22/12/2009
MEMORIAL FERNANDO VIDAL
Favourite Rosner Wins Mallorca Title
Fernando
Vidal Salva Memorial
Trofeo Barcelo Resorts
16-20 Dec, Majorca, $10k |
Round One
17 Dec |
Quarters
18 Dec |
Semis
19 Dec |
Final
20 Dec |
[1] Simon Rosner (Ger)
11-7, 11-7, 11-9 (35m)
[Q] Ben Coleman (Eng) |
Simon Rosner
9-11, 11-9, 12-10, 7-11, 11-5) 60
Dylan Bennett |
Simon Rosner
11-6, 11-7, 11-8 (32m)
Kashif Shuja |
Simon Rosner
11-7, 11-7,
11-6 (30m)
Alan Clyne |
[5] Dylan Bennett (Ned)
1-8, 6-11, 12-10, 11-9 (38m)
Johan Bouquet (Fra) |
[3] Kashif Shuja (Nzl)
8-5 rtd
Shaun Le Roux (Eng) |
Kashif Shuja
-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8 50m)
Steve Finitsis |
[7] Steve Finitsis (Aus)
11-9, 11-7, 10-12, 12-10 (55m)
Chris Truswell (Eng) |
[Q] Jethro Binns (Wal)
3-11, 5-11, 11-9, 2-11 (44m)
[8] Adrian Waller (Eng) |
Adrian Waller
11-5, 11-5, 11-4 (40m)
Jens Schoor |
Adrian Waller
11-4, 11-5, 11-7 (30m)
Alan Clyne |
[Q] Leandro Romiglio (Arg)
11-7, 6-11, 8-11, 2-11 (45m)
[4] Jens Schoor (Ger) |
[Q] Amr Khaled Khalifa (Egy)
9-11, 11-8, 5-11, 6-11 (50m)
[6] Alan Clyne (Sco) |
Alan Clyne
11-5, 11-1, 11-7 (52m)
David Vidal |
David Vidal (Esp)
11-8, 12-10, 11-5 (40m)
[2] Julien Balbo (Fra) |
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Favourite Rosner Wins Mallorca Title
Germany's top-ranked squash
player Simon Rosner rounded off the year with his third PSA World Tour
title of 2009 when he won the inaugural Memorial Fernando Vidal Salva –
Trofeo Barcelo Resorts Open in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Taken to five games in the
quarter-finals by fifth seed Dylan Bennett, Rosner went on to despatch
third-seeded New Zealander Kashif Shuja in straight games to reach the
final of the $10,000 event at the Elite Fitness Club.
His opponent was Scotland's
Alan Clyne, the sixth seed from Edinburgh who claimed a surprise place in
the last four after beating unseeded Spaniard David Vidal in the
quarter-finals.
Mallorca hero Vidal, the
tournament organiser, had produced the upset of the tournament when he defeated
France's No2 seed Julien Balbo in the opening round.
Rosner was in control
throughout the final. "He was volleying nearly everything and, of course,
playing his stunning winners at the front, as always," said Vidal.
The 22-year-old from
Paderborn put pressure on his opponent from the start, forcing a succession of
errors from the Scot.
After just 30 minutes,
world No37 Rosner raised his fist to celebrate his 11-7, 11-7, 11-6
title-winning victory - the third Tour win of his career, and his third of the
year.
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