04-Nov, Finals:
Greg & Sarah take Toluca titles

Top seed Gregory Gaultier collected his second PSA $70k title in a row as he beat unseeded Egyptian Omar Mosaad in straight games in the final of the Abierto Mexicano in Toluca, in a rapid 36 minutes.

There was an upset in the women's final though as England's Sarah-Jane Perry upset top seed Line Hansen in four games to clam her third WSA title in a row.

Arthur reports on the finals

Arthur Curran reports

11/1, 11/4, 11/1. (32m)

[4] Peter Barker

11/6, 11/8, 11/5 (36m)

Omar Mosaad

9/11, 7/11, 11/9, 11/9, 11/9. (76m)

Omar Mosaad

31-Oct, Qualifying Finals:

Olli Tuominen (Fin) 3-1 Gregoire Marche (Fra)                    11/7, 6/11, 11/4, 11/9 53m
Chris Simpson (Eng) 3-2 Ryan Cuskelly (Aus)       13/11, 9/11, 11/6, 10/12, 12/10 88m Marwan El Shorbagy (Egy) 3-2 Mathieu Castagnet (Fra) 8/11,11/8, 11/9 4/11,11/6 68m
Saurav Ghosal (Ind) 3-0 Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy)                         11/5, 11/2, 11/7. 37m

30-Oct, Qualifying Round One:

Olli Tuominen (Fin) 3-0 Edgar Zayas (Mex)                  11/4, 11/5, 11/9. (27m)
Grégoire Marche (Fra) 3-1 Henrik Mustonen (Fin)         6/11, 11/9, 11/9, 11/3. (32m)
Chris Simpson (Eng) 3-0 Chris Gordon (Usa)               11/4, 11/8, 11/7. (34m)
Ryan Cuskelly (Aus) 3-0 Eric Galvez (Mex)                  11/4, 11/9, 11/4. (38m)
Marwan El Shorbagy (Egy) 3-1 Campbell Grayson (Nzl)  7/11, 11/7, 12/10, 11/9.
Mathieu Castagnet (Fra) 3-0 Erik Tepos (Mex)           11/5, 11/5, 11/6. (29m)
Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy) 3-0 Juan Carlos Gomez (Mex)   11/2, 11/5, 11/5. (17m)
Saurav Ghosal (Ind) 3-0 Cesar Salazar (Mex)             11/8, 11/5, 11/9. (40m)

 11/0, 8/11, 11/9, 11/3. (41m)

[7] Sarah-Jane Perry

11/6, 11//5, 8/11, 13/11

 [2] Line Hansen

11/8, 11/6, 11/8. (38m)

 [2] Line Hansen

31 Oct: Qualifying Finals :

Graciela Lopez Perez 3-0 Maria Fernanda Rivera           11/7, 11/2, 11/5. 12 mins.
Diana Elisa Garcia Fierro 3-1 Karina Heredia       11/6, 11/2, 11/13, 11/6. 26 mins,
Montserrat Castellanos 3-1 Ivonne Diaz             2/11, 11/4, 11/6, 12/10. 30 mins.
Karla Urrutia 3-0 Hollie Naughton (CAN)                     11/7, 12/10, 11/8. 23 mins.

31 Oct, Qualifying Round One, 12.00:

Montserrat Castellanos (Mex) 3-0 Diana Garcia (Mex) 11/1, 12/10, 15/13. 27m

03-Nov, Semis:
Top seeds safely through to meet unexpected opposition ...

Top seed Gregory Gaultier breezed past Peter Barker in the first men's semi-final in Toluca, dismissing the Englishman in 32 minutes for the loss of just six points.

In the final he'll meet Omar Mosaad, who came from two games down to beat Simon Rosner, taking each of the last three games 11/9 to complete a 76-minute turnaround.

The women's final will be between top-seeded Dane Line Hansen, who beat Nicolette Fernandes in straight games, and Sarah-Jane Perry, the in-form Englishwoman who beat second-seeded compatriot Lauren Briggs in four games to reach a third consecutive final.

Arthur reports on the semis

02-Nov, Quarters:
Down to the last four in Toluca
as Mosaad downs Darwish

It was a another late night in Toluca as the semi-finalists of the Abierto Mexicano were decided, the last match going onto the glass court at quarter past midnight!

The day started with the delayed women's first round - which saw a reshuffle due to the withdraws of top seed and local favourite Samantha Teran - with all eight seeds going through to the quarter-finals.

The first pair of those were both upsets as Sarah-Jane Perry and Nicolette Fernandes won in five and four games respectively. Fernandes will meet new top seed Line Hansen, while Perry faces second seed Lauren Briggs whose match against Kylie Lindsay started after midnight.

In between were the men's quarter-finals. Fourth seed Peter Barker was first through with a 3/1 win over Nicolas Mueller, then Simon Rosner beat Borja Golan in a particularly tough four games, the German winning both of the last two games 12/10.

Top seed Gregory Gaultier saw off the challenge of Mohamed El Shorbagy 3/1, although the Egyptian had a game ball to take a 2/1 lead. The final match was an all-Egyptian affair which saw Omar Mosaad oust second seed Karim Darwish 12/10 in the fifth.

Arthur on the Quarter-finals
  

Arthur Curran reports

Arthur on the Quarter-finals

01-Nov, Men's Round One results

Arthur Curran reports

31-Oct, Qualifying Finals:
Late night for qualifying finals

It was a late night in Mexico as the last of the four men's qualifying finals took to court after midnight.

Finland's Olli Tuominen beat Frenchman Grégoire Marche in the first match, but marathon wins for Chris Simpson and Marwan El Shorbagy meant that Saurav Ghosal completed the main draw lineup well into Friday.

It was a Mexican clean sweep in the women's qualifying finals, but the main draw placement and the first round have been delayed by a day to allow players time to hopefully get over their travel troubles.