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Tour De Las
Americas Brazil Open,
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Raphael Revels
In Unique Home Victory
Victory in the
final of the 'Tour De Las Americas' Brazil Open made Brazilian number one
Rafael F Alarcon the first home player to win his country's national open
squash title in the 17 years that the championship has been a PSA World Tour
event.
The
33-year-old top seed reached the climax of the $10,000 event at the Academia
Winner in Belo Horizonte without dropping a game.
South African
Stephen Coppinger, the second seed, also battled his way to the final
with a clean sheet - and twice led Alarcon in the match before the home
favourite forced a fifth game decider.
Fittingly, the
match was the longest of the tournament - in which world No46 Alarcon ultimately
prevailed 2-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-4, 11-4 after 80 minutes over the opponent who
stands just one place ahead in the latest world rankings.
The victory
marks the 16th PSA Tour title of Alarcon's career - and his third this
year.
1st round:
[1] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA) bt Chris Fuller (ENG) 11-8, 11-9, 11-7
(45m)
Rodrigo Torres (COL) bt [8] Nahuel Hernan Ramos (ARG) 11-6, 8-11,
9-11, 11-4, 11-9 (65m)
[4] James Snell (ENG) bt [Q] Antonio Jose Christovam Junior (BRA)
11-5, 11-6, 11-6 (32m)
[6] Manoel Pereira (BRA) bt Adam Murrills (ENG) 11-9, 11-9, 7-11,
11-8 (72m)
[5] Esteban Casarino (PAR) bt [Q] Vinicius Rodrigues (BRA) 11-7,
10-12, 11-9, 11-5 (42m)
[3] Christopher Gordon (USA) bt [Q] Yuri Franca (BRA) 11-9, 11-6,
11-7 (58m)
[7] Bart Ravelli (NED) bt [Q] Josimar Silva (BRA) 13-11, 11-3,
11-6 (40m)
[2] Stephen Coppinger (RSA) bt Pedro Veiga (BRA) 11-1, 11-3, 11-3
(17m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA) bt Rodrigo Torres (COL) 11-1, 11-9,
11-9 (35m)
[4] James Snell (ENG) bt [6] Manoel Pereira (BRA) 11-4, 11-5, 11-5
(38m)
[5] Esteban Casarino (PAR) bt [3] Christopher Gordon (USA) 11-8,
11-13, 11-8, 11-8 (64m)
[2] Stephen Coppinger (RSA) bt [7] Bart Ravelli (NED) 11-8, 11-4,
11-8 (45m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA) bt [4] James Snell (ENG) 11-8, 11-7,
11-8 (40m)
[2] Stephen Coppinger (RSA) bt [5] Esteban Casarino
Final:
[1] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA) bt [2] Stephen Coppinger (RSA) 2-11,
11-6, 5-11, 11-4, 11-4 (80m)
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