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Pontefract Courtcare Open 2016
09-14 Aug, Pontefract, UK, $10k |
14-Aug, Final:
Coleman captures Courtcare Crown
Malcolm Willstrop reports
The final of the Courtcare Open
brought together the top-seeded Ben Coleman and 4th seeded Karim
el Hammamy.
The Egyptian had had the harder route to the final with
Coleman's semi final opponent Chris Fuller having had to
withdraw injured. El Hammamy didn't help his cause by making a
flood of unforced errors early in the first game, five in all,
which gave Coleman a 7-1 lead.
Coleman was not likely to make errors with his sound game and he
was never in danger of losing the first, running out an 11-5
winner.
El Hammamy balanced errors with winners in the second, level at
5 all, though he was never in front at any time. A stroke at
10-8 gave Coleman a 2-0 lead, El Hammamy unhappy at the correct
decsion, as he was unjustifiably with several decisions in the
match.
It was hard to see him recovering from 2-0 down against the
consistency and athleticism of Coleman and although he went 4-1
down in the third he battled back to lead 8-7. It was Coleman,
though, who took the match, 11-9, again on a stroke
The Egyptian resisted for an hour, but at no stage did he
threaten to beat Coleman, who will have been well pleased with
the way he played.
Courtcare owner Richard Ingle made the presentation to the
finalists and Coleman, in his winner's speech, thanked the
sponsor for his support and Tournament Director, Terry Dudley
and his team for their help and organisation.
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Courtcare Open 2016
09-14 Aug, Pontefract, UK, $10k |
Round One
11 Aug |
Quarters
12 Aug |
Semis
13 Aug |
Final
14 Aug |
[1] Ben Coleman (Eng)
11/2, 11/6, 11/7 (41m)
[Q] Ondrej Uherka (Cze) |
[1] Ben Coleman 11/5, 11/9, 11/6 (47m)
[wc] Patrick Rooney |
[1] Ben Coleman w/o injured
[6] Chris Fuller |
[1] Ben Coleman
11/5, 11/8, 11/9 (62m)
[4] Karim El Hammamy |
[5] Piedro Schweertman (Ned)
11/9, 12/10 9/11, 11/5 (53m)
[wc] Patrick Rooney (Eng) |
[6] Chris Fuller (Eng)
11/4, 11/7, 11/5 (39m)
[Q] Sam Ellis (Eng) |
[6] Chris Fuller
10/12, 11/9, 11/8, 11/9 (75m)
Ashley Davies |
[3] Tom Ford (Eng)
6/11, 14/12, 5/11, 11/9, 11/8 (74m)
Ashley Davies (Eng) |
[Q] Lyell Fuller (Eng)
11/3, 12/10, 14/16, 12/10 (68m)
[4] Karim El Hammamy (Egy) |
[4] Karim El Hammamy
11/8, 11/9, 12/10 (50m)
[7] Jan Van Den Herrewegen |
[4] Karim El Hammamy 11/7, 11/6, 7/11,
11/5 (48m)
Matthew Hopkin |
[Q] Martin Svec (Cze)
11/6, 11/8, 8/11, 13/11 (60m)
[7] Jan Van Den Herrewegen (Bel) |
Matthew Hopkin (Aus)
11/5, 11/9, 13/11 (33m)
[8] Ammar Altamimi (Kuw) |
Matthew Hopkin
8/11, 9/11, 11/8, 11/9, 11/1 (57m)
Mark Fuller |
Mark Fuller (Eng)
9/11, 11/7, 11/2, 9/11, 11/7 (79m)
[2] Eddie Charlton (Eng) |
Qualifying, 09-10 Aug:
Finals:
Lyell Fuller (Eng) 3-0 Bradley Masters (Eng)
11/7 12/10 11/3 (37m)
Ondrej Uherka (Cze) 3-2 Tristan Eysele (Rsa)
11/7 11/9 10/12 7/11 11/5 (75m)
Sam Ellis (Eng) 3-1 Miles Jenkins (Eng)
12/10, 11/9, 5/11, 11/8 (56m)
Martin Svec (Cze) 3-2 James Peach (Eng)
7/11, 11/7, 11/13, 11/9, 11/6 (61m)
Round One:
Lyell Fuller (ENG) v Mattew Sidaway (ENG) 3/1 11/7 8/11
11/3 11/8 (41m)
Bradley Masters (ENG) v Lewis Doughty (ENG) 3/0 11/5 11/2
11/5 (31m)
Ondrej Uherka (CZE) v Owain Taylor (WAL) 3/1 11/9 6/11 11/5
11/7 (67m)
Taminder Gata-Aura (ENG) v Tristan Eysele (RSA) 1/3 6/11
15/13 5/11 7/11 (36m)
[4] Nick Mulvey (ENG) v Miles Jenkins (ENG) 2/3 7/11 11/1
11/9 9/11 11/7 (51m)
Sam Ellis (ENG) v Julian Tomlinson (ENG) 3/0 11/9 12/10 11/8
(40m)
James Peach (ENG) v Phil Nightingale (ENG) 3/1 11/6 11/7
8/11 11/3 (43m)
Cai Younger (ENG) v [2] Martin Svec (CZE) 1/3 11/9 8/11 11/4
11/3 (42m)
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12-Aug, Quarters:
Rooney bows out as Hopkin comeback stops Fuller
Terry Dudley reports
Wild card Patrick Rooney, first round
conqueror of fourth seed Piedro Schweertman, could not quite
reach the consistency against number one seed Ben Coleman.
Although Rooney lost in three games he competed strongly but
Coleman kept him under pressure with a strong all round game.
Fourth seed Karim El Hammamy progressed to the semi-finals by
beating seventh seed Jan Van Herrewegan 3-1.
Unseeded Ashley Davies finally succumbed to sixth seed Chris
Fuller in four well contested games.
Davis took the first 12/10 but after a fifteen minute
contributory break to Fuller he eventually took the second 11/9
and completed the win taking the next two games 11/8 11/9 in 75
minutes,
Mark Fuller raced into a two games to love lead over Matthew
Hopkin 11/8 11/9, but could not maintain it losing the next
three 11/8 11/9 and 11/1 in a 57minute match.
11-Aug, Round One:
Save the best for last
Terry Dudley reports
Save the best for last - this
certainly happened in the first round of the main draw for the
Courtcare Open.
Two qualifiers Ondrej Uherka and Lylell Fuller against top seed
Ben Coleman and Karim El Hammamy respectively. Coleman
beat Uherka 3-0 in 41 minutes, Fuller though gave 4 seed Hammamy
a tougher game. Fuller lost the first 11/3 narrowly lost the
second 12/10 and took the third 16/14. Having game ball in the
fourth to level the match he just lost out 12/10 losing 3-1 in
68 minutes.
Chris Fuller ended Sam Ellis’s fine run winning 3-0 in 39
minutes. The fourth qualifier Czech Republic’s Martin Svec
looking a little overwhelmed to be in the main draw did not find
is rhythm and form until the third game losing the first two to
Jan Van Den Herrewegan of Belgium 11/6 11/8.
Taking the third 11/8 he looked a lot stronger than is opponent
in the fourth but Herrewegan somehow found how to win the last
couple of points to secure the game and match 13/11 in one hour.
Matthew Hopkins just one place behind Ammar Altamimi in the
world rankings dominated the match completely and posted the
shortest match of the night winning 3-0 in just 33minutes.
Pontfract's PSL player Patrick Rooney delighted the Pontefract
crowed beating 5th seed Piedro Schweetman Netherlands 3-1, In a
tight match Rooney took the first 11/9 and the second game 12/10
Schweetman replied by taking the fourth 11/9 but Rooney was not
in any mood to lose and won the fourth 11/5 and the match in 53
minutes.
Last two Matches on court 2nd seed Eddie Charlton versus Mark
Fuller, Ashley Davies against third seed Tom Ford.
Ford took the first game 11/6 Davies replying with a 14/12
second game, Ford dominated the third 2-1 to Ford with a 11/5
game win. Davis winning both the last two games 11/9 11/8 in a
very entertaining 74 minute match.
Eddie Charlton won the opening game against Mark Fuller 11/9,
Fuller taking the second 11/7 and amazingly the third 11/2.
Charlton fought back and won the third 11/9. All the exertion in
the fourth game started to show on Charlton taking longer to
recover between rallies.
Fuller took an early lead only for Charlton to claw his way back
into the game. Fuller though was not to be denied and with the
aid of some beautiful executed volley drops and tight length
balls deep down the side walls kept Charlton under tremendous
pressure winning the game 11/7 and the match 3-2 in 79 minutes.
A good night of quality squash we know look forward tomorrow's
quarterfinals.
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10-Aug, Qualifying Finals:
Sam Ellis’s athleticism once again showed through, on his
way to the main draw by beating Miles Jenkinson 3-1 in a 56
minute match. Ellis took a hard fought tight first game 12/11,
followed by a 11/9 game. Jenkins dominated the third to claw a
game back 11/5. Some early exchange of points in the fourth
before Ellis secured the game 11/8 and the match 3/1, Ellis’s
first main draw in a 10k competition.
Lyell Fuller dominated the match against Bradley Masters winning
in straight sets 11/7 12/10 11/3 in37 minutes.
The next games on court 1 & 2 saw two cracking matches. Tit for
tat in the James Peach match against Martin Svec. Peach won the
first 11/7 Svec replied by winning the second with the same
score 11/7. A really hard fought third went to Peach 13/11
trading points like boxers trade punches until Svec finally
pulled away to win the fourth, two all, all to play for with the
added bonus of a first round draw, Svec proved to be the
stronger and won the match 3/2 with a 11/5 fifth game score in
61 minutes.
The longest match so far in the tournament was between Ondrei
Uherka (ZCE)against Tristian Eysele(RSA) with similar styles
from the offset you censed a long match and the crowed was not
disappointed. Uherka won the first two games 11/7 11/9, Eysele
responded taking the next two 12/10 and 11/7 and looking the
stronger, Uherka had not travelled from the Czech Republic for
nothing and with great determination won the last five points on
the bounce to win the game 11/5 and match in 75 minutes.
09-Aug, Qualifying Round One:
Under way at Ponte
The $10k PSA Courtcare
Open, being hosted for the first time at Pontefract Squash &
Leisure Club as attracted a quality and international field with
players from far afield as, Czech Republic, Kuwait,USA and
Egypt.
Top seed Ben Coleman and fourth seed Karim El Hammamy will play
qualifiers in round one. Eddie Charlton seeded 2 and 3rd seed
Tom Ford have tough opening match against Mark Fuller and Ashley
Davies respectively.
Qualifying first round got under way on Tuesday evening with
some very competitive matches.
This was clearly evident in the match between Julian Tomlinson
and Sam Ellis, in one rally Ellis fell over, lost is racket did
the splits recovered gained his feet and racket and amazingly
won the rally, and ultimately went on to win the match.
The longest match of the night went to Ondrej Uherka of the
Czech Republic beating Owain Taylor Wales 3-1 in 67 minutes.
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