Welshman Creed Marks Tour Breakthrough
by Howard Harding
23 January 2012 - Peter Creed became the first Welshman to win a PSA World Tour squash title for more than three years when he beat England's Eddie Charlton in the final of the PSA McWil Wroclaw Open in Poland.
It was in the semi-finals of the inaugural PSA World Tour Challenger 5 event at Redeco in Wroclaw that the fourth seed from Caerphilly made his breakthrough by ousting French favourite Yann Perrin in straight games.
Now in the third Tour title of his career, Creed then faced third seed Charlton, the world No98 from Nottingham.
Ranked 14 places lower, Creed pulled out all the stops to overcome his British rival, winning 11-7, 12-10, 11-8 in 34 minutes to make his mark as a Welsh PSA Tour title winner.
The success came only two weeks after Creed won his third successive Welsh National title - but 43 months after distinguished Welshman David Evans won the PSA Welsh Open crown in June 2008.
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 5 McWil Wroclaw Open, Wroclaw, Poland
1st round:
[1] Yann Perrin (FRA) bt Declan James (ENG) 11-7, 11-9, 11-9 (27m)
[Q] Robert Downer (ENG) bt Adrian Dudzicki (CAN) 11-7, 11-7, 11-5 (31m)
Ben Ford (ENG) bt [Q] Frank Hartkoren (NED) 5-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-9 (37m)
[4] Peter Creed (WAL) bt [Q] Alex Ingham (ENG) 6-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-8 (36m)
[3] Eddie Charlton (ENG) bt Steven London (ENG) 11-4, 11-7, 11-5 (21m)
Geoffrey Demont (FRA) bt [Q] Daniel West (ENG) 9-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-6 (36m)
Ben Coleman (ENG) bt Bart Ravelli (NED) 12-10, 11-9, 11-8 (33m)
[2] Bradley Hindle (MLT) bt Wojciech Nowisz (POL) 11-5, 11-2, 11-3 (17m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Yann Perrin (FRA) bt [Q] Robert Downer (ENG) 11-5, 11-9, 11-3 (28m)
[4] Peter Creed (WAL) bt Ben Ford (ENG) 7-11, 11-4, 11-5, 7-11, 11-9 (46m)
[3] Eddie Charlton (ENG) bt Geoffrey Demont (FRA) 12-10, 11-4, 11-9 (28m)
[2] Bradley Hindle (MLT) bt Ben Coleman (ENG) 11-5, 11-6, 11-5 (23m)
Semi-finals:
[4] Peter Creed (WAL) bt [1] Yann Perrin (FRA) 11-5, 11-9, 11-4 (31m)
[3] Eddie Charlton (ENG) bt [2] Bradley Hindle (MLT) 11-5, 10-6 ret. (24m)
Final:
[4] Peter Creed (WAL) bt [3] Eddie Charlton (ENG) 11-7, 12-10, 11-8 (34m)
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