Lobban Lifts PSA Geneva Open Trophy from PSA Media March 25, 2014
- In the first ever all-Scottish PSA World Tour final, Greg Lobban
triumphed over Douglas Kempsell in straight games to win the 41st
Geneva Open, the PSA Challenger 5 squash event at Squash Club de Geneve
in the Swiss city of Geneva. Second seed Lobban's
chances were boosted in the opening round when unseeded Egyptian Karim
El Hammamy downed Jan Koukal, the top seed from the Czech Republic, in
a shock four-game upset. El Hammamy progressed
through to the semi-finals before losing out to Kempsell in a five-game
marathon which saw the fourth seed from Edinburgh reach his maiden Tour
final. Lobban, the
Inverness-born World No.77, had a much easier semi – crushing England's
third seed Adam Auckland 11-1, 11-9, 11-1 to make the ninth Tour final
of his career. The final marked the
Scots' first Tour meeting. Lobban, 21, justified the 54-place
ranking supremacy over his 20-year-old compatriot by beating Kempsell
11-5, 11-8, 11-3 to record the third PSA Tour title of his career. RESULTS: Geneva Open, Geneva, Switzerland 1st round: Karim El Hammamy (EGY) bt [1] Jan Koukal (CZE) 11-7, 11-7, 5-11, 11-9 Tristan Eysele (ENG) bt [Q] David Wardle (ENG) 11-8, 11-9, 11-9 Martin Svec (CZE) bt [Q] Dani Pascual (ESP) 12-14, 11-9, 11-7, 11-7 [8] Andre Haschker (GER) bt Jerome Dadot (FRA) 11-0 ret. Mohamed El Tabaa (EGY) bt [7] Bader Al Hussaini (KUW) 11-2, 11-9 ret. Jan van den Herrewegen (BEL) bt [Q] David Haley (WAL) 9-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-5, 11-9 [Q] Mark Fuller (ENG) bt Jamie Henderson (SCO) 11-2, 11-2, 11-2 [4] Douglas Kempsell (SCO) bt Anthony Brindle (GIB) 11-6, 11-2, 11-2 [3] Adam Auckland (ENG) bt [Q] Marc ter Sluis (NED) 11-8, 11-2, 11-6 [Q] Carsten Schoor (GER) bt Wojtek Nowisz (POL) 11-1, 11-6, 11-7 Tim Weber (GER) bt [Q] Matthew Sidaway (ENG) 13-11, 11-8, 11-6 [6] Anthony Graham (ENG) bt Rui Soares (POR) 11-3, 11-3, 11-5 [5] Carlos Cornes Ribadas (ESP) bt Cedric Kuchen (SUI) 11-5, 11-4, 11-1 [Q] Bart Ravelli (NED) bt Jaakko Vahamaa (FIN) 11-8, 11-6, 11-4 Christophe Andre (FRA) bt Pablo Rawden (ENG) 11-8, 11-0, 11-3 [2] Greg Lobban (SCO) bt Claudio Pinto (POR) 11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 11-2
2nd round: Karim El Hammamy (EGY) bt Tristan Eysele (ENG) 11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 11-5 [8] Andre Haschker (GER) bt Martin Svec (CZE) 11-7, 11-9, 13-11 Jan van den Herrewegen (BEL) bt Mohamed El Tabaa (EGY) 11-9, 11-1, 11-9 [4] Douglas Kempsell (SCO) bt [Q] Mark Fuller (ENG) 11-8, 6-11, 14-12, 11-7 [3] Adam Auckland (ENG) bt [Q] Carsten Schoor (GER) 11-7, 11-3, 11-4 [6] Anthony Graham (ENG) bt Tim Weber (GER) 7-11, 11-2, 13-11, 11-6 [5] Carlos Cornes Ribadas (ESP) bt [Q] Bart Ravelli (NED) 11-8, 13-11, 11-5 [2] Greg Lobban (SCO) bt Christophe Andre (FRA) 11-9, 11-2, 9-11, 11-8
Quarter-finals: Karim El Hammamy (EGY) bt [8] Andre Haschker (GER) 11-9, 11-6, 9-11, 8-11, 11-6 [4] Douglas Kempsell (SCO) bt Jan van den Herrewegen (BEL) 11-6, 11-4, 12-10 [3] Adam Auckland (ENG) bt [6] Anthony Graham (ENG) w/o [2] Greg Lobban (SCO) bt [5] Carlos Cornes Ribadas (ESP) 11-7, 11-4, 14-12 Semi-finals: [4] Douglas Kempsell (SCO) bt Karim El Hammamy (EGY) 12-10, 10-12, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7 [2] Greg Lobban (SCO) bt [3] Adam Auckland (ENG) 11-1, 11-9, 11-1
