Gaultier and Rosner Reach Grasshopper Final by Nathan Clarke
photos Irena Vanisova
18TH APR 2015
- Number one seed Gregory Gaultier, the French World No.3, will take on
German World No.10 Simon Rösner in the final of the 2015 Grasshopper
Cup, PSA International 70 tournament, in Zurich’s Puls 5 venue tomorrow
(Sunday April 19).
The Frenchman will be gunning to collect the 29th PSA World Tour title
of his career against the powerful man from Paderborn, who’ll be
competing in his 15th final, and after reaching the finale without
dropping a single game en route the former World No.1 will be favourite
to lift the trophy.
Gaultier secured his place in the final with an accomplished and
polished display against World No.5 Miguel Angel Rodriguez, preventing
the dynamic Colombian from using his electric pace as he dictated
proceedings from the very first point.
“I’m really excited to be into another final and I’m looking forward to the challenge ahead,” said Gaultier.
“All credit to Miguel as he’s done really well this year but I guess it
was my day today and I’ll go now prepare myself as best I can and
hopefully I’ll be able to do my best to win another trophy tomorrow.”
Rösner had to come through a 95-minute battle with World No.9 Omar
Mosaad in order to book his place in the final, doing just enough to
remain ahead of the powerful Egyptian, despite seeing two match ball
opportunities go wasted, in what was a battle of hard-hitting giants.
“It’s quite hard to get your head around leading 2-0 and being so close to winning and then not finishing it off,” said Rösner.
“I had to dig deep and just forget about that third game and really
concentrate in the fourth and I’m so happy, and relieved, to win
against Omar and I’m hoping to come out fresh against Greg tomorrow and
give it my all.”
