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Golden Open 2011
03-06 Jun, Kalgoorlie, Australia, $5k |
Karwalski strikes gold in Kalgoorlie
Andrew Dent reports
Top seed Matthew Karwalski won his third title on the PSA tour and
his first since 2008 when he beat Englishman Anthony Graham to take
out the Golden Open on Monday.
The 25-year-old from Port Stephens in New South Wales downed third
seeded Graham in four games 11-9, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9 to justify his
top billing.
Karwalski was beaten in the final of last week’s City of Perth
International by South Australia’s Mike Corren, but the 21-year-old
Graham surprisingly ended Corren’s challenge in Sunday’s
semi-finals.
Karwalski took full advantage of Corren’s absence from the decider
as he edged out the young Englishman for his first tour success
since winning in Kuala Lumpur in December, 2008.
“It’s been a long time coming,” Karwalski said of the win.
“I’ve been runner-up quite a few times lately but never quite won,
but I knew if I was persistent and kept trusting in myself it would
come.”
Karwalski spent some time in England with fellow Australian Stewart
Boswell late last year and early in 2011, and said that move had
paid off with some good results earlier in the year, qualifying for
the Canary Wharf Classic in London and the Irish Open in Dublin.
“It all came together at the end of that trip – at Canary Wharf I
got to play on the glass court and at the Irish Open I beat a
quality English player (Adrian Waller) in qualifying, so I knew I
had what it takes to play against the top guys,
“After coming back I didn’t play for a while and my confidence
dropped but I’ve had a few good hits with Mike Corren over the past
few weeks and that has helped.
“I guess I had mixed feelings not playing Mike in the final – it
would have been nice to get one over him, Anthony obviously played
well to beat him in the semis, and you can only play who walks onto
the court.
“In the first two games I felt he was a bit tired and I was ahead
physically, but he changes his game in the third and I think I tried
to finish it too quickly, but I felt in control in the fourth.”
Karwalski now heads straight to New Zealand for some training and
exhibition matches, before going to the Malaysian Open in July,
followed two weeks later by the Australian Open, where he will try
to match last year’s efforts in qualifying for one of the year’s
major tournaments.
“That’s a major goal for me – to play in the first round on the
glass court in front of my home crowd,” he said.
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 Golden
Open 2011
03-06 Jun, Kalgoorlie, Australia, $5k |
Round One
04 Jun |
Quarters
05 Jun |
Semis
06 Jun |
Final
07 Jun |
[1] Matthew Karwalski (Aus)
8/11, 11/7, 11/6, 11/5
Frank Hartkoren (Ned) |
[1] Matthew Karwalski
4/11, 11/4, 11/2, 4/11, 11/8
[Q] Mahesh Mangaonkar |
[1] Matthew Karwalski
11/8, 8/11, 11/6, 7/11, 11/5
[4] Justin Beard |
[1] Matthew Karwalski
11/9, 11/7, 7/11, 11/9
[3] Anthony Graham |
[Q] Mahesh Mangaonkar (Ind)
11/2, 11/3, 11/5
Joseph Watts (Nzl) |
[Q] Evan Williams (Nzl)
11/6, 11/3, 11/7
Jamie McErvale (Aus) |
[Q] Evan Williams
11/4, 11/2, 8/11, 10/12, 11/7
[4] Justin Beard |
Walter Koteka (Aus)
11/4,11/3, 11/4
[4] Justin Beard (Aus) |
[3] Anthony Graham (Eng)
11/5, 11/6, 13/11
Ben Takamizawa Harris (Jpn) |
[3] Anthony Graham
11/2, 11/4, 9/11, 11/6
[Q] Ben Werchon |
[3] Anthony Graham
3/11, 11/3, 11/7, 11/6
[2] Mike Corren |
James Skiffington (Nzl)
14/11, 11/5, 11/8
[Q] Ben Werchon (Aus) |
Sunil Seth (Aus)
13/11, 11/5, 11/7
Elvinn Keo (Mas) |
Elvinn Keo
11/7, 11/7, 11/6
[2] Mike Corren |
Josh Cardwell (Aus)
13/11, 11/7, 11/6
[2] Mike Corren (Aus) |
Qualifying Finals:
Joseph Watts (NZL) def Josh
Southwell-Nobbs (AUS) 12/10, 12/10, 8/11,
Evan Williams (NZL) def Chris Lark (AUS) 11/4, 11/8, 11/7
Ben Werchon (AUS) def Eddie Carver (AUS) 11/3, 11/3, 11/4
Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) def Luke Sims (AUS) 11/5, 11/3, 11/9
Round
One:
Ben Werchon (AUS) def Aamir Khan (UAE) Forfeit (No show)
Evan Williams (NZL) def Abdul Razzaq (PAK) Forfeit (No show)
Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) def Dylan Swanson (AUS) 11/3, 11/3,
11/4
Josh Southwell-Nobbs (AUS) def Jason Patmore (AUS) 11/8,
11,9, 11/2
Chris Lark (AUS) def Drew Cooper (AUS) 4/11, 11/7, 11/4,
11/4
Eddie Carver (AUS) def Dayne Gruenthal (AUS) 11/8, 13/11,
2/11, 11/7
Luke Sims (AUS) def Jonathan Geekie (SCO) 11/8, 11/5, 9/11,
14/12
Joseph Watts (NZL) def Matthew Bridle (AUS) 11/5, 11/4, 11/8
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