Alexander and Tsz-Wing Lift Tasmanian Open Titles by Sean Reuthe
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July 11, 2016 -
Australian top seed Zac Alexander lifted his seventh successive PSA
World Tour title after a dominant 3-0 win over South Korea’s Ko Youngjo
in the final of the Tasmanian Open, PSA M5 tournament saw the World
No.94 extend his unbeaten run to 30 matches.
Alexander, who has not lost on the PSA World Tour since August 2015,
stormed into the final without losing a game as he put Vivian Rhamanan,
Darcy Evans and Thomas Calvert to the sword in a series of dominant
displays.
Youngjo was making his first PSA World Tour appearance since he lost
out in the final of the City of Kalgoorlie & Boulder Golden Open to
veteran Mike Corren last month and achieved his place in a third Tour
final courtesy of victories over Solayman Nowrozi, Elliot Selby and
Sandeep Ramachandran.
The early stages of the final were closely-contested and played at a
fast pace as both players varied their shots in a bid to get on top.
Alexander’s pressure finally told as he narrowly took the first game
and he dominated from that point onwards to romp to his 21st PSA World
Tour title by an 11-8, 11-1, 11-4 scoreline.
Elsewhere, Hong Kong duo Tong Tsz-Wing and Vanessa Chu contested the
Women’s final, with the former coming through in four to capture the
title.
Each player took a game apiece before Tsz-Wing prevailed in a dramatic
third game tie-break, winning it 15-13 to take the lead for the first
time in the Devonport Sport & Recreation Centre.
With the match drawing to a close, Tsz-Wing again triumphed on the
tie-break in the fourth to seal a 2-11, 11-5, 15-13, 13-11 victory to
win her second successive PSA World Tour title.
Result – Final: Men’s Tasmanian Open 2016
[1] Zac Alexander (AUS) bt [3] Ko Youngjo (KOR) 3-0: 11-8, 11-1, 11-4 (30m)
