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Cuskelly Crowned Rochester Pro Champion

7 Apr 2009

Australian Ryan Cuskelly picked up his second Tour title of the year when he beat Egypt's Amr Mansi in the final of the Rochester Pro Open, a $7,000 PSA World Tour squash event in its fifth year at the University of Rochester in Rochester in the US state of New York.

The 21-year-old top seed from New South Wales reached the sixth Tour final of his career after beating Colombian Bernardo Samper in the semi-finals, dropping his only game of the tournament.

Mansi, the fifth seed from Alexandria, also celebrated his sixth Tour final when he ended the impressive run of Englishman Adrian Waller, a 19-year-old qualifier who ousted second-seeded US hope Gilly Lane in the quarter-finals.

But left-hander Cuskelly was too strong for his 26-year-old opponent in the final, winning 11-8, 11-7, 11-8 to record the fourth Tour title triumph of his career.

Final:
[1] Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) bt [5] Amr Mansi (EGY) 11-8, 11-7, 11-8