Paul Brady, confirmed his status as the top (40x20) player on the international circuit when he claimed a fourth consecutive Men's Open Singles title at the USHA Four-Wall Nationals in Kansas City.
The defending champion and No 1 seed had to battle heroically to retain his title against old adversary and No 2 seed, Cork ace, Tony Healy in a cracking all-Irish final, over three games.
The Cavanman, who is also the current World Men's Open Singles, US Open Of Handball Men's Open Singles and All-Ireland
(40X20) Men's Senior Singles champion, has now firmly established himself as the undisputed master of the small or international (40X20) court and despite the Corkman's legitimate pretensions to the crown, the Breffni maestro steadfastly reigns supreme.
The pair have conducted many a 'battle royale' over the years and their last meeting in April had a similar outcome with Brady bagging his fourth consecutive All-Ireland (40x20) Men's Senior Singles crown in another thrilling final, again over three games.
'I am delighted with winning the title again. The four-in-row makes it all the sweeter and beating Tony is never easy. When he won the first game, I knew I had a real battle on my hands but I had been in these situations before and I just concentrated on the task in hand.
'Fortunately, it worked out but I had to call on all my reserves to
take that tiebreaker,' said an ecstatic Brady.
