Charlton Denies Corren Mackay Open Hat-Trick
by Howard Harding
4 November 2012 - England's Eddie Charlton secured the third PSA World Tour title success of his career when he upset Mike Corren for the second week in a row to claim the Mackay Open squash title today in Queensland, Australia.
A week after beating local hero Corren in the semi-finals of the Queensland Open, the 24-year-old from Nottingham again stunned the higher-ranked South Australian to win the PSA Challenger 5 event at the Mackay Leisure Centre in Mackay 11-9, 11-9, 11-6 in 46 minutes.
Charlton edged the first two games before gaining a vital break in the third to wrap up the final in the North Queensland city, denying 38-year-old Corren a hat-trick of Mackay Open titles.
Charlton only dropped one game throughout the tournament - whilst Corren was taken to five in the semi-finals before overcoming Charlton's Nottingham club-mate Lewis Walters 11-7, 6-11, 12-10, 3-11, 11-9 in 64 minutes to reach his 62nd Tour final.
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 5 Mackay Open, Mackay, Queensland, Australia
1st round:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt SungYoung Kim (KOR) 11-8, 12-10, 11-5 (30m)
Yuta Fukui (JPN) bt [Q] Jayden Wadd (AUS) 11-5, 11-1, 11-4 (27m)
Will John (WAL) bt James Skiffington (NZL) 11-8, 11-5, 11-8 (33m)
[7] Ben Takamizawa Harris (JPN) bt [Q] William Mather (USA) 11-3, 11-4, 11-4 (20m)
[5] Jamie McErvale (AUS) bt [Q] Dominic Benacquista (AUS) 11-6, 11-8, 11-4 (28m)
Cameron Stafford (CAY) bt Joshua Stack-Masula (AUS) 11-5, 11-5, 11-1 (16m)
[Q] Sehyun Lee (KOR) bt Courtney West (AUS) 11-2, 11-4, 11-5 (30m)
[4] Lewis Walters (ENG) bt JaeJin Yoo (KOR) 11-1, 12-10, 11-0 (43m)
[3] Evan Williams (NZL) bt [Q] Grant Polley (AUS) 11-1, 11-1, 11-1 (14m)
[Q] Andrew Fraser (AUS) bt Rhys Dowling (AUS) 11-8, 11-6, 11-7 (35m)
Joshua Larkin (AUS) bt Tim Cowell (AUS) 9-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-4 (36m)
[8] Chris Lloyd (NZL) bt [Q] Lane Thomson (AUS) 11-3, 11-3, 11-7 (18m)
[6] Nathan Stevenson (AUS) bt Thomas Calvert (AUS) 11-7, 11-2, 11-4 (23m)
Sunil Seth (AUS) bt Joseph Watts (NZL) 9-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-7 (64m)
Rory Pennell (ENG) bt T J Rarere (AUS) 11-8, 11-3, 11-7 (23m)
[2] Eddie Charlton (ENG) bt [Q] Matthew Muller (AUS) 11-4, 11-1, 11-2 (18m)
2nd round:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt Yuta Fukui (JPN) 11-8, 11-8, 11-6 (33m)
Will John (WAL) bt [7] Ben Takamizawa Harris (JPN) 11-8, 12-10, 6-11, 5-11, 11-7
Cameron Stafford (CAY) bt [5] Jamie McErvale (AUS) 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 10-12, 11-8 (53m)
[4] Lewis Walters (ENG) bt [Q] Sehyun Lee (KOR) 11-9, 11-6, 11-4 (40m)
[3] Evan Williams (NZL) bt [Q] Andrew Fraser (AUS) 11-4, 6-11, 11-5, 11-7 (33m)
Joshua Larkin (AUS) bt [8] Chris Lloyd (NZL) 11-7, 11-7, 11-0 (22m)
[6] Nathan Stevenson (AUS) bt Sunil Seth (AUS) 7-11, 11-4, 13-11, 12-10 (43m)
[2] Eddie Charlton (ENG) bt Rory Pennell (ENG) 11-7, 11-3, 11-4
Quarter-finals:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt Will John (WAL) 11-4, 11-4, 12-10 (30m)
[4] Lewis Walters (ENG) bt Cameron Stafford (CAY) 11-5, 11-7, 11-3 (31m)
[3] Evan Williams (NZL) bt Joshua Larkin (AUS) 11-2, 11-9, 11-5 (29m)
[2] Eddie Charlton (ENG) bt [6] Nathan Stevenson (AUS) 11-6, 11-6, 11-1 (27m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt [4] Lewis Walters (ENG) 11-7, 6-11, 12-10, 3-11, 11-9 (64m)
[2] Eddie Charlton (ENG) bt [3] Evan Williams (NZL) 7-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-2 (51m)
Final:
[2] Eddie Charlton (ENG) bt [1] Mike Corren (AUS) 11-9, 11-9, 11-6 (46m)
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