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Resistencia Open 2014
26-31 May, Resistencia, Argentina,
$10k |
Diego delivers in Resistencia final
Teenager Diego Elias beat local hope Leandro Romiglio in the
final of the Regatas Resistencia Open in Argentina to become the
first player from Peru to win a PSA title.
Wild card Elias, a 17-year-old from Lima ranked 130 in the world,
made his breakthrough in the quarter-finals at Club Regatas
Resistencia where he overhauled Andrew Wagih , the top seed from
Egypt ranked more than 60 places higher.
Elias then beat Argentina's Hernan D'Arcangelo to reach his second
Tour final in the month.
But his opponent was making his PSA final debut – as a qualifier! It
was in the semi-finals that Romiglio, a 23-year-old from Mar Del
Plata, upset second-seeded fellow countryman Gonzalo Miranda in
straight games to achieve his breakthrough.
But Peruvian star Elias was determined to go one better than his
final appearance earlier in the month in the USA – and despatched
Romiglio 11-3, 11-2, 11-8 in 30 minutes to take the title.
 "It's
very exciting to win my first PSA event, here in South America.
During the match I felt very strong and confident.
"Before the final I was nervous because I played a final two weeks
ago and I didn't go into it as confident as I should have done.
"I was nervous again on match ball and now I'm very proud and very
thankful to all the people that helped me get to this point -
especially my dad and coach Jose Manuel Elias."
Romiglio was generous in his post-final comments:
"I'm happy because, despite not playing since last December due to
an injury, I got to play the final," said the Argentinean.
"I congratulate Diego his dad and his team for the good job and I'm
sure this is the first of many to come."
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  Resistencia
Open 2014
26-31 May, Resistencia, Argentina,
$10k |
Round One
28 May |
Quarters
29 May |
Semis
30 May |
Final
31 May |
[1] Andrew Wagih (Egy)
11-9, 11-4, 11-5
[Q] Robertino Pezzota (Arg) |
[1] Andrew Wagih
12-10, 11-5, 12-10 (50m)
Diego Elias |
Diego Elias
11-5, 11-5, 12-10
Hernan D'Arcangelo |
Diego Elias
11-3, 11-2,
11-8 (30m)
[Q] Leandro Romiglio |
[8] Micah Franklin (Ber)
11-3, 11-4, 11-3
[WC] Diego Elias (Per) |
[6] Robert Downer (Eng)
11-7, 11-7, 11-7
Jonas Daehler (Sui) |
[6] Robert Downer
11-6, 11-3, 11-3 (34m)
Hernan D'Arcangelo |
[3] Lewis Walters (Eng)
13-11, 11-9, 11-5
Hernan D'Arcangelo (Arg) |
[Q] Rodrigo Pezzota (Arg)
11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 13-11
[4] Alex Ingham (Eng) |
[Q] Rodrigo Pezzota
9-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-9 (71m)
[Q] Leandro Romiglio |
[Q] Leandro Romiglio
11-5, 11-7, 11-7
[2] Gonzalo Miranda |
[Q] Leandro Romiglio (Arg)
11-6, 11-8, 11-4
[5] Mike McCue (Can) |
Manoel Pereira (Bra)
11-3, 7-11, 3-4 rtd
[7] Vinicius Rodrigues (Bra) |
Manoel Pereira
11-2, 11-8, 11-7 (47m)
[2] Gonzalo Miranda |
[Q] Federico Cioffi (Arg)
11-5, 11-4, 11-5
[2] Gonzalo Miranda (Arg) |
Qualifying finals:
Robertino Pezzota (Arg) bt Agustin Silva (Arg)
11-5, 11-7, 11-8
Rodrigo Pezzota (Arg) bt Jorge Gutierrez (Arg)
11-9, 3-11, 11-5, 11-4
Leandro Romiglio (Arg) bt Francisco Obregon (Arg)
11-5, 11-7, 11-7
Federico Cioffi (Arg) bt Juan Pablo Roude (ArgG)
11-2, 11-7, 11-8
Qualifying Round One:
Robertino Pezzota (Arg) bt Martin Robles (Arg)
11-4, 11-1, 11-5
Rodrigo Pezzota (Arg) bt Rodrigo Obregon (Arg)
11-4, 11-8, 11-5
Leandro Romiglio (Arg) bt Nicolas Caballero (Par)
11-4, 11-6, 11-6
Francisco Obregon (Arg) bt Luke Butterworth (Eng) 4-11,
11-4, 11-5, 3-11, 11-9
Juan Pablo Roude (Arg) bt Gonzalo Gallardo (Arg)
5-11, 12-10, 11-3, 11-5
Federico Cioffi (Arg) bt Jonathan Maloney (Eng)
13-15, 12-10, 11-6, 11-4
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