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OTTAWA- Mike Corren of Australia defeated
hometown favorite Robin Clarke of Ottawa in a five-game marathon in the
championship final on Sunday at the GoodLife Open men’s professional squash
tournament.
Corren, a 36-year-old veteran once ranked 38th
in the world, took the hour-plus long match 12-10, 8-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-7.
“It’s a tough match to lose,” said Clarke, the
tournament’s defending champion playing in his sixth career pro final. “I
really wanted to win this one for the crowd. Mike played really well. Early on
it was a battle of fitness, then in the third game, the ball started to die
and it became a battle of the shots. He won the shots.”
Clarke, seeded third, squandered game ball in
the first game but scored three unanswered points to end the second to tie the
match. He won a see-saw battle in the third but Corren, the fourth-seed, built
a 4-0 lead in the fourth and never trailed to send the match to a deciding
game.
In the fifth, Clarke overcame an early deficit
and led 6-5 before Corren scored three straight points to grab the lead for
good.
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