Weekend RoundUp: Charlton, Bonmalais and Dowling Seal Tour Titles

Three PSA World Tour events came to an end at the weekend as Australia’s Rhys Dowling and France’s Sebastien Bonmalais both claimed their maiden PSA World Tour titles.

At The City of Devonport Tasmanian Open it was an all-Australian affair in the final as World No.137 Dowling beat top seed Matthew Hopkin in a gruelling five-game encounter to win his first PSA World Tour title.

World No.134 Hopkin had not dropped a game going into the final but Dowling was able to fight back from a game down to win 4-11, 11-5, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5 in 50 minutes.

Another player also claimed their maiden PSA World Tour title as World No.170 Bonmalais claimed victory over England’s World No.217 Nick Mulvey.

Bonmalais, who did not drop a single game all tournament, dominated his opponent to see out a 11-6, 11-8, 11-7 victory to lift the Gibraltar Open PSA M5 title.

Meanwhile, top seed England’s World No.99 Eddie Charlton outplayed his Colombian opponent, World No.106 Juan Vargas, to clinch the BTMI Barbados Open PSA M5 title.

The first game was a tight affair as neither player led by more than two points at any stage until Charlton won four of the last five points to snatch the first game 13-11. The Englishman then continued to dominate as he saw out a 13-11, 11-5, 11-5 victory to lift his eighth PSA World Tour title.

BTMI Barbados Open 2017 – results
Round one
[L] Bryant Cumberbatch (BAR) bt [L] Mark Sealy (BAR) 3-1: 11-5, 11-6, 5-11, 11-3 (32m)
[8] Spencer Lovejoy (USA) bt [L] Khamal Cumberbatch (BAR) 3-0: 11-2, 11-5, 11-3 (25m)
[6] Joe Chapman (IVB) bt [L] Chemar Burnham (BAR) 3-0: 11-2, 11-2, 11-2 (22m)
Cory McCartney (CAN) bt [L] Tony Mackenzie (BAR) 3-0: 11-8, 11-9, 13-11 (18m)
Ahad Raza (CAN) bt [L] Zaki Williams (BAR) 3-0: 11-2, 11-3, 11-6 (19m)
Sunny Seth (GUY) bt [L] Shawn Simpson (BAR) 3-1: 11-8, 11-8, 10-12, 11-9 (45m)
Armando Olguin (MEX) bt [L] Don Benn (BAR) 3-0: 11-3, 14-12, 11-7 (26m)
[7] Timothy Lasusa (USA) bt Elroy Leong (MAS) 3-2: 8-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-8, 14-12 (55m)
Edgar Ramirez Bautista (COL) bt [L] Gavin Cumberbatch (BAR) 3-0: 11-6, 11-1, 11-7 (18m)

Round two

[4] Cameron Stafford (CAY) bt Sunny Seth (GUY) 3-0: 11-7, 11-6, 11-5 (31m)
[7] Timothy Lasusa (USA) bt Armando Olguin (MEX) 3-0: 11-3, 11-3, 11-3 (18m)
Edgar Ramirez Bautista (COL) bt [6] Joe Chapman (IVB) 3-0: 11-7, 11-6, 11-4 (36m)
[1] Eddie Charlton (ENG) bt Ahad Raza (CAN) 3-0: 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 (34m)
[3] Kale Wilson (TRI) bt [L] Rhett Cumberbatch (BAR) 3-1: 13-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6 (36m)
[8] Spencer Lovejoy (USA) bt [L] Bryant Cumberbatch (BAR) 3-0: 11-3, 11-3, 11-4 (18m)
[5] Thomas King (CAN) bt Cory McCartney (CAN) 3-1: 15-13, 11-9, 11-13, 13-11 (84m)
[2] Juan Camilo Vargas (COL) bt [L] Joshua Seale (BAR) 3-0: 11-2, 11-5, 11-3 (17m)

Quarter finals

[4] Cameron Stafford (CAY) bt [7] Timothy Lasusa (USA) 3-0: 11-7, 11-8, 11-3 (30m)
[1] Eddie Charlton (ENG) bt Edgar Ramirez Bautista (COL) 3-0: 11-4, 11-7, 11-2 (32m)
[8] Spencer Lovejoy (USA) bt [3] Kale Wilson (TRI) 3-0: 11-7, 11-3, 11-3 (26m)
[2] Juan Camilo Vargas (COL) bt [5] Thomas King (CAN) 3-0: 11-5, 11-7, 11-5 (30m)

Semi finals
[1] Eddie Charlton (ENG) bt [8] Spencer Lovejoy (USA) 3-1: 11-4, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9 (64m)
[2] Juan Camilo Vargas (COL) bt [4] Cameron Stafford (CAY) 3-0: 13-11, 11-4, 11-9 (34m)

Final
[1] Eddie Charlton (ENG) bt [2] Juan Camilo Vargas (COL) 3-0: 13-11, 11-5, 11-5 (45m)

Gibraltar Open 2017 – results
Round one
[5] Sebastien Bonmalais (FRA) bt [Q] Laurence Green (ENG) 3-0: 11-5, 11-9, 11-2 (27m)
[3] Connor Sheen (ENG) bt [Q] Tiago Goriely (BEL) 3-0: 13-11, 11-9, 11-3 (42m)
[Q] Roshan Bharos (NED) bt [1] Kristian Frost (DEN) 3-2: 6-11, 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9 (100m)
[6] Miles Jenkins (ENG) bt Jakob Dirnberger (AUT) 3-0: 11-8, 11-5, 11-5 (33m)
[4] Mark Broekman (ENG) bt Lewis Doughty (ENG) 3-1: 11-6, 14-12, 9-11, 11-6 (56m)
[7] Nick Mulvey (ENG) bt Owain Taylor (WAL) 3-0: 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 (38m)
[8] James Peach (ENG) bt [WC] Ben Ford (ENG) 3-0: 11-8, 11-3, 11-9 (28m)
[2] Arthur Gaskin (IRL) bt [Q] Guhan Senthilkumar (IND) 3-0: 11-4, 11-3, 11-7 (40m)

Quarter finals

[8] James Peach (ENG) bt [Q] Roshan Bharos (NED) 3-1: 11-5, 11-2, 10-12, 11-7 (67m)
[7] Nick Mulvey (ENG) bt [3] Connor Sheen (ENG) 3-2: 8-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7, 11-2 (63m)
[5] Sebastien Bonmalais (FRA) bt [4] Mark Broekman (ENG) 3-0: 11-9, 11-7, 11-8 (33m)
[2] Arthur Gaskin (IRL) bt [6] Miles Jenkins (ENG) 3-0: 11-9, 11-4, 15-13 (45m)

Semi finals

[5] Sebastien Bonmalais (FRA) bt [8] James Peach (ENG) 3-0: 11-6, 11-6, 11-2 (39m)
[7] Nick Mulvey (ENG) bt [2] Arthur Gaskin (IRL) 3-2: 6-11, 11-3, 13-11, 8-11, 11-8 (60m)

Final

[5] Sebastien Bonmalais (FRA) bt [7] Nick Mulvey (ENG) 3-0: 11-6, 11-8, 11-7 (35m)

The City of Devonport Tasmanian Open 2017 – results
Round One
[1] Matthew Hopkin (AUS) bt [Q] Joseph White (AUS) 3-0: 11-6, 11-8, 11-7 (24m)
Robert Dadds (ENG) bt [8] Courtney West (AUS) 3-0: 11-5, 11-3, 11-8 (26m)
[4] Chris Lo (HKG) bt [WC] Etienne Laurent (FRA) 3-0: 11-1, 11-6, 11-3 (15m)
[6] Darcy Evans (AUS) bt [Q] Shahzad Khan (PAK) 3-0: 11-2, 11-4, 11-2 (13m)
[2] Rhys Dowling (AUS) bt Graham Miao (HKG) 3-1: 11-3, 11-6, 7-11, 11-5 (31m)
[5] Vivian Rhamanan (SIN) bt [Q] Nathan Lindner (AUS) 3-0: 11-6, 11-9, 11-6 (20m)
[3] Tsz Kwan Lau (HKG) bt [Q] Daniel Lomaglio (ARG) 3-0: 11-9, 11-3, 11-8 (19m)
[Q] Ignacio Gutiérrez Keen (ARG) bt [7] Joel Luca (AUS) 3-1: 8-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-6 (38m)

Quarter finals

[1] Matthew Hopkin (AUS) bt Robert Dadds (ENG) 3-0: 11-3, 12-10, 11-4 (19m)
[4] Chris Lo (HKG) bt [6] Darcy Evans (AUS) 3-0: 11-1, 12-10, 11-2 (26m)
[2] Rhys Dowling (AUS) bt [5] Vivian Rhamanan (SIN) 3-0: 11-8, 11-7, 11-9 (26m)
[3] Tsz Kwan Lau (HKG) bt [Q] Ignacio Gutiérrez Keen (ARG) 3-0: 11-8, 11-5, 12-10 (24m)

Semi finals

[1] Matthew Hopkin (AUS) bt [4] Chris Lo (HKG) 3-0: 11-7, 11-4, 13-11 (27m)
[2] Rhys Dowling (AUS) bt [3] Tsz Kwan Lau (HKG) 3-2: 1-11, 11-6, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7 (46m)

Final

[2] Rhys Dowling (AUS) bt [1] Matthew Hopkin (AUS) 3-2: 4-11, 11-5, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5 (50m)