Despite enduring matches in the previous two rounds both of which lasted more than 100 minutes, Canadian number one Shahier Razik was able to find another 91 minutes to wear down Egypt’s Omar Abdel Aziz in the final of the Sudbury Northern Ontario Championship in the Canadian province of Ontario.
It was after beating Malaysia’s Muhd Asyraf Azan in a 108-minute quarter-final of the PSA World Tour Challenger 15 event at Sudbury YMCA in Sudbury that second seed Razik rallied to a semi-final win in 102 minutes over a second Malaysian Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan, the fourth seed.
Third seed Aziz took the opening game in the final, but the tireless 33-year-old from Toronto battled back to clinch the match 7-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-2 – and notch up the 21st Tour title of his career.
Final:
[2] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt [3] Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) 7-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-2 (91m)
Semi-finals:
[3] Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) bt [1] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) 8-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-8 (70m)
[2] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt [4] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) 12-10, 10-12, 11-9, 11-2 (102m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) bt [Q] Andrew Schnell (CAN) 11-3, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4 (49m)
[3] Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) bt [Q] Erik Tepos Valtierra (MEX) 11-7, 11-2, 11-6 (36m)
[4] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) bt Eric Galvez (MEX) 11-9, 11-9, 11-7 (43m)
[2] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) 11-1, 13-11, 11-13, 9-11, 11-3 (108m)
1st round:
[1] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) bt Eddie Charlton (ENG) 11-5, 11-9, 11-9 (34m)
[Q] Andrew Schnell (CAN) bt Michael McCue (CAN) 11-3, 11-5, 11-4 (34m)
[Q] Erik Tepos Valtierra (MEX) bt [Q] Matthew Serediak (CAN) 11-9, 13-11, 11-3 (33m)
[3] Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) bt Robin Clarke (CAN) 13-11, 11-2, 11-5 (32m)
[4] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) bt [Q] Alfredo Avila (MEX) 11-9, 11-4, 4-11, 11-8 (56m)
Eric Galvez (MEX) bt Andrew McDougall (CAN) 13-11, 11-4, 11-2 (47m)
Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) bt David Phillips (CAN) 11-6, 11-6, 6-11, 12-10 (47m)
[2] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour (IRI) 11-6, 11-6, 11-5 (27m)
Qualifying finals:
Erik Tepos Valtierra (MEX) bt Adrian Dudzicki (CAN) 11-13, 11-9, 12-10, 12-10 (75m)
Matthew Serediak (CAN) bt Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour (IRI) 11-5, 11-2, 11-9 (31m)
Alfredo Avila (MEX) bt Dane Sharp (CAN) 3-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-4 (60m)
Andrew Schnell (CAN) bt Tyler Hamilton (CAN) 11-8, 11-6, 11-6 (29m)
1st qualifying round:
Erik Tepos Valtierra (MEX) bye
Adrian Dudzicki (CAN) bt Maxym Leclair (CAN) 11-9, 11-6, 14-12 (40m)
Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour (IRI) bt Eric Dingle (CAN) 11-6, 11-8, 11-6 (38m)
Matthew Serediak (CAN) bt Maxime Blouin (CAN) 11-8, 2-11, 11-7, 11-3 (37m)
Alfredo Avila (MEX) bt Jonathan Uriel Ramos Islas (MEX) 11-8, 11-7, 11-7 (38m)
Dane Sharp (CAN) bt Fred Reid (CAN) 11-6, 11-8, 11-5 (33m)
Andrew Schnell (CAN) bt Geoffrey Demont (FRA) 12-14, 11-4, 11-8, 9-11, 13-11 (80m)
Tyler Hamilton (CAN) bye
