07/09/2012
MEXICAN OPEN 2012
Home Success Brings Title Number Fifteen For Teran
Mexican Open 2012
29-Aug to 03-Sep, Mexico City, $15k |
Round One
31 Aug |
Quarters
01 Sep |
Semis
02 Sep |
Final
03 Sep |
[1] Samantha Teran (Mex)
11/3, 11/1, 11/2 (19m)
[Q] Monserrat Castellanos (Mex) |
Samantha Teran
12/10, 5/11, 4/11, 12/10, 11/7 (74m)
Sarah-Jane Perry |
Samantha Teran
9/11, 11/4, 11/5, 11/5 (46m)
Lauren Selby |
Samantha Teran
11/9, 11/2, 11/2 (31m)
Lauren Briggs |
[5] Sarah-Jane Perry (Eng)
11/7, 11/6, 11/7 (22m)
Karla Urrutia (Mex) |
[4] Lauren Selby (Eng)
11/8 11/5 11/8 (31m)
[Q] Ivonne Diaz (Mex) |
Lauren Selby
12/10, 11/8, 11/6 (31m)
Thaisa Serafini |
[7] Thaisa Serafini (Bra)
11/8, 6/11, 11/4, 11/4 (44m)
Carrie Ramsey (Eng) |
[Q] Maria Fernanda (Mex)
11/5, 11/7, 11/6 (22m)
[6] Victoria Lust (Eng) |
Victoria Lust
11/6, 11/8, 11/8 (33m)
Coline Aumard |
Victoria Lust
11/3, 11/9, 6/11, 5/11, 11/5 (53m)
Lauren Briggs |
Karen Urrutia (Mex)
11/5, 11/1, 11/7 (22m)
[3] Coline Aumard (Fra) |
[Q] Graciela Lopez (Mex)
11/7, 11/3, 11/8 (21m)
[8] Kristen Lange (Usa) |
Kristen Lange
11/7, 11/7, 11/3 (24m)
Lauren Briggs |
Laura Pomportes (Fra)
11/4, 11/9, 11/6 (32m)
[2] Lauren Briggs (Eng) |
Home Success Brings Title Number Fifteen For Teran
Samantha Teran claimed her
fifteenth WSA title yesterday at the Tour 15 ProSquash Mexican
Open in Mexico City.
Teran, the world number 16, had some struggles in the earlier rounds
and after a tough start in the final, eased through to the title.
The
Mexican number one was on double duty this week as she was not only
playing in the event but also running it as the tournament was held
at her brand new squash club.
Teran looked in ominous form in the first round, dismissing local
qualifier Monserrat Castellanos in just nineteen minutes and
she was joined by all the other seven seeds who won through without
too many problems.
The
quarter finals saw a trio of English players make it through.
Lauren Briggs and Lauren Selby won their expected clashes
in straight games against Kristen Lange and Thaisa
Serafini respectively while Victoria Lust, playing in
only her second event this year due to injury, upset the seedings by
beating French number two Coline Aumard, also in straight games. It
was almost an English clean sweep, much to the shock of the home
fans, as Teran found herself on the brink against Sarah-Jane
Perry. Teran used all her experience and capitalised on a tense
Perry to save four match balls in the fourth game, win the tie break
and hold on in the decider much to the relief of the crowd.
It
looked liked Teran might have a similar problem in the semi final
against Selby after dropping the first game to the English player.
Teran bounced back though and maintained leads in the next three
games to close out Selby in four. The all English clash between
Briggs and Lust was a battle. Lust had won the only previous
encounter between the pair back at the end of 2010 but it was Briggs
who moved into a two game lead. Lust, currently ranked 65 after
being as high as 29 this time last year, fought back and levelled
the match at two games all. Briggs managed to reassert herself in
the decider and move on to the final.
Teran owned a five to one head to head record over Briggs going into
the final and with the home crowd advantage looked the likely
winner. Briggs, however, had won the last eight WSA finals she has
appeared in. The opening game was crucial and there was nothing
between the two players to nine all before Teran took the last two
points to go a game ahead. Winning the first game gave Teran the
confidence she needed and the Mexican ran away with the final two
games not allowing Briggs to volley and play her attacking front
court game.
It
was Teran’s first title of the year after being edged by Sarah
Kippax in the Squash on Fire final a few weeks ago. It was a 16th
WSA final appearance for Briggs.
Teran will now fly to Kuala Lumpur for the CIMB Malaysia Open which
begins next week, Briggs will next play the Atlantis Open in Egypt
in two weeks, while Selby, Lust and many of the remaining players
will move on to the Orange County Open next week.
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