Reports
Hometown Boy Borja Beats Boswell For Santiago Title
Organisers of the Santiago Open are celebrating their dream
climax to the 3-star PSA Tour squash event in Santiago de
Compostela after hometown hero Borja Golan battled to a
70-minute win over higher-seeded opponent Stewart Boswell in
the men's final at Shopping Center Area Central.
Reproducing the same form which saw him earn a surprise second round
place in last month's World Open in England, fourth seed Golan
delighted his local fans by beating his second-seeded Australian
opponent 11-7, 9-11, 11-3, 11-7.
It
was the pair's first ever meeting on the Tour. Golan was not only
celebrating the 17th PSA Tour win of his career - but also the
biggest.
The
women's WISPA World Tour Tour 4 event final saw French
favourite
Camille Serme
end the courageous run of England's seventh seed
Lauren Selby.
Serme, the 19-year-old world No49 from Creteil, took just 22 minutes
to overcome Selby 11-7, 11-3, 12-10 to secure the second WISPA Tour
title of her career.
Home Hero Golan Reaches
Santiago Final
Spanish squash fans will be treated to a dream men's Santiago Open
final after hometown hero Borja Golan fought back from two
games down to upset Dutch favourite Laurens Jan Anjema in the
semi-finals of the 3-star PSA Tour event at Shopping Center
Area Central in Santiago de Compostela.
Reproducing the same form which saw him earn a surprise second round
place in last month's World Open in England, Golan thrilled
his local fans by beating world No14 Anjema 6-11, 7-11, 11-1, 11-7,
11-7 in an 80-minute marathon.
It was the 25-year-old fourth seed from
Santiago's first Tour win over the Dutchman in four meetings.
Golan, who celebrated a career-high world No16 ranking this month,
now goes on to face Stewart Boswell in the final. The No2
seed from
Australia despatched surprise opponent Miguel Angel Rodriguez,
the fifth seed from Colombia, 11-6, 11-8, 11-1.
Boswell, who is celebrating his 30th appearance in a PSA Tour final,
will be meeting Golan for the first time.
The women's WISPA World Tour Tour 4 event will also feature a
surprise final after England's seventh seed
Lauren Selby
battled to an 11-9, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8 semi-final win over fifth-seeded
compatriot Emma Chorley.
Selby, 24, from
Essex, had earlier upset second seed Laura Mylotte in a
five-game quarter-final.
Now in her maiden WISPA Tour final, Selby will face France's top seed
Camille Serme, who put paid to an all-English final when she
ended Victoria Lust's brave run, beating the qualifier 11-7,
12-10, 11-6 to reach her fifth Tour final.
Spanish squash fans will be treated to a dream men's Santiago Open
final after hometown hero Borja Golan fought back from two
games down to upset Dutch favourite Laurens Jan Anjema in the
semi-finals of the 3-star PSA Tour event at Shopping Center
Area Central in Santiago de Compostela.
Reproducing the same form which saw him earn a surprise second round
place in last month's World Open in England, Golan thrilled
his local fans by beating world No14 Anjema 6-11, 7-11, 11-1, 11-7,
11-7 in an 80-minute marathon.
It was the 25-year-old fourth seed from
Santiago's first Tour win over the Dutchman in four meetings.
Golan, who celebrated a career-high world No16 ranking this month,
now goes on to face Stewart Boswell in the final. The No2
seed from
Australia despatched surprise opponent Miguel Angel Rodriguez,
the fifth seed from Colombia, 11-6, 11-8, 11-1.
Boswell, who is celebrating his 30th appearance in a PSA Tour final,
will be meeting Golan for the first time.
The women's WISPA World Tour Tour 4 event will also feature a
surprise final after England's seventh seed
Lauren Selby
battled to an 11-9, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8 semi-final win over fifth-seeded
compatriot Emma Chorley.
Selby, 24, from
Essex, had earlier upset second seed Laura Mylotte in a
five-game quarter-final.
Now in her maiden WISPA Tour final, Selby will face France's top seed
Camille Serme, who put paid to an all-English final when she
ended Victoria Lust's brave run, beating the qualifier 11-7,
12-10, 11-6 to reach her fifth Tour final.
Rodriguez Survives Pilley Marathon In
Santiago
Colombian Miguel Angel Rodriguez battled for 95 minutes to
pull off an impressive upset over third seed Cameron Pilley in
the Santiago Open in
Spain to reach the semi-finals of the 3-star PSA Tour men's
squash event at Shopping Center Area Central in Santiago de
Compostela.
The fast-rising 22-year-old from Bogotá survived two fight backs by
Pilley, the world No20 from
New South Wales, before winning 11-7, 10-12, 12-10, 8-11, 11-9.
The fifth seed now takes on another Australian Stewart Boswell,
the experienced second seed who took 67 minutes to hold off the
challenge of promising English opponent Daryl Selby, the
seventh seed, before winning 13-11, 11-4, 11-8.
Hometown hero Borja Golan will be hoping to provide
Santiago interest in the final with a win over Laurens Jan Anjema
in the other semi. Only two world ranking positions separate the
pair - but it is Dutchman Anjema who is the higher placed.
Favourite Anjema reached the semis after beating Czech number one
Jan Koukal 11-6, 11-13, 11-8, 11-5, while Santiago star Golan,
the fourth seed, despatched Germany's unseeded Simon Rosner
11-4, 11-6, 11-8.
English trio Victoria Lust, Emma Chorley and Lauren Selby
caused significant upsets in the women's WISPA World Tour Tour 4
event. Lust, a qualifier, followed her first round win over the
fourth seed by defeating Czech opponent Olga Ertlova 11-6,
11-8, 11-9 in the quarter-finals.
Fifth seed Emma Chorley removed third-seeded Welsh opponent Deon
Saffery 11-4, 4-11, 11-8, 11-9, while seventh seed Lauren Selby
claimed the biggest scalp, overcoming Ireland's No2 seed Laura
Mylotte 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 5-11, 11-8.
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