Adrian Grant became the first Londoner to win the Coronation London Open title when he beat Chris Simpson in the all-English final of the PSA World Tour International 25 squash event in its sixth year at Cumberland Lawn Tennis Club in the England capital.<\/p>\n
The London-born-and-bred 33-year-old, who was making his debut in the event, made his breakthrough in the previous round where he upset second-seeded South African Stephen Coppinger.<\/p>\n
Seeded three, World No.23 Grant faced fellow countryman Simpson – a 26-year-old from Guernsey, ranked just two places lower, to whom he had never lost in three Tour meetings since 2009.<\/p>\n
But fourth seed Simpson took the opening game, determined to make a career breakthrough.\n<\/p>\n
However, the experienced left-hander Grant, a former World No.9 and a Commonwealth Games gold medallist, turned the tables to take the next three games to win 7-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-6 in 60 minutes.<\/p>\n
Final:<\/strong><\/p>\n [3] Adrian Grant (ENG) bt [4] Chris Simpson (ENG) 7-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-6 (60m)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Adrian Grant became the first Londoner to win the Coronation London Open title when he beat Chris Simpson in the all-English final of the PSA World Tour International 25 squash event in its sixth year at Cumberland Lawn Tennis Club in the England capital.<\/p>\n The London-born-and-bred 33-year-old, who was making his debut in the event, made his breakthrough in the previous round where he upset second-seeded South African Stephen Coppinger.<\/p>\n Seeded three, World No.23 Grant faced fellow countryman Simpson – a 26-year-old from Guernsey, ranked just two places lower, to whom he had never lost in three Tour meetings since 2009.<\/p>\n But fourth seed Simpson took the opening game, determined to make a career breakthrough.<\/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-18672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-others"],"yoast_head":"\n
RESULTS: PSA International 25 Coronation London Open, London, England<\/strong><\/p>\n