Harrity Impressive En Route to Wisconsin Title by Nathan Clarke November 4, 2014
- American Todd Harrity claimed only his second ever career PSA World
Tour title when he beat England's Declan James on home soil in the
final of the 2014 Madison Open, PSA Challenger 10 tournament.
The number five seed was impressive throughout the tournament and ended
his week with an excellent 3-0 victory over number four seed James in
the finale.
The first game ended in an 11-4 win to Harrity, who's clever play and
strength caused James issues in all four corners of the court, and the
second game followed in much the same vein, with Harrity taking it 11-6
before completing the win with an 11-4 triumph in the third to claim
victory in the duo's first ever meeting on the PSA World Tour.
Harrity progressed to the final relatively unscathed, only dropping
games against number one seed New Zealander Campbell Grayson, the World
No.51 who is 32 places ahead of him on the rankings, in what was one of
his most impressive victories throughout the competition.
Grayson had triumphed in their only previous encounter, in the
Charlottesville Open in September, but Harrity levelled the
head-to-head by defeating Grayson in a tense 3-2 encounter, with two of
the games going into tie-break territory.
Number two seed Mohd Ali Anwar Reda was knocked out in the
quarter-finals by World No. 74 Jens Schoor after the German shot out of
the traps to race into a 2-0 victory before holding his nerve to see
out a 3-1 win.
Schoor made it to the semi-finals before falling to James while Joel
Hinds, the number three seed, was forced to retire in the
quarter-finals.
Results: Madison Open 2014, Madison, USA
Round One
[1] Campbell Grayson (NZL) bt Shahjahan Khan (PAK) 3-0: 11-6, 11-2, 11-6
[5] Todd Harrity (USA) bt Benjamin Fischer (SUI) 3-0: 1-8, 11-4, 11-2
[8] Richie Fallows (ENG) bt Geoffrey Demont (FRA) 3-0: 1-9, 11-6, 14-12
[3] Joel Hinds (ENG) bt Michael Harris (ENG) 3-1: 11-5, 11-5, 8-11, 11-7
[4] Declan James (ENG) bt Jonathan Maloney (ENG) 3-0: 11-5, 11-2, 11-3
[7] Reiko Peter (SUI) bt Syed Hamzah Shah Bukhari (PAK) 3-1: 11-6, 8-11, 12-10, 11-1
[6] Jens Schoor (GER) bt [WC] Adrian Leanza (USA) 3-0: 11-2, 11-4, 11-1
[2] Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) bt Sunil Seth (GUY) 11-7, 8-11, 11-4 ret.
Quarter-Final
[5] Todd Harrity (USA) bt [1] Campbell Grayson (NZL) 3-2: 11-6, 3-11, 12-10, 6-11, 12-10
[8] Richie Fallows (ENG) bt [3] Joel Hinds (ENG) 9-11, 15-13, 11-4, 2-0 ret.
[4] Declan James (ENG) bt [7] Reiko Peter (SUI) 3-0: 13-11, 11-4, 12-10
[6] Jens Schoor (GER) bt [2] Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) 3-1: 11-8, 12-10, 8-11, 11-5
