Coleman Makes It Three In Madrid

4 Jun 2014

England's Ben Coleman continued his run of good form over the past two months when he beat Frenchman Christophe Andre in the final of the Cobendai Castellana Open in the Spanish city of Madrid to claim his third PSA World Tour squash title in the past six weeks.

The 23-year-old top seed from Chelmsford reached the final of this inaugural PSA Challenger 5 event at Madrid Castellana Sports Club after seeing off Czech qualifier Daniel Mekbib, the surprise first round victor of No3 seed Karamatullah Khan.

Second seed Andre had en even more surprising semi-final opponent - 'lucky loser' Sean Conroy, a 20-year-old Irishman who fell in the qualifying finals, then took out the No8 seed en-route to the last four.

Coleman dropped the opening game to Andre, a 27-year-old from the Reunion Islands celebrating his third Tour final and looking for his maiden title.

But the World No.73 regained control of the action and closed out the match 9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-4 after 76 minutes to win his third Tour title of his career.

Final:
[1] Ben Coleman (ENG) bt [2] Christophe Andre (FRA) 9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-4 (76m)