30/10/2007
SASKATOON BOAST
Salazar Swoops To Saskatoon Success
Saskatoon
Boast 2007
23-28 Oct, Saskatchewan,
Canada, $6k |
Round One
Oct 25 |
Quarters
Oct 26 |
Semis
Oct 27 |
Final
Oct 28 |
[1] Ryan Cuskelly
(Aus)
11-4, 11-4, 11-5 (23m)
Keith Pritchard (Can) |
Ryan Cuskelly
11-6, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5 (62m)
Gaurav Nandrajog |
Ryan Cuskelly
13/11, 11/6, 11/6 (58m)
Siddarth Suchde |
Siddarth Suchde
12/10, 11/7, 11/7 (53m)
Arturo
Salazar |
[6] Michal Reid (Can)
11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 11-3 (51m)
Gaurav Nandrajog (Ind) |
[4] Shaun le Roux
(Eng)
11-2, 7-11, 11-4, 11-5 (47m)
[Q] Siddarth Suchde (Ind) |
Siddarth Suchde
11-9, 11-2, 11-6 (47m)
Arthur Gaskin |
[8] Arthur Gaskin
(Irl)
11-2, 11-0, 11-5 (27m)
Justin Todd (Can) |
[5] Robbie Temple
(Eng)
11-3, 11-3, 11-6 (29m)
[Q] David Glass (Can) |
Robbie Temple
11-8, 12-10, 8-11, 4-11, 12-10 (80m)
Aqeel Rehman |
Robbie Temple
11/5, 11/6, 11/8 (46m)
Arturo Salazar |
[3] Aqeel Rehman (Aut)
11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8 (45m)
[Q] Fabio Cechin (Bra) |
[7] Andrew McDougall (Can)
11-4, 3-11, 11-7, 11-5 (48m)
Arturo Salazar (Mex) |
Arturo Salazar
11-6, 11-8, 11-5 (42m)
Robin Clarke |
[2] Robin Clarke (Can)
11-6, 11-5, 11-7 (39m)
[Q] Chris Truswell (Eng) |
Salazar Swoops To
Saskatoon Success
Unseeded
Mexican teenager Arturo Salazar soared to a sensational victory in the
Saskatoon Boast Squash Open - despatching three seeds en-route to his
maiden PSA Tour title success in the Super Satellite event at
YMCA of Saskatoon in the Canadian city of
Saskatoon
in the
province of
Saskatchewan.
After
upsetting
Canada's
No7 seed Andrew McDougall in the opening round, the 19-year-old from San
Luis Potosi in Mexico made his breakthrough in the quarter-finals when he
removed a further local player Robin Clarke, the No2 seed.
A straight
games win over
England's
fifth seed Robbie Temple took Salazar into his first PSA final - where he
faced Siddharth Suchde, an Indian qualifier boasting his second Tour
final appearance.
But the
Mexican was too hot for Suchde, winning 11-10 (2-0), 11-7, 11-7 in 53 minutes.
"The
Saskatoon crowd was amazed at the display of quickness and focus by the two
finalists," said tournament organiser Brad Birnie. "Salazar displayed
his incredible speed in retrieving almost everything Suchde had. Salazar kept
pressure on Suchde with his variety of shots.
"Suchde
never backed down, but Salazar was too much for him on this day. Never
significantly tested over the course of four matches in
Saskatoon,
Salazar's best squash is yet to come!"
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