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RESULTS: Bluenose Squash Classic, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Final:
[3] Thierry Lincou (FRA) bt [4] Daryl Selby (ENG) 11-2, 10-12,
11-8, 12-10 (73m)
Frenchman Thierry Lincou triumphed in a 73-minute final of the
fifth edition of the Bluenose Classic, beating England's Daryl
Selby in four games in the climax of the $40,000 PSA World Tour
squash event at St Mary’s University Tower in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, to win his first title in Canada.
Lincou, the former world champion from Marseille, was the third
seed - but made his breakthrough in the semi-finals by beating
Australian rival and fellow 33-year-old David Palmer, the
defending champion and second seed.
Like the Frenchman, Daryl Selby also only dropped one game
en-route to the final. The fourth seed toppled top seed and
fellow countryman Peter Barker in the other semi-final.
Lincou easily won the opening game and led 8-5 in the second.
But Selby fought back to draw level and, after Lincou won the
third, sprung to a 6-2 lead in the fourth to suggest that a
fifth game decider was on the cards.
But Lincou won six points in a row to claw back the deficit
before clinching the title on his second match ball to win
11-2, 10-12, 11-8, 12-10.
The
success chalks up Lincou's first Tour win since last June - but
the 22nd of his illustrious career.
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