Jens Schoor maintained his membership of the exclusive club of players who have never lost in a PSA World Tour final when he clinched the inaugural Ukrainian Open at Sport Life in Kiev.
The second seed from Germany reached his fourth Tour final when he beat England’s fourth seed Jonathan Harford in the semi-finals of the PSA Challenger 5 event in four games.
But despite the fact that his final opponent Piedro Schweertman also survived a four-game semi, the 23-year-old from Koblenz was able to keep the third-seeded Dutchman at bay in straight games.
The 11-9, 11-4, 11-5 victory marks Schoor’s second Tour title of the year – but the fourth of his career!
Final:
[2] Jens Schoor (GER) bt [3] Piedro Schweertman (NED) 11-9, 11-4, 11-5
Semi-finals:
[3] Piedro Schweertman (NED) bt Fabien Verseille (FRA) 11-9, 11-6, 10-12, 11-9
[2] Jens Schoor (GER) bt [4] Jonathan Harford (ENG) 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9
Quarter-finals:
Fabien Verseille (FRA) bt [1] Dylan Bennett (NED) 11-4, 6-11, 11-5, 6-11, 11-7
[3] Piedro Schweertman (NED) bt [Q] Caspar Grauball Nielsen (DEN) 11-5, 11-4, 10-12, 12-10
[4] Jonathan Harford (ENG) bt Rasmus Nielsen (DEN) 7-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-5
[2] Jens Schoor (GER) bt Raphael Kandra (GER) 7-11, 11-6, 17-15, 11-7
1st round:
[1] Dylan Bennett (NED) bt Joan Lezaud (FRA) 8-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-4
Fabien Verseille (FRA) bt [Q] Matias Tuomi (FIN) 11-9, 11-1, 11-7
[Q] Caspar Grauball Nielsen (DEN) bt Ruslan Sorochinskiy (UKR) 11-9, 11-6, 11-7
[3] Piedro Schweertman (NED) bt [Q] Richard Birks (ENG) 11-6, 11-4, 11-8
[4] Jonathan Harford (ENG) bt Kostiantyn Rybalchenko (UKR) 11-4, 11-2, 11-3
Rasmus Nielsen (DEN) bt Bart Ravelli (NED) 11-6, 11-2, 13-11
Raphael Kandra (GER) bt Frank Hartkoren (NED) 11-6, 11-7, 11-9
[2] Jens Schoor (GER) bt [Q] Carsten Schoor (GER) 11-6, 11-7, 11-9
Qualifying finals:
Matias Tuomi (FIN) bt Denis Podvornyi (UKR) 11-8, 11-3, 11-3
Richard Birks (ENG) bt Valeriy Fedoruk (UKR) 11-3, 11-3, 13-11
Caspar Grauball Nielsen (DEN) bt Viktor Kovalchuk (UKR) 11-7, 11-8, 11-6
Carsten Schoor (GER) bt Wojciech Nowisz (POL) 11-6, 11-7, 11-6
1st qualifying round:
Matias Tuomi (FIN) bt Roman Svec (CZE) 11-7, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4
Denis Podvornyi (UKR) bt Dmytro Scherbakov (UKR) 9-11, 7-11, 11-0, 11-4, 11-8
Richard Birks (ENG) bt Artem Shandybin (UKR) 11-3, 11-6, 11-4
Valeriy Fedoruk (UKR) bt Neeraj Aggarwal (AUS) 11-8, 9-11, 12-10, 12-10
Caspar Grauball Nielsen (DEN) bt Pablo Rawden (ENG) 11-2, 11-9, 11-8
Viktor Kovalchuk (UKR) bt Mikael Paulsson (SWE) 11-9, 11-9, 11-6
Wojciech Nowisz (POL) bt Oleksiy Kovalskyy (UKR) 11-3, 11-4, 11-2
Carsten Schoor (GER) bt Alexei Severinov (RUS) 11-6, 11-8, 11-3
