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Sebastiaan Weenink secured a marathon upset win over top-seeded compatriot Piedro Schweertman in the climax of the Winner’s Investimax Brussels Open to claim not only his first PSA World Tour title, but also victory in the first ever Tour final between two Dutchmen.
Rotterdam-born Weenink, the second seed, made it to the final of the inaugural PSA Challenger 5 squash event at Winner’s in the Belgian capital after beating Spain’s No.4 seed Alejandro Garbi Caro in the semi-finals. The straight games win saw the 28-year-old World No.94 into his fourth Tour final.
Favourite Schweertman, ranked seven places higher than his fellow countryman, fought back from a game down in the other semi to overcome surprise opponent Joel Makin, the sixth seed from Wales, in five games.
The win took the 31-year-old left-hander into the 14th Tour final of his career – but his sixth this year!
Schweertman, who had beaten his opponent three times in recent Dutch national championships, twice led in the final.
But Weenink (pictured above, left, with Schweertman) held his nerve to take the final two games of the match to claim his historic 5-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-5, 11-9 title triumph after 83 minutes.
Final:
[2] Sebastiaan Weenink (NED) bt [1] Piedro Schweertman (NED) 5-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-5, 11-9 (83m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Piedro Schweertman (NED) bt [6] Joel Makin (WAL) 6-11, 11-4, 11-7, 4-11, 11-4 (58m)
[2] Sebastiaan Weenink (NED) bt [4] Alejandro Garbi Caro (ESP) 11-9, 11-8, 11-9 (48m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Piedro Schweertman (NED) bt [Q] Bernat Jaume (ESP) 11-8, 10-12, 11-6, 11-8 (55m)
[6] Joel Makin (WAL) bt [3] Geoffrey Demont (FRA) 14-12, 11-7, 11-7 (62m)
[4] Alejandro Garbi Caro (ESP) bt [5] Jan van den Herrewegen (BEL) 11-5, 11-4, 12-10 (38m)
[2] Sebastiaan Weenink (NED) bt Ahmed Hussein (EGY) 6-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-6 (40m)
1st round:
[1] Piedro Schweertman (NED) bt [Q] Baptiste Masotti (FRA) 6-11, 13-11, 11-5, 12-10 (56m)
[Q] Bernat Jaume (ESP) bt [8] Jakob Dirnberger (AUT) 8-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-6, 11-6 (53m)
[6] Joel Makin (WAL) bt [WC] Auguste Dussourd (FRA) 11-5, 12-14, 11-5, 12-10 (54m)
[3] Geoffrey Demont (FRA) bt [Q] Manuel Wanner (SUI) 11-8, 11-2, 11-6 (28m)
[4] Alejandro Garbi Caro (ESP) bt Martin Svec (CZE) 11-6, 11-6, 11-8 (29m)
[5] Jan van den Herrewegen (BEL) bt [Q] Will John (WAL) 16-14, 11-6, 11-9 (31m)
Ahmed Hussein (EGY) bt [7] Tom de Mulder (BEL) 11-8, 4-11, 11-2, 11-6 (40m)
[2] Sebastiaan Weenink (NED) bt Jaakko Vahamaa (FIN) 11-9, 11-5, 11-5 (38m)
Qualifying finals:
Baptiste Masotti (FRA) bt Jonathan Geekie (SCO) 11-3, 11-8, 11-7 (33m)
Manuel Wanner (SUI) bt Nick Mulvey (ENG) 12-10, 11-5, 11-5 (36m)
Will John (WAL) bt Julian Tomlinson (ENG) 8-11, 11-13, 11-4, 11-5, 12-10 (63m)
Bernat Jaume (ESP) bt Courtney West (AUS) 11-5, 11-7, 11-7 (35m)
1st qualifying round:
Baptiste Masotti (FRA) bt Marc ter Sluis (NED) 11-8, 11-7, 7-11, 11-7 (56m)
Manuel Wanner (SUI) bt Gregory Lecerf (BEL) 11-4, 12-10, 11-9 (41m)
Nick Mulvey (ENG) bt Rehan O’Grady (SRI) 11-9, 11-4, 11-4 (33m)
Will John (WAL) bt Lowie Delbeke (BEL) 11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 13-11 (35m)
Julian Tomlinson (ENG) bt Joeri Hapers (BEL) 5-11, 11-7, 11-7, 7-11, 11-7 (63m)
Courtney West (AUS) bt Tiago Goriely (BEL) 5-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-5 (40m)
Bernat Jaume (ESP) bt Ishmael Mubure (ZIM) 12-10, 11-7, 11-6 (31m)
