edinburgh
The women's first round provided a mix of quick wins and tough battles, and
some upsets thrown in too.
Top seeds Lucia Fialova and Birgit Coufal had contrasting three-nil wins,
Fialova easing past local qualifier Lauren Gray while Coufal needed extra
points in the first two games before seeing off France's Enora Villard.
"That was hard fro a three-nil," admitted Coufal, "but a win's a win!"
It was a similar story for the 3/4 seeds as Nele Gilis beat qualifier Ineta
Mackevica - a training partner back in Belgium - with something top spare
while Edinburgh-based Tamika Saxby had her work cut out to see off another
qualifier Alison Thomson, who took the first and pushed the Aussie all the
way.
All four top seeds will face English opponents in the quarter-finals after
Lucy Beecroft, playing in her first WSA event, upset Sina Wall, Fiona
Moverley took out sixth seed Chloe Mesic, Georgina Kennedy won her
all-English tussle with Jessica Davis, and a 'not at my best" Leonie Holt
came from a game down to beat Anna Klimundova.
Men's seeds all through
The second round of the BSPA event saw all eight seeds - including three
Scotsmen - through to the quarter-finals, although as ever is was easier for
some than others.
Defending champ Daryl Selby won in straight games for the second time today,
beating Darren Lewis in an entertaining match where the top seed once again
had to sdave three game balls.
"I'm probably a bit lucky to have won 3-0, 3-0 today," said Selby, "but I'll
take it!"
For the home players, all seeded 5/8, Greg Lobban beat fellow-Scot Rory
Stewart comfortably enough, but Kevin Moran and Dougie Kempsell had to work
hard for their wins over Danny Hockburn and Phil Nightingale, both winning
in four games in just under and just over the hour mark.
The longest and toughest match of the day was between two recent European
Junior Champions, Richie Fallows and Angus Gillams. It went the full
distance and both had match ball opportunities before 5/8 seed Fallows
finally clinched the decider 13/11 after 74 minutes.
"We play each other a lot and it's always close," admitted Gillams, "but
that was a tough one."
Rounding out the quarter-finals, Shaun Le Roux, Jaymie Haycocks and Eddie
Charlton all won in straight games.
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