EUROPEAN SQUASH NEWS
RESULTS: Estonia-Fenestra Open Squash Championship, Tallinn, Estonia
1st round:
[1] John White (SCO) bye
[16] Mark Krajcsak (HUN) bt Rauno Tiesel (EST) 15-3, 15-7, 15-4
[8] Liam Kenny (IRL) bt Iiro Salonen (FIN) 15-3, 15-5, 15-7
[9] Mika Monto (FIN) bt Philip Verzun (EST) 15-3, 15-3, 15-8
[4] Renan Lavigne (FRA) bye
[13] Badr Abdel Aziz (SWE) bt Matias Tuomi (FIN) 15-6, 15-2, 15-9
[5] Olli Tuominen (FIN) bye
[12] Morten Sorensen (DEN) bt Hameed Ahmed (FIN) 15-5, 15-4, 15-7
[14] Joakim Karlsson (SWE) bt Jan Zemlicka (CZE) 15-12 15-8 15-8
[3] Joseph Kneipp (Aus) bye
Olle Poutiainen (FIN) bt [11] Martin Dzur (CZE) w/o
[6] Shahier Razik (CAN) bye
Aleksei Severinov (RUS) bt [10] Stephane Galifi (FRA) w/o
Ville Sistonen (FIN) bt [7] Lars Harms (SUI) w/o
[15] Henrik Löfvenborg (SWE) bt Roman Dolinich (UKR) 15-10, 17-16, 15-13
[2] Mark Chaloner (ENG) bye
2nd round:
[1] John White (SCO) bt [16] Mark Krajcsak (HUN) 15-9, 15-10, 15-13
[8] Liam Kenny (IRL) bt [9] Mika Monto (FIN) 15-9, 15-11, 15-11
[4] Renan Lavigne (FRA) bt [13] Badr Abdel Aziz (SWE) 15-12, 17-15, 15-12
[5] Olli Tuominen (FIN) bt [12] Morten Sorensen (DEN) 15-5, 15-4, 15-6
[3] Joseph Kneipp (AUS) bt [14] Joakim Karlsson (SWE) 15-12, 15-9, 15-10
[6] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt Olle Poutiainen (FIN) 15-7, 15-12, 15-13
Aleksei Severinov (RUS) bt Ville Sistonen (FIN) 15-10, 15-6, 15-6
[2] Mark Chaloner (ENG) bt [15] Henrik Löfvenborg (SWE) 15-6, 15-9, 15-4
Quarter-finals:
[1] John White (SCO) bt [8] Liam Kenny (IRL) 15-12, 9-15, 15-10, 15-5
[4] Renan Lavigne (FRA) bt [5] Olli Tuominen (FIN) 6-15, 17-15, 15-14,
11-15, 15-14
[3] Joseph Kneipp (AUS) bt [6] Shahier Razik (CAN) 15-10, 15-13, 15-11
[2] Mark Chaloner (ENG) bt Aleksei Severinov (RUS) 15-2, 15-4, 15-3
Semi-finals:
[4] Renan Lavigne (FRA) bt [1] John White (SCO) 15-4, 15-12, 15-7
[3] Joseph Kneipp (AUS) bt [2] Mark Chaloner (ENG) 17-14, 15-9, 15-8
Final:
[3] Joseph Kneipp (AUS) bt [4] Renan Lavigne (FRA) 15-13, 15-11, 9-15, 15-10
Kneipp Nabs First Estonian International Title
The first international squash tournament to be held in Estonia ended in an
unexpected triumph for Australia's Joseph Kneipp who claimed the
Estonia-Fenestra Open title after beating Frenchman Renan Lavigne in the
final in Tallinn.
Despite not being a PSA Tour world ranking event, the Estonia Open attracted
a strong field featuring many of the world's leading players.
Both finalists met after dismissing higher-seeded players in the semi-finals.
Kneipp, the world No14 from Queensland, seeded three, upset second-seeded
Englishman Mark Chaloner 17-14 15-9 15-8, while Lavigne, the fourth seed
ranked 23 in the world, defeated top-seeded Scot John White, the world No5,
15-4 15-12 15-7.
In the final, Amsterdam-based Kneipp survived a close-fought clash with
Lavigne, winning 15-13 15-11 9-15 15-10.