Cuskelly Crowned Rochester Pro Champion
1st round:
[1] Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) bt Jim Bristow (ENG) 11-5, 11-6, 11-7
[Q] Joan Lezaud (FRA) bt [6] Patrick Chifunda (ZAM) w/o
[3] Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK) bt [Q] 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
[Q] Adrian Waller (ENG) bt [8] Tom Pashley (ENG) 11-5, 11-5, 11-1
[2] Gilly Lane (USA) bt [Q] Benjamin Fischer (SUI) 12-10, 11-7, 11-5
Quarter-finals:
[1] Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) bt [Q] 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
[Q] 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 [Q] Adrian Waller (ENG) 11-8, 11-6, 13-15, 11-6
Final:
[1] Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) bt [5] Amr Mansi (EGY) 11-8, 11-7, 11-8
Australian Ryan Cuskelly picked up his second Tour title of the year when he beat Egypt's Amr Mansi in the final of the Rochester Pro Open, a $7,000 PSA World Tour squash event in its fifth year at the University of Rochester in Rochester in the US state of New York.
The 21-year-old top seed from New South Wales reached the sixth Tour final of his career after beating Colombian Bernardo Samper in the semi-finals, dropping his only game of the tournament.
Mansi, the fifth seed from Alexandria, also celebrated his sixth Tour final when he ended the impressive run of Englishman Adrian Waller, a 19-year-old qualifier who ousted second-seeded US hope Gilly Lane in the quarter-finals.
But left-hander Cuskelly was too strong for his 26-year-old opponent in the final, winning 11-8, 11-7, 11-8 to record the fourth Tour title triumph of his career.