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Sun 12th, Day TWO:
Men's Qualifying Finals:
Dylan Bennett (Ned) bt Joel
Hinds (Eng)
v Darwish
10/12, 11/8, 19/17, 16/14
(90m)
Ben Ford (Eng) bt Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas)
v Willstrop
10/12, 11/9, 11/5, 11/9
(66m)
Yann Perrin (Fra) bt Ali Anwar Reda (Egy)
v R Ashour
12/10, 3/11, 13/15, 11/7,
11/7 (97m)
Mohamed El Shorbagy (Egy)
bt Joe Lee (Eng) v Lavigne
11/4, 11/8, 11/5 (27m)
Jorge Ferreira (Mex) bt Siddharth Suchde (Ind) v
Abbas
11/7, 11/5, 11/4 (46m)
David Phillips (Can) bt Adil
Maqbool (Pak)
v Bianchetti
11/6, 11/6, 11/6 (30m)
Simon Rosner (Ger) bt Badr Abdel Aziz (Swe)
v Shabana
11/6, 11/6, 11/8 (43m)
Scott Arnold (Aus) bt Stephen
Coppinger (Rsa) v Pilley
5/11, 11/3, 9/11, 13/11,
11/9 (92m)
Arturo Salazar (Mex) bt Steve Finitsis (Aus)
v Mosaad
7/11, 11/7, 11/9, 11/7
(56m)
Robbie Temple (Eng) bt Jesse
Engelbrecht (Rsa) v Beachill
11/6, 11/9, 16/14 (51m)
Shahid Zaman (Pak) bt Amr Mansi (Egy)
v Matthew
11/9, 11/8, 11/6 (41m)
Liam Kenny (Irl) bt Chris Simpson
(Eng)
v El Hindi
11/5, 7/11, 9/11,
11/6, 11/7 (85m)
Nicolas Mueller (Sui) bt
Campbell Grayson (Nzl) v Gaultier
9/11, 3/11, 11/7,
11/1, 11/8 (57m)
Mathieu Castagnet (Fra) bt
Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind) v Khan
11/5, 11/6, 9/11,
3/11, 11/5 (80m)
Ryan Cuskelly (Aus) bt Andrew Whipp (Eng)
v Rodriguez
11/5, 11/7, 11/13,
3/11, 11/8 (78m)
Mark Krajcsak (Hun) by Gilly Lane (Usa)
v Palmer
11/6, 15/17, 10/12,
11/4, 11/8 (84m)
Women's Qualifying Round
One:
Latasha Khan (Usa) bt Emma
Beddoes (Eng)
11/6, 11/4, 11/4 (26m)
Lauren Siddall (Eng) bt Anna-Carin Forstadius
(Swe)
11/5, 11/6, 11/2 (20m)
Sarah Kippax (Eng) bt Laura Mylotte (Irl)
11/4, 11/2, 12/10 (28m)
Laura Hill (Eng) bt Tatiana Damasio Borges (Bra)
11/4,
11/7, 6/11, 11/5 (29m)
Annie Au (Hkg) bt Tara Mullins (Can)
11/2, 11/6, 11/5 (23m)
Camille Serme
(Fra) bt Dipika Pallikal (Ind)
7/11, 11/6, 9/11, 11/9,
11/5 (48m)
Suzie Pierrepont (Eng) bt Joey Chan (Hkg)
8/11, 11/2, 11/4, 11/8
(38m)
Low Wee Wern (Mas) bt Amelia Pittock
(Aus)
11/9,
11/3, 11/8 (27m)
Alana Miller (Can) bt Vicky Hynes (Eng)
11/5, 11/8, 11/9 (29m)
Aisling Blake (Irl) bt Emma Chorley (Eng)
11/6, 9/11, 11/4,
11/5 (36m)
Orla Noom (Ned) bt Lauren Selby (Eng)
11/3, 13/15, 11/3,
11/5 (36m)
Manuela Manetta (Ita) bt Fiona Moverley (Eng)
7/11, 11/3, 11/3, 11/7 (29m)
Joshna Chinappa (Ind) bt
Georgina Stoker (Eng)
11/6, 11/5, 8/11,
10/12, 11/3 (45m)
Delia Arnold (Mas) bt Lucie Fialova (Cze)
11/5, 11/4, 12/10
(26m)
Elise Ng (Hkg) bt Jenna Gates (Eng)
11/8, 4/11, 11/4,
11/6 (28m)
Line Hansen (Den) bt Luz Etchechoury (Arg)
11/1, 11/9, 11/4
(22m)
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The Longest Day ...
Day Two got off to the worst possible start - from a scheduling
point of view - as Dylan Bennett became the second player
to qualify for the main draw, after a 90-minute battle to
overcome the unlucky Joel Hinds.
The first man through was a delighted Ben Ford, playing
in his first World Open and possibly his last event.
The marathons continued throughout the day, with Dylan's target
beaten by the match that followed on court two, Yann Perrin
qualifying after 97 minutes.
It didn't get any better, as in the evening session (no, there
wasn't a gap) the final three matches on court five were all 80+
minutes.
Shortest match of the day was world junior champion Mohamed
El Shorbagy's 27-minute despatching of Joe Lee, followed by
a 41-minute win for Shahid Zaman, long by his recent
standards but a sign of the Pakistani former world no. 14's
improved form and fitness.
But, at the end of the day the main draw was done, with
Nicolas Mueller, who pulled of a comeback from two games
down, was granted his wish of a match against second seed
Gregory Gaultier. Manchester fans were denied their wishes as
Ryan Cuskelly saw off Andy Whipp - in five, of course.
Women's first round qualifying passed more smoothly, with just
the two five-setters - both featureing Indians - as Camille
Serme, the British Junior Open U19 champion, fought off a
determined challenge from Dipika Pallikal, holder of the BJO U17
crown, and Joshna Chinappa let go of a two-game lead
before overcoming Georgina Stoker.
Did we say the longest day?
Monday sees the same again - 32 matches on the inside courts,
with the addition of the men's top eight seeds on the glass
court, 40 matches in all starting from noon.
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Ben Ford (Eng) bt Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas)
10/12, 11/9, 11/5, 11/9
(66m)
EXPERIENCE VS YOUTH
Framboise reports
 This
was a very special game for Ben Ford today. One, he never ever
made it to the World Open before. Two, his wife is expecting,
and as he is about to move to another job, this could be his
last PSA tournament. And everybody could see how passionate and
determined to win Old Man was…
But in front of him, Wan was standing strong. Training with
Peter Genever at Dolphin Squash, the Malaysian has improved a
lot in his shot selection, and especially in the first game,
showed quite a maturity I hadn’t see him display yet.
First game, Ben is cruising 10/7, but after a call that he
thought outrageous, he starts to lose his focus. Wan, feeling
the opportunity, will score the next five points to take the
game. Still on his momentum, Wan keeps close contact with his
opponent throughout the second, 8/7 then 10/9, and a drop shot
too good he can’t reach, no let.
From that moment on, Wan starts to slip in and out of the match,
losing concentration and a string of points, to then playing
catch up with his opponent, and after losing the third, he finds
himself 9/5 in the fourth. Ben, a bit tired, lets a few points
to Wan, who gets his confidence back, to finally catch up yet
again, 9/9! The Englishman goes for it, nick return serve. Match
ball. And what could seem like a harsh stroke against the
Malaysian, match to Ford.
 "I
wouldn’t have been fighting that hard for any other tournament,
I guess I wanted to win a bit too much today!
"I think that he controlled most of the rallies, I didn’t play
well at all. I was trying to just push the ball to the back, and
not to make too many errors. I guess the only time I actually
attacked was at 9/9 in the 4th, on match ball!
"I never played an World Open before, and the fact it’s in
England makes it even better, especially as this could be my
last tournament…
"Oh God, now I’ve got to play again, haven’t I…."
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 "I
thought the last call was a bit harsh, but then again, a match
doesn’t rest on a one call. But it’s a shame that it finishes
like that at 10/9, when Wan had came back from 9/5, and the
balance was almost shifted…
"I think that when the pressure is that important on the
players, what’s at stake, a place in the World Open, plus the
fact that good players are watching, the one who is able to keep
detached from it all and stay calm will win…
"Wan was drifting concentration wise but he was wining the
physical battle at the end, and was mentally focused when he
could go back to a place he was able to play. But you could
really feel the tension, the pressure, and I find it surprising
that the stadium doesn’t explode sometimes with all that
pressure…!!!
"Wan has improved a lot, but he needs to keep working on a lot
of areas, mostly on his serve, for example, at 9/9 in the 4th,
he practically gave the point away! More generally, he needs to
improve on his awareness, on which shot to play at the right
time…!
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David Phillips (Can) bt Adil
Maqbool (Pak)
11/6, 11/6, 11/6 (30m)
 "It's
my first world open, so I'm very pleased to qualify. I felt good
out there - he's very quick and has good hands, so I tried to
keep it tight and deep and wait for him to go for something and
then I could attack it.
"It's a pretty strong field, so I haven't even looked to see who
I might get, we'll just see …"
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Jorge Ferreira (Mex) bt
Siddharth Suchde (Ind)
11/7, 11/5, 11/4
 "That
was a hard game, the scoreline really doesn't do it justice. It
was very tough at the start of the first game, 3-all, 4-all,
from then on I managed to get the ball to the front more to play
to my strengths, and fortunately I won.
"It's my first world open, so it's a pleasure to qualify. I'd
like to play one of the world's top eight in the main draw, but
I'll be happy with whoever I get …"
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Latasha Khan (Usa) bt Emma
Beddoes (Eng)
11/6, 11/4, 11/4 (26m)
 "I
haven't played a lot since LA, so I'm a bit rusty and it's so
hard to get used to the new scoring. I'll go for a few shots,
find myself 9/2 down and then have to change what I'm doing, but
at times I think I'd better not go for that shot because I would
lose a point, and that's wrong too …"
" Emma wasn't at her best today, I'd expect to have a much
tougher match with her, but the I had probably the hardest draw
I could, with Lauren Siddall to come …"
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Low Wee Wern (Mas) bt Amelia Pittock
(Aus)
11/9,
11/3, 11/8 (27m)
 "It's
my first time in the World Open, and I've been training in
Amsterdam for two month with Liz Irving in preparation for this,
but I only arrived in Manchester last night.
"It was a good match, with a lot of close rallies. I just tried
to be patient and I thought I played well to take the first.
Amelia made a few errors in the second, then I managed to close
out the third so I'm very pleased with that, it's one of my best
wins.
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Mohamed El Shorbagy (Egy)
bt Joe Lee (Eng)
11/4, 11/8, 11/5 (27m)
SHORBAGY ON FIRE
Framboise reports
There was a rally at 5/4 in the second game, where Joe was
attacking so well, and finding exquisite attacks, both at the
front, and in power at the back, and where Shorbaby was able to
retrieve every shot, a bit like a miracle really, a rally
eventually won by the Egyptian. And I thought to myself, “when
you are playing against somebody who is so determined, so
desperate to win, you are in a lot of trouble”.
I can’t say that Joe didn’t want to win, he certainly did, and
don’t get fooled by the score in the third, he fought till the
last rally with all his heart and legs he had left, poor thing.
But today, Shorbagy wanted to win that little more…
The Egyptian is such an intelligent player, he will play with
his opponent with his brain more than anything else, mixing
several lobs and patient game with nice “Goughie Style” top
spin, finishing with stunning winners. Lethal combination.
And the day he drops the “junior” unforced errors, he’ll be a
real danger on the tour… Trust me, I’ve seen him playing Shabana
in Hurghada, and was able to see the promises of what’s to come…
"I played Joe
twice before, and that was very useful to me. But what was even
more useful, was what he said yesterday after his match, and I
read on your site! He said that he learned a lot from our last
two encounters! So, I thought and decided to play a completely
different way that I would have done naturally, to surprise him…
"First, I tried to mix my game between an English game, that he
is used to, and an Egyptian one. So I was making the rallies
last as long as possible, as I knew he was going to be tired,
and I also slowed down the pace, to tire him even more.
"In the second, when we were at 8/8, I started to be very tired,
but I gave it a big push, as I knew the difference that a 2/0 or
a 1/1 would be. And I knew that, with his match yesterday, he
would find it very difficult to come back from 2/0 down… In the
third, I wanted to make sure I’d take a good lead, and he was
just too tired maybe to come back.
"I’m so happy to get into my first World Open. For me, this is
the real start of my PSA career…"
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"I didn’t exactly feel the pressure from the event, or the
place, but yes, I felt the pressure that HE put on me!!! I
didn’t feel too tired today really, but it’s just I couldn’t
really move my legs as fast as I wanted. But overall, I had a
good week…
"If our last two matches were a bit heated, we had a lot of
movement trouble, today, we played a very clean match. Shorbagy
beat me fair and square today, and I fully respect that."
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Dylan Bennett (Ned) bt Joel
Hinds (Eng)
10/12, 11/8, 19/17, 16/14
(90m)
 "That
was so tough. We had a few game balls each in the third and
luckily I got it, then I just dug in at 10/8 down in the fourth.
"I wasn't playing great, but the courts are hot and bouncy, so
you can stay in there. Tommy was telling me to get good length
and play my game once I got him behind me - it's bouncy but
quite dead on there.
"I'm just happy to get through, I'll look tonight to see who I
draw and take it from there - it would be nice to get Shabana
though …
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Delia Arnold (Mas) bt Lucie Fialova (Cze)
11/5, 11/4, 12/10 (26m)
"She played more
attacking squash in the third, I just needed to get my game back
and be patient.
"I tried to keep the rallies going in the first two, and she
would make errors from the back of the court.
"Once I got my game back together I managed to win the third, so
I'm delighted to get through to the finals in my first world
open"
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Sarah Kippax (Eng) bt Laura Mylotte (Irl)
11/4, 11/2, 12/10 (28m)
"It's nice to
finally get on court after the big build-up. I suppose I have
been a little more anxious about this match than I might have
been.
"We've had tough battles in the past. But I was pleased with my
game today - though she came back in the third and I had to
steady myself. I was quite relieved at the end."
"The Ambassador thing was quite nerve-wracking at first, but
I've really enjoyed it - doing radio interviews and helping on
the PR side.
"In fact, being involved behind-the-scenes like this makes you
realise just how much work goes into putting on a tournament
like this!"
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Scott Arnold (Aus) bt Stephen
Coppinger (Rsa)
5/11, 11/3, 9/11, 13/11,
11/9 (92m)
TWO GRINDERS…
Framboise reports
Both tall, both fit, both young, both hungry…. Result? A hard,
tough, disputed match, with the two of them working hard,
producing a traditional but still very entertaining match.
 Steve’s
strength? His ability to read his opponent game, and his
excellent volleying. Scott on the other had, is very patient,
precise at the back, and possesses a good attack timing. And
when you think he went under the knife for a knee surgery 9
weeks ago, you cannot stop yourself from being impressed by his
recovery, even if he lacks matches…
Today, the momentum kept shifting from one to the other, first
one, easy for the South African, the second, no trouble for
Scott, the serious stuff really starting in the third, 11/9 for
Steve, that seemed really lost at the start of the 4th, allowing
Scott to get away 4/1. Waking up, he comes back to 4/4, 6/6.
Again, the Australian leads 10/7, and we think a decider is
certain now.
But no, the South African plants his heels deep, and climbs back
up, point by point, wining 4 points in a row, to set up a match
ball, 11/10. But the tin he finds, and it’s eventually Scott
that equalises 13/11, 2 games all.
From that missed match ball, Steve had trouble to recover,
whereas Scott took an excellent start, 6/2, then 9/5. A few
jitters, a few imprecision, the racquet that seems to shake a
bit, and back to 8/9 Steve comes. But tired, he goes for a drop
shot far too soon, finds the tin, match ball, 10/8. If he saves
the first one, he just can’t return a lovely low forehand drive.
Scott raises his arms in the air, he reaches the World Open for
the first time on his second attempt, the South African clan is
devastated, and Rod Martin looks a bit greyer….
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"You start, you’ve got a game plan,
but it didn’t seem to work, and I was constantly on the back
foot, and against Steve, you just can’t do that, he was playing
too well, too fast, and volleying too well. So, in the second, I
started slowing it down, volleyed a bit more, and as he helped
me by making too many unforced errors, it went pretty well.
"In the third, again, I was letting too many balls go, I didn’t
step forward enough. But in the fourth, I know it’s just basic
common sense, but I thought, if I can just keep two points
ahead, I could turn things round. So I didn’t let anything go to
the back wall, took it three-quarter court, volleyed more, and
lifted the ball. I found that he had to attack from much more
difficult position, it put him under much more pressure, and he
ended up making much more errors.
"In the 5th I took again a good start, and then, the adrenalin
got going, as it normally does at that point of the match,
although I had a few chuckles in the end, snapping points I
wouldn’t normally."
"That’s why I’ve got grey hair…"
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Shahid Zaman (Pak) bt Amr Mansi (Egy)
11/9, 11/8, 11/6 (41m)
AMR NOT AT HIS BEST
Framboise reports
Mind you, I never met ANY player that said to me, “I’m happy,
I’m played well today,” after a game against Shahid, win or
lose.
Shahid Zaman has got one of those games, he is very gifted with
the racquet, he hits extremely low and hard, repetively, and
when he’s got you cornered at the back, he just finds an
incredible winner, and another one, and another one, but he is
also famous to be a bit overweight (no judgement from me,
though, have you seen my butt???), and he’s got some problems
sometimes to move out of the way, creating a lot of stop/start,
and a game that cannot find any rhythm or real pace.
Today, Amr was just not all there. I’m not sure if he is
injured, he was wearing a bandage on the right knee, and he
wouldn’t speak with me at the end. But his length was not in
place, he had trouble getting through Shahid to get to the ball,
and never really settled in the match. Shame, as I really like
the boy, and I don’t think he played to his normal standard
today…
But after nearly three years out of the PSA circuit (the last
World Open he played was three years ago), Shahid will be very
happy to be qualifying to the main draw… Welcome back, Shahid…
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"Since I got married to Anila, Mansoor’s sister, life has not
been easy every day, because I’m living in Quetta, and there are
no good players there, they are all in Peshawar, and I just
can’t stay away from home too long. So I talked with my wife,
who didn’t understand the situation at the beginning, but who
now understands that if I don’t play squash, I can’t earn a
living, and as I’m a family man, I need to get an income.
"I’ve been training a lot at home, running, exercising, but I
miss matches, and you could see my match yesterday was awful,
today was much better, and inshallah, tomorrow will be even
better. And that is all credit to my brother Ali, who lives in
London. He told me that I had the ability of playing good
squash, he gave me strength and hope.
Also, I need to thank M. Raza, from Dubai, who helped me with my
plane tickets to Malaysia, where I won two tournament, and he
said that if I keep getting good results, he’ll keep helping me,
inshallah.
"So I hope that the Pakistani Federation also will help me, and
get me some work, because I would really appreciate to work in
Pakistan, I’ve always been playing for my country, and I would
be proud to work for and with the Federation."
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Nicolas Mueller (Sui) bt
Campbell Grayson (Nzl)
9/11, 3/11, 11/7,
11/1, 11/8 (57m)
 "I
was leading 9/6 in the first and lost it with some silly
mistakes, but then I got chopped in the second, I just didn't
see the ball, I had no length, no width, and he just took
everything.
"I felt quite comfortable in the third and saw that he was
tiring so I realised there was a chance for a comeback. In the
fourth I was really on fire, and I knew by now he was tired so I
wanted to make the fifth hard and tough.
"I got a bit nervous towards the end, it's my first world open -
my first big PSA event really - after coming out of the juniors.
I'm really excited about it and looking forward to the draw …"
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Robbie Temple (Eng) bt Jesse
Engelbrecht (Rsa)
11/6, 11/9, 16/14 (51m)
 "I
always put pressure on myself, I always expect a lot, and I
often struggle to get the best out of me. But honestly, today, I
felt really really well, until… match ball!
"No, I didn’t think about the main draw, or the World Open, or
the money. It was just, getting over the finishing like, I
couldn’t do it! At some point, I really thought I would not
going to make it, can you believe it, 6 match points…!!!!
"So I attacked a lot, I needed to attack to prevent Jesse from
getting to the front, he is so good there. I needed him to
defend, not to attack… I used my hold, I used my speed, and I
think I got them in good proportion.
"For the past two days, we’ve been sharing cushions on Alex
Stait’s floor, we’ve been spending the past two days together,
he is really a great guy, and maybe, maybe it affected him
today, like it affected me during the British Open.
"But I’ve learned that whatever you hate or love somebody, on
court, you just fight, and get friends again, when you get off
court… But maybe, it has affected him, that’s possible…"
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Joshna Chinappa (Ind) bt
Georgina Stoker (Eng)
11/6, 11/5, 8/11,
10/12, 11/3 (45m)
 "It
was disappointing to let a two-game lead slip, but she started
picking more up and hitting more percentage shots.
"I took it a little bit lightly at certain stages in the third
and fourth, I started to come back in both but it was too late
by then.
"I was glad to get my focus back and keep the score to a minimum
in the fifth."
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Mathieu Castagnet (Fra) bt
Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind)
11/5, 11/6, 9/11,
3/11, 11/5 (80m)
WEIRD MATCH
Framboise reports
As I missed the first two games, I can't comment on the match
fully, but it seemed that Ritwik, normally rather quiet and well
behaved, was arguing a lot today, and seemed to have lost all
confidence in the referee by the time we got to the fifth…
 Ritwik
still openly saluted the good performance from the Frenchman,
who I was told played really well in the first two games, until
he started thinking bless him, as if that ever helped anybody….
That “thinking syndrome” coincided with Ritwik suddenly relaxing
as he was 7/2 down, and instead of playing loose shots in the
middle of the court, found at the same time his length and his
delicate short game. Slowly, surely, he got back, point after
point, up to 8/8, damaging Mathieu’s self confidence, to put him
a panic station as he strung three points from 8/9 to 11/9…
Mathieu just lost the plot completely in the 4th, let the game
go, and just mentally hand in the 5th, thinking that he was in a
hard training session that he HAD to complete, trying to get any
kind of pressure off his back. It worked, as Ritwik having done
a very hard work, both mentally and physically to come back from
2/0 down, made a few unforced errors, started to doubt, and at
9/5, accepted in his head that the match was over.
Mathieu was over the moon, absolutely delighted with the result,
and he will be lining his name tomorrow along the players he so
much admires, Shabana in particular…
 "I
played very well in the first two games, up to 8/2, but then I
started to think about Shabana, I mean it, I starting thinking
that I was going to be playing alongside all of those players,
those top guys, and that I was about to beat Ritwik, top 50,
11/2 in the third, a guy that I really appreciate on and off
court, and that I somehow didn’t deserve it.
"He then played extremely well from that point on, and in the
4th too. In the 5th, I pushed hard, so hard, as if I need to
finish a training routine, and as he lost a lot of energy to
come back in the match, he probably felt it at the time. Also,
he started to chat with the ref, and he was the first one to
make a few errors…
"But he really deserves to be in the main draw as much as me…"
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Mathieu played
really well today, and on a warm court like that, I had to
change my game, because he would counter-attack a lot, and
although I played some outstanding shots, he just picked up
absolutely everything. Still, I opened my game, and he dwelled
on that.
So in the third, I started to go back to basics, playing a
straight game, to close down the game. I think that he tried and
rushed things to finish it off…
In the 4th, I was really playing extremely well, all my shots
were coming in, but in the 5ht, I started getting again what I
thought were awful calls. I don’t normally complain or find
excuses, but on that match, I truly believe the referee made the
difference on the match.
Still, we were always friendly to each other, we never had a bad
movement, or anything. He is a really nice player, and that’s
the kind of match you want to play in an event like the World
Open.
But I played well, I feel relaxed and light, and if I can not
think too much, and just enjoy, I think I’ll get there. The
venue is really beautiful, it’s such a wonderful thing to have
the World Open in such a great venue, I was just hoping to play
in it!!!
I’m wishing all the best to Mathieu, and I will be watching him
play tomorrow… Good luck…
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Liam Kenny (Irl) bt Chris Simpson
(Eng)
11/5, 7/11, 9/11,
11/6, 11/7 (85m)
"It was similar to
the Saudi qualifiers, I was hitting it well and moving well, but
I was putting too much pressure on myself and all of a sudden
things turned round and I lost concentration.
"I stepped up the pace and got a bit of reward from volleying
and taking it early, hitting everything to a good length.
"I've made the first round of a few world opens, but they were
32 draws. I usually end up meeting one of the top seeds, but
with 16 places this year there's a better chance of a good draw
- we'll see."
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