Pembroke Management Open de Montreal: Lobban beats Lake to lift 13th Tour title.

Greg Lobban capped an impressive week with a 3-0 victory over Nathan Lake in the Pembroke Management Open de Montreal final to lift the trophy.

The two players entered the match separated by only two places in the world rankings, ranked No. 23 and No. 25 respectively, and had almost the same wealth of experience, with Lobban playing 378 matches in his career on the PSA Tour. Lake 376.

The English southpaw won their last meeting in 2021 after losing three straight to the Scot, but Lobban won that match 11-8, 11-5, 11. 8 in 35 minutes.

All three games played out in a similar fashion, with Lobban separating the two players in the opening rallies a bit before coming to the fore in the closing stages.

The first and third games both ended 11-8 to 7-7 in favor of the Scots, while the second game was more one-sided, with Lobban stringing together seven of eight points to go from 4-4 to 11-5. .

The win capped off a dominant week for the No. 1 seed, who secured the No. 13 seed just one game away from glory.^th His career Tour title and first since 2022.

For Lake, the loss was his fourth consecutive loss in a PSA Tour finals, but a runner-up finish still bodes well for a run to the last 16 of the JP Morgan Champions Tournament two weeks ago.

Result: Men's final

(1) Greg Lobban (SCO) bt (2) Nathan Lake (ENG) 3-0: 11-8, 11-5, 11-8 (35m)