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RESULTS: Squashworks Salt Lake City Open, Salt Lake City, USA

1st round:
[1] Stefan Casteleyn (BEL) bt Preston Quick (USA) 15-6, 15-7, 15-12
[7] Lars Harms (SUI) bt Laurens Anjema (NED) 15-12, 15-7, 17-15
[4] Jonathon Kemp (ENG) bt Cameron Pilley (AUS) 14-17, 10-15, 15-6, 15-14, 15-8
[8] Jean-Michel Arcucci (FRA) bt [Q] John Rooney (IRL) 15-14, 15-7, 15-7
[Q] Shawn DeLierre (CAN) bt [6] Hisham Ashour (EGY) 15-17, 15-13, 15-9, 15-12
[3] Bradley Ball (ENG) bt [Q] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) 15-13, 15-10, 16-17, 15-7
[Q] Joey Barrington (IRL) bt [5] Mikkel Korsbjerg (DEN) 17-15, 15-4, 15-7
[2] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt Mark Heather (ENG) 9-15, 15-7, 15-9, 15-11

Quarter-finals:
[1] Stefan Casteleyn (BEL) bt [7] Lars Harms (SUI) 15-10, 14-17, 15-8, 13-15, 15-12
[8] Jean-Michel Arcucci (FRA) bt [4] Jonathon Kemp (ENG) 15-13, 12-15, 15-11, 15-6
[3] Bradley Ball (ENG) bt [Q] Shawn DeLierre (CAN) 15-11, 15-5, 14-15, 15-6
[2] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt [Q] Joey Barrington (IRL) 17-16, 15-10, 15-5

Semi-finals:
[1] Stefan Casteleyn (BEL) bt [8] Jean-Michel Arcucci (FRA) 15-13, 8-15, 15-10, 15-8
[2] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt [3] Bradley Ball (ENG) 13-15, 15-11, 15-13, ret.

Final:
[2] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt [1] Stefan Casteleyn (BEL) 15-8, 8-15, 15-4, 15-10 (80m)

Razik Scores Second Squashworks Title

Canadian Shahier Razik captured his second Squashworks Salt Lake City Open title in three years when he upset top-seeded Belgian Stefan Casteleyn in a repeat of the 2001 final.

Razik made amends for his quarter-final loss last year with an impressive 15-8 8-15 15-4 15-10 victory over the favourite to win in 80 minutes.

Casteleyn appeared to be struggling physically in his 24th PSA Tour final. Razik, the world No32 from Toronto, took advantage of the Belgian's fatigue by extending the rallies with amazing court coverage. As the match progressed, Casteleyn took more and more chances but made far more errors than did Razik.

Razik's success, his second title of the year, marked his fifth PSA Tour trophy in ten final appearances.