Just five weeks after claiming his maiden PSA World Tour title, Essex’s Ben Coleman picked up his second when he beat Scot Douglas Kempsell in the final of the Christchurch Vets Ipswich Open.
Second seed Coleman, 23, from Chelmsford, reached his seventh Tour final without dropping a game.
His surprise opponent Kempsell, the third seed from Edinburgh, disappointed the local crowd in the semi-finals when he removed top seed Jonathan Kemp, the former World No.20 and the club’s head coach, in a five-game upset.
But it was all Coleman (pictured above, right, with Kempsell) in the final as the World No.73 dismissed the Scot 11-6, 12-10, 11-5 in 66 minutes.
RESULTS:
1st round:
[1] Jonathan Kemp (ENG) bt Tristan Eysele (ENG) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7 (22m)
[Q] Joshua Masters (ENG) bt [7] Youssef Abdalla (ENG) 9-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-9 (45m)
[Q] Daniel Hockborn (ENG) bt [6] Steven London (ENG) 4-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-7
[3] Douglas Kempsell (SCO) bt Anthony Brindle (GIB) 11-5, 11-7, 11-3 (33m)
[4] Reuben Phillips (ENG) bt [WC] Joshua Turmel (ENG) 11-4, 11-3, 11-1 (26m)
[5] James Earles (ENG) bt [Q] Joe Green (ENG) 11-8, 11-5, 11-8 (35m)
[LL] Harry Leitch (SCO) bt [8] Jonathan Geekie (SCO) 11-7, 11-5, 11-2 (35m)
[2] Ben Coleman (ENG) bt [Q] George Parker (ENG) 11-7, 11-8, 11-4 (41m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Jonathan Kemp (ENG) bt [Q] Joshua Masters (ENG) 11-8, 11-8, 11-5 (24m)
[3] Douglas Kempsell (SCO) bt [Q] Daniel Hockborn (ENG) 11-7, 11-3, 11-6 (35m)
[5] James Earles (ENG) bt [4] Reuben Phillips (ENG) 12-10, 11-6, 11-5 (35m)
[2] Ben Coleman (ENG) bt [LL] Harry Leitch (SCO) 11-4, 11-5, 11-5 (23m)
Semi-finals:
[3] Douglas Kempsell (SCO) bt [1] Jonathan Kemp (ENG) 13-11, 11-8, 6-11, 9-11, 11-7 (67m)
[2] Ben Coleman (ENG) bt [5] James Earles (ENG) 12-10, 11-3, 11-6 (38m)
Final:
[2] Ben Coleman (ENG) bt [3] Douglas Kempsell (SCO) 11-6, 12-10, 11-5 (66m)
Ben bags second PSA win with Ipswich title
