RESULTS: Primer Torneo
Internacional Sporta Squash Open, Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala
1st round:
[1] Ian Power (CAN) bt [Q]
Santiago Pensabene (GUA) 11-4, 11-4, 11-2 (20m)
[8] Sergio Lopez (MEX) bt
Martin Prentice (GUA) 11-5, 11-7, 11-6 (25m)
[3] Jose Angel Becerril (MEX)
bt [Q] Mauricio Sedano (GUA) 11-8, 11-10 (2-0), 11-3
[Q] Javier Martinez (GUA) bt
[6] Armando Olguin (MEX) 11-5, 11-3, 11-1 (19m)
[7] Salvador Martinez (MEX)
bt [Q] Bryan Bonilla (GUA) 11-10 (2-0), 11-5, 11-8
[4] Fernando Lopez (MEX) bt
Italo Bonatti (GUA) 11-3, 11-5, 11-7 (21m)
Gonzalo Tapiz (ARG) bt [5]
Arturo Castillo (MEX) 11-5, 11-8, 2-11, 10-11 (0-2),
11-5
[2] Cesar Salazar (MEX) bt
Diego Asturias (GUA) 11-2, 11-7, 11-6
Quarter-finals:
[1] Ian Power (CAN) bt [8]
Sergio Lopez (MEX) 11-7, 11-7, 11-3
[3] Jose Angel Becerril (MEX)
bt [Q] Javier Martinez (GUA) 11-6, 11-3, 11-4
[7] Salvador Martinez (MEX)
bt [4] Fernando Lopez (MEX) 11-7, 11-10 (3-1), 11-10 (2-0)
[2] Cesar Salazar (MEX) bt
Gonzalo Tapiz (ARG) 11-6, 11-8, 11-7
Semi-finals:
[3] Jose Angel Becerril (MEX)
bt [1] Ian Power (CAN) 11-5, 11-1, 10-11 (4-6), 11-10 (3-1)
[2] Cesar Salazar (MEX) bt
[7] Salvador Martinez (MEX) 11-6, 11-8, 11-3 (31m)
Final:
[3] Jose Angel Becerril (MEX)
bt [2] Cesar Salazar (MEX) 11-10 (2-0), 11-6, 6-11, 5-11, 11-7 (85m)
The final of the first
PSA Tour
event ever to be staged in
Guatemala
was an all-Mexican affair
in which third seed Jose Angel Becerril upset second-seeded compatriot
Cesar Salazar to win the title in the inaugural Primer Torneo
Internacional Sporta Squash Open at the Sporta Club in Santa
Catarina Pinula.
Becerril made his
breakthrough in the semi-finals when he beat Ian Power, the top seed
from Canada, in four games. Earlier, the 23-year-old world No 135 from
Mexico City had ended the brave run of Guatemala qualifier Javier Martinez,
who beat sixth-seeded Mexican Armando Olguin to carry unexpected local
interest through to the quarter-finals.
In the final, Becerril took
the opening two games - but 20-year-old Salazar fought back to take the match
into a fifth game.
The decider was a great
battle with Salazar working his way to a 7-4 lead. But Becerril answered
with three winners to tie the score. At 7-7, the rally of the match ended
with Salazar on the floor in agony with a recurring sprained ankle.
After returning to the court
after an injury break, Salazar gave it his best effort - but Becerril was
clearly more focused and decisive and, after 85 minutes, clinched his
historic 11-10 (2-0), 11-6, 6-11, 5-11, 11-7 victory, and his maiden PSA Tour
trophy.
Issued on
behalf of: PSA