RESULTS: Hithercroft Squash Open, Wallingford, England
1st round:
[1] Mark Krajcsak (HUN) bt Philip Nightingale (ENG) 11-8, 11-6, 11-3 (33m)
Lewis Walters (ENG) bt [6] James Snell (ENG) 15-13, 11-13, 7-11, 13-11, 14-12 (116m)
[4] Ben Ford (ENG) bt Issa Kamara (SLE) 9-11, 11-8, 14-12, 11-2 (53m)
[8] Johan Bouquet (FRA) bt Lewys Hurst (WAL) 11-9, 11-8, 17-15 (42m)
[5] Joe Lee (ENG) bt Ryan Thompson (RSA) 6-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 (50m)
[3] Shaun le Roux (ENG) bt Chris Truswell (ENG) 11-8, 2-11, 12-10, 11-9 (61m)
[7] Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) bt Neil Cordell (ENG) 9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-6 (59m)
[2] Robbie Temple (ENG) bt Bart Ravelli (NED) 11-9, 11-8, 11-6 (40m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Mark Krajcsak (HUN) bt Lewis Walters (ENG) 11-1, 11-4, 11-7 (35m)
[4] Ben Ford (ENG) bt [8] Johan Bouquet (FRA) 11-8, 11-8, 11-7 (31m)
[3] Shaun le Roux (ENG) bt [5] Joe Lee (ENG) 11-7, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7 (72m)
[2] Robbie Temple (ENG) bt [7] Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) 11-8, 11-5, 11-6 (31m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Mark Krajcsak (HUN) bt [4] Ben Ford (ENG) 8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-7 (55m)
[2] Robbie Temple (ENG) bt [3] Shaun le Roux (ENG) 11-8, 18-16, 4-11, 8-11, 11-9 (105m)
Final:
[1] Mark Krajcsak (HUN) bt [2] Robbie Temple (ENG) 7-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-9
Mark Krajcsak captured the Hithercroft Open crown in England at the weekend – but the top-ranked Hungarian had to fight back from two games down to beat home hope Robbie Temple in the final of the PSA World Tour Super Satellite squash event at Hithercroft Squash Club in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.
The 25-year-old from Budapest had already overcome three Englishmen on his way to the final – beating fourth seed Ben Ford in a four-game semi-final.
But it was a 105-minute marathon that left-hander Temple endured in the other semi-final – the 23-year-old from Gloucester edging out compatriot Shaun le Roux, the No3 seed, 11-8, 18-16, 4-11, 8-11, 11-9.
However, London-based Temple showed no signs of the effect of his earlier battle as he moved two games up in the final. But crafty Krajcsak, ranked 41 in the world – 25 places higher than his opponent – reclaimed the momentum to record his 7-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-9 victory, and notch up the seventh PSA Tour title of his career.