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Matthew Hopkin became the first home winner of the Caboolture Open for three years when he beat Argentina’s Leandro Romiglio in the final of the PSA Challenger 5 squash event in its fifth year at the Caboolture Squash and Fitness Centre in Caboolture, Australia.
The sixth seed from Brisbane made his breakthrough in the quarter-finals where he ousted top seed Gonzalo Miranda, recovering from two games down to beat the Argentinean in five games.
It was in the semi-finals that fifth seed Romiglio upset the form book when he overcame fellow countryman Robertino Pezzota, the No.2 seed.
Both players were celebrating the third PSA World Tour finals of their careers – but the 23-year-old Australian denied Romiglio his first ever title when he triumphed 11-7, 11-7, 3-11, 11-7.
The win marks the second Tour title of Hopkins’ career – and his second this year on home soil.
Final:
[6] Matthew Hopkin (AUS) bt [5] Leandro Romiglio (ARG) 11-7, 11-7, 3-11, 11-7
Semi-finals:
[5] Leandro Romiglio (ARG) bt [2] Robertino Pezzota (ARG) 11-7, 8-11, 11-3, 11-2
[6] Matthew Hopkin (AUS) bt Mohamed Elgawarhy (EGY) 11-9, 11-3, 13-11
Quarter-finals:
[2] Robertino Pezzota (ARG) bt [7] Joshua Larkin (AUS) 7-11, 11-3, 11-8, 5-11, 11-8
[5] Leandro Romiglio (ARG) bt [4] Evan Williams (NZL) 11-6, 11-1, 15-13
Mohamed Elgawarhy (EGY) bt Will John (WAL) 11-7, 11-8, 11-3
[6] Matthew Hopkin (AUS) bt [1] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) 7-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-7
2nd round:
[2] Robertino Pezzota (ARG) bt Darcy Evans (AUS) 11-8, 11-5, 11-6
[7] Joshua Larkin (AUS) bt Hesham Mohamed Aly (EGY) 14-16, 11-9, 11-7, 11-3
[5] Leandro Romiglio (ARG) bt Joel Luca (AUS) 11-8, 11-8, 11-6
[4] Evan Williams (NZL) bt Gurshan Singh (MAS) 11-4, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7
Mohamed Elgawarhy (EGY) bt Christo Potgieter (RSA) 11-5, 11-8, 3-11, 11-7
Will John (WAL) bt [8] Jean-Pierre Brits (RSA) 11-7, 11-6, 11-8
[6] Matthew Hopkin (AUS) bt Thomas Calvert (AUS) 10-12, 11-6, 11-7, 11-4
[1] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bt Rhys Dowling (AUS) 11-5, 15-13, 11-9
1st round:
[2] Robertino Pezzota (ARG) bt [WC] Nathan Stevenson (AUS) 11-6, 8-11, 11-4, 11-4
Darcy Evans (AUS) bt [Q] Andrew Pringle (AUS) 11-9, 11-8, 11-7
Hesham Mohamed Aly (EGY) bt [Q] Lewis Doughty (ENG) 11-9, 11-3, 11-6
[7] Joshua Larkin (AUS) bt [Q] Ahmed Effat Ashoush (EGY) 11-6, 11-4, 11-5
[5] Leandro Romiglio (ARG) bt Rohan Toole (AUS) 11-4, 11-8, 11-8
Joel Luca (AUS) bt David Clegg (AUS) 11-5, 11-9, 11-8
Gurshan Singh (MAS) bt [Q] Josh Cox (AUS) 11-6, 4-11, 11-9, 11-3
[4] Evan Williams (NZL) bt Matthew Sidaway (ENG) 11-8, 11-8, 11-8
Mohamed Elgawarhy (EGY) bt [3] James Huang (TPE) 11-7, 12-10, 13-11
Christo Potgieter (RSA) bt Tim Cowell (AUS) 11-8, 11-4, 11-4
Will John (WAL) bt [Q] Josh Foyle (AUS) 11-5, 11-8, 11-8
[8] Jean-Pierre Brits (RSA) bt Alex Eustace (AUS) 11-6, 11-4, 11-5
[6] Matthew Hopkin (AUS) bt TJ French (AUS) 11-8, 11-6, 11-5
Thomas Calvert (AUS) bt [Q] Glenn Hitch (AUS) 7-11, 11-0, 11-3, 11-3
Rhys Dowling (AUS) bt [Q] Solayman Nowrozi (AUS) 11-7, 11-4, 11-7
[1] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bt [Q] Federico Cioffi (ARG) 4-11, 11-4, 11-2, 11-5
Qualifying finals:
Josh Cox (AUS) bt Terrence Gibbons (AUS) 11-4, 11-7, 11-5
Glenn Hitch (AUS) bt Shane Sitek (AUS) 11-6, 11-4, 11-4
