 DOUBLE
TEAM GOLD FOR CANADA
Canada won the gold medal in both the men's and women's
team competitions.
In the women's final, the Canadians defeated USA 3-0. For the second
straight day, Melanie Jans of Toronto played the pivotal second match
and once again the contest went to five games as she defeated American
No1 Latasha Khan 9-7, 9-4, 2-9, 3-9, 9-0 to clinch the title for
Canada.
Marnie Baizley of Winnipeg opened the tie with a 9-2, 9-7, 9-1 win
over Julia Beaver and Lauren Wagner of Victoria took the third match
9-2, 9-4 over Shabana Khan.
"My semi-final match had pretty much killed me," said Jans, Canada's
number-one ranked player. "With the altitude I'm not use to feeling
the same kind of fatigue. But I've played Latasha before and I know
her game. My plan worked for awhile but I started shooting a bit too
much. I was able to refocus for the fifth game. It's nice to win, it
gives us confidence."
Louise Lefebvre of Montreal is the other team member. The Canadian
women won the Pan Am title in 2000 but did not enter last year in the
aftermath of September 11.
In the men's final, Sabir Butt of Mississauga, Ontario, won the third
and deciding match to lift Canada to a 2-1 victory over
Argentina. It's the first ever Pan Am championships title for the
Canadian men, although they have won the past two Pan Am Games titles.
Butt defeated Rodrigo Perresta 9-2, 9-7, 9-4. Shawn DeLierre of
Brossard, Quebec, provided Canada a 1-0 lead but Viktor Berg of
Richmond, B.C. - who was playing despite a hip injury - lost the
second match. Ian Power of Montreal, ill with the flu, is the fourth
team member.
"The goal for the men was to win the gold," said Canadian coach Ian
Paton of Edmonton. "Unfortunately we started to run into injury
problems. The guys came through with an incredible effort tonight."
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS - 27-31 Aug
Men's Team Final: Canada 2 x 1 Argentina
Women's Team Final: Canada 3 x 1 USA
MEN'S SEMI-FINALS:
Canadá 2 x 1 Brasil
Sabir Butt 3 x 2 Ronivaldo Santos 9-6,
4-9, 6-9, 9-3, 9-3
Rafael Alarcon 3 x 0 Viktor Berg 9-8, 9-1, 7-0 (retired)
Shawn Delierre 3 x 2 Luciano Barbosa 4-9, 0-9, 9-5, 9-1, 9-3
Argentina 3 x 0 Colômbia
WOMEN'S SEMI-FINALS
Canadá
3 x 0 Mexico
Usa 3 x
0 Brasil
Men's group stages:
Pool A: 1st Mexico, 2nd Ecuador, 3rd
Salvador, 4th Jamaica
Pool B: 1st Brazil, 2nd Colombia, 3rd Paraguay, 4th Chile
Pool C: 1st Argentina, 2nd USA, 3rd Peru, 4th Dominica
Pool D: 1st Canada, 2nd Guatemala, , 3rd Bermuda,
4th Venezuela
(in all cases 1st place won 3 matches, 2nd place two, 3rd place one)
Women's group stages:
Pool A: 1st Mexico, 2nd Guatemala, 3rd Venezuela
Pool B: 1st USA, 2nd Argentina, 3rd Chile
Pool C: 1st Canada, 2nd Brazil, 3rd Ecuador
Pool D: 1st Salvador, 2nd Jamaica, 3rd Colombia
(in all cases 1st place won both matches, 2nd place one) |
Men's Quarters:
Colômbia 2 x 1 México *
Argentina 3 x 0 El Salvador
Canadá 2 x 1 USA
Brasil 3 x 0 Equador
Men's knockout stage:
Mexico 3 x 0 Venezuela
Colômbia 3 x 0 Peru
El Salvador 2 x 1 Guatemala
Argentina 3 x 0 Chile
Canadá 3 x 0 Jamaica
Estados Unidos 3 x 0 Paraguai
Equador 2 x 1 Bermudas
Brasil 3 x 0 Dominicana
Women's
Quarters:
México beat Argentina
Canadá 3 x 0 Jamaica
Brasil beat El salvador
USA 3 x 0 Guatemala * Women's knockout stage:
Mexico vs bye
Equador vs Argentina
Jamaica 3 x 0 Venezuela
Canadá vs bye
El Salvador vs bye
Brasil 3 x 0 Chile
Guatemala vs Colômbia
Estados Unidos vs bye
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the Brazilian Team
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MEN'S Final:
Jorge Gutierrez (Arg)
bt Eric Galvez (Mex)
9/7, 9/5, 9/3
Third Place Playoff
Conceição bt Alarcon 3-1
Semi-Finals:
Jorge Gutierrez (Arg)
bt Ronivaldo Conceição (Bra)
3/0
Eric Galvez (Mex) bt
Rafael Alarcon (Bra)
6/9,
9/5, 1/9, 9/1,
10/9
Quarter-Finals:
J Gutierrez (Arg) bt F Torrez (Col) 9/2, 9/4, 9/3
R Santos (Bra) bt S Delierre (Can) 10/9, 9/5, 9/7
R Alarcon (Bra) bt B Samper (Col) 8/10, 9/3, 9/4, 9/0
E Galvez (Mex) bt P Quick (Usa) 9/4, 9/3, 10/9
Third Round:
[1] J Gutierrez (Arg) bt S Butt
(Can) 7/9, 0/9, 9/1, 10/9, 9/5
F Torrez (Col) bt S Montoya (Col) 9/9, 7/9, 9/7, 3/9, 9/6
R Santos (Bra) bt M Kaplun (Chi) 9/4, 9/3, 9/3
S Delierre (Can) bt [4] I Power (Can)
9/10, 9/3, 9/2, 9/7
R Alarcon (Bra) bt V [3] Berg (Can)
9/7, 9/6, 8/10, 9/1
B Samper (Col) bt H Barragon (Mex) 9/1, 9/3, 9/4
P Quick (Usa) bt L Barbosa (Bra) 9/6, 9/5, 9/1
[2] E Galvez (Mex) bt D Walker (Usa)
9/4, 3/9, 9/3, 9/1
WOMEN'S Final:
Samantha Teran (Mex)
bt Marnie Baizley (Can)
9/5, 9/4 9/1
Third Place Playoff
Jans bt Redfern 6/9, 9/1, 10/8, 9/0
Semi-Finals:
Samantha Teran (Mex) bt
Melanie Jans (Can)
5/9, 10/8, 9/5, 9/1
Marnie Baizley (Can) bt
Karen Redfern (Bra)
9/5, 8/10, 9/0, 10/8
Quarter-Finals:
M Jans (Can) bt L Wagner (Can) 9/6, 9/7, 9/7
S Teran (Mex) bt D Huerta (Mex) 9/0, 9/0, 9/1
M Baizley (Can) bt I Restrepo (Col) 9/2, 9/0, 9/3
K Redfearn (Bra) bt J Beaver (Usa) 9/0, 9/1, 7/9, 9/6
Women's Third Round:
L Wagner (Can) bt [1] L Khan (Usa) 5/9, 9/7, 8/9, 9/6, 9/3
M Jans (Can) bt K Herrera (Mex) 9/2, 9/0, 9/1
S Teran (Mex) bt M Quick (Usa) 9/2, 9/0, 9/2
D Huerta (Mex) bt F Aisenberg (Esa) 9/6, 9/2, 10/8
M Baizley (Can) bt L Lefevre (Can) 9/3, 9/3, 9/4
I Restrepo (Col) bt A Bello (Bra) 9/3, 9/0, 9/0
J Beaver (Usa) bt C Vega (Sal) 9/0, 9/1, 7/9, 9/6
K Redfearn (Bra) bt [2] S Khan (Usa) 9/4, 8/10, 9/4, 9/1
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TOP MEN THROUGH
In the men's event top seeds Jorge Gutierrez of Argentina and Mexico's
Eric Galvez both defeated Brazilian opposition in the semis before
Gutierrez went on to claim the title.
TERAN TRIUMPHS
Canada's hopes of an all-Canadian final vanished as Mexico's Samantha
Teran defeated Melanie Jans in the semi-finals before beating Marnie
Baizley in the final, forcing Canada to settle for silver and bronze.
FRIDAY'S FIRE DRAMA
Bush fires came within a half mile of the squash facility, which
caused black-outs and cut off the water supply to the building. Play
was delayed in the afternoon but resumed on Friday night as fire
fighters regained control of the blaze.
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