15/11/2009
SANTIAGO OPEN
Barker & Moverley Celebrate English Santiago Successes
Santiago
Open 2009
Men's Draw
09-14 Nov, Spain, $41k |
Round One
11 Nov |
Quarters
12 Nov |
Semis
13 Nov |
Final
14 Nov |
[1] Peter Barker (Eng)
11/1, 11/5, 5/11, 8/11, 11/0 (56m)
[Q] Stéphane Galifi (Ita) |
Peter Barker
11/9, 11/8, 11/6 (42m)
Davide Bianchetti |
Peter Barker
10/12, 11/2, 11/5, 11/7 (53m)
Stewart Boswell |
Peter Barker
11/9, 11/7, 9/11, 11/9 (78m)
Adrian Grant |
[8] Davide Bianchetti (Ita)
11/5, 9/11, 11/4, 11/9 (44m)
[Q] Alejandro Garbi (Esp) |
[3] Stewart Boswell (Aus)
11/7, 11/5, 7/11, 11/5 (33m)
[Q] Adrian Waller (Eng) |
Stewart Boswell
11/3, 11/5, 11/9 (26m)
Hisham Ashour |
[5] Hisham Ashour (Egy)
10/12, 11/2, 11/3, 11/6 (24m)
[Q] Clinton Leeuw (Rsa) |
Renan Lavigne (Fra)
12/10, 7/11, 2/11, 11/9, 11/7 (57m)
[7] Tom Richards (Eng) |
Renan Lavigne
10/12, 11/8, 11/9, 11/9 (49m)
Olli Tuominen |
Renan Lavigne
11/3, 11/7, 13/11 (30m)
Adrian Grant |
Eric Galvez (Mex)
9/11, 8/11, 11/6, 12/10, 11/5 (53m)
[4] Olli Tuominen (Fin) |
Saurav Ghosal (Ind)
11/5, 11/8, 11/6 (33m)
[6] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (Mex) |
Saurav Ghosal
11/6, 2/11, 5/11, 14/12, 11/5 (59m)
Adrian Grant |
Carlos Cornes Ribidas (Esp)
11/7, 11/7, 11/5 (25m)
[2] Adrian Grant (Eng) |
Santiago
Open 2009
Women's Draw
09-14 Nov, Spain, $6k |
Round One
11 Nov |
Quarters
12 Nov |
Semis
13 Nov |
Final
14 Nov |
[1] Lauren Siddall (Eng)
12/10, 11/5, 9/11, 11/9 (31m)
[Q] Sina Wall (Ger) |
Lauren Siddall
11/3, 11/5, 11/7 (15m)
Birgit Coufal |
Lauren Siddall
11/9, 11/8, 5/11, 11/6 (40m)
Nicolette Fernandes |
Lauren Siddall
6/11, 11/8, 11/8, 9/11, 11/7 (29m)
Fiona Moverley |
[5] Birgit Coufal (Aut)
11/13, 11/9, 11/9, 11/5 (34m)
[Q] Lisa Aitken (Sco) |
[4] Deon Saffery (Wal)
11/8, 11/9, 11/8 (34m)
Nicolette Fernandes (Guy) |
Nicolette Fernandes
14/12, 11/2, 11/6 (23m)
Laura Pomportes |
[7] Jenna Gates (Eng)
10/12, 11/9, 6/11, 12/10, 11/8 (44m)
Laura Pomportes (Fra) |
Dorletta Lopez Lopez (Esp)
11/2, 11/2, 11/4 (13m)
[6] Josefa Bertilsson (Swe) |
Josefa Bertilsson
11/2, 11/3, 11/2 (10m)
Fiona Moverley |
Fiona Moverley
11/3, 9/11, 11/7, 11/7 (25m)
Kylie Lindsay |
[Q] Milja Dorenbos (Ned)
11/6, 11/1, 9/11, 11/5 (25m)
[3] Fiona Moverley (Eng) |
[Q] Salma Hatem Youssef (Egy)
9/11, 11/1, 11/4, 11/9 (34m)
[8] Coline Aumard (Fra) |
Coline Aumard
11/8, 11/7, 14/12 (27m)
Kylie Lindsay |
Tatiana Damasio Borges (Bra)
11/8, 11/5, 11/6 (25m)
[2] Kylie Lindsay (Nzl) |
Barker &
Moverley Celebrate English Santiago Successes
Top seeds had mixed
successes in the Santiago Open "Trofeo Concello de Santiago" where
Fiona Moverley upset favourite Lauren Siddall in the women's final,
but No1 seed Peter Barker prevailed in the men's climax to produce an
English squash double in the international events at Shopping Center Area
Central in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Third seed Moverley,
from Hull in East Yorkshire, reached the final of the women's $6,800 WISPA
World Tour event after upsetting New Zealand's No2 seed Kylie Lindsay.
After dropping the
first game in the final to experienced Yorkshire compatriot Lauren Siddall, the
22-year-old battled back to take the lead - but world No39 Siddall recovered to
take the match into a fifth game decider.
However, Moverley
stuck to her task and closed out the match 6-11, 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7 to
record her maiden title triumph on the WISPA Tour.
Peter Barker faced
his England team-mate Adrian Grant, the No2 seed, in the climax of the
men's $41,000 4-star PSA World Tour event - in a match that was not only
the fifth Tour meeting of the pair's career, but also their second in a Tour
final this year.
Predictably, the
two left-handers from London fought out an evenly-contested encounter - with
only two world ranking positions separating the pair.
But it was
eventually world number nine Barker who clinched victory, beating Grant 11-9,
11-7, 9-11, 11-9 in 78 minutes.
The triumph marked
the 14th Tour title of Barker's career, his second of the year - but the
Londoner's first in Spain.
Santiago Celebrates Two All-English Finals
A pair
of English players will contest both finals in the Santiago Open
“Trofeo Concello de Santiago” after Fiona Moverley defied the
seedings to upset second-seeded New Zealander Kylie Lindsay in the
semi-finals of the women's $6,800 WISPA World Tour squash event at
Shopping Center Area Central in Santiago de Compostela,
Spain.
The
22-year-old from Hull, seeded three, stemmed a second game fightback by Lindsay
to win 11-3, 9-11, 11-7, 11-7 in 25 minutes - and reach the second Tour final of
her career.
Moverley will face favourite Lauren Siddall, who also took four
games to end Nicolette Fernandes' giant-killing run, beating the
unseeded 26-year-old from Guyana 11-9, 11-8, 5-11, 11-6.
Siddall, the 25-year-old world No39 from Pontefract in Yorkshire, is celebrating
the sixth final of her career.
England team-mates Peter Barker and Adrian Grant, both
left-handers from London, will contest the predicted final of the
men's $41,000 4-star PSA World Tour event.
Top
seed Barker, ranked nine in the world, battled through to the 19th Tour final of
his career by beating third-seeded Australian Stewart Boswell
10-12, 11-2, 11-5, 11-7 in 53 minutes.
Second
seed Grant had an easier ride against surprise package Renan Lavigne.
The unseeded Frenchman, who celebrated his 35th birthday at last week's
World Open in Kuwait, reached the last four against the odds after
upsetting both fourth seed Olli Tuominen and seventh seed
Tom Richards.
But
the semi-final was a match too far for the world No35 from Marseille as Grant
closed out the match 11-3, 11-7, 13-11 in 30 minutes.
The
Leeds-based 29-year-old is marking his 24th Tour final and looking for his
second PSA title of the year.
Renan Rallies On In Santiago
A
rejuvenated Renan Lavigne scored his second upset in two days in
the Santiago Open “Trofeo Concello de Santiago” when he beat
fourth-seeded Finn Olli Tuominen in the quarter-finals of the
$41,000 4-star PSA World Tour squash event at Shopping
Center Area Central in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
The
unseeded 35-year-old from Marseille, who ousted 23-year-old seventh seed
Tom Richards in the first round, recovered from a game down to
overcome Tuominen, the world No24, 10-12, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9 in 49 minutes.
Lavigne, ranked 35 in the world, now faces second seed Adrian Grant
for a place in the final. But Englishman Grant himself had
to come from behind to conquer Indian number one Saurav Ghosal
11-6, 2-11, 5-11, 14-12, 11-5 in a 59-minute battle.
The
other men's semi-final will also have English interest, when Londoner
Peter Barker takes on Australian Stewart Boswell.
Top seed Barker defeated Italian Davide Bianchetti, the No8
seed, 11-9, 11-8, 11-6, while Boswell dismissed fifth seed Hisham Mohd
Ashour – the Egyptian who claimed an unexpected place in the last 16 of the
World Open last week in Kuwait - 11-3, 11-5, 11-9 in just 26
minutes.
Guyana's Nicolette Fernandes maintained her winning run in the
women's $6,800 WISPA World Tour championship when she beat France's
Laura Pomportes 14-12, 11-2, 11-6.
The
unseeded UK-based 26-year-old will now face Lauren Siddall for a
place in the final. The top seed from England took just 15
minutes to earn her place in the last four, despatching Austrian Birgit
Coufal 11-3, 11-5, 11-7.
An
even swifter victory ensured English interest in the other women's semi-final
when Fiona Moverley beat Sweden's Josefa Bertilsson
11-2, 11-3, 11-2 in ten minutes.
Moverley, the third seed from Hull, will line up against second-seeded New
Zealander Kylie Lindsay, an 11-8, 11-7, 14-12 winner over France's
Coline Aumard.
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