Will Salter overcomes fellow UNSQUASHABLE player Owain Taylor to win PSA Lexden Open

August 07 2023

Will Salter overcomes fellow UNSQUASHABLE player Owain Taylor to win PSA Lexden Open
Will Salter overcame fellow UNSQUASHABLE player Owain Taylor 11-5 11-6 5-11 4-11 11-9 in a marathon 94-minute final at the Lexden Open to claim his third PSA title from four consecutive final appearances.

The young Englishman defeated top seed Perry Malik 11-9 11-9 7-11 11-6 in the semi-finals, having earlier recorded straight-game wins over Jamie Brown, Thomas Ramsay & Denis Gilevskiy at the Lexden Rackets & Fitness Club in Colchester, England.

Will Salter is enjoying a rich vein of form having won the Mote Open, his maiden PSA title, at the beginning of July followed by his second title at the PSA Bexley Open where he beat Jared Carter to reverse his loss over the same opponent in previous week’s final of the PSA Beckenham Open.

PSA Lexden Open 2023, Lexden Rackets & Fitness Club, Colchester, England
Final:
[3/4] Will Salter (ENG) bt [2] Owain Taylor (WAL) 11-5, 11-6, 5-11, 4-11, 11-9 (94m)

Semi-Finals:
[3/4] Will Salter (ENG) bt [1] Perry Malik (ENG) 11-9, 11-9, 7-11, 11-6
[2] Owain Taylor (WAL) bt [3/4] Michael Andrews (ENG) 8-1 ret.

Quarter-Finals:
[1] Perry Malik (ENG) bt Daryl Selby (ENG) 11-6, 13-11, 11-9
[3/4] Will Salter (ENG) bt [9/16] Denis Gilevskiy (IRL) 11-9, 11-5, 11-1
[3/4] Michael Andrews (ENG) bt [5/8] Heston Malik (ENG) 8-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-1, 13-11
[2] Owain Taylor (WAL) bt [5/8] Jamie Carmichael (ENG) 11-3, 11-6, 11-4

2nd Round:
[1] Perry Malik (ENG) bt [9/16] Stanley Sykes (ENG) 11-3, 11-4, 11-7
Daryl Selby (ENG) bt [9/16] Michael Tallentire (ENG) 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8
[9/16] Denis Gilevskiy (IRL) bt [5/8] Bailey Malik (ENG) 6-11, 11-5, 11-5, 10-12, 11-6
[3/4] Will Salter (ENG) bt [9/16] Thomas Ramsay (ENG) 11-5, 11-1, 11-8
[3/4] Michael Andrews (ENG) bt Elliot Selby (ENG) 11-3, 11-4, 11-9
[5/8] Heston Malik (ENG) bt [9/16] Robert Thirst (ENG) 11-6, 12-10, 11-8
[5/8] Jamie Carmichael (ENG) bt Dan Wheeler (ENG) 11-3, 11-7, 11-7
[2] Owain Taylor (WAL) bt [9/16] James Singh (SCO) 11-3, 11-6, 11-4

1st Round:
[1] Perry Malik (ENG) bt Oliver Ramsay (ENG) 11-2, 11-4, 11-4
[9/16] Stanley Sykes (ENG) bt Kieran Hillman (WAL) w/o
[9/16] Michael Tallentire (ENG) bt William Henden (ENG) 11-6, 11-7, 10-12, 12-10
Daryl Selby (ENG) bt Mark Liversidge (ENG) 11-1, 11-7, 11-6
[5/8] Bailey Malik (ENG) bt Neil Cross (ENG) 11-2, 11-3, 11-8
[9/16] Denis Gilevskiy (IRL) bt Matthew Bartley (ENG) 11-6, 11-5, 11-2
[9/16] Thomas Ramsay (ENG) bt Mike Hegarty (SCO) 11-3, 11-3, 11-5
[3/4] Will Salter (ENG) bt Jamie Brown (ENG) 11-6, 11-4, 11-7
[3/4] Michael Andrews (ENG) bt Jon Matthews (ENG) 11-6, 11-9, 11-2
Elliot Selby (ENG) bt [9/16] Callum Lawton (ZIM) 12-10, 15-13, 11-9
[9/16] Robert Thirst (ENG) bt James Carman (ENG) 11-6, 5-11, 4-11, 11-2, 11-7
[5/8] Heston Malik (ENG) bt Sam Henden (ENG) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7
[5/8] Jamie Carmichael (ENG) bt Travis Tatum (ENG) 11-3, 11-3, 11-7
Dan Wheeler (ENG) bt [9/16] Joel Braddock (ENG) 12-10, 13-11, 8-11, 5-11, 11-9
[9/16] James Singh (SCO) bt Nick Mulvey (ENG) 11-5, 11-6, 3-11, 11-4
[2] Owain Taylor (WAL) bt Mike Aley (ENG) 11-4, 11-7, 11-5