RESULTS: ASB North Island Squash Championship, Hamilton, New Zealand
1st round:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt Brent Dunkley (AUS) 11-4, 11-2, 11-5
[6] Alex Grayson (NZL) bt [Q] Lance Beddoes (NZL) 11-3, 11-4, 11-4
[4] Josh Cardwell (AUS) bt [Q] Chris Lloyd (NZL) 11-8, 11-2, 11-7
Evan Williams (NZL) bt [5] Luke Forster (AUS) 11-7, 11-9, 11-8
[8] Peter Taylor (AUS) bt [Q] James Skiffington (NZL) 11-6, 11-4, 11-7
[3] Nathan Stevenson (AUS) bt Matiu Te Kani-McQueen (NZL) 11-7, 11-5, 11-7
[7] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bt [Q] Joseph Watts (NZL) 11-1, 11-5, 11-5
[2] Graeme Wilson (NZL) bt Neeraj Aggarwal (AUS) 11-5, 11-5, 11-9
Quarter-finals:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt [6] Alex Grayson (NZL) 11-4, 11-4, 11-1
Evan Williams (NZL) bt [4] Josh Cardwell (AUS) 10-12, 11-6, 11-7, 11-3
[3] Nathan Stevenson (AUS) bt [8] Peter Taylor (AUS) 12-10, 11-7, 11-5
[2] Graeme Wilson (NZL) bt [7] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) 11-9, 11-4, 11-8
Semi-finals:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt Evan Williams (NZL) 11-7, 11-9, 11-7
[2] Graeme Wilson (NZL) bt [3] Nathan Stevenson (AUS) 11-8, 7-11, 14-12, 11-7
Final:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt [2] Graeme Wilson (NZL) 11-7, 11-9, 11-7
Australia's Mike Corren becomes one of a distinguished quartet of current touring squash professionals to boast 20 titles on the PSA World Tour after winning the ASB North Island Championship, a Satellite event in its third year at Hamilton Squash Club in Hamilton, New Zealand.
The top seed from South Australia did not drop a game throughout the tournament, outgunning second seeded New Zealander Graeme Wilson in the final by an 11-7, 11-9, 11-7 scoreline. It is the 35-year-old's second title in the space of a week after he won the PSA International Golden Open trophy in Western Australia last week.
Corren, whose interests (according to his PSA profile) include 'rubber bands, hedge trimming, and anything that goes ding or dong', won his first Tour title at the American Club Classic in Hong Kong in 1996. His success in Hamilton, currently his adopted home town, marked his fourth PSA Tour final appearance in a row.
Corren reached a career-high No38 world ranking in February 2004 – yet the distinguished group which he joins otherwise comprises former world number ones! He shares third place in the list with Frenchman Thierry Lincou, who also has 20 PSA titles to his name – just behind second-placed Amr Shabana, of Egypt, on 22 titles, and number one David Palmer, the Australian, who has 25.