RESULTS: Squashlife.com & Metro Open, Chicago, USA
1st round:
[1] Lewis Walters (ENG) bt Mark Heather (ENG) 12-10, 11-8, 12-10 (49m)
[8] Maxime Blouin (CAN) bt Saleem Molani (USA) 11-4, 11-2, 11-6 (19m)
[7] Jamie MacAulay (SCO) bt Mazher Shamshuddin (USA) w/o
[2] Maxym Leclair (CAN) bt Mike West (USA) 11-4, 11-4, 11-2 (20m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Lewis Walters (ENG) bt [6] Lyall Paterson (SCO) 9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-4 (51m)
[3] Juan Pablo Roude (ARG) bt [8] Maxime Blouin (CAN) 12-14, 11-8, 2-11, 11-5, 11-7 (58m)
[7] Jamie MacAulay (SCO) bt [4] Paul Mathieson (ITA) 11-7, 11-5, 11-3 (12m)
[5] Jonas Laursen (DEN) bt [2] Maxym Leclair (CAN) 11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9 (62m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Lewis Walters (ENG) bt [3] Juan Pablo Roude (ARG) 11-3, 11-6, 11-8 (31m)
[7] Jamie MacAulay (SCO) bt [5] Jonas Laursen (DEN) 11-6, 11-8, 11-6 (36m)
Final:
[1] Lewis Walters (ENG) bt [7] Jamie MacAulay (SCO) 14-12, 11-4, 11-8 (46m)
England's Lewis Walters celebrated his third appearance in a PSA World Tour final by winning his first title at the $3,000 Squashlife.com & Metro Squash Open at Life Time Athletic in Chicago, USA.
The 22-year-old top seed from Nottingham dropped his only game in the quarter-finals, against Scot Lyall Paterson - but continued through to the final where he faced another Scot, Jamie MacAulay.
Seventh seed MacAulay made his breakthrough in the last eight round where he defeated fourth-seeded Italian Paul Mathieson - then went on to oust the Danish tournament organiser Jonas Laursen in a straight games semi.
After a close opening game in the final, it was Walters who controlled matters thereafter, beating MacAulay 14-12, 11-4, 11-8 in 46 minutes to become a Tour title winner for the first time since joining the PSA in 2007.