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Suchde takes St Louis title
The first PSA champion of 2008 was crowned in a new Super
Satellite event at the Regions Racket Club in St Louis, with
eighth-seeded Indian Siddarth Suchde taking the title.
In the morning's semi-finals Suchde put out top seed Tony James in
straight games, and in the final met unseeded Mexican teenager
Cesar Salazar, who had himself beaten second seed Wade Johnstone.
In the final Suchde kept up his record of not dropping a game as he
beat the youngster 11/9, 11/6, 11/4 in 50 minutes. |
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Ian Power |
Aqeel Rehman |
Siddarth Suchde |
 Regions Racquet Club
Pro 2008
St Louis, 09-12 Jan, $6k |
Round One
10 Jan |
Quarters
11 Jan |
Semis
11 Jan |
Final
12 Jan |
[1] Tony James (Aus)
11/6, 11/9, 11/9
Wael Farag (Egy) |
[1] Tony James
11/5, 9/11, 11/3, 11/7 (40m)
[6]
Aqeel Rehman |
[1] Tony James
11/7, 11/8, 11/9 (55m)
[8] Siddarth Suchde |
[8] Siddarth Suchde
11/9, 11/6, 11/4 (50m)
Cesar Salazar |
[6] Aqeel Rehman (Aut)
11/9, 11/8, 14/12
Graeme Wilson (Nzl) |
[4] Ian Power (Can)
11/6, 11/5, 11/4
[Q] Bernie Reid (Can) |
[4] Ian Power
11/7, 11/7, 11/5 (40m)
[8]
Siddarth Suchde |
[8] Siddarth Suchde (Ind)
11/1, 11/4, 11/4
[Q] Joe Millman (Eng) |
Cesar Salazar (Mex)
11/6, 13/11, 11/6 (45m)
[7] Andrew McDougall (Can) |
Cesar Salazar
2/11, 11/4, 4/11, 11/6, 11/3 (55m)
[3]
Ryan Donegan |
Cesar Salazar
11/4, 4/11, 11/4, 9/11, 11/9 (70m)
[2] Wade Johnstone |
[Q] Matthew Serediak
(Can)
11/5, 11/1, 11/7 (32m)
[3] Ryan Donegan (Usa) |
[Q] Mike Puertas (Usa)
11/8, 11/3, 11/5
[5] Arturo Salazar (Mex) |
[5] Arturo Salazar
3/11, 10/12, 11/6, 11/8, 11/5 (66m)
[2] Wade Johnstone |
Rob McFadzean (Usa)
11/7, 11/9, 11/7
[2] Wade Johnstone (Aus) |
PSA Season under way
in St Louis
The first PSA champion of 2008 will be crowned in a new Super
Satellite event at the Regions Racket Club in St Louis, with
seeding predicting an all-Australian final between Tony James
and Wade Johnstone, both US-based.
Tournament organiser Ryan Donegan is seeded three, while St Louis based pro Mike Puertas
(who is providing the photos) defied the years to come through
qualifying.
 "A
bit of inexperience from Wael, I would not like to play him in a few
years - what are they feeding these kids in Egypt ???"
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Puertas
in
St Louis upset
 A stunning
upset for 39-year-old Mike
Puertas at the Regions Club, as the veteran overcame a 21-year
age gap to oust qualifying second seed Tyler Hamilton in straight
games.
Local club champion Preston Amos, victorious in the solitary first
round match earlier in the day, couldn't make it to the main draw as
he went down to Canadian Matthew Serediak. England's Joe
Millman progressed to the main draw at the expense of Scott Denne
who, like Puertas, coaches in St Louis.
The final match of the day saw another upset as Bernie Reid
despatched qualifying second seed Armando Qlguin in three games.
09-Jan, Qualifying Finals:
[1]
Matthew Serediak (Can) bt Preston Amos (Usa)
11/2, 11/3, 11/3
Michael Puertas (Usa) bt [3] Tyler Hamilton (Can)
11/7, 11/2, 11/5
[4] Joe Millman (Eng) bt Scott Denne (Aus)
11/9, 11/7, 11/5 (25m)
Bernie Reid (Can) bt [2] Armando Olguin (Usa)
11/5, 11/6, 11/4 (25m)
Round One:
Preston Amos (Usa) bt Asif Wasiri (Usa)
11/4, 11/8, 5/11, 11/9
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