In a dramatic and marathon
final of the Copa BRB Financeira Brasilia International in Brazil,
Colombian Miguel Angel Rodriguez upset Spanish favourite Borja Golan
in five games to take the $15,000 PSA Tour squash title at the MDO
Club in Brasilia.
After the first three games
which went to tie-breaks, the 22-year-old second seed from Bogotá crushed top
seed Golan in the fourth game before going on to win the match 11-10 (3-1),
10-11 (0-2), 10-11 (0-2), 11-1, 11-9 in 110 minutes.
The triumph marked Rodriguez's
second successive Tour title, after winning the Curitiba Open - also in
Brazil - last month. It also brings the Colombian's PSA title tally to eight
in less than three years.
RESULTS: Copa BRB
Financeira Brasilia Squash International, Brasilia, Brazil
1st round:
[1] Borja
Golan (ESP) bt [Q] Bruno Bolzan (BRA) 11-2, 11-4, 11-5
[5] Jorge
Isaac Baltazar Ferreira (MEX) bt [Q] Manoel Pereira (BRA) 6-11, 11-10 (2-0),
11-9, 11-8
[3] Eric
Galvez (MEX) bt David Vidal (ESP) 11-4, 11-5, 11-7
[6] Arturo
Salazar (MEX) bt Vinicius Rodrigues (BRA) 11-5, 11-4, 11-8
[8] Dick Lau (HKG)
bt Max Lee (HKG) 11-4, 9-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-4
[4] Rafael F
Alarcon (BRA) bt [Q] Vinicius Costa (BRA) 11-4, 11-6, 11-1
[7]
Christopher Gordon (USA) bt [Q] Tiago Cabral (BRA) 11-3, 11-3, 11-4
[2] Miguel
Angel Rodriguez (COL) bt Aqeel Rehman (AUT) 11-6, 11-10 (2-0), 11-7
Quarter-finals:
[1] Borja
Golan (ESP) bt [5] Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira (MEX) 11-5, 11-9, 11-3
[3] Eric
Galvez (MEX) bt [6] Arturo Salazar (MEX) 11-3, 10-11 (0-2), 11-7, 11-3
[4] Rafael F
Alarcon (BRA) bt [8] Dick Lau (HKG) 11-3, 11-6, 11-8
[2] Miguel
Angel Rodriguez (COL) bt [7] Christopher Gordon (USA) 11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7
Semi-finals:
[1] Borja
Golan (ESP) bt [3] Eric Galvez (MEX) 3-11, 11-2, 11-5, 11-3
[2] Miguel
Angel Rodriguez (COL) bt [4] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA) 11-6, 11-8, 11-8
Final:
[2] Miguel
Angel Rodriguez (COL) bt [1] Borja Golan (ESP) 11-10 (3-1), 10-11 (0-2), 10-11
(0-2), 11-1, 11-9 (110m)
