Top-Seed Shahier Razik Cruises In $20K BC Honda Open First Round
by Shauna Flath
November 10, 2011 - Pretty straight forward night with the top 2 seeds moving through with ease. The surprise of the night was Rasmus Nielsen defeating Jan Koukal who seemed out of sorts and not himself. We are not sure what happened as it appeared that he did not have the “feel” at all on the court and went down to a easy going solid player with Rasmus. Jan has been here before and has a lot of Jericho supporters behind him so we are all hoping that he will have a solid bounce back in his next event.
The all Canadian battle between Dane and Fred was great for the fans. Fred put in a spirited effort but Dane cam e through in the end with a solid performance.
Raz was his usual self solid and Thomas had to work hard for every point. In the end it was a good learning experience for a young up and coming Canadian against the more experienced Razik.
Joe came through in a tight fourth and was relieved that he closed it out. “Andrew got some of the momentum but I was happy to close it out and didn’t have to go to 5” Andrew is coming up and started to get the belief in his match and put in a great effort lot’s to come from him as far as the future of Canadian squash.
Other notables were Ryan Cuskelly with ease and precision on ball placement that took the match with Declan 3-0. Declan put in a good fight but Ryan out classed him this evening.
Mohamed did some Egyptian style squash and ripped some nicks….surprise…NOT…anyways a good effort and a entertaining match for the fans Charles put in a fantastic effort but just fell short in the end.
Last match….well we would be up again tonight…..Eddie made quick work of Peter and won 11-1; 11-7; 13-11 54mins Asked for a quote….”Bedtime” Well done Eddie and good night.
First round results- $20,000 BC Honda Open, Vancounver
[1] Shahier Razik (CAN) def [WC] Thomas Brinkman (CAN) 11-4; 11-3; 11-4 23mins
Dane Sharp (CAN) def Fred Reid (Can) 11-5; 11-8; 6-11; 11-9 26mins
Jens Schoor (GER) def Geoffrey Demont 11-7; 11-1; 11-7 28 mins
Rasmus Nielsen def [3] Jan Koukal (CZE) 11-2; 11-2; 11-3 19mins
[4] Joe Lee (ENG) def Andrew Schnell (CAN) 11-8; 11-5; 8-11; 12-10 50mins
Eddie Charlton (ENG) def Peter Creed 11-1; 11-7; 13-11 54mins
Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) def Charles Sharpes (ENG) 4-11; 11-9; 12-10; 11-7 47mins
[2] Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) def Declan James 11-5; 11-5; 11-3 33mins
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