Frost Scores Sekisui Success
by Howard Harding
28 May 2012 - Kristian Frost Olesen collected the fifth PSA World Tour title of his career - and confirmed his status as Denmark's top squash player - when he beat compatriot Rasmus Nielsen in the final of the Sekisui Open, the PSA Challenger 5 event at Sportpark Pilatus Kriens in Kriens, Switzerland.
The 23-year-old top seed from Odense reached the final - his seventh on the Tour - after overcoming fourth-seeded Frenchman Julien Balbo in four games.
Third seed Nielsen, also from Odense, made his breakthrough in the other semi with an impressive straight games upset over Jens Schoor, the No2 seed from Germany.
The final was the Danes' first Tour meeting since 2008 when 29-year Nielsen, then the higher-ranked of the two, beat Frost in the Danish Open qualifiers.
But Frost has now overtaken his senior Danish team-mate in the world rankings - and last month won his third national title in a row.
And the favourite, ranked 69 in the world, duly justified his top billing by beating Nielsen 11-4, 11-9, 4-11, 11-9 to notch up his fourth PSA title since December.
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 5 Sekisui Open, Kriens, Switzerland
1st round:
[1] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) bt Patrick Miescher (SUI) 11-8, 11-7, 11-8
Carlos Cornes Ribadas (ESP) bt Jonas Daehler (SUI) 11-3, 11-6, 11-5
Reiko Peter (SUI) bt [Q] Karamatullah Khan (PAK) 11-7, 11-5, 11-7
[4] Julien Balbo (FRA) bt Lukas Burkhart (SUI) 12-10, 11-5, 11-4
[3] Rasmus Nielsen (DEN) bt Ondrej Ertl (CZE) 11-4, 11-1, 11-7
Andre Haschker (GER) bt [Q] Michael Harris (ENG) 13-11, 9-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-3
Nathan Lake (ENG) bt [Q] Carsten Schoor (GER) 11-5, 11-7, 11-6
[2] Jens Schoor (GER) bt [Q] Jerome Dadot (FRA) 11-2, 8-11, 11-1, 11-3
Quarter-finals:
[1] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) bt Carlos Cornes Ribadas (ESP) 11-5, 9-11, 11-2, 11-5
[4] Julien Balbo (FRA) bt Reiko Peter (SUI) 15-13, 11-4, 11-9
[3] Rasmus Nielsen (DEN) bt Andre Haschker (GER) 7-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-2
[2] Jens Schoor (GER) bt Nathan Lake (ENG) 11-4, 11-7, 11-6
Semi-finals:
[1] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) bt [4] Julien Balbo (FRA) 11-9, 11-3, 7-11, 11-5
[3] Rasmus Nielsen (DEN) bt [2] Jens Schoor (GER) 11-5, 11-5, 11-7
Final:
[1] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) bt [3] Rasmus Nielsen (DEN) 11-4, 11-9, 4-11, 11-9
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