Marathon Man Clyne Falls In Montreal by Nathan Clarke October 23, 2014
- Scotland's Alan Clyne bowed out of the Open de squash Financière
Banque Nationale, PSA International 35 tournament taking place in
Montreal, Canada following an epic 129-minute battle against Frenchman
Mathieu Castagnet in the quarter-finals.
In what was the second
longest match witnessed on the PSA World Tour this year, with Clyne
also holding the record for the longest match following his brutal
140-minute duel with Egyptian Omar Abdel Meguid in February, it was the
Frenchman who eventually prevailed in a tightly-fought encounter that
saw two games move into nail-biting tie-break scenarios before he
managed to assert the upper hand in the crucial fifth and deciding
game.
It's a victory that
sees Castagnet move into the semi-finals where he will now face
Australian No.1 Cameron Pilley after the 6ft 3" man from Yamba pulled
off a surprise win over World No.9 and tournament number two seed Daryl
Selby from England.
Having proved a tough
test for eventual winner Mohamed Elshorbagy during the recent Delaware
Investments US Open, Pilley picked up on his improving form to see off
Selby in straight-games and record his first ever victory over the man
from Essex in four attempts on the PSA World Tour.
In the top half of the
draw, Colombian Miguel Angel Rodriguez proved too strong for his fellow
South American Diego Elias, the 17-year-old qualifier from Peru, while
top seed Borja Golan continued his march towards the title with a 3-0
win over Gregoire Marche.
