Eric
Galvez
made history in the final of the Xalapa Squash Open when he
became the first Mexican to win 10 PSA World Tour titles after
beating Argentina's Gonzalo Miranda at Squash Insurgentes
in Xalapa in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
The
30-year-old top seed from Puebla despatched three fellow countrymen on
his way to the PSA Challenger 5 event climax - thereby notching
up the 25th PSA Tour final appearance of his 14-year international
career.
Miranda, the No.2 seed from La Plata, overcame unseeded Brazilian
Manoel Pereira in straight games to reach his fourth Tour final.
But
local hero Galvez, a former World No.33, was too strong for Miranda in
the final - going one better than his runner-up finish last year by
winning 11-6, 11-8, 11-8 to secure his first Tour title for more than
two years, and his fifth on home soil.
1st
round:
[1] Eric Galvez (MEX) bt Gerardo de Paul Garcia (MEX)
11-8, 11-9, 11-6 Fernando Lopez (MEX) bt [Q] Jorge Gomez (MEX) 11-9, 11-5,
11-6 Jonathan Uriel Ramos Islas (MEX) bt [Q] Fernando Magdaleno
(MEX) 1-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9
[4] Erik Tepos Valtierra (MEX) bt [WC] Juan Gomez Dominguez
(MEX) 11-7, 11-2, 11-3
[3] Joe Chapman (IVB) bt Victor Manuel Garcia Ramirez (MEX)
11-8, 11-1, 12-10 Manoel Pereira (BRA) bt Edilson Ribeiro Nunes (BRA) 13-11,
4-11, 11-13, 11-8, 11-7 Cameron Stafford (CAY) bt [Q] Yair Dorantes (MEX) 11-2,
11-6, 11-5
[2] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bt [Q] Josue Gomez (MEX) 11-7,
11-6, 11-9
Quarter-finals:
[1] Eric Galvez (MEX) bt Fernando Lopez (MEX) 11-1, 11-4,
11-3
[4] Erik Tepos Valtierra (MEX) bt Jonathan Uriel Ramos Islas
(MEX) 11-8, 11-3, 11-4 Manoel Pereira (BRA) bt [3] Joe Chapman (IVB) 6-11, 11-4,
11-5, 11-6
[2] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bt Cameron Stafford (CAY) 11-8,
11-6, 13-11
Semi-finals:
[1] Eric Galvez (MEX) bt [4] Erik Tepos Valtierra (MEX)
11-6, 11-9, 11-5
[2] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bt Manoel Pereira (BRA) 11-3,
11-9, 11-4
Final:
[1] Eric Galvez (MEX) bt [2] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) 11-6,
11-8, 11-8
