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28-Oct-07:
Salazar
steps up
Brad Birnie Reports
The Saskatoon crowd was amazed at the display of quickness and
focus by the two finalists. Mexican teenager Arturo Salazar
displayed his incredible speed in retrieving almost everything
India's Siddarth Suchde had. Salazar kept pressure on Suchde with
his variety of shots. Suchde never backed down, but Salazar was too
much for him on this day.
Never significantly tested over the course of four matches in
Saskatoon, Salazar's best squash is yet to come.
27-Oct-07:
First-time finalists in Saskatoon
Brad Birnie Reports
It will be two first-time PSA finalists in Saskatoon as India's
Siddarth Suchde and Mexico's Arturo Salazar continued their runs of
upset wins through to the final.
A remarkable 31-minute first game took more out of Australian top
seed Ryan Cuskelly as Suchde, as he's done all week, dominated the T
as he went on to win in straight games.
Mexican teenager Salazar beat England's Robbie Temple, the fifth
seed, also in straight games.
Temple seemed to have little gas left after a 75-minute match the
previous night against Aqeel Rehman of Austria, and had no response
for Salazar, who has remained remarkably fresh all week.
So, a fantastic match-up of qualifier Suchde, winner of five
straight matches, against 19-yr. old sensation Salazar, both in
their first PSA final ...
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 Saskatoon
Boast 2007
23-28 Oct, Saskatchewan,
Canada, $6k |
Round One
Oct 25 |
Quarters
Oct 26 |
Semis
Oct 27 |
Final
Oct 28 |
[1] Ryan Cuskelly
(Aus)
11-4, 11-4, 11-5 (23m)
Keith Pritchard (Can) |
Ryan Cuskelly
11-6, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5 (62m)
Gaurav Nandrajog |
Ryan Cuskelly
13/11, 11/6, 11/6 (58m)
Siddarth Suchde |
Siddarth Suchde
12/10, 11/7, 11/7 (53m)
Arturo
Salazar |
[6] Michal Reid (Can)
11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 11-3 (51m)
Gaurav Nandrajog (Ind) |
[4] Shaun le Roux
(Eng)
11-2, 7-11, 11-4, 11-5 (47m)
[Q] Siddarth Suchde (Ind) |
Siddarth Suchde
11-9, 11-2, 11-6 (47m)
Arthur Gaskin |
[8] Arthur Gaskin
(Irl)
11-2, 11-0, 11-5 (27m)
Justin Todd (Can) |
[5] Robbie Temple
(Eng)
11-3, 11-3, 11-6 (29m)
[Q] David Glass (Can) |
Robbie Temple
11-8, 12-10, 8-11, 4-11, 12-10 (80m)
Aqeel Rehman |
Robbie Temple
11/5, 11/6, 11/8 (46m)
Arturo Salazar |
[3] Aqeel Rehman (Aut)
11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8 (45m)
[Q] Fabio Cechin (Bra) |
[7] Andrew McDougall (Can)
11-4, 3-11, 11-7, 11-5 (48m)
Arturo Salazar (Mex) |
Arturo Salazar
11-6, 11-8, 11-5 (42m)
Robin Clarke |
[2] Robin Clarke (Can)
11-6, 11-5, 11-7 (39m)
[Q] Chris Truswell (Eng) |
Saskatoon Boast amateur results:
A Event Final Justin Todd defeated Justin Vanderleest 3-1
3rd place Suf Ahmed defeated James Landeryou 3-0
B Event Final Jason Gelowitz defeated Vaughn Johnson 3-2
3rd place Gary Kreig defeated Kurt Mario 3-2
C Event Final Doug Smith defeated Rick Savoie 3-0
3rd place Doug Brown defeated Frederic Guerin 3-2
Junior Final Mark Sedgewick defeated Stephanie Boyle 3-0
3rd place Stepanie Shrewted defeated Danae Sayers Default
Qualifying:
Qualifying Finals:
Brad Birnie reports ...
Chris Truswell (Eng) bt Dan Sibley (Can) w/o
Dan Sibley had withdrawn with illness. Chris Truswell was the
recipient of the default and was our first qualifier. He moves on to
play # 2 seed Robin Clarke (Can)
Fabio Cechin (Bra) bt Jamie Macaulay (Sco) 8-11, 11-9, 11-5,
7-11, 11-6 (69m)
Best match of the evening. Cechin made comeback at 6-10 first game,
but hit tin at 9-10. Second game was a hard 18 minute game that
seemed to take something out of Macaulay. 3rd game Macaulay seemed
to be tiring. 4th game Macaulay with spirited comeback and new life.
Several diving gets resulted in bloody elbow, bandaged for the 5th
game. A few too many mistakes for Macaulay in the 5th while Cechin
played steadily. Drawn to play # 3 seed Aqeel Rehman (Austria).
Suddarth Suchde (Ind) bt Matt Serediak (Can) 11-6, 11-6, 11-7
(38m)
Hard fought first game. Suchde took control of 2nd, better length.
3rd Suchde continued solid squash, very efficient. Next is # 4 seed
Shaun Le Roux (Eng).
Dave Glass (Can) bt Josh Struthers (Can) 11-13, 11-6, 11-6,
11-6 (46m)
Same hometown of Winnipeg. After Struthers won very close game 1,
Glass steadied himself and took advantage of Struthers 4 straight
tins to end game 2. Game 4 had Glass start strongly, 7-1 and go on
to win. Matched up against # 5 seed Robbie Temple (Eng).
Round One
- Brad Birnie reports ...
Daniel Sibley (Can) bt Tyler Hamilton (Can) 11-8, 11-6, 8-11,
13-11 42 min.
-they train together
Jamie Macaulay (Scot) bt Joe Millman (Eng) 11-6, 11-9,
11-8 31 min.
Informed of the opportunity to qualify for this tournament just last
Friday, Macaulay survived a 27 hour travel ordeal getting from
Edinburgh, Scotland to Saskatoon arriving the night before the match
Mild upset.
Fabio Cechin (Bra) bt Alan Fern (Can) 11-4, 11-4, 11-4 24
min.
Siddarth Suchde (Ind) bt Suf Ahmed (Can) 11-2, 11-5, 11-5 18
min.
Matt Serediak (Can) bt Dennis Rublee (Can) 11-4,
11-2, 11-1 18 min.
Serediak a native Saskatchewanian, from Regina originally, now
training in Toronto
Josh Struthers (Can) bt Thomas Jackson (Can) 11-3, 11-3, 11-5
16 min.
Dave Glass (Can) bt Bernard Reid (Can) 9-11,
6-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-2 43 min.
Closest match of the evening. Reid won first two games with
consistent play and Glass error-prone. Glass came back with
determination winning games 3 & 4 despite Reid's incredible
retrieving. Glass untouchable in the 5th game, starting 9-0, Reid
many mistakes.
Wed. night's secon round qualifying matches, starting at 6:00:
Chris Truswell (England) vs. Dan Sibley (Canada)
Jamie Macaulay (Scotland) vs. Fabio Cechin (Brazil)
Siddarth Suchde (India) vs. Matthew Serediak (Canada)
Josh Struthers (Canada) vs. Dave Glass (Canada)
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