Denmark’s top seed Kristian Frost Olesen marked up the third PSA World Tour title success of his career at The Move Open, the inaugural PSA Challenger 5 event at Sportcenter the Move in Torhout, Belgium.
But the favourite was twice stretched to five games – firstly in the quarter-finals when he squandered a two-game lead against Eddie Charlton before beating the unseeded Englishman 11-8, 11-3, 7-11, 4-11, 11-7.
The 23-year-old from Odense (pictured) faced another unseeded English opponent in the final. Jaymie Haycocks made his breakthrough in the quarter-finals where he defeated third-seeded Dutchman Dylan Bennett.
After Olesen took the first two games in the final, Haycocks staged a fight back to force a fifth game decider.
But the 28-year-old from Birmingham, ranked outside the world top 100, was unable to capitalise on his turnaround as the Dane raised his game to close out the match 11-9, 14-12, 3-11, 9-11, 11-8.
It was Olesen’s first appearance in a Tour event since winning the PSA Challenger 5 Canary Islands Open in December.
Final:
[1] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) bt Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) 11-9, 14-12, 3-11, 9-11, 11-8
Semi-finals:
[1] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) bt [Q] Geoffrey Demont (FRA) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7
Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) bt Karim Ali Fathi (EGY) 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 12-14, 11-8
Quarter-finals:
[1] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) bt Eddie Charlton (ENG) 11-8, 11-3, 7-11, 4-11, 11-7
[Q] Geoffrey Demont (FRA) bt [4] Rasmus Nielsen (DEN) 2-11, 11-9, 11-8, 6-0 ret.
Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) bt [3] Dylan Bennett (NED) 11-8, 4-11, 11-7, 11-4
Karim Ali Fathi (EGY) bt Steven Finitsis (AUS) 10-12, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7
1st round:
[1] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) bt Kashif Shuja (NZL) 11-6, 11-4, 6-11, 11-7
Eddie Charlton (ENG) bt [Q] Alejandro Garbi Caro (ESP) 11-7, 11-1, 11-8
[Q] Geoffrey Demont (FRA) bt Joan Lezaud (FRA) 11-9, 14-12, 8-11, 11-4
[4] Rasmus Nielsen (DEN) bt [Q] Sebastiaan Weenink (NED) 11-3, 11-6, 11-6
[3] Dylan Bennett (NED) bt Peter Creed (WAL) 11-9, 11-9, 12-10
Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) bt Jan van den Herrewegen (BEL) 11-9, 11-5, 11-7
Steven Finitsis (AUS) bt [Q] Ben Coleman (ENG) 11-7, 11-7, 7-11, 11-6
Karim Ali Fathi (EGY) bt [2] Joel Hinds (ENG) 15-17, 11-5, 12-10, 11-9
Qualifying finals:
Ben Coleman (ENG) bt Piedro Schweertman (NED) 12-10, 12-10, 12-14, 13-11
Sebastiaan Weenink (NED) bt Kim Are Killingberg (NOR) 11-3, 11-3, 11-5
Alejandro Garbi Caro (ESP) bt Nathan Lake (ENG) 14-12, 8-11, 12-10, 12-14, 11-8
Geoffrey Demont (FRA) bt Bart Ravelli (NED) 11-7, 11-9, 13-15, 11-3
1st qualifying round:
Piedro Schweertman (NED) bt Sam van Brusselen (BEL) 11-7, 11-6, 11-2
Ben Coleman (ENG) bt Alexandre Benassi (BEL) 11-9, 11-4, 11-4
Kim Are Killingberg (NOR) bt Kristof Dumoulin (BEL) 11-7, 11-2, 11-4
Sebastiaan Weenink (NED) bt Jeroen Dumoulin (BEL) 11-5, 11-9, 11-6
Alejandro Garbi Caro (ESP) bt Tom de Mulder (BEL) 11-7, 11-3, 11-8
Nathan Lake (ENG) bt Jan de Smet (BEL) 11-2, 11-3, 11-1
Bart Ravelli (NED) bt Jonas Snoeck (BEL) 11-2, 11-7, 11-6
Geoffrey Demont (FRA) bt Lowie Delbeke (BEL) 11-2, 11-4, 11-0
