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NICOL IN HISTORICAL THIRD CONSECUTIVE SUPER SERIES FINALS TITLE
by Howard Harding, 22 June 2001
All content © 2001 Squashtalk, photos: © 2001 Fritz Borchert

RESULTS: Halifax Equitable Super Series Squash Finals, Broadgate Arena, London

Final:
[1] Peter Nicol (ENG) bt [7] David Palmer (AUS) 15/7, 15/11, 13/15, 17/14
3rd place play-off:
[2] Jonathon Power (CAN) bt [6] Martin Heath (SCO) 15/10, 15/13

Semi-finals:
[7] David Palmer (AUS) bt [2] Jonathon Power (CAN) 9/15, 6/15, 17/16, 15/6, 15/14
[1] Peter Nicol (ENG) bt [6] Martin Heath (SCO) 15/7, 15/9, 11/15, 15/11

World number two Peter Nicol defeated Australia's David Palmer in the final of the Halifax Equitable Super Series Finals at London's Broadgate Arena. In doing so, the 28-year-old top-seeded Englishman became the first player in the history of the event to win three consecutive Super Series Finals titles. After winning the first two games of a high-quality match, Nicol had to battle hard as the young Australian staged a brilliant comeback. Palmer took the third game 15/13 and threatened a repeat of his semi-final performance in which he clawed his way back from two games down to defeat the world number 1 Jonathon Power.

However Nicol, the top seed, proved too strong in the fourth, producing some stunning stroke-play to edge out the world number 3 and take the game, and the match 15/7, 15/11, 13/15, 17/14 in 82-minutes. Both players received a 3-minute standing ovation from the capacity crowd.

Earlier in the evening, Canada's world number 1 Jonathon Power defeated Scotland's Martin Heath to take victory in the third place play-off. The 26-year-old took just twenty-two minutes to win the best-of-three match by two games to nil, 15/10, 15/13.

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