Squash Cuskelly reaches New York final
06 Apr 2009
Australia’s Ryan Cuskelly (AIS-SQUASH) has hit a good vein of form to reach the final of the Rochester Pro squash tournament in Rochester, New York on Saturday.
Cuskelly will take on fifth seeded Egyptian Amr Mansi in the final after he downed Colombia’s Bernardo Samper 11-8, 4-11, 11-9, 11-8.
Mansi ended the run of English qualifier Adrian Waller with an 11-8, 11-6, 13-15, 11-6 semi-final win.
It is Cuskelly’s third final of the year following appearances in the deciders in St Louis and Kuala Lumpur.
He lost the St Louis final but won in Malaysia to claim his third career title and his first outside Australia.
Results (prefix denotes seeding):
First round
1-Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) bt Jim Bristow (ENG) 11-5, 11-6, 11-7
Joan Lezaud (FRA) bt 6-Patrick Chifunda (ZAM) w/o
3-Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK) bt Dane Sharp (CAN) 11-8, 11-6, 11-4
7-Bernardo Samper (COL) bt Jethro Binns (WAL) 11-2, 13-11, 11-6
5-Amr Mansi (EGY) bt Cesar Salazar (MEX) 11-8, 11-9, 11-7
4-Jens Schoor (GER) bt Andrew McDougall (CAN) 11-9, 7-11, 11-7, 12-10
Adrian Waller (ENG) bt 8-Tom Pashley (ENG) 11-5, 11-5, 11-1
2-Gilly Lane (USA) bt Benjamin Fischer (SUI) 12-10, 11-7, 11-5
Quarter-finals
1-Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) bt Joan Lezaud (FRA) 11-5, 11-6, 12-10
7-Bernardo Samper (COL) bt 3-Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK) 11-7, 11-6, 11-4
5-Amr Mansi (EGY) bt 4-Jens Schoor (GER) 11-5, 7-11, 11-4, 11-4
Adrian Waller (ENG) bt 2-Gilly Lane (USA) 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8
Semi-finals
1-Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) bt 7-Bernardo Samper (COL) 11-8, 4-11, 11-9, 11-8
5-Amr Mansi (EGY) bt Adrian Waller (ENG) 11-8, 11-6, 13-15, 11-6
