German star Simon Rosner produced his “best squash of the year at the last tournament” when he upset top seed Borja Golan in straight games in the final of the Alwatan & Asnan International Tournament in Kuwait to win the inaugural PSA World Tour International 50 event at the Late Sheikh \/ Salem Alsabah International Squash Complex in South Surrah.<\/p>\n
Seeded three, the World No.16 from Paderborn brought down seventh-ranked Golan, the highest-ranked Spaniard of all-time, 11-4, 11-5, 12-10 in 65 minutes to win the seventh – but biggest – PSA World Tour title of his career.<\/p>\n
“I’m incredibly delighted to have won a tournament of this category, with a $50,000 prize-fund,” the jubilant Rosner (pictured above, left, in action with Golan) said later. “Especially beating Borja, the man in form at the moment, is something very special to me.<\/p>\n
“He is a good friend of mine and we had some really tough battles in the past, fortunately I came out on top of him today. He has had an unbelievable year and I would like to congratulate him for that.<\/p>\n
“I can’t describe the feeling. It’s the best win of my career,” added the 26-year-old.\n<\/p>\n
“There were 6 PSA titles before – but this is by far the most valuable win. Also I thought that I couldn’t have played much better today against Borja, really pulled out my best squash of the year at the last tournament which makes it very special for me!<\/p>\n
“Thanks to my sponsors (Oliver, Flyeralarm, Mercedes Benz, ASB), Thomas Prange, my family (Mum and Dad, Brother and Sister), the Paderborner squash Club and everyone who has helped me to get where I am. This title means A LOT to me!<\/p>\n
“A special thanks to my coach Tomi Niinim\u00e4ki, who has been travelling with me for this tournament. He was a huge help for me there. Thanks a lot.<\/p>\n
“I guess it really is time to have a couple of days off now before starting the preparation for the January tournaments. Will fly home tomorrow and enjoy some nice ‘home-made’ Christmas-biscuits and Cookies!”<\/p>\n
RESULTS: PSA International 50 Alwatan & Asnan International Tournament, South Surrah, Kuwait<\/p>\n
Final:
[4] Simon Rosner (GER) bt [1] Borja Golan (ESP) 11-4, 11-5, 12-10 (65m)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
German star Simon Rosner produced his “best squash of the year at the last tournament” when he upset top seed Borja Golan in straight games in the final of the Alwatan & Asnan International Tournament in Kuwait to win the inaugural PSA World Tour International 50 event at the Late Sheikh \/ Salem Alsabah International Squash Complex in South Surrah.<\/p>\n
Seeded three, the World No.16 from Paderborn brought down seventh-ranked Golan, the highest-ranked Spaniard of all-time, 11-4, 11-5, 12-10 in 65 minutes to win the seventh – but biggest – PSA World Tour title of his career.<\/p>\n
“I’m incredibly delighted to have won a tournament of this category, with a $50,000 prize-fund,” the jubilant Rosner (pictured above, left, in action with Golan) said later. “Especially beating Borja, the man in form at the moment, is something very special to me.<\/p>\n
“He is a good friend of mine and we had some really tough battles in the past, fortunately I came out on top of him today. He has had an unbelievable year and I would like to congratulate him for that.<\/p>\n
“I can’t describe the feeling. It’s the best win of my career,” added the 26-year-old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-others"],"yoast_head":"\n