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Panamerican Squash
Championships, Ambato, Ecuador
Men's
quarter-finals:
[1] Eric Galvez (MEX) bt
Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) 11-6, 11-3, 11-7
David Phillips (CAN) bt
Esteban Casarino (PAR) 11-7, 11-8, 11-4
Jorge Isaac Baltazar
Ferreira (MEX) bt Erik Tepos Valtierra (MEX) 11-9, 4-11, 11-3, 11-2
[2] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA)
bt Cesar Salazar (MEX) 11-8, 3-11, 11-7, 12-10
Semi-finals:
[1] Eric Galvez (MEX) bt
David Phillips (CAN) 11-6, 9-11, 11-4, 11-5
Jorge Isaac Baltazar
Ferreira (MEX) bt [2] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA) 10-12, 13-11, 15-13, 11-5
Final:
[1] Eric Galvez (MEX) bt
Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira (MEX) 5-11, 11-6, 11-8, 5-11, 11-8
Women's
quarter-finals:
[1] Samantha Teran (MEX)
bt Alexandra Norman (CAN) 11-5, 11-5, 11-8
Thaisa Serafini (BRA) bt
Graciela Lopez Perez (MEX) 9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 12-14, 11-5
Catalina Pelaez (COL) bt
Cecilia Cerquetti (ARG) 11-5, 12-10, 11-5
Tara Mullins (CAN) bt [2]
Silvia Angulo Rugeles (COL) 12-10, 11-5, 11-13, 1-11, 11-9
Semi-finals:
[1] Samantha Teran (MEX)
bt Thaisa Serafini (BRA) 11-0, 11-6, 11-6
Tara Mullins (CAN) bt
Catalina Pelaez (COL) w/o
Final:
[1] Samantha Teran (MEX)
bt Tara Mullins (CAN) 11-4, 11-7, 11-4
Galvez & Teran Celebrate Mexican Panamerican
Championships Double
Top seeds Eric Galvez
and Samantha Teran celebrated a Mexican double after contrasting
successes in the individual finals of the Panamerican Squash Championships
in Ambato, Ecuador.
Galvez, the world No37
from Puebla, eased into the men's final after a four-game win over Canadian
David Phillips – and faced a surprise opponent to produce an all-Mexican
climax.
Jorge Isaac Baltazar
Ferreira upset second-seeded
Brazilian Rafael F Alarcon in the other semi-final to make the final for
the first time.
Baltazar Ferreira, ranked
15 places below his compatriot, took the opening game. But Galvez, champion for
the first time in 2005, bounced back to win the match 5-11, 11-6, 11-8, 5-11,
11-8 to claim the regional title for the second time.
Samantha Teran confirmed
her status as the best woman player in the region by reaching the other final
without dropping a game.
The world No16 from Mexico
City's opponent was unheralded Canadian Tara Mullins, who made her
breakthrough in the quarter-finals by despatching second seed Silvia Angulo
Rugeles, from Colombia. The 32-year-old from Toronto then had a walkover
through to the final after the withdrawal of another Colombian Catalina
Pelaez.
But Teran was too strong
for her opponent in the final, winning 11-4, 11-7, 11-4 to secure the title for
the fourth time since 2002.
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