TOM'S PASH AND GRAB TIEBREAK WIN SETS UP CLASH WITH BEN FORD

Tom Pashley fought back from match ball down to win a dramatic
fifth-game tiebreak in the qualifying finals against fellow Englishman
Mark Fuller to clinch his place in the first round of the Kent Open, a
new $10,000 One Star event on the PSA World Tour taking place at The
Mote Squash Club in Maidstone.
Pashley, a 22-year-old left hander based in Halifax, clinched victory
12-10 after 54 minutes of high quality squash and was rewarded with a
place in the main draw against Kent veteran Ben Ford, the No.8 seed.
Pashley won the opening game in emphatic style but the determined
Fuller hit back to win the next two games to threaten a shock victory.
However, Pashley regained control to win the fourth and take the match
into a fifth-game decider. The score was neck and neck until 6-6, at
which point Fuller got his nose in front and held match ball at 10-9.
But he was unable to finish the job off and Pashley came back to win
the final three points.
Pashley's victory was the longest of the qualifying finals, while
Yorkshire neighbour Chris Truswell, who is based in Leeds, achieved the
quickest victory of the night, overcoming Issa Kamara of Sierra Leone
in just 19 minutes. He will be looking forward to a high-speed contest
against India's No.7 seed Harinderpal Sandhu.
Talented Egyptian Wael Farag was happy to play a waiting game as he
nullified the threat of tall Surrey player Phil Nightingale, winning in
straight games to line up a first round clash with Dutch No.2 Piedro
Schweertman.
England's Jonny Harford continued his return to form after a prolonged
absence through injury by beating Ireland's Arthur Gaskin in a match of
astonishing contrasts. Gaskin led the opening game 6-0 before Harford
registered his first point, but gradually the tide turned. Although
Gaskin won that game 11-6, Harford gradually took control to win the
next three games 11-6, 11-2, 11-0 to book a place in the first round
against Malaysia's No.2 seed Muhamed Asyraf Azan.

Results - Kent Open qualifying finals:
Jonny Harford (Eng) bt Arthur Gaskin (Ireland) 6-11, 11-6, 11-2, 11-0 (47 mins)
Wael Farag (Egypt) bt Phil Nightingale (Eng) 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 (28 mins)
Chris Truswell (Eng) bt Issa Kamara (Sierra Leone) 11-2, 11-4, 11-3 (19 mins)
Tom Pashley (Eng) bt Mark Fuller (Eng) 11-4, 7-11, 8-11, 11-4, 12-10 (54 mins)

First round draw:
1 Alan Clyne (Sco) v Joel Hinds (Eng) 8.30pm Court 1
5 Ivan Yuen (Mas) v Karim Samy (Egypt) 7.30pm Court 1
4 Joe Lee (Eng) v Neil Hitchens (Eng) 8.30pm Court 2
6 Piedro Schweertman (Ned) v Wael Farag (Egypt) 7.30pm Court 2
8 Ben Ford (Eng) v Tom Pashley (Eng) 6.45pm Court 1
3 John Rooney (Ire) v Steven London (Eng) 6.00pm Court 1
7 Harinderpal Sandhu (India) v Chris Truswell (Eng) 6.45pm Court 2
2 Muhd Azyran Azan (Mas) v Jonny Harford (Eng) 6.00pm Court 2