RESULTS: Saskatchewan Squash Open, Saskatchewan, Canada
1st round:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bye
[6] Neil Hitchens (ENG) bt Mohammad Mehdi (PAK) w/o
Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira (MEX) bt [4] Armando Olguin (MEX) 11-7, 11-4, 11-4 (27m)
[5] Keith Pritchard (CAN) bt [Q] Marco Olguin (MEX) 11-1, 11-3, 11-4 (18m)
Ricky Davies (WAL) bt [7] Andrea Capella (ITA) 8-11, 11-10, 11-7, 11-5 (59m)
[3] Jose Angel Becerril (MEX) bt [Q] Justin Todd (CAN) 11-8, 11-3, 11-5 (21m)
Jeff Robert Evans (CAN) bt [8] Joe Millman (ENG) 11-6, 11-5, 11-3 (29m)
[2] Ahmed Maged Hamza (EGY) bt [Q] Justin Vanderleest (CAN) 10-11 (2-4), 11-2, 11-4, 11-7 (33m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt [6] Neil Hitchens (ENG) 11-8, 11-7, 11-4 (35m)
Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira (MEX) bt [5] Keith Pritchard (CAN) 8-11, 11-3, 11-2, 11-0 (33m)
Ricky Davies (WAL) bt [3] Jose Angel Becerril (MEX) 5-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-7 (52m)
[2] Ahmed Maged Hamza (EGY) bt Jeff Robert Evans (CAN) 11-5, 11-5, 11-9 (22m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira (MEX) 11-5, 11-10 (3-1), 11-3 (39m)
[2] Ahmed Maged Hamza (EGY) bt Ricky Davies (WAL) 11-9, 11-7, 11-6 (44m)
Final:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt [2] Ahmed Maged Hamza (EGY) 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 (41m)
Corren Snaps Up Saskatchewan Silverware
Australia's Mike Corren kicked off his 2006 PSA Tour campaign in fine style by winning the Saskatchewan Squash Open in Canada.
The 32-year-old top seed from Adelaide, who is now based in Salt Lake City, reached his 17th PSA final without dropping a game.
His opponent Ahmed Maged Hamza was celebrating his first appearance in a PSA Tour final, which he reached without meeting another seeded player.
But Corren was too strong for the 29-year-old second seed from Alexandria in Egypt, winning 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 in 41 minutes.
The victory marks Corren's 11th PSA title triumph – but his first of the year after failing to progress beyond the first round in all but two of the events he competed in last year.