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 Finnish
Open
2008
Mikkeli, 11-16 Feb, $20k |
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16-Feb, Final:
Tuominen in home triumph
Poku Salo reports
Olli Tuominen became the first Finn to win the men's Finnish Open in
the tournaments 30 years long history. Previous winners have been,
among others, been Jahangir and Jansher Khan, Rodney Martin And
Rodney Eyles.
Tuominen didn't get a good strat to the match and Bianchetti took an
early 4-0 lead. Tuominen came back and despite getting a 7-6 lead
the Italian took the game 11-9. Bianchetti was again stronger in the
beginning but Tuominen fought his way from 7-9 to 12-10 and equalled
the match. In the third Tuominen dominated and at one stage it
looked like Bianchetti was giving in. The fourth game showed that
Bianchetti was still very much in game and took the match to
the fifth game. Now Tuominen was playing his best squash of the
match and forced Bianchetti to a few errors and the Finn took the
game and the match.
"I played a lot better than in my previous matches. I was happy to
get the second game, as it's much better to be at one game all than
two games down,", said Tuominen after the match.
Bianchetti was pleased with the way he played, although a defeat
always feels bad. "Seems I always play five games with the Finns,
and unfortunately often lose", said Bianchetti.
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Finnish
Open
2008
Mikkeli, 11-16 Feb, $20k |
Round One
13-Feb |
Quarters
14-Feb |
Semis
15-Feb |
Final
16-Feb |
[1] Olli Tuominen
(Fin)
11/3, 11/9, 8/11, 7/11, 11/3 (48m)
[Q] Rob Sutherland (Wal) |
[1] Olli Tuominen
9/11, 11/4, 11/13, 11/5, 11/7 (70m)
[5] Simon Rosner |
[1] Olli Tuominen
11/8, 11/6, 11/6 (27m)
[8] Jesse Engelbrecht |
[1] Olli Tuominen
9/11, 12/10, 11/6, 9/11, 11/6 (93m)
[2] Davide Bianchetti |
[5] Simon Rosner
(Ger)
11/8, 11/9, 11/9 (55m)
[Q] Campbell Grayson (Nzl) |
[3] Scott Arnold (Aus)
14/12, 7/11, 6/11, 11/7, 11/5 (80m)
Badr Abdel Aziz (Swe) |
Badr Abdel Aziz
11/8, 10/12, 11/6, 11/5 (47m)
[8] Jesse Engelbrecht |
[8]
Jesse Engelbrecht (Rsa)
11/6, 11/2, 11/3 (25m)
Luca Mastrostefano (Ita) |
Mathieu Castagnet
(Fra)
9/11, 12/10, 11/4, 6/11, 15/13 (85m)
[6] Scott Handley (Eng) |
Mathieu Castagnet
11/4, 11/9, 8/11, 11/5 (62m)
[Q] Clinton Leeuw |
[Q] Clinton Leeuw
11/2, 11/7, 9/11, 11/5 (75m)
[2] Davide Bianchetti |
[Q] Clinton Leeuw
(Rsa)
11/9, 11/6, 15/13 (42m)
[4] Julien Balbo (Fra) |
[Q] Shaun Le Roux
7/11, 11/7, 11/3, 11/4 (50m)
[7] Bradley Hindle (Aus) |
[7] Bradley Hindle
11/5, 11/7, 11/2 (45m)
[2] Davide Bianchetti |
Matias Tuomi (Fin)
11/7, 11/8, 11/8 (45m)
[2] Davide Bianchetti (Ita) |
12-Feb, Qualifying Finals:
Campbell Grayson NZL bt Morten Sørensen DEN
11/7, 11/6, 11/7 (42m)
Clinton Leeuw RSA bt Jens Schoor GER
11/4, 11/6, 4/11, 11/8 (48m)
Rob Sutherland WAL bt Henrik Mustonen FIN
7/11, 11/9, 3/11, 11/8, 11/8 (55m)
Shaun Le Roux ENG bt David Vidal ESP
11/4, 11/4, 9/11, 11/7 (41)
11-Feb, Qualifying Round One:
Morten W. Sørensen DEN
bye
Campbell Grayson NZL bt Heikki Kononen FIN 11/7, 11/5,
11/3 (29m)
Clinton Leeuw RSA bt Markus Vanhanen FIN
11/8, 11/7, 11/4 (31m)
Jens Schoor GER bt Philip Nightingale ENG
11/7, 11/7 11/7 (33m)
Rob Sutherland WAL bt Darren Lewis ENG
11/3, 11/8, 7/11, 12/10 (49m)
Henrik Mustonen FIN bt Gilly Lane USA
8/11, 12/10, 8/11, 11/6, 11/6 (58m)
David Vidal ESP bt Erno Teitti FIN
9/11, 11/5, 11/5, 9/11, 11/4 (61m)
Shaun Le Roux ENG
bye
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15-Feb, Semis:
Top two in Mikkeli final
Poku Salo reports
Olli Tuominen managed to get his game going in the semis of the
Finnish Open. Having struggled in the two earlier rounds Olli now
played close to his own standard. Jesse Engelbrecht of South Africa
never really had a chance of stopping Tuominen, who now meets Davide
Bianchetti in saturday's final.
"It's good I got a 3-0 victory because the final tomorrow will be
much tougher. My game wasn't quite what I would like, but hopefully
tomorrow will change that", said Tuominen after his match.
Bianchetti dismissed South African qualifier Clinton Leeuw, who
scored the best result of his career. Bianchetti got a good start
and only lost two points in the first game. Leeuw came into the game
and got a 7-5 lead in the second but failed to score more points in
the game. The third went to Leeuw 11-9, but he couldn't keep up the
pace and Bianchetti went through to the final.
"It seemed that he only started in the second. He is very fast
and got every shot back, I was often in trouble. I'm looking forward
to playing Olli tomorrow!, said Biachetti after the match.
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14-Feb, Quarters:
Tuominen escapes again
Poku Salo reports
Olli Tuominen was in trouble again in the quarterfinals of
the Finnish Open in Mikkeli. Simon Rosner was up two games to one
before Tuominen got his game going. When he did, there was no
question about the winner.
Jesse Engelbrecht was too strong for Badr Abdel Aziz, who
managed to beat the third seed Scott Arnold in the first round. The
first two games were even but after that Engelbrecht was dominating
and took a comfortable victory.
Qualifier Clinton Leeuw surprised the crowd and himself by
reaching the semifinals. Mathieu Castagnet, who had a tough
match in the first round, just couldn't just keep up with the pace
of Leeuw.
The fourth semi-finalist is Davide Bianchetti, who was a
semifinalist also in 2000 when the previous men's Finnish Open was
played. Bradley Hindle couldn't find a way of stopping Bianchetti
who took a straight games win.
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