RESULTS: PSA Imet Squash Open, Bratislava, Slovakia
1st round:
[1] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt Tomas Toth (SVK) 14-12, 11-5, 11-4
[8] Reiko Peter (SUI) bt [Q] Patrick Miescher (SUI) 12-14, 11-5, 10-12, 11-7, 11-8
Nasser B Al-Ramzi (KUW) bt [4] Stefan Brauneis (AUT) 14-12, 11-8, 10-12, 7-11, 11-5
[5] Marek Manik (SVK) bt Martin Mosnik (SLO) 11-8, 9-11, 11-3, 4-11, 11-9
[Q] Bader Al Hussaini (KUW) bt [6] Peter Kviecinsky (SVK) 11-7, 11-6, 8-11, 11-5
[3] Lukas Jelinek (CZE) bt [Q] Ondrej Ertl (CZE) 11-9, 11-4, 11-4
[7] Joel Hinds (ENG) bt [Q] Petr Martin (CZE) 11-6, 11-8, 11-8
[2] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) bt Jakob Dirnberger (AUT) 11-4, 11-1, 11-7
Quarter-finals:
[1] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [8] Reiko Peter (SUI) 7-11, 11-2, 11-1, 11-1
[5] Marek Manik (SVK) bt Nasser B Al-Ramzi (KUW) 11-9, 11-8, 12-10
[3] Lukas Jelinek (CZE) bt [Q] Bader Al Hussaini (KUW) 11-7, 9-11, 11-7, 11-7
[7] Joel Hinds (ENG) bt [2] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) 11-4, 6-11, 11-8, 11-4
Semi-finals:
[1] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [5] Marek Manik (SVK) 11-8, 11-2, 11-7
[7] Joel Hinds (ENG) bt [3] Lukas Jelinek (CZE) 11-5, 11-2, 11-3
Final:
[1] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [7] Joel Hinds (ENG) 11-4, 11-2, 11-9
Czech number one Jan Koukal successfully retained his PSA Imet Open title when he beat surprise English opponent Joel Hinds in the final of the $3,000 PSA World Tour squash event at Imet Squash Club in the Slovakian capital Bratislava.
Top seed Koukal, the world No56 from Prague, dropped only one game en-route to the 15th Tour final of his career.
Hinds achieved the same - but the No7 seed did so after upsetting Austria's second seed Aqeel Rehman in the quarter-finals, then third-seeded Czech Lukas Jelinek in straight games in the semis.
But 26-year-old Koukal was in control in the final, beating Hinds 11-4, 6-11, 11-8, 11-4 to collect his second successive Tour title in the month - following his hometown success in the Prague Open a week earlier.
The title triumph takes Koukal's career PSA title haul to 11, and extends his 100% record in 2009 finals to three!