22/11/2010
SANTIAGO OPEN 2010
Grant Celebrates Santiago Success and Ertlova Earns Maiden Tour Title In Santiago
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Santiago Open 2010
Men's Draw
15-20 Nov,
Santiago de Compostela,
Spain,
$31k |
Round One
17 Nov |
Quarters
18 Nov |
Semis
19 Nov |
Final
20 Nov |
[1] Adrian Grant (Eng)
7/11, 4/11, 11/6, 11/6, 11/8 (63mn)
[Q] Grégoire Marche (Fra) |
Adrian Grant
11-5, 11-6, 9-11,
11-6 (45m)
Stephen Coppinger |
Adrian Grant
8-11, 5-11, 11-8,
11-4, 11-6 (74m)
Mohammed Abbas |
Adrian Grant
6-11, 11-7, 11-7,
12-10 (71m)
Omar Mosaad |
[7] Ryan Cuskelly (Aus)
5/11, 11/9, 11/1, 11/5 (53mn)
Stephen Coppinger (Rsa) |
[4] Jonathan Kemp (Eng)
11/9, 11/5, 11/13, 11/8 (47mn)
Borja Golan (Esp) |
Borja Golan
11-5, 3-11, 11-9,
11-13, 11-8 (72m)
Mohammed Abbas |
[6] Tom Richards (Eng)
6/11, 11/7, 11/3, 11/8 (28mn)
Mohammed Abbas (Egy) |
[Q] Kristian Frost (Den)
11/3, 12/10, 11/7 (22mn)
[8] Arturo Salazar (Mex) |
Arturo Salazar
6-11, 11-9, 11-4,
11-5 (41m)
Olli Tuominen |
Olli Tuominen
11-5, 11-6, 11-8
(24m)
Omar Mosaad |
[Q] Clinton Leew (Rsa)
11/5, 11/6, 11/2 (25mn)
[3] Olli Tuominen (Fin) |
Campbell Grayson (Nzl)
7/11, 11/9, 11/9, 12/10 (63mn)
[5] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (Col) |
Miguel Angel Rodriguez
11-7, 11-7, 11-9
(33m)
Omar Mosaad |
[Q] Bradley Hindle (Mal)
4/11, 11/9, 11/8, 11/9 (56mn)
[2] Omar Mosaad (Egy) |
Santiago Open 2010
Women's Draw
15-20 Nov,
Santiago de Compostela,
Spain,
$6k |
Round One
17 Nov |
Quarters
18 Nov |
Semis
19 Nov |
Final
20 Nov |
[1] Nouran El Torky (Egy)
bye |
Nouran El Torky
9/11 11/6 11/7 11/8 (29mn)
Carrie Ramsay |
Nouran El Torky
3/11 11/5 12/10 4/11 11/9 (45mn)
Olga Ertlova |
Olga Ertlova
3/11, 11/5, 12/10, 4/11, 11/9 (45m)
Deon Saffery |
[7] Carrie Ramsay (Eng)
11/4, 11/6, 11/4 (21mn)
Chloé Mesic (Fra) |
[4] Olga Ertlova (Cze)
11/6, 7/11, 7/11, 11/8, 11/9 (45mn)Tesni Evans (Wal) |
Olga Ertlova
11/9 3/11 11/5 3/11 11/1 (31mn)
Sally Skaarenborg |
[5] Josefa Bertilsson (Swe)
11/4, 11/5, 11/4 (14mn)
Sally Skaarenborg (Den) |
Célia Allamargot (Fra)
11/9, 13/11, 11/7 (32mn)
[6] Anna-Carin Forstadius (Swe) |
Célia Allamargot
12/10 6/11 11/2 11/6 (28mn)
Laura Pomportes |
Laura Pomportes
11/5 11/4 7/11 11/7 (23mn)
Deon Saffery |
bye
[3] Laura Pomportes (Fra) |
Sara El Noamany (Egy)
11/7, 12/10, 11/6 (22mn)
[8] Deon Saffery (Wal) |
Deon Saffery
11/8 11/7 9/11 11/3 (23mn)
Linda Hruzikova |
bye
[2] Linda Hruzikova (Svk) |
After
finishing as runner-up last year, England's Adrian Grant went one better
in the 2010 Squash Santiago Open - Santiago City Trophy by winning the
$31,175 PSA World Tour title at the Central Area Shopping Center
in the city of Santiago de Compostela.
The top seeded
Londoner faced Egypt's No2 seed Omar Mosaad - and, for the third time in
the event, had to fight back from behind to overcome his opponent.
Mosaad, the
world No17 from Cairo, took the opening game - but 30-year-old Grant, ranked
just a single place higher, battled back to beat the 22-year-old Egyptian 6-11,
11-7, 11-7, 12-10 after 71 minutes.
The win takes
Grant's career tally of Tour titles to 17 - one more than England team-mate
Nick Matthew, the world No2, and more than any other Englishman on the Tour
today.
Grant & Mosaad
To Contest Santiago Final
Top seeds
Adrian Grant and Omar Mosaad reached the final of Squash
Santiago Open - Santiago City Trophy in contrasting styles, Egypt's second
seed Mosaad taking about a third of the time of English favourite Grant to ome
through the semi-finals of the $31,175 PSA World Tour event at the
Central Area Shopping Center in the city of Santiago de Compostela.
Mosaad, the
22-year-old world No17 from Cairo, was in stunning form in the opening semi -
despatching experienced Finn Olli Tuominen, the 31-year-old third seed
from Helsinki, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8 in just 24 minutes.
The success
takes Mosaad into the 11th Tour final of his career - and the fourth of the
year.
An
all-Egyptian final seemed on the cards when unseeded Mohammed Abbas
romped to a 2/0 lead over Adrian Grant, the world No16 from London who
was bidding to reach the final for the second year in a row.
Abbas, a
former world No13 from Giza, is fighting back to full fitness after a long
layoff with a foot injury.
But the
English left-hander refused to give up and raised his game to fight back against
the Egyptian 29-year-old - finally, after 74 minutes, clinching an 8-11, 5-11,
11-8, 11-4, 11-6 victory.
The win,
Grant's second fight back in the event from two games down, takes the
30-year-old into the 25th Tour final of his career - but his first since
contesting the Santiago climax 12 months ago.
Borja Brought
Down By Abbas In Santiago
Spaniard
Borja Golan's bid to win a second PSA World Tour title in two years
in his home town ended today at the Central Area Shopping Center in the
city of Santiago de Compostela when he was beaten by fellow non-seed
Mohammed Abbas in the quarter-finals of the $31,175 Squash Santiago Open
- Santiago City Trophy.
In a see-saw
match lasting 72 minutes, it was Egyptian Abbas who finally prevailed 11-5,
3-11, 11-9, 11-13, 11-8.
Both players
are fighting back after injury layoffs - 27-year-old Golan, a former world No10,
making his Tour comeback after knee surgery, and 29-year-old Abbas, a one-time
world No13, bidding to rediscover his former form after a long-term foot injury.
Giza-based
Abbas now lines up against top seed Adrian Grant, the 2009 runner-up from
England who was extended for 45 minutes by Stephen Coppinger before
beating the unseeded 26-year-old from Cape Town 11-5, 11-6, 9-11, 11-6.
There is
Egyptian interest in the other semi-final where Omar Mosaad takes on
Flying Finn Olli Tuominen. Mosaad, the second seed from Cairo, despatched
Colombia's Miguel Angel Rodriguez 11-7, 11-7, 11-9 while Tuominen, the
third seed from Helsinki, held off a stern challenge from eighth seed Arturo
Salazar before beating the 22-year-old Mexican 6-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-5.
Home Hero
Golan Makes Santiago Quarters
Santiago
squash star Borja Golan delighted his home town supporters by upsetting
his fourth-seeded first round opponent in the Squash Santiago Open - Santiago
City Trophy, the $31,175 PSA World Tour event at the Central Area
Shopping Center in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela.
The
27-year-old former world No10, making his Tour comeback after knee surgery,
defeated England's No4 seed Jonathan Kemp 11-9, 11-5, 11-13, 11-8 in 47
minutes. Kemp, the world No27 from Halifax, is also on a comeback trail after a
hip operation in July.
Golan, the
Santiago Open champion in 2008, now faces fellow unseeded opponent
Mohammed Abbas, the former world No13 from Egypt who stunned England's sixth
seed Tom Richards 6-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-8. Abbas, 29, is also battling to
rediscover his former form after a long-term foot injury.
There was a
further surprise in the top half of the draw where unseeded South African
Stephen Coppinger dismissed Australia's seventh seed Ryan Cuskelly
5-11, 11-9, 11-1, 11-5.
The
26-year-old from Cape Town now lines up against England's Adrian Grant -
but the top-seeded Londoner looked set to become the event's biggest casualty
after losing the first two games to French qualifier Gregoire Marche.
But the
experienced left-hander, ranked 16 in the world, reclaimed the upper hand before
closing out the match 7-11, 4-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-8 after 63 minutes.
Ertlova Earns
Maiden Tour Title In Santiago
Czech squash
star Olga Ertlova earned her maiden WISPA World Tour title in
style at the $6,800 Women's Santiago Open at the Central Area
Shopping Center in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela.
The
24-year-old from Prague made her breakthrough in the semi-finals, beating
Egypt's event favourite Nouran El Torky in five hard-fought games to
reach her first final on the Tour.
And her
opponent had an equally impressive route to the climax. Eighth seed Deon
Saffery defeated second-seeded Slovakian Linda Hruzikova in the
quarter-finals, then toppled France's Laura Pomportes, the third seed, to
reach her second successive Tour final in a row.
Fourth seed
Ertlova took the opening two games in the final, but her Welsh opponent fought
back to draw level.
And after a
close decider, it was Ertlova who emerged triumphant, beating Saffery 11-9,
11-8, 7-11, 9-11, 11-9 in 47 minutes become the newest winner of a WISPA Tour
title.
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