Grayson Over Salazar 11-9 in the Fifth to Win PSA Las Vegas Challenger from PSA Media May 26 2014 -
New Zealand's Campbell Grayson survived a 95-minute Las Vegas Open
final marathon to upset top seed Cesar Salazar and win the PSA
Challenger 10 event in its second year at Life Time Athletic in Las
Vegas, USA. Incredibly, while
Mexico's top seed Salazar cruised to a straight games win over
defending champion Julian Illingworth in one semi-final, second-seeded
Kiwi Grayson needed more than 100 minutes to overcome fourth-seeded
Mexican Alfredo Avila in five games in the other.
"Still feeling the
effect from his semi-final game, he managed again to get past Cesar -
who spent half the time on court as Campbell did in the tournament,"
said tournament promoter Andre Maur (pictured flanked by Grayson,
right, and Salazar). "Every rally was won hard fought and at the end it
was a lucky Campbell who edged out Salazar 11-9 in the fifth."
Grayson's 11-8, 6-11,
11-6, 7-11, 11-9 victory brings up the New Zealander's eighth Tour
title triumph - but his first of the year. "All the hard training
over the last few months is paying off," said champion Grayson later.
"I am looking forward to retaining the title next year."
