In front of a packed Ipswich Sports Club crowd, local hero Jonathan Kemp lived up to his billing as number one seed in the ISC Seven Telematics Open by beating second-seeded English compatriot Ben Coleman to win the inaugural PSA World Tour Challenger 5 squash event in Ipswich, England.<\/p>\n
Experienced world No45 Kemp, the 32-year-old head pro at the club, reached the final without dropping a game – seeing off fourth seed Declan James in the semi-finals to reach the 17th Tour final of his career.<\/p>\n
Rising English star Coleman, the 22-year-old world No94 from Chelmsford, survived a tough 77-minute quarter-final against fellow countryman Joel Hinds before brushing aside third-seeded Frenchman Yann Perrin in straight games to make his fourth Tour final.\n<\/p>\n
“Coleman forced Kemp to play his best squash of the tournament, keeping the ball tight and accurate and countering well when Kemp attacked too early,” explained tournament spokesman Jaclyn Kemp.<\/p>\n
“The rallies were all long and hard-fought, but with Coleman doing the majority of the work he noticeably tired at the end of each game – allowing Kemp to pull away.<\/p>\n
“In the end it was Kemp’s disguise and variety of shot that put paid to the challenge of the young Englishman.”<\/p>\n
The 11-5, 11-7, 11-7 title triumph in 34 minutes gives Kemp the 13th PSA Tour title of his career – but his first for more than two years.<\/p>\n
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 5 ISC Seven Telematics Open, Ipswich, England<\/strong><\/p>\n 1st round: In front of a packed Ipswich Sports Club crowd, local hero Jonathan Kemp lived up to his billing as number one seed in the ISC Seven Telematics Open by beating second-seeded English compatriot Ben Coleman to win the inaugural PSA World Tour Challenger 5 squash event in Ipswich, England.<\/p>\n Experienced world No45 Kemp, the 32-year-old head pro at the club, reached the final without dropping a game – seeing off fourth seed Declan James in the semi-finals to reach the 17th Tour final of his career.<\/p>\n Rising English star Coleman, the 22-year-old world No94 from Chelmsford, survived a tough 77-minute quarter-final against fellow countryman Joel Hinds before brushing aside third-seeded Frenchman Yann Perrin in straight games to make his fourth Tour final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-others"],"yoast_head":"\n
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[1] Jonathan Kemp (ENG) bt [WC] Joshua Turmel (ENG) 11-7, 11-4, 11-5 (24m)
[Q] Joey Barrington (ENG) bt Khawaja Adil Maqbool (PAK) 11-7, 11-4, 11-7 (24m)
[Q] Rory Pennell (ENG) bt Jonathan Geekie (SCO) 11-9, 11-1, 11-8 (30m)
[4] Declan James (ENG) bt Micah Franklin (BER) 11-3, 11-8, 11-2 (30m)
[3] Yann Perrin (FRA) bt Alex Phillips (ENG) 11-8, 11-2, 11-4 (28m)
[Q] Thomas Ford (ENG) bt James Earles (ENG) 11-6, 11-8, 7-11, 11-3 (48m)
Joel Hinds (ENG) bt [Q] Daniel Hockborn (ENG) 11-9, 11-7, 11-8 (24m)
[2] Ben Coleman (ENG) bt Reuben Phillips (ENG) 11-5, 11-6, 11-5 (33m)
Quarter-finals:
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[1] Jonathan Kemp (ENG) bt [Q] Joey Barrington (ENG) 11-8, 11-8, 11-4 (25m)
[4] Declan James (ENG) bt [Q] Rory Pennell (ENG) 12-10, 11-7, 2-11, 11-8 (48m)
[3] Yann Perrin (FRA) bt [Q] Thomas Ford (ENG) 11-8, 11-6, 11-5 (25m)
[2] Ben Coleman (ENG) bt Joel Hinds (ENG) 11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-3 (77m)
Semi-finals:
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[1] Jonathan Kemp (ENG) bt [4] Declan James (ENG) 11-8, 11-2, 11-5 (24m)
[2] Ben Coleman (ENG) bt [3] Yann Perrin (FRA) 11-3, 11-9, 11-7 (31m)
Final:
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[1] Jonathan Kemp (ENG) bt [2] Ben Coleman (ENG) 11-5, 11-7, 11-7 (34m)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"