Marcus Phua @ The 7th World University Squash Championships 2010, Melbourne

Written by Michael C.S. TAN

Thursday, 15 July 2010 12:18

We interrupt your reverie to bring you this news alert from Down Under in Melbourne where The 7th World University Squash Championships 2010's Individual Event just concluded yesterday (Wed 14th July).

UCSC's Marcus Phua (unseeded) played in the first round against his Austrian namesake, Marcus Greslehner (seeded 9/16). Only one Marcus could win and ours triumphed in an exciting 5-set thriller by 6-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 11-8.

In the next round however, Marcus clashed with the event's No. 1 seed and PSA World-Ranked #101, Joel Hinds of Great Britain, and promptly lost 4-11, 9-11, 6-11. We were told that Marcus played a good game despite the odds.

In the play-offs for 9th-12th placings, Marcus defeated Alex Domenick of the USA and Frederick Reid (seeded 9/16) of Canada before losing to Chris Hanson (seeded 9/16) of the USA to finish 10th overall (refer to attachment for Marcus' match-scores).

The Team Event begins today and ends this coming Sunday. Watch out for more updates!

Go Marcus, Singapore and UCSC!

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