The NSA Closed tournament came to a conclusion on Thursday evening after the biggest field in the past 25 years had played 4 intensive rounds of squash. In all but one section it was the top seed that dominated, with the top 2 in all the finals. Overall there were some major upsets along the way with good performances by the likes of James Terblanche, Wayne Muller and Sven Claassen in the A-section.

In the men’s A-section final Gary Naidoo fought of a valiant Kyle Maree to take the match 3-1 in 45 minutes. The ladies final was an anti climax as Hannelize Human injured her ankle in the semi-finals and had to concede the match to Christine Ferreira without a ball being hit.

The B-section final between Mark Schickerling and Blaine Verhage had the sizable crowd on the edge of their seats with a 55-minute humdinger going Schickerling’s way and a final score of 3-1. The C-section saw the only small upset to the top 2 seedings when Martin Currin who was the second seed beat Johnny Maritz 3-2. In the D-section Reinhardt Falk beat Leon de Lange 3-1.

Here are the full results: NSA Closed 2018 tournament final results

All the winners at the 2018 NSA Closed.

Here are the draws for the FINAL round.

Please note that times and court allocations for further rounds are preliminary and will be finalised in the morning before each round.

DRAWS: NSA Closed 2018 tournament draws Round 4 (updated 10h50 Thursday)

• Date: 14-17 May 2018
• Venue: Pretoria Country Club
• Convenor: Blaar Coetzee – 082 781 6917
  
• Any queries should be directed to the convenor at blaar.coetzee@theprofessional.co.za
  
• The tournament will be played on a Swiss pairing format (where possible) from Monday to Thursday, 1 match per evening from 18h00 onwards.
• Entries will only be accepted once proof of payment is provided. The entry fee is R200.