PSA $10,000 Nash Cup Underway In London, Ontario
by Dave Morrish
Casteleyn - Reid
September 20, 2011 - Day one of the Nash Cup saw some great matches with 2 locals and a former world top 10 making it through to day 2 of the qualifying finals.
EDDIE CHARLTON (England) vs NATHAN LAKE (England): 11-5; 11-2; 11-6 (33 MINS)
The match started off well with players exchanging points up until 3-3
before Eddie raced away. His control, length and movement were smooth and fluent. Eddie continued in this vain and it was not until the 3rd that
Nathan managed to contain him to 4-4 before Eddie asserted his authority
again and closed out the match 11-6 for a well deserved 3-0 victory.
Quote Eddie Charlton:
“I had a great summer’s training but had not been playing well recently
due to an ankle injury. I knew I could not take Nathan lightly and that I
had to play well. I felt I moved well and was mentally in a good place.
Very happy to be back here in London – great memories”
Quote Nathan Lake:
“I felt I was in with a chance tonight but Eddie came out strong. He was
devastating, taking the ball early and I couldn’t get into him like I
wanted to – all credit to Eddie. Hope he does well this week”
YESHALE CHETTY (Canada) vs MAXYME LECLAIR (Canada): 11-7; 10-12; 11-7;
15-17; 11-8 (54 MINS)
This was a classic encounter between 2 Canadians and as the score would
suggest, it went to and fro. Yeshale had the bit between his teeth and was
fetching everything that was thrown at him, and at 10-9 in the 4th, a 3-1
victory looked imminent. Maxyme had other ideas and dug deep to snatch the
4th and take it to a 5th. Yeshale managed to re-group and made a great
start to the 5th and closed it out 11-8.
Quote Yeshale Chetty:
“I am dead but ecstatic! So happy with the win. It was a real mental
battle and after squandering 5 match balls in the 4th I felt like I had
blown it but I played a great 5th….. so happy!”
Quote Maxyme LecLair:
“I actually felt quite good tonight as I hadn’t played for 2 months, but
the fitness was not there. He played well and all credit to him – just
made to many errors at crucial points”
ADRIAN DUDZICKI (Canada) vs JAMES VAN STAVERAN (Canada): 11-3; 8-11; 11-8;
11-5 (32 MINS)
This match really developed into a battle. James was slow out of the
blocks but once he got into it, he was dangerous. After winning the 2nd he
went 7-3 up in the 3rd and an upset looked possible. He gradually got
tired and the errors crept in and Adrian ended up a comfortable 3-1
winner.
Quote Adrian Dudzicki:
“I had been training pretty hard for the past few days and felt a little
lethargic, and I was a bit nervous as this was my first tournament of the
season. I knew he was talented and very capable, and that I had to weather
the storm. He had a purple patch for one and a half games but I always
felt my fitness would come good. Very happy with the win”.
Quote James Van Staveran:
Started off slow but then really got going and played some great squash
till 7-4 in the 3rd…. then the wheels dropped off! He played well and
deserved to win”.
STEFAN CASTELEYN (Belgium) vs FRED REID (Canada): 11-6; 11-8; 11-8 (28 MINS)
This was a match that had youth versus experience written all over it!
Stefan is a former world nr 7 and whilst he might not have the spring in
his step that he used to, he had the racket skills. From the word go, he
kept his nose in front and won the big points. A dark horse for the
tournament!
Quote Stefan Casteleyn:
“Glad I won! I am lucky to be here as I was 2nd on the reserve list. I
have been playing well recently, especially in the Euro team championships
(with Belgium). I have not played much since then but feel I will play
myself into this tournament.
Quote Fred Reid:
“I knew he was good and felt a bit nervous before we started. I didn’t
really get going in the match – my footwork was not great and I was not
really feeling the ball. I had played him in a practice match not long ago
and felt I should have done better tonight. Hopefully it will be better in
my next tournament in Sao Paolo”
GEOFFREY DEMON (France) vs MATTHEW SEREDIAK (Canada): 11-8; 4-11; 12-10;
11-3 (41 MINS)
Two of the games were tight and had Matthew won them, the match could have
produced a different outcome. On the whole, Geoffrey was the steadier of
the 2 players and came out the victor but one did feel that Matthew would
love to replay this match straight away!
Quote Geoffrey Demont:
“Very happy to win. I felt I started off well but after winning the first,
I started to take the ball in too short too soon and opened up the court.
Matthew punished me and 10-8 down in the 3rd, I steadied up and
re-discovered my length. I made sure I didn’t make errors in the 4th and
kept my head”
Quote Matthew Serediak:
“very disappointed”. Felt I had my chances but played some sloppy squash
at important times. I felt I was playing well coming into this tournament
but things just did not go the way I wanted them to tonight. Credit to
Geoffrey, he played well when it really counted”
TASHLIN REDDY (Canada) vs ALBERT SHOIHET (Canada): 11-7; 11-9; 8-11; 11-6
(41 MINS)
This was a great match between 2 team mates from the university of Western
Ontario. The thing that separated the 2 players tonight was Tashlin’s
desire to chase everything down. Albert made errors at crucial moments in
the match, despite controlling many of the rallies. Great win for Tashlin
who had never beaten his team mate until today!
Quote Tashlin Reddy:
“This is the first time I have ever beaten Albert and I cannot find the
words to describe how happy I am! It’s the best I have played in a long
long time and I am over the moon!”
Quote Alber Shoihet:
I didn’t feel I attacked Tash enough tonight. It took me till the 2nd game
to find my rhythm and range but Tash kept me well contained in the back
and didn’t really let me play my game tonight. He deserved to win. I am
happy to have played this year (last year I missed the roll call by 2
minutes and got scratched!).”
DAVID LETOURNEAU (Canada) vs KIMESH CHETTY (Canada): 11-5; 11-8; 11-4 ((27
MINS)
David was in control from the start till the end of this match. He was
steady, played good controlled squash and kept Kimesh well contained. A
good display.
Quote David Letourneau:
“Felt I played pretty well tonight. I was a bit lose at the start but
tidied things up and stayed in front. Kimesh has improved so much since we
last played – he is quick and has a devastating forehand volley. Very
happy to have won in 3!”
Quote Kimesh Chetty:
“Not happy with the way I played – I had been injured for 2 weeks so was
very rusty, but having said that, David played well and all credit to him
for outplaying me tonight”
THOMAS BRINKMAN (Canada) vs TYLER HAMILTON (Canada): 11-4; 11-8; 8-11;
11-9 ((43 MINS)
This was a classic encounter and was probably “match of the day”. The
scores do not do it justice as it was a very tight encounter. Tyler was
slow out of the blocks but once he got into his stride, the players
exchanged point for point for most of the match. Thomas managed to win the
“big points” and came through in 4.
Quote Thomas Brinkman:
“I have not been super confident with my game in the past few weeks so was
delighted to have come through this. We were both a bit scrappy at times
but there was also some great squash”
Quote Tyler Hamilton:
“”Gutted”. Couldn’t get a rhythm and only really started to get into it in
the 3rd. I felt I played ok in the 4th but could not close it out. Not my
best performance”.
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