Olli Touminen Wins European Individual Championships
European Individual Squash Championships, Helsinki, Finland
Final:
[3/4] Olli Tuominen (FIN) bt [2] Borja Golan (ESP) 11-8, 11-9, 11-3
Upset in the final of the European Individual Squash Championships in Finland led to Olli Tuominen winning the title for the first time. Tuominen delighting the crowd at the Talihalli in Helsinki by becoming the first Finn to put his name on the men's trophy.
Tuominen, the 33-year old world number 23 from Helsinki, drove the home crowd wild by beating number two seed Borja Golan of Spain 11-8, 11-9, 11-3 in the men's final of the European Squash Federation event.
"Tuominen showed his supporters his best play," said tournament spokesman Pete Saarnivaara. "In the first game the ball did not reach the back wall too many times, as both Tuominen and Golan were hitting hard and low and volleying as much as possible.
"In the third game Tuominen continued his one-inch-above-the-tin drop shots and Golan lost faith. Tuominen took the game 11-3 and secured the gold medal."
An ecstatic Tuominen, who compared the feeling to winning the European Junior Championship in front of a home crowd in 1997, said: "To tell you the truth, I would never have believed that I would win the title. This was a great ending to a season that has been better and better towards the end. Now a good summer training and I'll come back stronger next season."
Semi-finals:
[2] Borja Golan (ESP) bt [5/8] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) 11-8, 11-9, 11-4
3/4] Olli Tuominen (FIN) bt [1] Simon Rosner (GER) 11-9, 6-11, 11-3, 11-4
Quarter-finals:
[2] Borja Golan (ESP) bt [5/8] Henrik Mustonen (FIN) 11-1, 11-5, 11-7
[5/8] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bt [3/4] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) 11-3, 7-11, 11-6, 11-4
[3/4] Olli Tuominen (FIN) bt [5/8] Julien Balbo (FRA) 11-7, 11-9, 11-8
[1] Simon Rosner (GER) bt [5/8] Gregoire Marche (FRA) 8-11, 8-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-4
2nd round:
[2] Borja Golan (ESP) bt [9/16] Roman Svec (CZE) 11-4, 11-6, 11-8
[5/8] Henrik Mustonen (FIN) bt [9/16] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) 11-6, 9-11, 11-2, 11-7
[5/8] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bt Daniel Mekbib (CZE) 11-2, 11-2, 12-10
[3/4] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt [9/16] Sebastiaan Weenink (NED) 11-7, 11-6, 11-3
[3/4] Olli Tuominen (FIN) bt [9/16] Bart Ravelli (NED) 14-12, 5-11, 11-3, 11-9
[5/8] Julien Balbo (FRA) bt Frank Hartkoren (NED) 5-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-4
[5/8] Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt [9/16] Matias Tuomi (FIN) 11-3, 11-4, 11-9
[1] Simon Rosner (GER) bt [9/16] Ruslan Sorochynskyi (UKR) 11-4, 11-3, 11-9
1st round:
[9/16] Roman Svec (CZE) bt Tatu Knuutila (FIN) 11-4, 11-2, 11-8
[9/16] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) bt Marcin Karwowski (POL) 11-3, 11-2, 11-7
[5/8] Henrik Mustonen (FIN) bt Dmitry Ivanov (RUS) 11-3, 11-2, 11-1
[5/8] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bt Janne Jarvinen (FIN) 11-8, 11-6, 11-9
Daniel Mekbib (CZE) bt [9/16] Piedro Schweertman (NED) 8-11, 11-6, 11-8, 6-11, 12-10
[9/16] Sebastiaan Weenink (NED) bt Denys Podvornyi (UKR) 11-1, 11-7, 11-9
[3/4] Olli Tuominen (FIN) bt Ondrej Uherka (CZE) 11-6, 11-7, 11-4
[9/16] Bart Ravelli (NED) bt Alexey Severinov (RUS) 11-0, 11-4, 11-8
Frank Hartkoren (NED) bt [9/16] Kostiantyn Rybalchenko (UKR) 11-7, 11-7, 11-5
[5/8] Julien Balbo (FRA) bt Sergey Belyaev (RUS) 11-4, 11-1, 11-4
[5/8] Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt Jaakko Vahamaa (FIN) 11-4, 11-3, 11-3
[9/16] Matias Tuomi (FIN) bt Wojciech Nowisz (POL) 11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6
[9/16] Ruslan Sorochynskyi (UKR) bt Martin Svec (CZE) 11-3, 11-3, 5-11, 11-3
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