RESULTS: Open du Gard, Nimes, France
1st round:
[1] Renan Lavigne (FRA) bt [Q] Leo Colomb (FRA) 11-9, 11-7, 11-2
[6] Thibault Gouti (FRA) bt [Q] Jean Yves Agricol (FRA) 11-6, 11-3, 11-6
[3] Lukas Jelinek (CZE) bt Luke Butterworth (ENG) 11-8, 11-4, 11-0
[5] Adrian Waller (ENG) bt Jamie Mathews (ENG) 11-3, 11-5, 11-7
[Q] Se Hyun Lee (KOR) bye
[4] Neil Cordell (ENG) bye
[8] Mick Biggs (ENG) bt Florent Pontiere (FRA) 7-11, 11-4, 11-5, 9-11, 11-6
[2] Johan Bouquet (FRA) bt [Q] Fabien Chavoutier (FRA) 11-6, 7-11, 11-4, 11-7
Quarter-finals:
[1] Renan Lavigne (FRA) bt [6] Thibault Gouti (FRA) 11-1, 11-4, 11-2
[5] Adrian Waller (ENG) bt [3] Lukas Jelinek (CZE) 11-5, 11-6, 12-10
[4] Neil Cordell (ENG) bt [Q] Se Hyun Lee (KOR) 11-6, 11-3, 11-5
[2] Johan Bouquet (FRA) bt [8] Mick Biggs (ENG) 9-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-1
Semi-finals:
[1] Renan Lavigne (FRA) bt [5] Adrian Waller (ENG) 11-5, 11-4, 8-11, 16-14
[2] Johan Bouquet (FRA) bt [4] Neil Cordell (ENG) 6-11, 12-10, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7
Final:
[1] Renan Lavigne (FRA) bt [2] Johan Bouquet (FRA) 11-4, 11-6, 11-8
Frenchman Renan Lavigne won the first PSA Tour squash title of the New Year when he beat compatriot Johann Bouquet in the final of the Open du Gard at the AS Sun Squash des Arenes in Nimes, France.
After surviving a four-game battle against England’s Adrian Waller in the semi-finals, top seed Lavigne faced Bouquet, the second seed who was also stretched by an Englishman – fourth seed Neil Cordell - in the other semi-final.
But 34-year-old Lavigne, a former world No17 in his 15th Tour final, was too strong for Bouquet, beating the 24-year-old from Toulouse - celebrating his maiden final appearance – 11-4, 11-6, 11-8.