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Up for Boswell
in Oklahoma ...
Australia's Stewart Boswell collected his sixth
consecutive PSA title since his return to the circuit after two years off
with a back injury, beating Canada's Shawn De Lierre in the final in
Oklahoma.
De Lierre, winner in Houston last week, had no answer to Boswell's
firepower in the final, which Boswell won 11/4, 11/7, 11/1 in just 21
minutes.
With two challenger events and six main tour events under his belt,
Boswell's next challenge is the Squashworks
Open in Utah, followed by the
Mamut English Open in
Sheffield, where organisers have granted him an entry into the qualifying
draw as a 'local'.
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 Thanks to
Marton Szaboky, Richard Millman
and Nigel Peters for keeping us
informed about the tournament.
(and to Marton for the photos) |
Boswell's
Back
Six wins and
counting, coming up, plus interview with Bozza ...
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Group Oklahoma Open
2005
Oklahoma, USA, 28-31 July, $11k |
Round One
Jul 28 |
Quarters
Jul 29 |
Semis
Jul 30 |
Final
Jul 31 |
[1]
Phillip Barker (Eng)
11/10, 11/8, 11/2 (41m)
Beau River (Usa) |
Phillip Barker
11/6, 6/11, 11/8, 11/4
David Phillips |
Phillip Barker
11/5, 11/6, 11/7 (44m)
Stewart Boswell |
Stewart
Boswell
11/4, 11/7, 11/1 (21m)
Shawn De
Lierre |
David Phillips (Can)
10/12, 11/8, 11-10, 11/9 (64m)
Karim Yehia (Egy) |
[3]
Stewart Boswell (Aus)
11/1, 11/3, 11/6 (25)
Ben Howell (Eng) |
Stewart Boswell
11/8, 11/5, 11/5 (35m)
Saurav Ghosal |
[7] Saurav Ghosal (Ind)
11/7, 11/3, 11/6 (31m)
Marton Szaboky (Hun) |
Jago
Nardelli (Eng)
11/7, 11/7, 11/4 (53m)
[8] Laurent Elriani (Fra) |
Laurent Elriani
11/3, 10/11, 10/11, 11/4, 11/7 (102m)
Shawn De
Lierre |
Shawn De
Lierre
11/4, 11/2, 3/11, 11/7 (38m)
Kumail Mehmood |
Shawn De
Lierre (Can)
9/11, 11/7, 11/4, 11/4 (50m)
[5] Rafael Alarcon (Bra) |
Kumail Mehmood (Usa)
11/6, 11/7, 11/6 (40m)
Chris Gordon (Usa) |
Kumail Mehmood
7/11, 11/7, 11/5, 7/11, 11/7
Ben Gould |
Ben Gould
(Aus)
11/9, 8/11, 4/11, 11/8, 11/4 (61m)
[2] Mark Heather (Eng) |
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Saurav Ghosal and
Marton Szaboky
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  Boswell's
Back ...
Since being forced to take almost two years off the circuit with a
mystery back ailment, former world number four Stewart Boswell
has made a triumphant return to the PSA tour, winning two PSA
Challenger events followed by six consecutive PSA Tour tournaments -
most of which he had to qualify for!
From a high of number four, his ranking dropped as low as number 301
(equal), but is now back up to 62, and counting.
Next up is the Squashworks Open in
Utah, followed by the Mamut
English Open, where he has been granted entry into the qualifiers
as a 'local'.
BOZZA'S BACK ...
interview before the South Island Classic
 "I'd
been getting some pain in my lower back and
decided to go back to Australia from there to sort it out.
Initially, with all scans of my back showing no damage, it didn't
seem that serious. However it never improved to the stage that I
could play.
"I've spent most of the time over the last two years between the AIS
(Australian Institute of Sport) in Brisbane and living with my
parents in Canberra. During this time I saw various physios, doctors
and spinal specialists - without any real success.
"Things were looking pretty bleak after about a year without playing
and no real signs of progress. This was probably the hardest and
most frustrating period - not really knowing what the problem was,
if it would get better and if I was going to get the chance to play
again.
"One of the last people I planned to see was a Physio (Steve
Saunders) in Adelaide, who I'd heard was doing some further study on
the dysfunction of the area I was getting the pain. He had some
different techniques and a different approach treating my problem.
"Things slowly started looking up after spending two months there,
going into Steve's practice most days either to have treatment or
Pilates/stability exercises. I was then able to progress to harder
work - running, gym, etc - before finally getting back to playing.
I've been back training in Brisbane for the last few months as well
as doing regular trips back to Adelaide."
"Right now, it's just such a good feeling to be back playing and
doing what I've wanted to do for the last two years. And, yes, Steve
Saunders has definitely made it onto my Christmas card list!"
Stewart Boswell |
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