14/01/2006
ESPORTIU ROCAFORT SQUASH OPEN
Aziz Has His Revenge In Barcelona
Tournament
Esportiu Rocafort Squash Open, Barcelona, Spain
Final:
[4] Badr Abdel Aziz (SWE) bt Chris Ryder (ENG) 11-9, 8-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7
Semi-finals:
[4] Badr Abdel Aziz (SWE) bt [5] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) 7-11, 6-11, 11-5,
11-7, 11-10 (2-0)
Chris Ryder (ENG) bt [Q] Oriol Salvia (ESP) 11-9, 11-8, 6-11, 11-6
Quarter-finals:
[5] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bt [Q] Constantino Casas (ESP) 5-11, 11-5,
11-5, 8-11, 11-10 (3-1)
[4] Badr Abdel Aziz (SWE) bt [7] Fabien Verseille (FRA) 6-11, 4-11, 11-7,
11-4, 11-8
[Q] Oriol Salvia (ESP) bt [Q] Nick Wall (ENG) 11-5, 11-6, 11-2
Chris Ryder (ENG) bt Sam Atkins (NZL) 11-3, 11-4, 7-11, 11-9
1st round:
[Q] Constantino Casas (ESP) bt [1] Luca Mastrostefano (ITA) 11-5, 10-11 (1-3), 11-7, 11-8
[5] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bt Philip Nightingale (ENG) 11-6, 5-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-1
[4] Badr Abdel Aziz (SWE) bt Alejandro Garbi Caro (ESP) 11-5, 11-9, 11-6
[7] Fabien Verseille (FRA) bt [Q] Rene Mijs (NED) 11-4, 11-10 (2-0), 4-11, 4-11, 11-8
[Q] Oriol Salvia (ESP) bt [6] Yann Perrin (FRA) 11-4, 11-5, 6-11, 11-2
[Q] Nick Wall (ENG) bt [3] Andras Torok (HUN) 11-10 (3-1), 7-11, 2-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-4
Sam Atkins (NZL) bt [8] Petros Tzamaloukas (GRE) 11-7, 11-3, 11-5
Chris Ryder (ENG) bt [2] Ahmed Mohsen Hassaan (EGY) 11-5, 10-11 (0-2), 11-6, 11-6
Aziz Has His Revenge In Barcelona
Sweden's Badr Abdel Aziz made up for losing in the
final twelve months ago by winning the 2006 Esportiu Rocafort Squash Open
title, coming back from 2/1 down against England's Chris Ryder in the final
in Barcelona, Spain.
Fourth seed Aziz was 2/0 down against Frenchman Mathieu Castagnet in the
semi-finals. But the 25-year-old from Stockholm fought back to win 7-11 6-11
11-5 11-7 11-10 to earn a place in his third PSA final.
His unseeded opponent had reached the final after upsetting second seed
Ahmed Mohsen Hassaan in the first round. The 25-year-old Englishman from
Aylesbury disappointed the local crowds in the semi-finals when he beat
Barcelona's Oriol Salvia in a four-game semi-final.
But Badr Abdel Aziz had the upper hand in the final, winning 11-9 8-11 8-11
11-7 11-7 to claim his second successive PSA title.
Spaniards Lead Upsets In Barcelona
Spanish qualifiers Constantino Casas and Oriol Salvia were the leading lights in a night of major upsets in the first round of the Esportiu Rocafort Squash Open in Barcelona, Spain.
Part-time player Casas defeated Italy's top seed Luca Mastrostefano 11-5 10-11 11-7 11-8 to set up a meeting with fifth seed Mathieu Castagnet, the 19-year-old Frenchman who had to fight back from 2/1 down to beat England's unseeded Philip Nightingale 11-6 5-11 9-11 11-8 11-1.
Oriol Salvia, a 30-year-old from Barcelona, overcame France's sixth seed Yann Perrin 11-4 11-5 6-11 11-2 and will now take on English qualifier Nick Wall for a place in the semi-finals. Wall, 33, from Sheffield, dismissed Hungary's third seed Andras Torok 11-10 7-11 2-11 11-10 11-4. |
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