16/05/2009
ATLANTA OPEN
Kemp Crowned Atlanta Open Champion
Atlanta
Open 2009
11-16 May, Atlanta, Usa, $10k
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Round One
13 May |
Quarters
14 May |
Semis
15 May |
Final
16 May |
[1] Jonathan Kemp (Eng)
11-8, 11-6, 11-3
Regardt Schonborn (Rsa) |
Jonathan Kemp
11-4, 11-4, 11-6
Shahid Zaman |
Jonathan Kemp
11-6, 11-8, 11-7
Ryan Cuskelly |
Jonathan Kemp
11-4, 11-5, 13-15, 11-3 (50m)
Eric Galvez |
[8] Shahid Zaman (Pak)
11-6, 4-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6
Scott Fitzgerald (Wal) |
[4] Arturo Salazar (Mex)
11-5, 11-4, 8-11, 9-11, 11-7
Amr Mansi (Egy) |
Arturo Salazar
9-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-8
Ryan Cuskelly |
[7] Ryan Cuskelly (Aus)
11-4, 11-9, 11-5
[Q] TG Raubenheimer (Rsa) |
[Q] Cesar Salazar (Mex)
5-11, 11-7, 4-11, 15-13, 11-5
[8] Rafael Alarcon (Bra) |
Cesar Salazar
11-9, 11-6, 11-3
Jorge Ferreira |
Cesar Salazar
11-6, 11-7, 11-8
Eric Galvez |
Alan Clyne (Sco)
11-7, 11-6, 6-11, 11-6
[4] Jorge Ferreira (Mex) |
[Q] Stuart Crawford (Sco)
10-12, 11-3, 11-5, 11-8
[5] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas) |
Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan
11-6, 11-8, 11-7
Eric Galvez |
[Q] Kristian Frost (Den)
12-10, 11-7, 11-9
[2] Eric Galvez (Mex) |
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Kemp Crowned Atlanta Open
Champion
England's
Jonathan Kemp celebrated his fourth successive PSA World Tour final
appearance in North America in grand style when he defeated defending champion
Eric Galvez in four games to claim the Atlanta Open crown at the
Concourse Athletic Club in Atlanta,
USA.
The in-form
left-hander from Halifax in Yorkshire reached the final of the $10,000 squash
event in its tenth year without dropping a game.
Kemp,
currently ranked 31 in the world, was in full control in the first two games and
soon reached match-ball at 10-8 in the third. But second seed Galvez, who
became the first Mexican to win the title last year, came back with some big
winners to take the game 15-13.
But the
top-seeded Englishman got off to a good start in the fourth and Galvez, still
feeling the effects of the previous game, was unable to keep the momentum going.
Kemp conceded
just three further points before claiming the match 11-4, 11-5, 13-15, 11-3
after 50 minutes to become the third Englishman (after Nick Matthew in
2001 and Bradley Ball the following year) win the Atlanta Open title.
The win marks
Kemp's second successive PSA title triumph in the USA, his third of the year and
the eighth of his career.
Galvez In Second Successive
Final In Atlanta
Eric Galvez
is one match away from retaining his
title in the Atlanta Open after beating fellow Mexican Cesar Salazar
in the semi-finals of the $10,000 PSA World Tour squash event at the
Concourse Athletic Club in Atlanta, USA.
The second
seed from Puebla, who has not dropped a game in the event so far, despatched
qualifier Salazar 11-6, 11-7, 11-8 to reach the 17th Tour title of his career -
and his third Atlanta final since 2006.
It was
disappointing end for 21-year-old Cesar Salazar, who upset fourth-seeded
compatriot Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira to reach the last four - ahead
of his twin brother Arturo Salazar, the third seed who fell in the
quarter-finals.
Galvez, 25,
will face favourite Jonathan Kemp in the final after the 28-year-old
Englishman defeated Ryan Cuskelly, the sixth seed from Australia, 11-6,
11-8, 11-7 in the other semi-final.
Kemp, the
world No31 from Halifax in Yorkshire, is celebrating his tenth PSA final
appearance - and his second US meeting with Galvez in two months since beating
the world No36 in the semi-finals of the Pacific Athletic Club Open in
California in March.
Mixed Success For Salazars
In Atlanta
There were
mixed fortunes for Mexican twins Cesar Salazar and Arturo Salazar
in the quarter-finals of the Atlanta Open when only Cesar, a qualifier,
prevailed to make it through to the last four of the $10,000 PSA World Tour
squash event at the Concourse Athletic Club in Atlanta, USA.
The
21-year-old from San Luis Potosi, ranked 91 in the world, needed only three
games to upset compatriot Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira, the fourth seed,
11-9, 11-6, 11-3 to set up an all-Mexican semi against Eric Galvez, the
defending champion.
The
second-seeded world No36 also came through in straight games, beating Malaysia's
fifth seed Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan 11-6, 11-8, 11-7.
Meanwhile
Arturo, who was seeded to reach the semis, crashed out 9-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-8 to
Australia's Ryan Cuskelly.
World No64
Cuskelly, the New York-based sixth seed from New South Wales, will now face top
seed Jonathan Kemp after the Englishman cruised to an 11-4, 11-4, 11-6
win over Pakistan's No7 seed Shahid Zaman.
Mexicans Excel In Atlanta
Open
Qualifier
Cesar Salazar twice came from behind to upset eighth seed Rafael F
Alarcon on the opening day of action in the Atlanta Open to ensure
that the quarter-finals of the $10,000 PSA World Tour squash event at the
Concourse Athletic Club in Atlanta,
USA, will feature four Mexicans.
Cesar, 21,
from San Luis Potosi, saved a match-ball in the fourth game before going on to
beat experienced Brazilian Alarcon 5-11, 11-7, 4-11, 15-13, 11-5 to set up a
quarter-final meeting with fellow Mexican Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira,
the fourth seed.
It was a
double Salazar success - as Cesar's twin brother Arturo Salazar also
prevailed in a five-game marathon, overcoming Egypt's Amr Mansi 11-5,
11-4, 8-11, 9-11, 11-7.
But, according
to tournament promoter Andre Maur - celebrating his 10th staging of the
event - the best game of the day was between Pakistan's former number 14
Shahid Zaman and Welshman Scott Fitzgerald. "It was a long battle
for 60 minutes - and Shahid just squeezed through in the fifth," said Maur.
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