21/06/2006
ORNITARGIN OPEN
Alarcon Wins Ornitargin Crown
Tournament
Ornitargin Squash Open,
Goiania, Brazil
Final:
[1] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA) bt [2] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 11-4
Semi-finals:
[1] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA) bt [Q] Vinicius Costa (BRA) w/o
[2] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) bt [Q] Luciano Alves Barbosa (BRA) 7-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-8
Quarter-finals:
[1] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA) bt Fernando Lopez (MEX) 11-3, 11-3, 11-7
[Q] Vinicius Costa (BRA) bt [6] Edilson Nunes (BRA) 11-7, 11-9, 11-10 (5-3)
[Q] Luciano Alves Barbosa (BRA) bt Manoel Pereira (BRA) 11-8, 11-9, 11-3
[2] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) bt Antonio Jose Christovam Junior (BRA) 11-4, 11-10 (2-0), 11-6
1st round:
[1] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA) bt [Q] Bruno Bolzan (BRA) 11-2, 11-6, 11-3
Fernando Lopez (MEX) bt [Q] Vinicius Rodriguez (BRA) 11-7, 11-10 (2-0), 8-11, 8-11, 11-9
[Q] Vinicius Costa (BRA) bt [3] Ronivaldo Santos (BRA) 11-2, 4-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-10 (2-0)
[6] Edilson Nunes (BRA) bt Jose Paulo Mendez (GUA) 11-10 (7-5), 11-6, 11-4
Manoel Pereira (BRA) bt Marco Olguin (MEX) 11-2, 11-4, 11-2
[Q] Luciano Alves Barbosa (BRA) bt [5] Armando Olguin (MEX) 11-5, 11-0, 11-0
Antonio Jose Christovam Junior (BRA) bt Julio C Silva Caseiro (BRA) 11-8, 4-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9
[2] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) bt Victor Gornati (BRA) 11-5, 11-5, 11-0
Alarcon Wins Ornitargin Crown
Home hero Rafael F Alarcon beat Colombian Miguel Angel Rodriguez to win the first Ornitargin Squash Open in Goiania, Brazil.
Top seed Alarcon, the six-times Brazilian National champion from Sao Paulo, enjoyed a trouble-free passage through to the final when his Brazilian opponent Vinicius Costa, a qualifier who upset the sixth seed in the previous round, was forced to give the favourite a walkover in the semi-finals as the result of an injury.
By contrast, Rodriquez had to fight back from two games down to overcome Brazilian qualifier Luciano Alves Barbosa in the other semi-final.
But Alarcon battled hard in the final to topple the Colombian 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 11-4 – thus clinching his fourth successive PSA Tour title this year, and the sixth of his career.
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