Le Roux Lifts Gauteng Crown
20 Aug 2012
Top seed Shaun le Roux prevailed in an all-South African Central Gauteng Open final to win the inaugural PSA World Tour Challenger 5 squash event at the Parkview Squash Club in Johannesburg.
It was a battle between the top two seeds - favourite Le Roux reaching the climax after stopping unseeded fellow countryman Thoboki Mohohlo, and his opponent Clinton Leeuw, the No2 seed, ending the giant-killing run of Craig van der Wath, the 46-year-old tournament promoter and a former Tour regular.
Leeuw, the South African number three, took a 2/1 lead in the final - but second-ranked Le Roux recovered the advantage before closing out the match 11-6, 9-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-9.
The win marks the UK-based 25-year-old's sixth career Tour title - and his second of the year.
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1st round:
[Q] Zuko Kubukeli (RSA) bt Fernando Molina (ARG) 11-6, 6-11, 11-8, 11-2
Rudi Willemse (RSA) bt [Q] Gary Wheadon (RSA) 0-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 11-5
Rodney Durbach (RSA) bt [6] Jean-Pierre Brits (RSA) 11-9, 11-4, 11-5
[5] Christo Potgieter (RSA) bt Kelvin Ndhlovu (ZAM) w/o
[Q] Jimmy Schlebusch (RSA) bt Ahmed Effat Ashoush (EGY) 11-3, 12-10, 11-6
[Q] Michael Tootill (RSA) bt Omar Shehata (EGY) 11-7, 11-6, 11-4
Thoboki Mohohlo (RSA) bt [4] Ahmed Atef Abdel-Fattah (EGY) 6-11, 4-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-7
[Q] Jacques Kruger (RSA) bt Youssef Mohamed Ghareib (EGY) 11-9, 10-12, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8
Craig van der Wath (RSA) bt Tristan Eysele (ENG) 12-10, 11-9, 7-11, 11-4
[7] Kashif Khan (PAK) bt [Q] Gary Naidoo (RSA) 11-9, 11-5, 12-10
[8] Omar Khaled Kheiralla (EGY) bt Jamie Sutcliffe (ENG) 9-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-0
Panos Hadjiphilippou (CYP) bt Sunday Akintoye (NGR) w/o
[Q] Andrew Martin (RSA) bt Moustafa Bayoumy (EGY) 11-8, 6-11, 11-9, 11-6
2nd round:
[1] Shaun le Roux (RSA) bt [Q] Zuko Kubukeli (RSA) 9-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-9
Rodney Durbach (RSA) bt Rudi Willemse (RSA) 10-12, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6
[5] Christo Potgieter (RSA) bt [Q] Jimmy Schlebusch (RSA) 11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-8
Thoboki Mohohlo (RSA) bt [Q] Michael Tootill (RSA) 11-7, 5-11, 11-7, 11-4
[3] Aamir Malik Khan (UAE) bt [Q] Jacques Kruger (RSA) 11-7, 11-5, 11-8
Craig van der Wath (RSA) bt [7] Kashif Khan (PAK) 10-12, 11-8, 11-9, 11-3
Panos Hadjiphilippou (CYP) bt [8] Omar Khaled Kheiralla (EGY) 11-8, 11-6, 11-3
[2] Clinton Leeuw (RSA) bt [Q] Andrew Martin (RSA) 11-6, 11-8, 11-7
Quarter-finals:
[1] Shaun le Roux (RSA) bt Rodney Durbach (RSA) 11-6, 11-6, 11-9
Thoboki Mohohlo (RSA) bt [5] Christo Potgieter (RSA) 9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8
Craig van der Wath (RSA) bt [3] Aamir Malik Khan (UAE) 11-6, 11-4, 6-11, 11-3
[2] Clinton Leeuw (RSA) bt Panos Hadjiphilippou (CYP) 11-3, 11-2, 11-3
Semi-finals:
[1] Shaun le Roux (RSA) bt Thoboki Mohohlo (RSA) 11-5, 11-7, 13-11
[2] Clinton Leeuw (RSA) bt Craig van der Wath (RSA) 11-7, 11-8, 11-6
Final:
[1] Shaun le Roux (RSA) bt [2] Clinton Leeuw (RSA) 11-6, 9-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-9
