|
|
Top seed Gamal wins in Castellón
Egypt's Mazen Gamal maintained his 100% record in PSA finals by
beating home hero David Vidal in the climax of the Magdalena Open at
Club Squash Peri Esport in Castellon, Spain.
After title triumphs in the FAJR International and Norooz
International in Iran last year, the 24-year-old from Cairo marked
the third final appearance of his career when he beat eighth-seeded
Austrian Jakob Dirnberger in the Castellon semi-finals.
By contrast, 31-year-old Vidal, from Majorca, got the better of
fellow Spaniard Alejandro Garbi Caro in the other semi in straight
games.
But Gamal, the top seed, was too strong for second seed Vidal,
winning 11-6, 11-6, 11-4 to claim his third Tour title.
 |
|
 Magdelena
Open 2010
21-25 Apr, Castellón, Spain, $4k |
Round One
22-Apr |
Quarters
23-Apr |
Semis
24-Apr |
Final
25-Apr |
[1] Mazen Gamal (Egy)
10/12,11/9,11/4,11/3 49m
[Q] Eduardo Gonzalez (Esp) |
[1] Mazen Gamal
11-5, 11-9, 12-10
[5] Andrea Torricini |
[1] Mazen Gamal
11-5 3-11 11-3 11-3
[8] Jakob Dirnberger |
[1] Mazen Gamal
11-6 11-6 11-4
[2] David Vidal |
[5] Andrea Torricini (Ita)
12/10,11/9,11/9 34m
[Q] Maekawa Kosuke (Jpn) |
[4] Andrea Bianchetti (Ita)
11/5,11/3,11/4 24m
[Q] Loren Sanchez (Esp) |
[4] Andrea Bianchetti
11-7, 7-11, 8-11, 13-11, 11-9
[8] Jakob Dirnberger |
[8] Jakob Dirnberger (Aut)
11/4,11/7,13/11 32m
Neeraj Aggarwal (Aus) |
Alex Ingham (Eng)
8/11,11/1,11/8,12/10 52
[7] Phil Nightingale (Eng) |
[7] Phil Nightingale
11-6, 11-4, 11-2
[3] Alejandro Garbi |
[3] Alejandro Garbi
15-13 11-9 11-8
[2] David Vidal |
[Q] Javier Castillo (Esp
11/1,11/1,11/1 15min
[3] Alejandro Garbi (Esp) |
Diego Lopez (Esp)
8/11,4/11,11/9,11/0,11/7 45m
[6] Stefan Brauneis (Aut) |
Diego Lopez
w/o
[2] David Vidal |
Florent Pontiere (Fra)
11/8,11/3,11/5 29m
[2] David Vidal (Esp) |
Qualifying:
Eduardo González (Esp) vs bye
Maekawa Kosuke (Jpn) vs bye
Loren Sánchez (Esp) vs bye
Neeraj Aggarwal (Aus) vs bye
Alex Ingham (Eng) vs bye
Javier Castillo (Esp) beat David Blanco (Esp)
11-8 10-12 11-7 8-11 11-7
Diego López (Esp) vs bye
Florent Pontierre (Fra)
|
All-Spanish semi in Castellón
The day started at 17:30 with the match between seeded number one,
Mazel Gamal, and the Italian Andrea Torrecini. The Egyptian
won 3/0.
The second match was disputed until the fifth game. The Austrian
Jakob Dirnberger started winning the first game but the Italian
Andrea Bianchetti led both following ones. The Austrian won the
match ball of Bianchetti in the fourth, and then the definitive
game.
 An
effective Alex Garbí played in the Peri Esport this evening
to finish as soon as possible against the English Philip
Nightingale. Three games were enough in order to play semifinals on
Saturday for the Spanish.
Diego López didn’t play his match against David Vidal because
his leg was injured yesterday during the first round.
|
Jakob:
“….OH MY GOD! What a match! I started ok, moving well and winning
the first game. In the second and third I wasn’t focused on the game
and thinking about other things like slippy court….The fourth game
was open and I won the game. Also Andrea lost concentration and so I
can manage to win the fifth! So, in the end I was very happy to win,
without playing my best squash. It is my first semifinal in a PSA
event and I am looking forward to playing Mazen tomorrow”.
Gamal: “I’m very happy today. I played better than
yesterday, I feel I can getting in the mood every match I hope I can
play good tomorrow as well. I need to thank Garbí & Vidal and the
people here for the tournament we are really enjoying everything
here and they are very helpful. Torricini is a very experienced
player and he played very well. I really enjoyed the match”. |
Under way in Castellón
In spite of the adjustments of schedules that had to be applied in
the beginning of the PSA Magdalena, due to the air problems provoked
by the Icelandic volcano, the first round of the main draw was
completed today in the Peri Esport's courts.
After the qualifying round played in one day at the UJI’s courts,
the main draw started at 13:30h with five Spanish playing in this
round, three of them from Castellón.
Diego Lopez, after a tight match overcame Austrian Stefan Brauneis
3/2. Eduardo Gonzalez, from Tenerife, lost 1/3 against number one
seed, the Egyptian Mazen Gamal. For his part, Alex Garbí, principal
local player, won 3/0 against Javier Castillo, also from Castellón.
And Andrea Bianchetti beat Loren Sánchez 3/0.
|
|
|
