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Fallows Foils Top Seeds For Pilatus Prize

18 December 2014

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Teenager Richie Fallows became one of the youngest Englishmen ever to win a PSA World Tour squash title when overcame the top two seeds in the Pilatus Cup in Switzerland to win the PSA Challenger 5 event at Sportpark Pilatus in Kriens.

The 18-year-old No3 seed from East London made his breakthrough in the semi-finals where he ousted home hero Reiko Peter, the second seed from Lucerne.

But Fallows saved his best for the final, the first of his career. The World No.120 recovered from a game down to upset top-seeded Egyptian Zahed Mohamed, a 21-year-old ranked 53 in the world, 6-11, 11-8, 13-11, 11-8 in 53 minutes to win his maiden Tour title.

Final:
[3] Richie Fallows (ENG) bt [1] Zahed Mohamed (EGY) 6-11, 11-8, 13-11, 11-8 (53m)

Semi-finals:
[1] Zahed Mohamed (EGY) bt [4] Benjamin Fischer (SUI) 11-6, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5 (50m)
[3] Richie Fallows (ENG) bt [2] Reiko Peter (SUI) 12-10, 11-7, 11-13, 11-4

Quarter-finals:
[1] Zahed Mohamed (EGY) bt [5] Andre Haschker (GER) 11-7, 11-8, 11-9
[4] Benjamin Fischer (SUI) bt [Q] Carsten Schoor (GER) 11-3, 6-11, 11-9, 11-6
[3] Richie Fallows (ENG) bt [8] Tim Weber (GER) 7-11, 11-13, 11-3, 11-3, 11-7
[2] Reiko Peter (SUI) bt [7] Patrick Miescher (SUI) 4-11, 11-8, 16-14, 8-11, 12-10

1st round:
[1] Zahed Mohamed (EGY) bt Cedric Kuchen (SUI) 11-4, 11-5, 11-6
[5] Andre Haschker (GER) bt Jakob Dirnberger (AUT) 11-7, 7-11, 11-3, 12-10
[Q] Carsten Schoor (GER) bt [6] Lukas Burkhart (SUI) 11-13, 11-7, 11-2, 11-2
[4] Benjamin Fischer (SUI) bt Joshua Masters (ENG) 11-4, 11-2, 11-5
[3] Richie Fallows (ENG) bt [Q] Jamie Henderson (SCO) 9-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-6
[8] Tim Weber (GER) bt [WC] Remo Handl (SUI) 11-5, 11-2, 11-1
[7] Patrick Miescher (SUI) bt [Q] Dimitri Steinmann (SUI) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7
[2] Reiko Peter (SUI) bt [Q] Jan Kurzmeyer (SUI) 11-6, 11-3, 11-6

Qualifying finals:
Carsten Schoor (GER) bt Manuel Wanner (SUI) 11-9, 11-1, 11-6
Jan Kurzmeyer (SUI) bt Damien Volland (FRA) w/o
Jamie Henderson (SCO) bt Christoph Zust (SUI) 11-7, 11-5, 11-7
Dimitri Steinmann (SUI) bt Sam Ellis (ENG) 13-11, 11-13, 9-11, 11-9, 11-6

1st qualifying round:
Carsten Schoor (GER) bt Nils Roesch (SUI) w/o
Manuel Wanner (SUI) bt Mario Tschopp (SUI) 11-5, 11-7, 11-6
Jan Kurzmeyer (SUI) bt Roman Allinckx (SUI) 7-11, 10-12, 11-6, 11-5, 11-5
Christoph Zust (SUI) bt Yannick Lindemann (SUI) 12-10, 11-9, 12-10
Dimitri Steinmann (SUI) bt Amadeo Costa (SUI) 11-5, 11-0, 11-0
Sam Ellis (ENG) bt Alexander Imhof (SUI) 11-6, 11-7, 11-8

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