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Dynam Cup PSA SQ-Cube Open 2022 |
Dynam Cup PSA SQ-Cube Open
Men's Draw
27 - 29 May
Yokohama, Japan, $6k |
Final:
[4] Ryunosuke Tsukue (JPN) bt [2] Tang Ming Hong (HKG) 3-0: 11-4,
11-2, 11-3 (26m)
Semi-finals:
[4] Ryunosuke Tsukue (JPN) bt [1] Yassin Elshafei (EGY) 12-10, 11-9,
11-1 (29m)
[2] Tang Ming Hong (HKG) bt [3] Sandeep Ramachandran (IND) 11-9, 10-1
ret. (23m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Yassin Elshafei (EGY) bt [8] Ziad Ibrahim (EGY) 11-2, 11-2,
6-11, 11-7 (42m)
[4] Ryunosuke Tsukue (JPN) bt [5] Robert Andrew Garcia (PHI) 11-5, 11-2,
11-4 (32m)
[3] Sandeep Ramachandran (IND) bt Yujin Ikeda (JPN) 11-9, 7-11, 11-3,
11-5 (41m)
[2] Tang Ming Hong (HKG) bt Rahul Baitha (IND) 5-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-3
(31m)
1st round:
[1] Yassin Elshafei (EGY) bt Muhammad Haris Iqbal (PAK) 11-4, 11-7,
11-2 (17m)
[8] Ziad Ibrahim (EGY) bt Kanta Ito (JPN) 11-3, 11-3, 11-0 (17m)
[5] Robert Andrew Garcia (PHI) bt Naoki Sone (JPN) 11-6, 11-4, 11-7
(25m)
[4] Ryunosuke Tsukue (JPN) bt [WC] Tomotaka Endo (JPN) 11-1, 11-9, 11-6
(25m)
[3] Sandeep Ramachandran (IND) bt Naoki Hayashi (JPN) 6-11, 8-11, 11-7,
11-9, 11-9 (66m)
Yujin Ikeda (JPN) bt [7] David Pelino (PHI) 4-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7 (39m)
Rahul Baitha (IND) bt [6] Reymark Begornia (PHI) 11-6, 11-8, 11-4 (39m)
[2] Tang Ming Hong (HKG) bt Yuta Ando (JPN) 11-6, 11-8, 11-4 (24m) |
Event
Women's Draw
27 - 29 May
Yokohama, Japan, $3k |
Final:
[2] Satomi Watanabe (JPN) bt [1] Cheng Nga Ching (HKG) 3-0: 11-3,
12-10, 14-12 (37m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Cheng Nga Ching (HKG) bt [3] Ching Hei Fung (HKG) 11-9, 11-7,
11-6 (28m)
[2] Satomi Watanabe (JPN) bt [4] Akari Midorikawa (JPN) 11-7, 11-5, 11-3
(27m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Cheng Nga Ching (HKG) bt [5] Ayaka Matsuzawa (JPN) 11-7, 11-3,
11-6 (25m)
[3] Ching Hei Fung (HKG) bt Jemyca Aribado (PHI) 11-6, 11-8, 11-3 (25m)
[4] Akari Midorikawa (JPN) bt [8] Kozue Onizawa (JPN) 11-7, 11-4, 11-3
(21m)
[2] Satomi Watanabe (JPN) bt Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) 11-0, 11-7, 11-2
(18m)
1st round:
[1] Cheng Nga Ching (HKG) bye
[5] Ayaka Matsuzawa (JPN) bye
Jemyca Aribado (PHI) bt [7] Yukino Sakurai (JPN) 11-8, 11-3, 11-6 (21m)
[3] Ching Hei Fung (HKG) bye
[4] Akari Midorikawa (JPN) bye
[8] Kozue Onizawa (JPN) bt Ryoko Kadota (JPN) 11-6, 11-4, 11-4 (18m)
Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) bt [6] Kurumi Takahashi (JPN) 11-8, 4-11, 11-9,
11-4 (39m)
[2] Satomi Watanabe (JPN) bye |
Japan’s Tsukue And Watanabe Victorious
The Japanese duo of Ryunosuke Tsukue and Satomi Watanabe were the
victors at the Dynam Cup PSA SQ-Cube Open, as the pair both beat Hong
Kong opposition to take more silverware in the 2021-2022 season.
Tsukue came into the men’s Challenger 5 level tournament as the No.4
seed, and he opened his account in Yokohama with a victory against
compatriot and wildcard Tomotaka Endo in straight games, before then
getting the better of No.5 seed Robert Andrew Garcia, also in three.
The World No.167 then defeated top seed Yassin Elshafei to make it
through to the final in Yokohama, where he took on Hong Kong’s Tang Ming
Hong, the tournament’s top seed. Tsukue won in straight games, dropping
just nine games across the entire match, to claim his third title of the
campaign.
In the women’s event, Japan’s Watanabe came into the tournament as the
No.2 seed, and aiming for her fourth title of the season. After
receiving a bye through the opening round, the Japanese woman then
defeated compatriot Chinatsu Matsui in straight games to advance to the
semi-finals.
Watanabe then overcame No.4 seed Akari Midorikawa in three to make the
final, where she came up against top seed Cheng Nga Ching. She beat the
Hongkonger in straight games to come through the tournament without
dropping a game, to win her fourth title of the 2021-2022 season. |
Finalist Set In Yokohama
After another busy day at the Yokohama Squash Stadium SQ-Cube, the
finalists are set at the Dynam Cup PSA SQ-Cube Open, with the top two
seeds in the women’s final, but a surprise in the men’s event.
That surprise comes in the form of Japan’s Ryunosuke Tsukue, the
tournament’s No.4 seed, after he defeated top seed Yassin Elshafei in
the semi-finals. The pair had both come through their respective last
eight matches with ease earlier in the day, but Tsukue needed less than
half an hour to get the job done in the semis, downing the Egyptian to
reach the final.
He will now take on No.2 seed Tang Ming Hong after the Hongkonger, spent
less than an hour on court over the course of Saturday’s play. He
defeated India’s Rahul Baitha in a four-game contest, coming from behind
to win in his quarter final match-up, before then downing another
Indian, in No.3 seed Sandeep Ramachandran, to make it through to the
final.
There were no surprises in the women’s event. As both of the top two
seeds overcame their respective semi-final opponents in straight games.
Hong Kong’s Cheng Nga Ching, the top seed, overcame compatriot Cheng Hei
Fung in three, while Japan’s Satomi Watanabe downed Akari Midorikawa in
straight games to advance.
The finals of the Dynam Cup PSA SQ-Cube Open will take place on Sunday,
May 29 at the Yokohama Squash Stadium SQ-Cube, where the winners will
take the titles.
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