1st round:
[1] Eric
Galvez (MEX) bt Badr Abdel Aziz (SWE) 11-8, 11-10 (3-1), 11-6
[5] Mohd Ali
Anwar Reda (EGY) bt [Q] Regardt Schonborn (RSA) 10-11 (1-3), 11-7, 11-5,
11-8
[4] Scott
Arnold (AUS) bt Tony James (AUS) 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 10-11 (0-2), 11-8
[Q] Campbell
Grayson (NZL) bt [8] Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira (MEX) 11-10 (2-0), 11-6,
6-11, 11-10 (2-0)
[Q] Gilly Lane
(USA) bt [6] Jonathan Harford (ENG) 11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-0
Chris Truswell
(ENG) bt Yann Perrin (FRA) 4-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-9
[7] Mathieu
Castagnet (FRA) bt Ryan Donegan (USA) 11-7, 11-8, 11-6
[2] Dylan
Bennett (NED) bt [Q] Patrick Chifunda (ZAM) 11-7, 11-4, 11-4
Quarter-finals:
[1] Eric
Galvez (MEX) bt [5] Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) 11-7, 11-6, 11-4
[Q] Campbell
Grayson (NZL) bt [4] Scott Arnold (AUS) 10-11 (1-3), 11-2, 4-11, 11-9, 11-10
(2-0)
[Q] Gilly Lane
(USA) bt Chris Truswell (ENG) 11-5, 11-7, 11-6
[2] Dylan
Bennett (NED) bt [7] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) 8-11, 11-10 (3-1), 8-11, 11-5,
11-8
Semi-finals:
[1] Eric
Galvez (MEX) bt [Q] Campbell Grayson (NZL) 8-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9
[2] Dylan
Bennett (NED) bt [Q] Gilly Lane (USA) 6-11, 11-9, 11-2, 11-8
Final:
[1] Eric
Galvez (MEX) bt [2] Dylan Bennett (NED) 8-11, 11-4, 11-8, 8-11, 11-2 (75m)
Mexico's Eric Galvez
battled to a five-game victory over Dutchman Dylan Bennett in the final
of the Atlanta Open to lift the $10,000 PSA Tour squash title at
the Concourse Athletic Club in Atlanta in the US state of
Georgia.
Remarkably, the top two seeds
faced qualifiers in the semi-finals - favourite Galvez overcoming New
Zealander Campbell Grayson 8-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9, while second seed
Bennett beat US 22-year-old Gilly Lane 6-11, 11-9, 11-2, 11-8.
Bennett, the 23-year-old world
No49 from Eindhoven, took the opening game in the final - then forced a
decider after the Mexican took the second and third. But, after 75 minutes,
it was the fitter Galvez who ultimately prevailed, winning 8-11, 11-4, 11-8,
8-11, 11-2.
It was a sweet victory for
Galvez, the Pan American Games champion from Puebla who finished as
runner-up in Atlanta two years ago. The triumph marks the 24-year-old's
seventh PSA Tour title in his 14th final.
