Max Lee Secures Home Town Title by Nathan Clarke May 31, 2015
- Hong Kong's Max Lee, the World No.17, delighted the capacity crowd in
the final of the 2015 PSA HKFC International 25 tournament to retain
the title he won in 2014 with an impressive display against top ranked
Indian Saurav Ghosal in the finale.
Both players came into the final off the back of dominant semi-final
triumphs but, despite losing a tense opening game 11-9, it was the
home-town man Lee who prevailed to pick up his first PSA World Tour
title since winning the Victorian Open 12 months ago.
"I focused on playing each shot well tonight because I was not that
confident in winning this match despite being seed one," said Lee.
"I am very pleased that this Hong Kong Football Club tournament is
becoming bigger and better every year, attracting better players and
this year's opposition was very strong.
"Today I played steadily and I waited for the chance to attack. I am
probably not as fit as Saurav so I needed to find ways of winning my
games and I'm really happy that I managed to do that."
Result - Final: [1] Max Lee (HKG) bt [2] Saurav Ghosal (IND) 3-1: 9-11, 11-6, 11-1, 11-9 (70m)
