Conroy loses out in Madrid Open Semi's

Sean Conroy – Ireland’s latest professional entrant onto the PSA tour played in the Semi-finals of the Madrid Open against Christopher Andre (the no.2 seed) today but lost out to him –  Christophe Andre (FRA) bt  Sean Conroy (IRL) 11-4, 11-3, 11-3 (27m). This was agreat placing for Sean as he was a lucky loser from the qualifiers and came through the last 16 & 8 to make the semis. Very encouraging for Ireland’s newest professional.

The Madrid Open is part of the PSA World Tour and it takes place in Conbendai Castellana in Madrid. Spain’s capital is hosting the game’s up-and-coming players as they go head-to-head in an event that is set to delight Spain’s growing squash scene.

Final:[1] Ben Coleman (ENG) bt [2] Christophe Andre (FRA) 9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-4 (76m)
Semi-finals:[1] Ben Coleman (ENG) bt [Q] Daniel Mekbib (CZE) 12-10, 11-1, 11-4 (42m)[2] Christophe Andre (FRA) bt [LL] Sean Conroy (IRL) 11-4, 11-3, 11-3 (27m)
Quarter-finals:[1] Ben Coleman (ENG) bt Ashley Davies (ENG) 11-5, 11-4, 11-9 (54m)[Q] Daniel Mekbib (CZE) bt [7] Tristan Eysele (ENG) 11-9, 11-8, 11-9 (51m)[LL] Sean Conroy (IRL) bt [8] Claudio Pinto (POR) 12-10, 7-11, 11-5, 6-11, 11-9 (69m)[2] Christophe Andre (FRA) bt [5] Youssef Abdalla (ENG) 11-3, 11-4, 7-11, 11-7 (53m)
1st round:[1] Ben Coleman (ENG) bt [Q] Bernat Jaume (ESP) 9-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-6Ashley Davies (ENG) bt [6] Jonathan Geekie (SCO) 11-6, 11-7, 11-7[7] Tristan Eysele (ENG) bt [WC] Aitor Zunzunegui (ESP) 7-11, 1-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9[Q] Daniel Mekbib (CZE) bt [3] Karamatullah Khan (PAK) 11-7, 11-2, 11-8[LL] Sean Conroy (IRL) bt [Q] Pascal Gomez (ESP) 11-2, 11-9, 11-9[8] Claudio Pinto (POR) bt [Q] Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP) 9-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-6[5] Youssef Abdalla (ENG) bt Rui Soares (POR) 11-9, 11-8, 14-12[2] Christophe Andre (FRA) bt Roman Svec (CZE) 11-3, 11-6, 11-3
Qualifying finals:Bernat Jaume (ESP) bt Dani Pascual (ESP) w/oDaniel Mekbib (CZE) bt Sean Conroy (IRL) 9-11, 11-3, 11-5, 11-4Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP) bt Courtney West (AUS) 11-3, 11-7, 11-9Pascal Gomez (ESP) bt Xavier Blasco Marchal (ESP) 11-8, 11-5, 11-2
1st qualifying round:Dani Pascual (ESP) bt Anthony Zou (USA) 11-3, 11-9, 11-6Bernat Jaume (ESP) bt Neill McCarron (GIB) 11-6, 3-11, 11-2, 11-5Daniel Mekbib (CZE) bt Edmon Lopez Moller (ESP) 11-9, 6-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-6Sean Conroy (IRL) bt Pablo del Rio (ESP) 11-7, 11-6, 11-5Courtney West (AUS) bt Fernando Torres (ESP) 11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 11-7Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP) bt Sebastian Munar (ESP) 11-7, 11-5, 11-7Pascal Gomez (ESP) bt Eliseo Leyva (ESP) 11-3, 11-8, 11-7Xavier Blasco Marchal (ESP) bt Sergio Garcia Pollan (ESP) 11-4, 11-4, 17-15 – See more at: http://www.psaworldtour.com/news/20140602/coleman-makes-it-three-in-madrid_2281852_3879445#sthash.Zf5aMsGF.dpuf