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Imet Open 2012
13-16 Dec, Bratislava, $5k |
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Young Scott Lobban
in Bratislava Breakthrough
[8] Greg Lobban (Sco) 3-1 [3]
Joel Hinds (Eng)
11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 11-6
 Scotland's
Greg Lobban rounded off his maiden year as a member of the
PSA in perfect style by winning his
first PSA World Tour title at the Imet Open in the Slovakia
capital Bratislava.
Competing in only his ninth PSA event, the Inverness-born
20-year-old was the eighth seed in the $5k challenger event at the Imet Squash Centrum.
Lobban, ranked outside the top 100, made his breakthrough in the
quarter-finals - defeating Austria's No2 seed Aqeel Rehman before
going on to oust fifth-seeded Frenchman Lucas Serme in the semis.
But his final opponent was also on a roll: Englishman Joel Hinds,
the third seed, claimed his unexpected place in the climax after
upsetting Denmark's top seed Rasmus Nielsen in a five-game
semi-final.
Lobban had the winning post in his sights, however, and defeated
Hinds 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 11-6 to become the first Scottish winner of
a PSA title for more than two years.
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Greg
Lobban: "Just beat Joel Hinds in 4 games to claim my first ever PSA title. Over the moon right now."
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  Imet
Open 2012
13-16 Dec, Bratislava, $5k |
Round Two
14 Dec |
Quarters
15 Dec |
Semis
15 Dec |
Final
16 Dec |
[2] Aqeel Rehman (Aut)
5-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9
Johan Bouquet (Fra) |
[2] Aqeel Rehman
11-5, 11-4, 8-11, 11-6
[8] Greg Lobban |
[8] Greg Lobban
5-11, 11-5, 2-11, 11-8, 11-4
[5] Lucas Serme |
[8] Greg Lobban
11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 11-6
[3] Joel
Hinds |
[8] Greg Lobban (Sco)
11-6, 11-8, 11-5
Alex Phillips (ENng |
[5] Lucas Serme (Fra)
11-2, 11-4, 11-5
Carlos Cornes (Esp) |
[5] Lucas Serme
11-3, 7-11, 11-6, 11-8
Sebastiaan Weenink |
Sebastiaan Weenink (Ned)
11-9, 11-1, 11-7
[4] Joan Lezaud (Fra) |
[3] Joel Hinds (Eng)
12-10, 11-4, 11-7
Reiko Peter (Sui) |
[3] Joel Hinds
6-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7
Chris Fuller |
[3] Joel Hinds
11-13, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8
[1] Rasmus Nielsen |
Chris Fuller (Eng)
11-9, 13-11, 8-11, 11-4
Andre Haschker (Ger) |
Michael Harris (Eng)
11-6, 6-11, 11-4, 11-7
Florent Pontiere (Fra) |
Michael Harris
11-8, 11-2, 11-6
[1] Rasmus Nielsen |
James Earles (Eng)
9-11, 14-12, 14-12, 11-6
[1] Rasmus Nielsen (Den) |
Round One:
[2] Aqeel Rehman (Aut) bt [Q] Marek Manik (Svk) 11-3, 11-4,
11-8
Johan Bouquet (Fra) bt [Q] Jonas Daehler (Sui) 11-6, 4-11,
11-5, 11-5
Alex Phillips (Eng) bt [Q] Mark Fuller (Eng) 11-3, 12-10,
4-11, 11-7
[8] Greg Lobban (Sco) bt Matias Tuomi (Fin) 11-7, 11-2, 11-7
[5] Lucas Serme Fra) bt Reuben Phillips (Eng) 11-7, 11-8,
11-5
Carlos Cornes (Esp) bt [Q] Miroslav Celler (Svk) 11-4, 11-7,
11-5
Sebastiaan Weenink (Ned) bt [Q] Tom de Mulder (Bek) 11-8,
12-10, 14-12
[4] Joan Lezaud (Fra) bt Daniel West (Eng) w/o
[3] Joel Hinds (Eng) bt Patrick Miescher (Sui) 11-8, 7-11,
11-5, 11-5
Reiko Peter (Sui) bt [Q] Karamatullah Khan (Pak) 11-2, 11-3,
8-11, 11-6
Chris Fuller (Eng) bt Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (Qat) 12-10,
11-4, 11-7
Andre Haschker (Ger) bt [7] Geoffrey Demont (Fra) 11-2,
11-3, 11-7
Florent Pontiere (Fra) bt [6] Alex Ingham (Eng) 11-9, 7-11,
2-11, 13-11, 11-4
Michael Harris (Eng) bt [Q] David Haley (alL) 15-13, 13-11,
15-13
James Earles (Eng) bt [Q] Jakob Dirnberger (Aut) 10-12,
11-1, 11-6, 11-3
[1] Rasmus Nielsen (Den) bt Roman Svec (Cze) 11-3, 11-3,
11-4
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