Martin Knight Lifts Rochester ProAm Title by Sean Reuthe April 18, 2016
- Experienced New Zealander Martin Knight captured his second PSA World
Tour title of 2016 with a composed 3-0 victory over second seed Jan van
den Herrewegen in the final of the Rochester ProAm, PSA M5 tournament.
The
32-year-old booked his place in the showpiece finale after claiming a
hard-fought five-game victory against Clinton Leeuw in the previous
round, while van den Herrewegen defeated wildcard Adam Perkiomaki,
Jesus Camacho and Lewis Walters to seal his final berth.
Knight
adopted a tactically astute approach from the outset, with his
consistent length and expert shot selection giving van den Herrewegen
no chance to attack in a one-sided opening game which went in Knight’s
favour.
Van den Herrewegen looked slightly fatigued in the
second and Knight took full advantage, moving his Belgian opponent into
the back of the court with some expertly-placed lobs and he duly
doubled his lead.
The early exchanges of the third game saw
both players begin evenly matched, but Knight’s pace proved too much
for van den Herrewegen to handle in the end and the World No.80 pulled
away mid-game to open up an 11-3, 11-5, 11-5 margin of victory and
capture the ninth PSA World Tour title of his career.
Result - Final: Rochester ProAm 2016
[1] Martin Knight (NZL) bt [2] Jan van den Herrewegen (BEL) 3-0: 11-3, 11-5, 11-5 (62m)
