29/11/2010
SASKATOON BOAST 2010
Delasaux Retains Saskatoon Boast Title
Saskatoon Boast 2010
26-29 Nov, Canada, $10k |
Round One
26 Nov |
Quarters
27 Nov |
Semis
28 Nov |
Final
29 Nov |
[1] Scott Arnold (AUS)
11-6, 11-3, 11-7 (25m)
[Q] Raphael Kandra (GER) |
Scott Arnold
17-15, 11-4, 11-9
(40m)
Gonzalo Miranda |
Scott Arnold
11-9, 12-10, 11-5
(41m)
Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira |
Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira
5-11, 11-9, 11-4,
9-11, 11-6 (72m)
Laurence Delasaux |
[6] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG)
11-7, 11-8, 4-11, 9-11, 11-2 (45m)
Justin Todd (CAN) |
[3] Eric Galvez (MEX)
11-3, 11-4, 11-3 (33m)
Tyler Hamilton (CAN) |
Eric Galvez
11-6, 11-9, 11-8
(45m)
Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira |
[7] Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira
(MEX)
13-11, 11-13, 8-11, 11-3, 11-3 (95m)
[Q] Dane Sharp (CAN) |
[5] Andrew McDougall (CAN)
11-7, 12-10, 11-7 (36m)
[Q] Andrew Schnell (CAN) |
Andrew McDougall
12-14, 11-5,
11-4, 11-6 (63m)
Robin Clarke |
Robin Clarke
11-1, 11-8, 11-7
(36m)
Laurence Delasaux |
[4] Robin Clarke (CAN)
11-6, 11-6, 11-4 (34m)
Matthew Serediak (CAN) |
[8] Fabien Verseille (FRA)
12-10, 11-7, 11-5 (39m)
[Q] Maxime Blouin (CAN) |
Fabien Verseille
11-1, 11-8, 11-7
(36m)
Laurence Delasaux |
[2] Laurence Delasaux (ENG)
11-4, 11-2, 11-5 (24m)
Thomas Brinkman (CAN) |
Delasaux
Retains Saskatoon Boast Title
England's
Laurence Delasaux successfully retained his Saskatoon Boast Open
title in Canada after beating Mexican opponent Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira
in the final of the $10,000 PSA World Tour squash event in Saskatoon
in the province of Saskatchewan.
Both players
patiently moved the other around the court with very little difference apparent.
The Englishman gained some points early with his deceptive front-court trickle
boast wrong-footing Ferreira several times.
"This set up
some good length for winners later in the match," said event spokesman Brad
Birnie. "Both players appeared tired for the first time in the tournament
and that led to a few more mistakes than we are used to seeing from them."
With Delasaux
up two games to one, Ferreira gained control of the fourth game when he reeled
off four straight points at 4-4. Although he seemed to be tiring, Delasaux
stormed back to 8-8 and then 9-9, before the seventh-seeded Mexican ran out the
game. The momentum was swinging in Ferreira's favour - it seemed.
All credit to
Delasaux, the No2 seed from Yorkshire who held it close in the fifth game until
rattling off four straight points to get to 8-4. It seemed that Ferreira was
tiring - something the Saskatoon crowd could never imagine from the ultra-fit,
ultra-fast 28-year-old from Mexico City. The play became a little tighter at
that point and both players kept up the pace - but it was Delasaux who
ultimately prevailed 5-11, 11-9, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6 after 72 minutes.
The win takes
25-year-old Delasaux's career total to six Tour titles.
Baltazar
Battles Into Saskatoon Final
Continuing the
form which led him to the gold medal in the recent Panamerican Championships,
Mexican Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira upset top seed Scott Arnold
in the Saskatoon Boast Open to reach the final of the $10,000 PSA
World Tour squash event in Saskatoon, Canada.
It was after
beating his higher-ranked compatriot Eric Galvez in the quarter-finals
that seventh seed Baltazar Ferreira earned the unexpected bid to face Australian
favourite Arnold, the world No61, in the last four of the event in its ninth
year at the YMCA of Saskatoon.
And the
in-form 28-year-old from Mexico City despatched Arnold 11-9, 12-10, 11-5 to
reach the 14th Tour final of his career - but his first for over a year.
His opponent
will be Laurence Delasaux, the second seed from England who ended
Canadian interest in the championship by beating Ottawa's fourth seed Robin
Clarke 11-1, 11-8, 11-7.
The final will
be Baltazar Ferreira and Delasaux's second meeting in north America this year.
The pair lined up in the Atlanta Open quarter-finals in May, with the
Englishman prevailing in four games before going on to reach the final - his
only other PSA final appearance this year.
Seeds Survive
Saskatoon Openers
Home interest
in the semi-finals of the Saskatoon Boast Open is guaranteed after all
eight seeds survived the opening round of the $10,000 PSA World Tour
squash event in its ninth year at the YMCA of Saskatoon in Saskatoon,
Canada.
Andrew
McDougall
and Robin Clarke will line up in an all-Canadian quarter-final after
straight games wins over fellow countrymen. Fifth seed McDougall beat qualifier
Andrew Schnell 11-7, 12-10, 11-7, while Clarke, the No4 seed, beat
unseeded Matthew Serediak 11-6, 11-6, 11-4.
Mexico's
Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira made it through to the quarter-finals in his
bid to reach the final for the second time since 2006. But the No7 seed battled
for 95 minutes before overcoming Canadian qualifier Dane Sharp 13-11,
11-13, 8-11, 11-3, 11-3.
The
newly-crowned Panamerican champion will now face fellow Mexican Eric Galvez.
The third seed, the Panamerican champion in 2009, beat Canadian Tyler
Hamilton 11-3, 11-4, 11-3.
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