RESULTS: PSA Challenger 5 Hashim Khan Championship, Denver, Colorado, USA
1st round:
Adrian Dudzicki (CAN) bt [1] Dylan Bennett (NED) 12-10, 11-5, 5-11, 11-9
Chris Lloyd (NZL) bt Colin Ramasra (TRI) 7-11, 5-11, 11-8, 13-11, 11-1
Fred Reid (CAN) bt Josh Cardwell (AUS) 9-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-6
[3] Lewis Walters (ENG) bye
[4] Rex Hedrick (AUS) bt Lekgotla Mosope (BOT) 9-11, 11-3, 11-3, 9-11, 11-9
Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK) bt Gavin Lee Perrett (ENG) 11-3, 11-1, 11-7
Charles Sharpes (ENG) bt Philip Nightingale (ENG) 11-3, 11-3, 11-4
[2] Robin Clarke (CAN) bt Ben Coleman (ENG) 11-5, 10-12, 12-10, 11-2
Quarter-finals:
Adrian Dudzicki (CAN) bt Chris Lloyd (NZL) 11-4, 6-11, 6-11, 11-5, 12-10
[3] Lewis Walters (ENG) bt Fred Reid (CAN) 11-9, 11-6, 2-11, 11-4
[4] Rex Hedrick (AUS) bt Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK) 11-5, 11-3, 11-2
Charles Sharpes (ENG) bt [2] Robin Clarke (CAN) 11-3, 11-9, 11-2
Semi-finals:
[3] Lewis Walters (ENG) bt Adrian Dudzicki (CAN) 11-9, 11-2, 11-9
Charles Sharpes (ENG) bt [4] Rex Hedrick (AUS) 11-4, 14-12, 11-5
Final:
Charles Sharpes (ENG) bt [3] Lewis Walters (ENG) 11-6, 11-5, 11-7
Unseeded English teenager Charles Sharpes ousted three of the top four seeds in the Hashim Khan Championship in the USA to win the PSA World Tour Challenger 5 squash event at the Denver Athletic Club in Denver, Colorado.
It was an impressive performance by the 19-year-old reigning British Junior champion who is only ranked 166 in the world.
London-born Sharpes followed his straight games win over second-seeded Canadian Robin Clarke in the quarter-finals by beating Australia's No4 seed Rex Hedrick, also 3/0, in the semi-finals.
The surprise final was an all-English affair in which Sharpes, based in Kingston-upon-Thames, faced Lewis Walters, the third seed from Nottingham.
But the underdog was too sharp for Walters as Sharpes took the title by an 11-6, 11-5, 11-7 scoreline, thereby maintaining his straight games-winning run in the championship.
It was Sharpes' third PSA Tour final appearance - and his second success.