Men's Team Final:
Mexico bt Colombia 2-1
Eric Galvez bt Bernardo Samper 9/1, 9/5, 9/6
Jorge Balthazar lt Miguel Rodriguez 2/9, 4/9, 9/3, 3/9
Jose Angel bt Santiago Montoya 5/9, 9/1, 9/5, 9/1
Women's Team
Final:
USA bt Mexico 2-1
Samantha Teran lt Meredith Quick 7/9, 8/10, 1/9
Michelle Quibell bt Diana Huerta 9/0, 9/0, 9/1
Lily Lorentzen lt Karina Hererra dead rubber
Mexico & USA
share the spoils
Hosts Mexico claimed the Men's
Team Gold in Tepic, but were denied a double as the USA collected the
women's Gold.
First up in the men's final was Mexico's veteran Jorge Balthazar, facing
young Colombian Miguel Angel Rodriguez who Balthazar had already beaten
in the Individual and pool stages. This time it was the Colombian's turn
as he gave his team the first point with a 3-1 victory, silencing the
packed home crowd.
The top match then went the way of Mexico, with Bernardo Samper unable
to find a way past Eric Galvez, who completed a comfortable 3-0 win to
level the match.
In the decider Colombia's Santiago Montoya, competing in his twelfth Pan
American Championships, faced Mexican youngster Jose Calf Angel. Montoya
took the first 9/5, but as Angel upped the pace the Colombian was unable
to stay with him, and to cries of "Mexico, Mexico, Mexico" from the
crowd Angel took the next three games to give Mexico the title.
In the Women's final the USA cruised into the lead as Michelle Quibell
took advantage of an injured Diana Huerta, winning for the loss of a
single point. Mexican hopes now rested on individual champion Samantha
Teran, but she was unable to repeat her heroics as Meredith Quick gained
revenge for her defeat by Teran in the individual final to take the
match for the Americans.
Semi-Finals:
Colombia bt
USA 2-0,
Mexico bt Argentina 2-0
Full men's draws
Semi-Finals:
USA bt Colombia 3-0,
Mexico bt Canada 2-1
Full women's draws
Individual Finals:
Teran Takes
Pan American Title
Men's Final:
Jorge Gutiérrez (Arg) bt
Eric Galvez (Mex)
10/9, 9/6, 9/5
Women's Final:
Samantha Teran (Mex) bt Meredith Quick (Usa)
9/4, 9/5, 9/7
Mexico's Samantha Teran delighted
home fans when she captured the women's title at the Pan American Squash
Championships in the Mexican city of Tepic.
Teran, the top seed, scored a 9/4, 9/5, 9/7 victory over the Usa's
Meredith Quick, who received a walkover into the final after compatriot
Louisa Hall injured her ankle and had to withdraw. Teran dominated the
final, always keeping Quick at bay as she claimed her second Pan
American title.
The men's title went to Argentina, with
Jorge Gutiérrez
dashing hopes of a home double with a 10/9, 9/6, 9/5 victory over Eric
Galvez. The Argentinian raced to a 7-1 lead in the first game, but the
Mexican clawed his way back, amid scenes of great tension, to 7-7.
Galvez celebrated each point he clawed back, receiving a conduct warning
for for 'unsportsmanlike conduct' along the way At 8-7 Gutiérrez
received a penalty stroke for hitting his opponent with clearly
dangerous ball, then Galvez was also penalised for more verbal
provocation. Gutiérrez held his nerve to win the final two points as he
took the first game 10/9.
The second and third games were calmer, with Gutiérrez recovering from
0-4 to win the second 9/6, and the Argentinian played a series of long
and short drop-shots to ease ahead in the third before clinching the
title.
The team event, featuring eleven men's and eight women's entries, gets
under way after the individual finals.
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