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The PSA makes its way to downtown Calgary for the 9th annual
Talisman Energy Bankers Hall Club Pro-Am January 19-24.
Defending champion Arturo Salazar from Mexico is back to defend
his title but is only seeded three in this very interesting main
draw. Top seed is New Zealands Martin Knight who is fresh off
winning in Vancouver last week and he will be hard pressed to
duplicate that with the strong field in this event. Second seed
is England’s Chris Simpson currently ranked #47 in the world.
Players to watch include #4 seed Jan Koukal of the Czech
Republic who seems to be having some better results recently and
will no doubt want to improve on his loss here in the quarter
finals last year when he was the top seed. Sitting at the number
seven spot is Laurence Delasaux of England who has had a lot of
success over the last few months playing events in Canada and it
would not be a surprise to see him playing Sunday in the finals.
Canada is well represented in the main draw with Robin Clarke as
the number five seed; David Phillips at number six seed; and
local player Andrew Schnell as the wild card. Schnell is the
current Canadian junior champion as well as current Scottish
Junior Open winner and will have Salazar in his first round in
what will be a very exciting match with the Calgary crowd on his
side for sure!
Main draw players who have a qualifier in their first round will
be nervously watching the qualifying survivors, as former world
#38 and the 2005 champion here, Canada’s Matthew Giuffre will
likely come through and some money will be on him to go all the
way to Sundays final.
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