17/11/2007
25th ANNIVERSARY SANTIAGO OPEN
Bianchetti & Serme Celebrate Santiago Success
25th
Anniversary Squash Club Santiago 2007
Santiago, Spain, 12 - 17 Nov, $31k |
Round One
14
Nov |
Quarters
15 Nov |
Semis
16 Nov |
Final
117 Nov |
[1] Borja Golan (Esp)
11/9, 11/9 rtd injured
[Q] Julien Balbo (Fra) |
Julien Balbo
11/5, 11/13, 9/11, 11/3, 11/8 (70m)
Liam Kenny |
Julien Balbo
4/11, 7/11, 12/10, 11/8, 11/8 (55m)
Renan Lavigne |
Julien Balbo
11-7, 6-11, 11-6,
11-4 (54m)
Davide Bianchetti |
[6] Liam Kenny (Irl)
11/8, 11/1, 11/1 (34m)
Jon Harford (Eng) |
[3] Renan Lavigne (Fra)
11/5, 11/5, 11/9 (55m)
[Q] Mathieu Castagnet (Fra) |
Renan Lavigne
13/11, 11/5, 8/11, 11/6 (54m)
Dylan Bennett |
[8] Dylan Bennett (Ned)
11/6, 11/5, 11/9 (25m)
David Vidal (Esp) |
[Q] Shaun Le Roux ((Eng)
11/3, 11/1, 11/1 (26m)
[5] Davide Bianchetti (Ita) |
Davide Bianchetti
11/9, 11/9, 11/5 (55m)
Joey Barrington |
Davide Bianchetti
4/11, 11/7, 10/12, 11/5, 11/4 (102m)
Alex Gough |
Jean-Michel Arcucci (Fra)
11/4, 11/4, 11/4 (29m)
[4] Joey Barrington (Eng) |
[Q] Simon Rosner (Ger)
9/11, 11/6, 11/9, 11/6 (50m)
[7] Stacey Ross (Eng) |
Stacey Ross
11/5, 11/6, 11/5 (27m)
Alex Gough |
Chris Ryder (Eng)
11/6, 11/9, 11/7 (45m)
[2] Alex Gough (Wal) |
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13-Nov,
Finals:
Simon Rosner (Ger) bt Clinton Leeuw (Rsa) 8/11, 12/10, 10/12, 11/7, 11/4 (65m)
Mathieu Castagnet (Fra) bt Ben Ford (Eng) 12/10, 11/9, 7/11, 6/11, 12/10 (70m)
Shaun Le Roux (Eng) bt Patrick Gaessler 11/9, 11/5, 2/11, 11/4 (43m)
Julien Balbo (Fra) bt Yann Perrin (Fra) 17/15, 11/3, 11/6 (32m)
12-Nov, Round One:
Simon
Rosner (Ger) bye
Clinton Leeuw (Rsa) bt Bruno Vega (Esp) 11/7, 11/3, 11/4 (17m)
Mathieu Castagnet (Fra) bt Alejandro Garbi (Esp) 7/11, 11/8, 11/4,
11/3 (42m)
Ben Ford (Eng) bt Amir El Samihy (Egy) 11/6, 11/5, 6/11, 11/6 (27m)
Patrick Gaessler (Ger) bt Carlos Cornes (Esp) 11/2, 11/5, 11/5 (20m)
Shaun Le Roux (Eng) bt Badr Abdel Aziz (Swe) 11/9,
11/9, 11/6 (43m)
Yann Perrin (Fra) bt Stuart Crawford (Sco) 14/12, 7/11, 11/2, 11/0 (47m)
Julien Balbo (Fra) bt Robbie Temple (Eng) 10/12, 11/9, 11/7, 9/11, 13/11 (83m) |
25th
Anniversary Squash Club Santiago 2007
Santiago, Spain, 12 - 17 Nov, $7k |
Round One
14
Nov |
Quarters
15 Nov |
Semis
16 Nov |
Final
17 Nov |
[1] Aisling Blake (Irl)
9/5, 9/2, 9/0 (16m)
Birgit Coufal (Aut) |
Aisling Blake
9/0, 9/3, 9/0 (23m)
Emma Chorley |
Aisling Blake
9/4, 9/3, 9/2 (21m)
Faustine Gilles |
Aisling Blake
9-2, 2-0 ret.
Camille Serme |
[7] Emma
Chorley (Eng)
9/5, 10/8, 9/6 (34m)
[Q] Fiona Moverley (Eng) |
[3] Dagmar Vermeulen
(Ned)
9/0, 9/3, 9/4 (22m)
Carla Fernandez Vazquez (Esp) |
Dagmar Vermeulen
9/4, 9/7, 9/5 (22m)
Faustine Gilles |
[8] Kerri Shields (Irl)
9/3, 9/7, 9/6 (28m)
[Q] Faustine Gilles (Fra) |
[Q] Lucie Fialova
(Cze)
9/6, 9/4, 9/5 (37m)
[5] Milou Van Der Heijden (Ned) |
Lucie Fialova
5/9, 9/5, 9/3, 9/3 (37m)
Nour El Tayeb |
Nour El Tayeb
9/2, 9/5, 9/7 (31m)
Camille Serme |
Nour El Tayeb (Egy)
9/4, 9/1, 9/0 (21m)
[4] Celia Allamargot (Fra) |
Vicky Hynes (Eng)
9/2, 9/3, 6/9, 10/9 (44m)
[6] Kylie Lindsay (Nzl) |
Kylie Lindsay
9/0, 9/3, 9/4 (14m)
Camille Serme |
Lotte Eriksen (Nor)
9/2, 9/0, 9/0 (14m)
[2] Camille Serme (Fra) |
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Qualifying:
13-Nov, Finals:
Lucie Fialova (Cze) bt
Cristina Di Sacco (Ita) 9/1, 9/1, 9/5 (15m)
Faustine Gilles (Fra) bt Katherine Quarterman (Eng) 9/4, 6/9, 9/1, 8/10, 9/4 (40m)
Fiona Moverley (Eng) bt
Xisela Aranda
Nunez (Esp) 9/1, 9/1, 9/7 (23m)
Nour El Tayeb (Egy) bt Coline Aumard (Fra) 9/1, 9/6, 9/1 (24m)
12-Nov, First round:
Lucie Fialova (Cze) bye
Cristina Di Sacco (Ita) bt Zahira Font (Esp) 9/0, 9/5, 9/1 (20m)
Faustine Gilles (Fra) bt Belen Etchechoury (Arg) 9/2, 9/5, 9/1 (24m)
Katherine Quarterman (Eng) bt Alicia Alvarez (Esp) 9/6,
9/3, 9/3 (23m)
Xisela Aranda
Nunez (Esp) bt Luz Etchechoury (Arg) 9/5, 9/4, 5/9, 5/9, 9/2
(55m)
Fiona Moverley (Eng) bye
Coline Aumard (Fra) bt Laura Alonso (Esp) 7/9, 10/8, 9/1, 9/4 (53m)
Nour El Tayeb (Egy) bye |
Bianchetti & Serme Celebrate
Santiago Success
Italian
Davide Bianchetti and
France's Camille Serme celebrated title
successes in the 25th Anniversary Squash Club
Santiago Open
in Santiago de Compostela in
Spain.
Fifth seed
Bianchetti battled to an 11-7, 6-11, 11-6, 11-4 victory in 54 minutes over
French qualifier Julien Balbo in the climax of the $30,000 3-star
PSA
Tour
event.
The triumph marks the 30-year-old from
Brescia's
seventh PSA Tour title, but his first for more than a year.
By
contrast, Serme scored her maiden WISPA World Tour title in disappointing
circumstances. The second seed from
Creteil
took the first game against Aisling Blake and was only two points into
the second game when the Irish favourite was forced to concede the match
through injury.
It
was the 18-year-old European Junior Champion's ninth appearance in a Tour event
and third in a final - but Serme's first title success.
Balbo & Bianchetti In Surprise
Santiago Final
French
qualifier Julien Balbo and fifth-seeded Italian Davide Bianchetti
will meet in a surprise men's final of the 25th Anniversary Squash Club
Santiago Open,
the $30,000 3-star
PSA Tour
event in
Santiago de Compostela in
Spain.
By
contrast, the women's
WISPA
World Tour 4
event will
climax in a match between the top two seeds - with second seed Camille Serme
providing further French interest in a match against Irish favourite Aisling
Blake.
With upsets over local hero and top seed Borja Golan and sixth seed
Liam Kenny behind him, Julien Balbo faced compatriot Renan Lavigne,
the third seed, in the semi-finals. The experienced 33-year-old took the
first two games and reached match ball in the third.
But Balbo, the 28-year-old world No70 from Chambery, saved a total of six match
balls before taking the game - then went on to clinch the next two to record a
notable 4-11, 7-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-8, 11-8 victory in 55 minutes over his
fellow countryman ranked more than 40 places higher in the world.
In the fifth - and biggest - PSA Tour final of his career, Balbo will face
Davide Bianchetti. In a match which lasted almost twice as long as the other
semi-final, Bianchetti twice came from behind to beat Welshman Alex Gough,
the No2 seed, 4-11, 11-7, 10-11 (0-2), 11-5, 11-4 in 102 minutes.
The 30-year-old from
Brescia is
celebrating the 15th Tour final of his career.
After taking surprise places in the women's semi-finals, qualifiers Faustine
Gilles and Nour El Tayeb were unable to progress further. Gilles,
from
France,
went down 9-4, 9-3, 9-2 to top seed Aisling Blake while 14-year-old Egyptian
Nour El Tayeb extended second seed Camille Serme for 31 minutes before losing
9-2, 9-5, 9-7.
"I knew that if I wanted
to survive that one, I had to give it my best from the start," Serme said
afterwards.
The
18-year-old European Junior Champion from
Creteil is
celebrating her third appearance in a WISPA Tour final, while Blake is marking
her fourt
Qualifiers Surprise In
Santiago
Qualifiers
continued to excel in the 25th Anniversary Squash Club
Santiago
Open
in Santiago de Compostela in
Spain.
Julien Balbo,
the French qualifier who claimed an unexpected place in the quarter-finals of
the men's $30,000 3-star
PSA Tour
event
after local hero Borja Golan retired injured during their first round
match, fought back from 1/2 down to beat sixth seed Liam Kenny.
The 28-year-old from
Chambery
beat the Irishman 11-5, 10-11 (1-3), 9-11, 11-3, 11-8 in 70 minutes and now
faces compatriot Renan Lavigne for a place in the final. Third seed
Lavigne beat Dutchman Dylan Bennett 11-10 (3-1), 11-5, 8-11, 11-6.
There was a further upset in the men's event when Davide Bianchetti, the
fifth seed, defeated fourth-seeded Englishman Joey Barrington 11-9, 11-9,
11-5. The Italian now meets Welshman Alex Gough, the No2 seed who
despatched fellow Briton Stacey Ross, the No7 seed from
England,
11-5, 11-6, 11-5.
Third seed Dagmar Vermeulen was the biggest casualty in the
quarter-finals of the women's
WISPA
World Tour 4
event.
French qualifier Faustine Gilles prevailed 9-4, 9-7, 9-5 in the 22-minute
clash with the Dutch player - and will now face
Ireland's
top seed Aisling Blake in the semi-finals.
Teenager Nour El Tayeb extended her giant-killing run in the event. The
14-year-old qualifier from
Cairo
recovered from a game down to beat Czech qualifier
Lucie Fialova
5-9, 9-5, 9-3, 9-3, and will now line up against
France's No2 seed
Camille
Serme.
Silver Celebrations Subdued By Golan Injury
Hopes that Borja Golan would lead the silver anniversary celebrations at
his home club Squash Club Santiago were dashed when the Spanish star
withdrew injured midway through his first round match in the 25th Anniversary
Squash Club
Santiago
Open
in Santiago de Compostela.
The top-seeded world No20 faced French qualifier Julien Balbo in the
opening round of the $30,000 3-star
PSA Tour
event.
After dropping the first game, Golan slipped over at 2-1 in the second game and
took a 3-minute injury break. But it was clear that the 24-year-old Spanish
number one was unable to move properly when he returned to the court - and
conceded the match after losing the second game.
After qualifying the previous day, Frenchman Mathieu Castagnet was also
hoping for an unexpected first round win to celebrate his 21st
birthday. But third seed Renan Lavigne had other plans - and dismissed
his younger compatriot 11-5, 11-5, 11-9 in 55 minutes to set up a quarter-final
clash with Dutchman Dylan Bennett.
There were numerous upsets in the women's
WISPA
World Tour 4
event, led
by Egyptian qualifier Nour El Tayeb who defeated France's No4 seed
Celia Allamargot 9-4, 9-1, 9-0. The 14-year-old from
Cairo now
meets fellow qualifier Lucie Fialova for a place in the semi-finals. The
Czech player upset fifth seed Milou van der Heijden 9-6, 9-4, 9-5.
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