RESULTS: Rhode Island Squash Open, Rhode Island, USA
Quarter-finals:
[1] Julian Illingworth (USA) bt Kamran Khan (MAS) 11-2, 11-8, 11-3 (40m)
[3] Mohammed Abbas (EGY) bt Elvinn Keo (MAS) 11-4, 11-1, 11-6 (27m)
[4] Liam Kenny (IRL) bt Siddharth Suchde (IND) 11-6, 5-11, 11-6, 11-1 (60m)
[2] Amr Swelim (ITA) bt [7] Alan Clyne (SCO) 10-12, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9 (51m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Julian Illingworth (USA) bt [3] Mohammed Abbas (EGY) 4-11, 11-4, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5 (67m)
[2] Amr Swelim (ITA) bt [4] Liam Kenny (IRL) 11-4, 4-11, 3-11, 11-1, 11-8 (62m)
Final:
[1] Julian Illingworth (USA) bt [2] Amr Swelim (ITA) 11-8, 11-9, 11-7 (49m)
US number one Julian Illingworth romped to the third PSA World Tour squash title of his career when he beat Egyptian Amr Swelim in the final of the Rhode Island Open, the $10,000 event at St George's School in Middletown, Rhode Island, in the USA.
The 25-year-old top seed from New York survived a tough five-game test in the semi-finals where he faced another Egyptian, the former world No13 Mohammed Abbas.
But second seed Swelim was also taken the full distance in the other semi - where he took 62 minutes to overcome Ireland's No4 seed Liam Kenny.
But world No30 Illingworth was fully in control in the climax, beating Swelim 11-8, 11-9, 11-7 in 49 minutes to consolidate his status as the USA's most successful squash player of all-time.