POSTED DAE : June 22, 2014
The two finalists denied the crowd an all-Scottish climax after dramatic semi-finals – eighth seed Mangaonkar ousting the event favourite Alan Clyne, the Scottish No.1 ranked 35 in the world, and third seed Finitsis recovering from 2/1 down to beat Inverness-born giant-killer Greg Lobban in a 116-minute five-game marathon.
The two finalists denied the crowd an all-Scottish climax after dramatic semi-finals – eighth seed Mangaonkar ousting the event favourite Alan Clyne, the Scottish No.1 ranked 35 in the world, and third seed Finitsis recovering from 2/1 down to beat Inverness-born giant-killer Greg Lobban in a 116-minute five-game marathon.
Unseeded Lobban, the 21-year-old World No.71, had reached the last four after upsets over No.2 seed Omar Abdel Aziz and seventh seed Joel Hinds.
Finitsis, the Netherlands-based 31-year-old boasting a career-high World No.50 ranking, took a 2/0 lead in the final before Mangaonkar, a 20-year-old from Mumbai marking his third Tour final of the year, regained the upper hand to take the third game.