Cleveland Skating Club Open Friday Report from Ray Lindsay October 30, 2015
Last night’s report on the matches:
A large and enthusiastic crowd gathered in anticipation of the return
of the first men’s PSA Tour event in Cleveland since 2005
First on was Cameron Stafford (Cayman Islands)who lost in 4 to Thoboki Moholo. ( South Africa)
The second match was Kiwi Chris van der Salm who won a
tight 3 set match against Brazillian Josemar Silva. Both big guys, the
court was warm and the ball was flying around. Quality squash.
Longest match of the night was a 5 setter ( one hour 25
minutes)between Dutchman Sebastiaan Weeknik and 17 year old
Mexican Jesus Camacho, long hard brutal rallies, Seb showed his
experience winning the last in 11/2
Ben Grindrod ( NZL) defeated PSA rep Eliot Selby 3/1
Kiwi Evan Williams showed speed around court beating the tallest man in the draw, Mark Broekman (Eng)3/0.
Englishman Lyell Fuller beat Fayaz Khan (USA) 3/0 in 40
minutes, Fayaz seemed to pull up with a leg injury which didn’t helpm
his cause.
Last match was gregarious Irishman Arthur Gaskin who started slow but
showed some silky skills defeating Ajabe Babatunde 3/0
3 kiwis through to the ¼ finals, all will be hoping their matches finish before the Rugby World Open Final today.
