ISSUE03-2017InternationalSquashMagazine

WORLD GAMES
HASTA LA VISTA CLUB, WROCLAW
I am very happy
to win - beating a
top 20 player 3-0
like that will give
me confidence
going into the
new season
CAMILLE SERME
8-5 and 9-7 in the first game before reaching game-ball at 10-8,
but underdog Marche went on to have two game-balls of his
own before Rösner finally clinched the game 15-13.
After winning the second game, World No.11 Rösner built up
a 7-3 lead in the third, however with the Gold Medal in sight,
Marche, ranked 12 places lower, fought back to 9-all before
closing-out the game 11-9 to reduce the deficit.
The German favourite seemed to have refocussed when he
stormed to a 6-1 lead in the fourth but a succession of unforced
errors allowed Marche to establish a 7-6, then 8-7 lead.
That was the end of the 27-year-old Frenchman’s run, however,
as a patient Rösner moved ahead point by point before
converting his first match-ball to claim a memorable 15-13 11-6
9-11 11-8 victory.
“It’s amazing,” said Rösner as the success sunk in. “I am truly
over the moon!
“Greg is such a tough competitor - in that third game when
I was 7-3 up he was fighting hard and I might have been too
impatient. In the fourth I needed to be 100 per cent focussed to
get through. It was such a great feeling playing in front of such
a great crowd - and it’s been like this since day one. That’s what
makes this event so special!”
France’s third medal came in the Bronze Medal play-off when
5/8 seed Mathieu Castagnet came back from game-balls down
in both the first two games against Diego Elias to beat the 3/4
seed from Peru 14-12 12-10 11-8 in 56 minutes.
Nicol David bounced from her shock semi-final defeat, where
she fell to a fellow Asian opponent for the first time in 15 years,
to take the Women’s Bronze Medal, beating Great Britain’s
surprise semi-finalist Fiona Moverley 11-4 11-8 11-3.
“The chance to win a medal is still something to play for
- I wanted to get on and give it everything I had,” said the
Malaysian, who was seeded to reach a fourth successive final.
“I am really pleased to have won the medal. It’s fantastic to have
an event like this in Poland. The World Games is really good
for squash and I hope we will get more recognition through
participating in it,” added the former World No.1.
World Games Squash Championships, Wroclaw, Poland
Men’s Gold Medal Final:
[1] Simon Rösner (GER) bt [5/8] Gregoire Marche (FRA)
15-13, 11-6, 9-11, 11-8
Bronze Medal Play-off:
[5/8] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bt [3/4] Diego Elias (PER)
14-12, 12-10, 11-8
Women’s Gold Medal Final:
[1] Camille Serme (FRA) bt [3/4] Joey Chan (HKG)
11-4, 11-3, 11-4
Bronze Medal Play-off:
[2] Nicol David (MAS) bt [5/8] Fiona Moverley (GBR)
11-4, 11-8, 11-3
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