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Coppinger Scores Sao Paulo Success
Marathon matches were the order of the day before second-seeded
South African Steve Coppinger finally clinched the Sao Paulo Open
title at the Academia Grupo Pão de Açúcar in Sao Paulo, the largest
city in Brazil.
The Dublin-born 26-year-old survived a 69-minute semi-final against
Christopher Gordon, the third seed from the USA, before coming up
against top-seeded Brazilian - and home town favourite - Rafael
Alarcon in the final.
Alarcon had taken 79 minutes to dispose of Dutchman Bart Ravelli,
the No7 seed, in a five-game quarter-final, before digging deep to
quell English qualifier Chris Fuller in a 69-minute semi to reach
his fifth Tour final of the year.
Despite the final ultimately being resolved in straight games,
another 79 minutes elapsed before Coppinger finally emerged
triumphant - the world No45 taking out the player now ranked just a
single place lower 11-6, 13-11, 12-10.
The victory marks Coppinger's first Tour title for almost a year,
and the fifth of his career.
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 Sao
Paulo
Open 2010
19-24 Oct, Brazil, $10k |
Round One
21 Oct |
Quarters
22 Oct |
Semis
23 Oct |
Final
24 Oct |
[1] Rafael Alarcon (BRA)
11-3, 11-7, 11-5 (28m)
Fred Reid (CAN) |
[1] Rafael Alarcon
8-11, 11-8, 9-11, 12-10, 11-4 (79m)
[7] Bart Ravelli |
[1] Rafael Alarcon
5-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-7 (74m)
[Q] Chris Fuller |
[1] Rafael Alarcon
11-6, 13-11, 12-10 (79m)
[2] Steve Coppinger |
[7] Bart Ravelli (NED)
2-11, 13-11, 5-11, 11-3, 11-6 (82m)
Adam Murrills (ENG) |
[4] Esteban Casarino (PAR)
11-9, 11-3, 11-5 (31m)
Josimar Silva (BRA) |
[4] Esteban Casarino
9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-7 (57m)
[Q] Chris Fuller |
[8] Nahuel Hernan Ramos (ARG)
11-6, 11-3, 11-5 (27m)
[Q] Chris Fuller (ENG) |
[Q] Ronivaldo Santos (BRA)
11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9 (47m)
[6] Jose Facchini (ITA) |
[6] Jose Facchini
11-5, 11-9, 11-4 (31m)
[3] Chris Gordon |
[3] Chris Gordon
6-11, 12-10, 11-4, 11-4 (69m)
Final:
[2] Steve Coppinger |
[Q] Max Camiruaga (CHI)
11-8, 11-4, 11-5 (29m)
[3] Chris Gordon (USA)
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[Q] Vinicius Rodrigues (BRA)
13-11, 9-11, 11-7, 5-11, 11-9 (55m)
[5] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) |
[5] Gonzalo Miranda
11-5, 11-2, 11-2 (26m)
[2] Steve Coppinger |
Colin Ramasra (TRI)
11-5, 11-4, 11-4 (28m)
[2] Steve Coppinger (RSA) |
Qualifying finals:
Chris Fuller (ENG) bt Julio
Caseiro (BRA) 11-5, 11-4, 11-5 (35m)
Max Camiruaga (CHI) bt Pedro Veiga (BRA) 11-6, 11-4, 11-3
(30m)
Ronivaldo Santos (BRA) bt Jose Pl de Escobar (BRA) 11-6,
11-7, 11-9 (32m)
Vinicius Rodrigues (BRA) bt Edilson Nunes (BRA) 4-11, 11-4,
8-11, 17-15, 11-8 (80m)
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