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20-May, Finals:
Arnold & Pittock take Joondalup titles

Australia’s Scott Arnold fought back from match ball down to beat top seeded Dutchman Dylan Bennett in five games in the final of the City of Joondalup Open in Perth on Sunday.

The 21-year-old Arnold was trailing by two games to love and was on the brink of defeat before he fought back to win in five games

The win gave Arnold his second PSA Tour title, adding to the Hilton Open he won in Perth this time last year.
Arnold is originally from Sydney but is now based in Brisbane where he trains with the Australian Institute of Sport squash program.

He beat AIS training partner Ryan Cuskelly in the semi-finals while Bennett accounted for South Australia’s Luke Margan.

Top seed Amelia Pittock won her second Women’s International Squash Players’ Association title when she beat Queensland’s Peta Hughes in the women’s final.

For Pittock, from the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, it was  her first tour success since she won the Queensland Open in August 2003.
 

19-May, Semis:
Arnold Powers Into Perth Final

Australia's sixth seed Scott Arnold earned himself a surprise place in the men's final of the City of Joondalup Open after beating compatriot Ryan Cuskelly in the semi-finals at Mullaloo Squash Centre in Perth, Western Australia.

The 21-year-old from Brisbane made his breakthrough in the previous round where he ousted New Zealand's second seed Kashif Shuja in five games.

Cuskelly also caused an upset in the quarter-finals when he beat third seed Aaron Frankcomb in a 114-minute marathon.

But it was a fresher Arnold who beat the unseeded Cuskelly  in 40 minutes to make his sixth Tour final.

Arnold will face top-seeded Dutchman Dylan Bennett, who needed just 27 minutes to overcome Australia's No8 seed Luke Margan.

The final of the women's event will feature the two top seeds from Australia. Favourite Amelia Pittock beat fourth-seeded compatriot Lisa Camilleri while second seed Peta Hughes had to fight back from two games down to beat fellow Australian Donna Urquhart, the No3 seed.
 

The finalists with Sue Hart (Deputy Mayor of Joondalup) and Dean Brown (tournament organiser and host)

 Luke Margan

5/11, 8/11, 13/11, 11/7, 11/8 (65m)

Scott Arnold

Scott Arnold

Peta Hughes

Men's Qualifying Finals, 16-May:
Zac Alexander bt Chris Tasker-Grindley     9/11, 11/3, 11/9, 117 (38m)
Nathan Turnbull bt Chris Truswell              11/9, 11/8, 11/7 (30m)
GraemeWilson bt Steven Robinson            11/9, 7/11, 9/11, 11/4, 13/11 (73m)
Kristen Johnson bt Joseph Desira              12/14, 11/7, 11/6, 11/8

19-May, Quarters:
Cuskelly downs Frankcomb
in a marathon

Rising Australian squash star Ryan Cuskelly upset the seedings once again when he outlasted Tasmanian Aaron Frankcomb in a two hour epic in the quarter-finals of the City of Joondalup Open in Perth on Friday night.

The 19-year-old Cuskelly from northern New South Wales moved into the semi-finals when he beat third seeded Frankcomb. He will now play fellow New South Welshman Scott Arnold, who caused an upset of his own when he beat second seeded New Zealander Kashif Shuja.

“I’ve played Kashif a few times before but I’d never managed to beat him,” the sixth seeded Arnold said. “Our matches have gone to five games a couple of times so it was good to finally get a win against him.

“I went on court with a good game plan and I stuck to it, and having (AIS coach) Rod Martin there to motivate me between games helped.”

The 21-year-old Arnold and Cuskelly have played a number of times as juniors and train together with the AIS squad in Brisbane.

“Ryan’s obviously playing really well at the moment – he won last week (at the Top End Open in Darwin) and he beat Aaron here so it’s going to be tough match,” Arnold said. “We know each other’s games very well.”

The other semi-final will be between top seeded Dutchman Dylan Bennett and Luke Margan, the eighth seed from Adelaide.

The top four women reached the semi-final stage with relatively straightforward wins.
 

Cuskelly keeps up
winning ways in Perth

Reigning Australian Junior squash champion Ryan Cuskelly continued his recent good form when he upset seventh seed Martin Knight of New Zealand in the first round of the City of Joondalup Open just north of Perth on Thursday night.

Cuskelly won his maiden PSA Tour title when he took out the Top End Open in Darwin on Sunday by defeating top seed Luke Margan.

He was just as impressive in his 3/0 win over Knight, which puts him into a quarter-final against third seeded Tasmanian Aaron Frankcomb.

Top seeded Dutchman Dylan Bennett and second seed Kashif Shuja also progressed to the quarter-finals, as did Margan, who beat Kiwi Graeme Wilson.