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Abierto Colombiano 2015
03-08 Aug, Bogota, Colombia, $50k |
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08-Aug, Finals:
[1] Victoria Lust (Eng)
3-0[4] Catalina Pelaez (Col)
11/5, 11/4, 11/5 (20m)
[Q] Alfredo Avila (Mex)
3-1 [6] Saurav Ghosal
(Ind)
11/9, 8/11, 11/4, 11/8 (55m)
Amazing Avila takes the title in Bogota
Mexican qualifier Alfredo Avila
completed his amazing run of upsets in Bogota as he beat Saurav
Ghosal in the final to claim his seventh - and biggest by far - PSA
title.
In the women's final England's top seed Victoria Lust went one
better than last year as she beat home favourite Catalina Pelaez in
straight games.
Juan Carlos Santacruz reports
 Ghosal
started pressuring with his drive drop shots always slowing down the
match's rhythm, he started to exhaust the Mexican who reached the
final after a 5 matches from the qualy round.
Rallies of over 40 hits were played in the first game with both
players waiting with patience, 9-3 for Ghosal and then Avila came to
his dimension and played 8 straight winning shots to win the first
game and surprising the crowd.
Regaining his rhythm, Ghosal obtained parity. In the third game
Avila played continuous winning shots to gain advantage.
In the fourth Avila maintained his rhythm by reaching every ball
like in all his last matches with an amazing physical strength.
 More
mature in her game, in her second final in Bogota the English
pressured from the start the inspired Colombian who was cheered by
the crowd.
In the first game Catalina seemed anxious , less precise than the
day before and Victoria summed points without problems.
The attacking rally's by the Colombian continued to be imprecise in
the second game while Victoria gained more trust. Catalina played
harder in the third fane, but the English was focused in her goal to
win. |
Men's Draw
Women's Draw
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  XVIII
Abierto Colombiano 2015
03-08 Aug, Bogota, Colombia, $50k |
Round One
05 Aug |
Quarters
06 Aug |
Semis
07 Aug |
Final
08 Aug |
[1] Miguel Rodriguez (Col)
12/10, 11/5, 11/9 (38m)
Shaun Le Roux (Rsa) |
[1] Miguel Rodriguez
12/10, 9/11, 11/2, 11/8 (42m)
[8] Zahed Mohamed |
[1] Miguel Rodriguez
11/8, 12/10, 7/11, 4/11, 12/10 (101m)
[6] Saurav Ghosal |
[6] Saurav Ghosal
11/9, 8/11, 11/4, 11/8 (55m)
[Q] Alfredo Avila |
[8] Zahed Mohamed (Egy)
11/9, 11/7, 9/11, 11/6 (31m)
[Q] Todd Harrity (Usa) |
[6] Saurav Ghosal (Ind)
11/3, 11/1, 11/3 (18m)
[wc] Sebastian Laguna (Col) |
[6] Saurav Ghosal
8/11, 11/9, 11/6, 11/3 (48m)
Diego Elias |
[4] Marwan Elshorbagy (Egy)
9/11, 11/5, 11/6, 11/2 (45m)
Diego Elias (Per) |
[Q] Karim El Hammamy (Egy)
11/2, 11/5, 11/2 (27m)
[3] Borja Golan (Esp) |
[3] Borja Golan
6/11, 11/9, 11/9, 11/9 (53m)
[Q] Alfredo Avila |
[Q] Alfredo Avila
8/11, 7/11, 11/9, 11/1, 11/2 (71m)
[2] Peter Barker |
[Q] Alfredo Avila (Mex)
11/7, 11/6, 11/7 (39m)
[5] Fares Dessouki (Egy) |
Lucas Serme (Fra)
11/7, 11/5, 11/13, 11/6 (43m)
[7] Cesar Salazar (Mex) |
[7] Cesar Salazar
11/4 rtd
[2] Peter Barker |
[Q] Tsz Fung Yip (Hkg)
11/5, 11/7, 11/3 (31m)
[2] Peter Barker (Eng) |
04 Aug,
Qualifying Finals:
Alfredo Avila (Mex) 3-0 Joe Chapman (Bvi)
11-2, 11-2, 11-5 (17m)
Tsz Fung Yip (Hkg) 3-1 Arturo Salazar (Mex)
9-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-9 (43m)
Todd Harrity (Usa) 3-1 Chris Hanson (Usa)
9-11, 11-5, 11-2, 11-2 (36m)
Karim El Hammamy (Egy) 3-1 Chris Binnie (Jam)
12-10, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8 (60m)
03 Aug,
Qualifying Round One:
Alfredo Avila (Mex) 3-0 Dairo Sandaval (Col)
Joe Chapman (Bvi) 3-1 Andres Herrera (Col)
11-9, 6-11, 9-11, 11-3, 11-?
Arturo Salazar (Mex) 3-0 Arthur Gaskin (Irl)
11-8, 10-12, 11-7, 11-4 (39m)
Tsz Fung Yip (Hkg) 3-0 Nicolas Caballero (Par)
11-7, 11-2, 11-3 (19m)
Todd Harrity (Usa) 3-2 Jan vdHerrewegen (Bel) 11-3,
13-15, 11-2, 9-11, 11-6 (48m)
Chris Hanson (Usa) 3-0 Daniel Tajc (Col)
11-5, 11-1, 11-7 (16m)
Chris Binnie (Jam) 3-0 Inaki deLaurraui (Col)
11-5, 11-7, 11-2 (17m)
Karim El Hammamy (Egy) 3-1 Chris Gordon (Usa)
12-14, 11-9, 11-5, 15-13
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XVIII
Abierto Colombiano 2015
03-08 Aug, Bogota, Colombia, $15k |
Round One
05 Aug |
Quarters
06 Aug |
Semis
07 Aug |
Final
08 Aug |
[1] Victoria Lust (Eng)
bye |
[1] Victoria Lust
11/2, 11/5, 11/8 (21m)
[8] Nayelly Hernandez |
[1] Victoria Lust
11/5, 11/8, 11/7 (23m)
[3] Nikki Todd |
[1] Victoria Lust
11/5, 11/4, 11/5 (20m)
[4] Catalina Pelaez |
[8] Nayelly Hernandez (Mex)
11/7, 11/3, 11/1 (21m)
Aline de Sousa (Bra) |
[6] Diana Garcia (Mex)
19/17, 11/4, 11/3 (25m)
Ivone Diaz (Mex) |
[6] Diana Garcia
11/8, 11/8, 15/17, 8/11, 11/8 (44m)
[3] Nikki Todd |
[3] Nikki Todd (Can)
11/6, 5/11, 11/6, 11/7 (27m)
Laura Tovar (Col) |
Giselle Delgado (Col)
11/5, 11/4, 12/10 (19m)
[4] Catalina Pelaez (Col) |
[4] Catalina Pelaez
11/9, 11/6, 15/13 (16m)
[7] Melina Turk |
[4] Catalina Pelaez
9/11, 11/6, 11/6, 11/7 (33m)
[2] Samantha Teran |
Karina Heredia (Mex)
11/5, 11/6, 11/7 (16m)
[7] Melina Turk (Can) |
Juliana Pereira (Bra)
11/6, 11/5, 11/2 (19m)
[5] Thaisa Serafini (Bra) |
[5] Thaisa Serafini
11/9, 11/5, 11/4 (25m)
[2] Samantha Teran |
bye
[2] Samantha Teran (Mex) |
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Day of upsets in Bogata
It was a day of upsets in at the Club el Nogal in Bogota as
three of the four semi-finals produced unexpected winners ...
 Mexican qualifier Alfredo Avila recorded his third - and most
impressive yet - upset win in the semi-finals at Club El Nogal as he
beat four-time champion and second seed Peter Barker in five games.
The English took the first game after he played with patience and
resolution against the Mexican Avila who gave it his all in spite of
his 120 minutes in court because he came from the qualy. With an
ordered game, working with varied shots in his rally's Barker took a
2-0 lead.
In the third game everything was tight thanks to Avila and Barker
started to feel the effort and the match was 2-1. In the fourth game
the fast lead from Avila forced Barker to give in to 2-2.
Avila continued running like it sas the first game while the English
seemed unfocused and tired.
The great revelation reached a historic final. From the 18 versions
of the Open, its the first time a qualifier reaches the final.
“I am really happy to have won today and all the other matches,
every match I have played was really hard and today I sent the
exception, I was 2-0 down and I just try to keep pushing and change
my game and it works till the 5 game. I'm so excited to my first
final a tournament of this size.”
 An
even bigger upset - as far as the home crowd were concerned -
followed as Saurav Ghosal beat top seed and defending
champion Miguel Rodriguez in a marathon five-setter
Very adjusted to altitude and trying to impose his rhythm, Ghosal
took the advantage of the first game after some unforced errors from
Miguel.
In the second game he pressured Miguel with counter drop shots from
left and right and when he was leading 6-9 the Colombian reacted
forcing a tie break.
But Ghosal calmed down and led 2-0. In the third game the Colombian
played strong in attack while Ghozal lost confidence, 2-1. In the
fourth game Miguel regained his rhythm and precision, Ghosal made
mistakes, now 2-2.
Once again the match was difficult buy Miguel took the lead even
after argued decisions with the judge that were responded with
exceptional winning shots even after the strong effort.
The match was 10-7 but Ghozal pushes with drops disappointing the
Colombian who didn't find a way to close the match.
“I am delighted to have won today!" said a delighted Ghosal. "It
is a great win to beat Miguel in Colombia and I guess it required a
special match and performance to beat him. He is one of my best
friends on tour and I hope we entertained the crowd, as much as we
were hurting! Miguel pushed like crazy and showed what a champion he
is! Hopefully, I will recover well for tomorrow!”
Rodruigues commented:
“Tough days for me before starting the Colombian Open, doing my
best to be at my best but unfortunately could not reach the final
this year after a brutal semi with Saurav who played really well. I
" wish him all the best on his first appearance in Bogota. However,
Proud with all the effort i did now its time to recover well because
the season is on his way."
There was some consolation for the home crowd in the women's draw, as
Colombia's Catalina Pelaez beat second seed Samantha Teran.
The Colombian played focused and solid, but in the final points of
the game Samantha find a way to finish with patience and control.
The first game was for the Mexican after Catalina's unforced errors
but reached parity after a succession of inspired winning drop shots
by the Colombian.
Secure and convinced, Catalina adjusted her shots and pressured by
mixing lengths and drops against the surprised Mexican. The 10
year-old difference of both players marks the triumph of the
generation that asks for its time. Enormous happiness by the crowd
who saw Catalina grow.
"I am feeling
incredibly happy right now," said Catalina. "I have played Sam many
times and had never won, but we have had good matches. Today, i felt
great playing, all my shots were on. From the start I knew it was
going to be a really tough match and that i had to keep her behind
me.
"Sam is a really strong player and i have a lot of respect for her.
Besides this we have know each other for many years and we are good
friends. I am really happy I was able to reach the final here at my
home club. Congratulations to Sam and I am ready and excited for
tomorrow."
 "It
is never easy to lose," said Teran, "but there are times and
circumstances in the life of the athlete that complicate things.
Today tasting juice an excellent squash, with precise and winning
balls which gave him victory.
"As Catalina says we have played many times and I always enjoy our
games, today was no exception and nor is it to be here in Colombia.
With this event, I close a season a bit complicated as a result of
an injury that left me out 5 months.
"For the moment I'll take a few days rest and will take to be in
this beautiful country and then prepare for the next season which
begins in late September.
 She'll
face top seed Victoria Lust for the title after the top seed
beat Canadian Nikki Todd in straight games.
“Happy to win today," said Lust. "I thought I played well and
stuck to my game plan. Looking forward to the final tomorrow."
"Wish it would have gone the other way," said Todd, "but Vicky
was to strong today." |
Men's Draw
Women's Draw
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06-Aug, Quarter-finals:
Avila advances in Bogota
Mexican qualifier Alfredo
Avila followed up his first round win over Fares Dessouki with
an even more impressive upset as he beat third seed Borja Golan in
four games in the quarter-finals at the Club El Nogal in Bogota.
He'll meet four-time champion Peter Barker, the second seed,
in the semis after the Englishman benifitted from the retirement of
Cesar Salazar after one game.
Top seed and defending champion Miguel Rodriguez is still on
course after beating Egypt's Zahed Mohamed in four games, and
his opponent in the semi-final will be Saurav Ghosal, the
Indian sixth seed who ended the run of world junior chmpion Diego
Elias.
In the women's draw the top four seeds all made it through to the
semis, although Canadian Nikki Todd needed all five games to
get past Diana Garcia.
Quick reports from Juan Carlos Santacruz ...
Nikki Todd 3-2 Diana García
More secure with her drop shots, the Canadian started to impose her
capacity in attack against the Mexican that played anxious and lost
the first two games yet tied the match and forced a fifth game. Yet
in the final game Nikki found her game again and won.
Saurav Ghosal 3-1 Diego Elías
In spite of Elias' clear tiredness after the Pan American Games and
the World Juniors in the last two weeks he made a solid and fast
presentation against the Indian player who capitalized on his
experience and patience.
The back hand drop was Elias favorite shot to win points as a
closing to the long rally's of the first game. A very tight second
game began to show the Peruvians physical condition who in spite of
leading couldn't maintain and lost the game.
The strength and reaction of Ghozal consolidated his advantage to
win in a vibrant and emotive match that marks the first important
tournament of the Peruvian junior in the PSA tour.
Catalina Peláez 3-0 Melina Turk
A succession of unforced errors marked the trend of game yet the
first game was won by the most accurate. Afterwards the Colombian
fixed her shots and started to build her way to the semifinal
Alfredo Avila 3-1 Borja Golan
With exceptional speed and reaction, reaching the balls with
strength in every attack from the Spanish Golan, the Mexican Avila
tied the match 1-1 and followed through to 2-1.
This was due to his permanent pressure frustrating the Spanish.In
the fourth game Golan adjusted his attack combining drop shots with
lengths and when he seemed to take the lead the Mexican regained his
strength and focus winning the match. A clear surprise in the
Colombian Open.
Samantha Teran 3-0 Thaisa Serafini
A technical match, varied shots and well played rallys by the two
Latin players.In the first two games the Brazilian Thaisa took the
lead, but Samantha little by little found her best moments to take
the lead, always alert to react, with tight two side boasts to
conquer a spot in the semifinal in Colombia where she is an adopted
child.
Peter Barker 3-0 Cesar Salazar
The match ended early after an injury from Salazar. It was due to an
inflammation in the sole of his feet that took him off the first
game. The strong pain couldnt be resisted and so Salazar couldnt
continue.
Victoria Lust 3-0 Nayelly Hernandez
The security and control of th English were determinant to force
errors by the Meixcan, who couldnt find a formula to unstable
Victoria, who played more precise in attack with her two side drive
boasts. Nayelly only found her strategy in the third game, but it
was too late.
Miguel Rodriguez 3-0 Zahed Mohamed
Excellent definitions with cross court drops and unforced errors by
the Colombian allowed a partial advantage from the Egyptian in the
first game, yet Miguel gained confidence and pressured with drive
lenghts winning the tie break.
A higher disposition in attack by Mohamed allowed 1-1. In the third
game the Colombian played with tight drops taking the lead and
continued to grow in the fourth game in spite of the Egyptians great
disposition thanks to consistent winning shots.
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Men's Draw
Women's Draw
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05-Aug, Round One:
Diego delivers in Bogota
 Peruvian
Diego Elias, the 18-year-old who last week became just the
fourth player to win the Wold Junior Championship for a second time,
produced a great performance to knock out fourth seed Marwan
Elshorbagy in the first round of the Abierto Colombiano in
Bogota.
Elshorbagy, the last player before Elias to lift the World Junior
title twice, took the first game but Elias, who is in a rich vein of
form having also claimed the PanAm Games Silver medal just before
the World Juniors.
Juan Carlos Santacruz reports
Elias and El Shorbagy played an exceptional match. Elias took the
lead in the first game by being more precise in his attack and
capitalizing on the unforced errors, up to 7-2, but the Egyptian
began to adjust his game and turned the game around to his side.
In the second game Elias was more consistent and reached parity.
Elias maintained his vanguard, adding points since the start of each
game while the Egyptian pulled from behind with frustration because
his shots were recovered by Elias.
Great demonstration by the Peruvian after winning his second world
junior championship.
 Elias
will now face Indian number one Saurav Ghosal in the
quarter-finals after the 28-year-old from Kolkata dismissed wildcard
Sebastian Laguna in just 18-minutes.
Another former World Junior Champion fell as Karim El Hammamy,
the 2013 winner, was beaten in straight games by Spanish third seed
Borja Golan.
 Local
favourite and top seed Miguel Rodriguez, the defending
champion looking to claim a fourth home title, moved into the last
eight with a straight games win over South African Shaun Le Roux.
With the cheer of his public, proposing a varied game, with speed
and the inspiration he evidences with his professional ranking the
Colombian played patiently against the solid South African who was
firm in his rallys. The first game was tight, but then the Colombian
adjusted his plan and pressured with low shots winning in three
successive games.
Elias wasn’t the only surprise victor of the day, with Mexican
qualifier Alfredo Avila recording one of his best wins in
beating fifth seed Fares Dessouki in straight games.
 Avila
will meet Golan in the quarters with the winner set to face either
Peter Barker, the four-time Colombian Open champion seeded
two here, or Mexico’s Cesar Salazar for a place in the final.
There were no upsets in the $15k women's draw as all the seeded
players, including Colombia's fourth-seeded Cataline Pelaez,
moved into the quarter-finals.
Fast and secure, the Colombian won in three successive games
showing the good moment she is in as a proffessional. The Chilean
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Men's Draw
Women's Draw
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04-Aug, Qualifying Finals:
Hammamy confirms
while Harrity wins the US Derby
Juan Carlos Santacruz reports
Todd Harrity (Usa)
3-0 Chris Hanson (Usa)
9-11, 11-5, 11-2, 11-2 (36m)
 The
two Americans proposed a very technical game, but the unforced
errors in the moments of attack started to mark a winner.
The dispute was tight in the start of the match with lenghts and
rhythm changes to the front.
Two similar game plans that in the end gave advantage to Harrity
that adapted better to altitude and the court.
Tsz Fung Yip (Hkg) 3-0 Arturo Salazar (Mex)
9-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-9 (43m)
 With
surprise in the attack moments and precision in his drive drops, the
Mexican Salazar seemed to have the match in his hands, but due to a
back pain he started to condition the match.
Fung Yip began to attack with more control and the match took a new
direction.
Karim El Hammamy (Egy) 3-0 Chris Binnnie (Jam)
12-10, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8 (60m)
 Exceptional
match by Karim and Chris. Emotive, battled and with strong rhythm
changes.
Fast and precise in his drop attacks, the Egyptian El Hammamy, 19,
made a clear demonstration to enter the main draw.
The Jamaican Binnie showed his physical strenght but couldnt defeat
the precise game of this young promise.
Alfredo Avila (Mex) 3-0 Joe Chapman (Ivb)
11-2, 11-2, 11-4 (17m)
 Consistent,
solid in his shots and with length the Mexican Avila advanced in
three successive games. Chapman will reach the Top 100 ranking and
is a clear triumph in his career.
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Men's Draw
Women's Draw
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Countdown to the Colombian Open
Juan Carlos Santacruz reports
For a second consecutive year, the Colombian Open will have both
men's and women's categories. For the first time in its 17 year
history, the Colombian Miguel Angel Rodriguez will debut as
#1 seed of the tournament, as one of the top four players in the
world.
The Men's main draw has top 50 players in the world and for the
first time the qualy draw had 120 players from around the world.
More than 45 players couldn’t enter the qualy of the prestigious
tournament held in El Bogal Club in Bogotá.
The top two seeds in the main draw are the two winners from 2013 and
2014, England's Peter Barker and Colombian Miguel Angel
Rodriguez. Barker has won the tournament four times while Rodriguez
has won three.
In the Women's draw top seeds are last year’s finalists, the best
player of the continent Mexican Samantha Teran, and England's
Victoria Lust.
The Schedule
The event starts on Monday August 3rd with the qualy draw in the
men’s category. The opening matches are scheduled for noon on
Monday. By Tuesday 4th the final four qualifiers will be named to
enter the main draw.
The organization established that for the women there will be no
qualy draw. On Wednesday August 5th the first round of the main draw
begins as well as the Men’s draw with a total of 14 matches and two
byes from the women’s top seeds. On Thursday August 6th we will have
the quarter finals, while on Friday 7th the semifinals will be
disputed to have the honor of playing the final of the XVIII
Colombian Open on Saturday August 8th.
An unforgettable week for world squash from El Nogal Club in Bogotá
in its 20 years celebration.
Prizes and Level
In its 18th edition the Colombian Open in el Nogal Club the men's
draw will have prize money of USD$ 50K and women's draw USD$ 15K.
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