10/09/2012
BH OPEN 2012
Illingworth Licks Alarcon For BH Title
BH
Open 2012
04-09 Sep, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, $10k |
Round One
06 Sep |
Quarters
07 Sep |
Semis
08 Sep |
Final
09 Sep |
[1] Julian Illingworth (Usa)
13-11, 11-7, 11-7 (61m)
Manoel Pereria (Bra) |
Julian Illingworth
11/5, 11/4, 11/5 (40m)
Vinicius Rodrigues |
Julian Illingworth
11/8, 9/11, 11/4, 7/11, 11/6 (85m)
Charles Sharpes |
Julian Illingworth
9-11, 11-7, 11-6,
11-9 (69m)
Rafael Alarcon |
Vinicius Rodrigues (Bra)
11-6, 11-7, 11-5 (32m)
[Q] Jonathan Geekie (Sco) |
Juan Pablo Roude (Arg)
11-3, 11-6, 9-11, 11-8 (44m)
[Q] Joe Chapman (Ivb) |
Joe Chapman
11/9, 11/3, 13/11 (42m)
Charles Sharpes |
[Q] Hugo Varela (Esp)
6-11, 11-8, 11-1, 11-5 (39m)
[3] Charles Sharpes (Eng) |
[4] Rafael Alarcon (Bra)
11-5, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8 (48m)
Reuben Phillips (Eng) |
Rafael Alarcon
11/8, 11/6, 11/9 (45m)
Geoffrey Demont |
Rafael Alarcon
14/12, 7/11, 11/8, 11/5 (71m)
Adrian Waller |
Geoffrey Demont (Fra)
11-5, 11-9, 1-11, 7-11, 11-1 (68m)
Martin Moskik (Slo) |
Adam Murrills (Eng)
7-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 (70m)
Ronivaldo Duarte (Bra) |
Adam Murrills
11/1, 11/7, 11/9 (38m)
Adrian Waller |
[Q] Josimar Silva (Bra)
11-4, 11-3, 11-3 (26m)
[2] Adrian Waller (Eng) |
Illingworth Licks Alarcon For BH Title
North
American Julian Illingworth dashed hopes of a South American win
in the inaugural BH Open in Brazil when he beat local hero
Rafael Alarcon in the final of the PSA World Tour Challenger 10
squash event at Academia Winner Squash in Belo Horizonte.
But
fourth seed Alarcon, the Brazilian number one who has reached the final
in all four Tour event appearances this year, took the opening game as
the packed Brazilian crowd sensed their hero's second successive upset
in Belo Horizonte.
Top
seed Illingworth fought back, however. The world No31 from New York -
ranked 40 places higher than his 35-year-old opponent - recovered the
advantage and after 69 minutes closed out the match 9-11, 11-7, 11-6,
11-9.
The
triumph marks the seventh Tour title of Illingworth's career - and the
second of the year after winning the Northern Ontario Championship in
Canada in April.
Home
Hero Rafa Reaches Belo Horizonte Final
Top-ranked Brazilian Rafael Alarcon set up a mouth-watering South
America v North America clash for the BH Open title in Brazil
when he upset second-seeded Englishman Adrian Waller in the
semi-finals of the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event at
Academia Winner Squash in Belo Horizonte.
Alarcon, the fourth seed ranked 71 in the world, battled for 71 minutes
to overcome world No50 Waller 14-12, 7-11, 11-8, 11-5.
The
in-form 35-year-old from Sao Paulo is celebrating the 31st PSA World
Tour final of his career - but his fourth in a
row in only his fourth appearance in a Tour event this year!
Alarcon will now face North American rival Julian Illingworth,
the US number one and record eight-time US champion.
The
28-year-old top seed from New York was taken the full distance by young
Englishman Charles Sharpes before finally emerging victorious
11-8, 9-11, 11-4, 7-11, 11-6 in 85 minutes over the 20-year-old third
seed.
"Lost
3-2 to Julian Illingworth tonight in the semis, disappointed to
lose but a lot of positive to take from it," tweeted Sharpes later.
Rafael
Rallies Through In Belo Horizonte
Fourth
seed Rafael Alarcon successfully led home hopes through to the
quarter-finals of the BH Open after beating Englishman Reuben
Phillips in the opening round of the PSA World Tour Challenger 10
squash event at Academia Winner Squash in Belo Horizonte,
Brazil.
But
the experienced Brazilian number one, ranked 71 in the world, needed
four games to overcome 20-year-Phillips, playing for the first time in
Brazil, 11-5, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8 in 48 minutes to set up his quarter-final
clash with Frenchman Geoffrey Demont.
The
unseeded 21-year-old from Aix-en-Provence took over an hour to see off
Martin Mosnik of Slovenia 11-5, 11-9, 1-11, 7-11, 11-1.
The
top two seeds survived contrasting straight games wins to earn their
anticipated places in the last eight.
US
favourite Julian Illingworth defeated Manoel Pereira - but
took 61 minutes to get the better of the Brazilian ranked more than 140
places lower 13-11, 11-7, 11-7.
In
much less than half the time, second-seeded Englishman Adrian Waller
despatched local qualifier Josimar Silva 11-4, 11-3, 11-3.
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