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Final

Shaun Le Roux def. Eddie Charlton 7-11, 11-6, 11-3, 4-11, 11-3

Fantastic match today to wrap up the 2010 Madison Open. Our two top seeds put on an incredible show of movement and ball control. Shaun Le Roux had previously lost only one set during the tournament and was obviously going in feeling pretty confident. Eddie Charlton had lost two sets to Jaymie Haycocks in a tight semi-final, but was also going in with some confidence.

The first game started with Shaun building up a 7-3 lead before Eddie won 11-7 in one hand. Not only had he come back to win the game, he successfully exposed Shaun's movement more than anyone else had previously. Shaun picked it up the next two games and was looking like he was going to run the table in four games, but Eddie came back in the fourth (with the magic knee-socks) and rolled to an easy 11-4 win.

The last game was all Shaun. Even for the first few points, but at 4-3, Shaun's confidence went up and was able to get to roll to an 11-3 victory. Best squash of the week.

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Main Draw, First Round

Great matches last night. Graham vs. Hedrick was epic. 90 minutes of exceptional stuff.

Eddie Charlton def. Lyall Paterson 10-12, 11-2, 7-6 ret.
Kamran Khan def. Fernando Lopez 11-4, 11-9, 11-6
Jaymie Haycocks def. Neil Cordell 11-5, 12-10, 11-4
Wade Johnstone def. Juan Pablo Roude 11-8, 11-7, 11-9
Anthony Graham def. Rex Hedrick 11-7, 4-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9 (89min)
Shaun LeRoux def. Aqeel Rehman 11-5, 11-3, 11-7
Karim a.g.a Samy def. Ben Coleman 11-4, 7-11, 12-10, 11-8
Peter Creed def. Jonas Laursen 11-5, 11-5, 11-6

Quarterfinals are tonight!

Wade Johnstone vs. Jaymie Haycocks, 5:00
Kamran Khan vs. Anthony Graham, 6:00
Peter Creed vs. Eddie Charlton, 7:00
Shaun Le Roux vs. Karim a.g.a. Samy, 8:00

See you tonight!

Qualifying Finals

Neil Cordell def. Keith Pritchard 11-0, 11-1, 11-4
Fernando Lopez def. Daniel Sibley 11-7, 5-11, 11-4, 12-10
Anthony Graham def. Saqib Yousaf 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 13-11
Lyall Paterson def Arshad Iqbal Burki 14-16, 11-9, 11-2, 11-10

Tomorrow the Main Draw. Starts at 5:00pm on two courts. Good stuff.

2010 Madison Open

First Round Qualies in the books. No surprises. Turns out the pros are a LOT better than the local guys. Great fun though for the locals to play with these guys. Tomorrow the tournament begins in earnest.

Wednesday schedule is:

Burki vs. Paterson 6:00pm
Yousaf vs. Graham 6:00pm
Lopez vs. Sibley 7:00pm
Pritchard vs. Cordell 7:00pm

Madison Open Online Registration

Thanks to those nifty folks at 5Nines Data, we've got us an online registration page! Pretty cool, eh?

2010 Madison Open

The second annual Madison Open will take place from Nov. 2-7. Amateurs Nov. 5-7. We'll have online registration as well as snail mail versions available. All should be available by next week.