28/06/2011
BOCA DEL RIO INT 2011 (WOMEN)
Teran comeback seals her biggest title
Boca del Rio
International 2011
Women's Draw
21-26 June, Veracruz, Mexico,
$20k |
Round One
23 Jun |
Quarters
24 Jun |
Semis
25 Jun |
Final
26 Jen |
[1] Natalie Grinham (Ned)
11/5, 11/6, 11/2 (22m)
[Q] Samantha Cornett (Can) |
Natalie Grinham
12/14, 11/8, 11/6, 11/6 (58m)
Olivia Blatchford |
Natalie Grinham
10-12, 11-6, 11-6, 13-11
Aisling Blake |
Natalie Grinham
7-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-5 (69m)
Samantha Teran |
[6] Olivia Blatchford (Usa)
11/4, 11/3, 11/7 (20m)
Karina Heredia (Mex) |
[4] Aisling Blake (Irl)
11/5, 11/13, 12/10, 8/11, 11/3 (60m)
Carmen Lee (Hkg) |
Aisling Blake
11/8, 11/2, 11/1 (32m)
Thaisa Serafini |
[8] Thaisa Serafini (Bra)
12/10, 11/3, 12/10 (38m)
[Q] Karla Urrutia (Mex) |
Ivonne Diaz (Mex)
11/7, 13/11, 12/10, 11/6 (40m)
[7] Milou Van Der Heijden (Ned) |
Milou Van Der Heijden
11/9, 11/5, 11/8 (25m)
Joey Chan |
Joey Chan
11-5, 7-11, 11-7, 11-8
Samantha Teran |
Nayelly Hernandez (Mex)
11/6, 11/5, 11/7 (21m)
[3] Joey Chan (Hkg) |
[Q] Yathreb Adel (Egy)
11/8, 12/10, 11/7 (35m)
[5] Latasha Khan (Usa) |
Latasha Khan
11/2, 11/4, 11/8 (31m)
Samantha Teran |
[Q] Laura Pomportes (Fra)
11/4, 12/10, 11/4 (24m)
[2] Samantha Teran (Mex) |
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Teran comeback seals her biggest title
Samantha Teran
won her 13th and biggest career title this week at the Silver 20 Boca
Del Rio International in Veracruz, Mexico, a brand new stop on the tour.
Teran, the 30
year old from Mexico City, delighted the home fans and tournament sponsors when
she staged a magnificent comeback to outlast top seed Natalie Grinham in the
final.
The main draw
had a real international flavour, with nine different nations being represented.
All the top eight seeds made it through to the quarter finals without too many
problems, although it took Aisling Blake an hour and five games to see off
Carmen Lee from Hong Kong.
Onto the
quarter finals and it was plain sailing for Joey Chan and Aisling Blake, who
scored quick wins. Teran also recorded a straight game win, beating long time
rival and tour veteran, Latasha Khan. Top seed Grinham completed the final four
with a tough win over American junior Olivia Blatchford. The former world number
two, fought back from a game down to subdue the 17 year old in just under an
hour.
The semi
finals were both high quality matches and the crowd were thoroughly entertained.
Mexican favourite Teran was the first to book her place in the final with a hard
fought four game win over Chan, ranked only one place lower in the rankings.
Grinham followed Teran into the final, once again having to come from a game
down, this time to see off Blake after an hour on court.
The dream
final was set between the top two seeds. These two had met twice previously and
Grinham had won both convincingly. This time things looked to be following suit
as Grinham moved two games up. However, Teran, playing in her biggest final and
backed by the home crowds dug in and found a way back into the match. In the
fifth Grinham looked to be tiring and Teran, sensing this was her opportunity,
surged ahead and closed out the match 11-5 after 69 minutes of enthralling
squash, much to the delight of the packed out audience.
This was
Teran's first title since she won back on home turf at the Harrow Mexican Open
back in 2008. It was also her first final since the Macau Open later the same
year.
Teran bounced
out of the top 20 last month due to some mixed results in the last year. In this
form though, she will be looking to get back to her career high of 11.
A great
tournament which we look forward to seeing bigger and better next year.
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