Hong Kong’s Leo Au scored his second PSA World Tour title success in Australia this month when he upset favourite Bradley Hindle in the final of the Tasmanian Open in Hobart, Tasmania.
It was after dropping his first game of the tournament in the semi-finals against England’s No3 seed Lewis Walters that Au faced Hindle, the top seed from Malta, in the final of the PSA World Tour Challenger 5 event at Eastside Squash.
The 21-year-old from Hong Kong came from behind in the first two games to overcome Australian-born Hindle 11-6, 11-8, 11-3 in 34 minutes.
“I should have won the first two games and then in the third he got away from me, I think I was a bit deflated,” Hindle said.
“But I’m not too disappointed. It was a good match – he was just a bit better than me on the day.”
The title marks Au’s third on the PSA Tour, and immediately follws his success in the Victorian Open in Melbourne.
Final:
[2] Leo Au (HKG) bt [1] Bradley Hindle (MLT)11-6, 11-8, 11-3 (34m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Bradley Hindle (MLT) bt [5] Aqeel Rehman (AUT)11-9, 11-9, 11-4 (40m)
[2] Leo Au (HKG) bt [3] Lewis Walters (ENG)11-8, 10-12, 11-4, 11-6 (60m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Bradley Hindle (MLT) bt [6] Anthony Graham (ENG) 11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6 (74m)
[5] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) bt [4] Nathan Stevenson (AUS) 11-4, 11-7, 11-6 (37m)
[3] Lewis Walters (ENG) bt [Q] Tsukue Shinnosuke (JPN) 11-7, 11-2, 11-6 (29m)
[2] Leo Au (HKG) bt Roman Svec (CZE) 11-5, 11-6, 11-4 (25m)
2nd round:
[1] Bradley Hindle (MLT) bt Raphael Kandra (GER)11-5, 11-4, 7-11, 11-8 (42m)
[6] Anthony Graham (ENG) bt Kevin Moran (SCO)11-7, 5-11, 13-11, 11-3 (62m)
[5] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) bt [Q] Norman Junge (GER)11-8, 2-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-5 (45m)
[4] Nathan Stevenson (AUS) bt Luke Sims (AUS)11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6 (36m)
[3] Lewis Walters (ENG) bt Chris Ferguson (SCO)11-6, 1-0 ret. (10m)
[Q] Tsukue Shinnosuke (JPN) bt Jonas Daehler (SUI)11-9, 7-11, 11-7, 11-1 (35m)
Roman Svec (CZE) bt Owais Khan (PAK)11-2, 2-11, 11-6, 6-11, 13-11 (54m)
[2] Leo Au (HKG) bt Ondrej Ertl (CZE)11-7, 11-5, 11-4 (26m)
1st round:
[1] Bradley Hindle (MLT) bt [Q] Ben Marschall (AUS) 11-1, 11-3, 11-1 (32m)
Raphael Kandra (GER) bt Rory Pennell (ENG) 11-4, 11-5, 11-5 (15m)
Kevin Moran (SCO) bt [Q] Lance Beddoes (NZL) 11-4, 11-6, 11-3 (26m)
[6] Anthony Graham (ENG) bt Lukas Burkhart (SUI) 11-4, 11-5, 11-7 (23m)
[5] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) bt Ben Takamizawa Harris (JPN) 11-5, 11-7, 11-2
[Q] Norman Junge (GER) bt [Q] Rhys Dowling (AUS) 11-3, 11-6, 13-15, 11-4
Luke Sims (AUS) bt James Skiffington (NZL) 11-5, 11-7, 11-6
[4] Nathan Stevenson (AUS) bt Paul Coll (NZL) 3-11, 11-6, 11-2, 6-11, 11-6 (51m)
[3] Lewis Walters (ENG) bt [Q] Alex Phillips (ENG) 12-10, 11-9, 11-5
Chris Ferguson (SCO) bt Hon Fung Wong (HKG) 11-7, 11-6, 11-6
Jonas Daehler (SUI) bt Joseph Watts (NZL) 11-2, 7-11, 5-11, 11-6, 11-7 (38m)
[Q] Tsukue Shinnosuke (JPN) bt [7] Josh Cardwell (AUS) 11-7, 11-5, 11-9 (35m)
Owais Khan (PAK) bt [8] Jamie Mcervale (AUS) 9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-5
Roman Svec (CZE) bt [Q] Matthew Bridle (AUS) 11-2, 11-6, 11-2
Ondrej Ertl (CZE) bt [Q] Cheuk Yan Tang (HKG) 10-12, 5-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-4 (46m)
[2] Leo Au (HKG) bt Evan Williams (NZL) 11-9, 11-9, 11-7 (26m)
Qualifying finals:
Lance Beddoes (NZL) bt Michael Badenhorst (AUS) 11-3, 11-5, 11-4
Norman Junge (GER) bt Aamir Khan (UAE) 11-9, 5-11, 11-3, 11-6
Matthew Bridle (AUS) bt Mitch Paul Chaisson (CAN) 11-9, 11-2, 11-3
Cheuk Yan Tang (HKG) bt Joshua Southwell-Nobbs (AUS) 11-6, 19-17, 11-8
Alex Phillips (ENG) bt Jason Pike (ENG) 11-4, 11-9, 11-7
Rhys Dowling (AUS) bt Bradley Williams (AUS) 11-4, 11-8, 11-8
Ben Marschall (AUS) bt Lars Becker (AUS) 6-11, 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6
Tsukue Shinnosuke (JPN) bt Jack Strugnell (AUS) 11-6, 11-4, 11-6
1st qualifying round:
Lance Beddoes (NZL) bt Tom Strugnell (AUS) 11-3, 11-1, 11-4
Michael Badenhorst (AUS) bt Paul Brewtnall (AUS) 8-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-8
Norman Junge (GER) bt Ben Somerville (AUS) 11-5, 11-7, 11-7
Aamir Khan (UAE) bt Dayne Gruenthal (AUS) 11-1, 11-2, 11-5
Matthew Bridle (AUS) bt Faisal Riaz (PAK) w/o
Mitch Paul Chaisson (CAN) bt Darcy Evans (AUS) 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4
Cheuk Yan Tang (HKG) bt Drew Cooper (AUS) 11-4, 11-7, 11-8
Joshua Southwell-Nobbs (AUS) bt Thomas Calvert (AUS) 11-5, 11-4, 11-3
Jason Pike (ENG) bt Joshua Stack-Masula (AUS) 11-2, 11-2, 11-6
Alex Phillips (ENG) bt Michael Brown (AUS) 11-7, 11-4, 11-8
Bradley Williams (AUS) bt Rohan Toole (AUS) 11-4, 11-5, 7-11, 13-15, 11-7
Rhys Dowling (AUS) bt Jason Faulkner (AUS) 11-6, 11-8, 11-8
Ben Marschall (AUS) bt David Mulcahy (AUS) 11-6, 13-11, 11-4
Lars Becker (AUS) bt Geoffrey Salmon (AUS) 11-4, 11-6, 11-9
Jack Strugnell (AUS) bt Luc Rance (AUS) w/o
Tsukue Shinnosuke (JPN) bt Hamish Laws (AUS) 11-7, 11-7, 11-6
