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New Zealand’s World No.33 Paul Coll lifted the biggest title of his career after a sensational final performance saw him beat Egypt’s Tarek Momen to capture the 2016 Channel VAS Championship at St George’s Hill in Weybridge.

Coll had started the tournament in the qualification stages and caused three huge shocks en route to his first ever PSA M100 final, scalping Hong Kong’s Max Lee, Colombia’s Miguel Angel Rodriguez and England’s Daryl Selby, all of whom are ranked inside the world’s top 20.

Momen had only dropped one game on his way to the final – beating former World No.1 James Willstrop in the last four – but it was Coll, the 24-year-old from Greymouth, who was in supreme form to take the match in straight games, with a steely display enabling him to claim an 11-7, 13-11, 11-4 victory that will see him surge into contention for a place inside the world’s top 20 in next month’s rankings.

“It’s a bit surreal, I had no idea I would be in the final, let alone win it,” said Coll.