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11-Nov, Final:
[1]
Shahier Razik
(Can) bt [6]
Matthew Giuffre (Can)
11/9, 11/7, 11/1 (48m)
Razik cruises
to
Coastal Contacts crown
Canadian Shahier Razik collected his fourth PSA title
on home soil this year when he beat compatriot Matthew Giuffre
in the final at Jericho Tennis Club in Vancouver.
After dropping his only game in the semi-finals against seventh seed
David Phillips, Razik faced his fourth successive fellow Canadian in
the final.
But
Giuffre, the sixth seed, caused the biggest upset in the event in
the other semi when he defeated England's No2 seed Daryl Selby in a
46-minute four-game battle.
Razik, the 29-year-old top seed from Toronto, was too strong for
Giuffre, however - and despatched the 25-year-old from Edmonton in
48 minutes to secure the 17th title of his
career.
The
triumph extends Razik's lead as the Canadian with the most PSA
titles on the Tour today - nine ahead of second-placed Graham Ryding.
10-Nov, Semis:
All-Canadian final at Jericho ...
Shahier Razik of Toronto did the
expected Saturday, earning a spot in the $20,000 Coastal Contacts
Open professional squash tournament played at the Jericho Tennis
Club in Vancouver.
Razik, the tournament’s top seed and Canada’s number one player,
defeated David Phillips of Beaconsfield, Quebec 3-1 with game scores
of 7-11; 11-5; 11-5; and 11-3 in 48 minutes.
Razik, with a world ranking of 27, said the pressure of being the
top seed in a tournament in a Canadian tournament gave him a few
butterflies in the beginning of the match.
“I came out a bit slow and it’s two Canadians playing in Canada, so
he had people cheering for him. This has been a tough tournament.
I’ve played all the Canadians in the draw so I’ve really had to work
to get to the final.”
From past experience, Razik said he knew Phillips, who is ranked
ninth in Canada, usually comes out strong in the first game.
“After I lost that one, I knew I had to pick up the pace, quicken
the game and try and force him to make some errors.”
Razik will now meet Edmonton’s Matthew Guiffre in the final on
Sunday. Guiffre, the tournament’s number six seed, scored a big
upset earlier in the day knocking off number two seed Daryl Selby of
England, 3-1
Guiffre defeated Selby 11-5; 12-10; 2-11; 11-6 in a 42-minute match.
The win comes one night after Guiffre upset tournament number four
seed Rafael Alarcon of Brazil.
“This is huge for me,” said Guiffre, the tournament’s number six
seed and 52nd ranked player in the world, noting that he had lost to
Selby, ranked 31st in the world, in a tournament just a few weeks
earlier.
“ I was able to get on him early, build a lead and just kept working
my game, just kept pounding the ball down the wall,” Guiffre said of
the match that saw him win the first two games before dropping the
third.
Following the third game, Guiffre said he knew if he could get back
to his game plan, and establish an early lead, he was confident he
could pull off the upset.
“When I guy gets in a hole like that, it’s really tough to dig your
way out.”
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