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19-Dec, Final:
Rosner retains Spanish title
 The
final was a clash between the best players of Germany and the best
of Italy.
Despite the beginning of the first game was tight, with some long
rallies, from 6-6 it was all quick as
Simon Rösner took 5 points in a row. The pace wasn't very high but
the German guy was controlling with his volleys and moving Davide
Bianchetti to make him tired as he had a very hard match with Borja.
Second game was different, Simon started hitting the ball harder and
moving quicker trying to put a lot of pressure, volleying much more
than in the first game. And he got a good 5-1 lead that he kept for
the rest of the game. It was 2-0 and the crowd was thinking about a
quick third game, but it wasn't. It was long and very very hard.
Bianchetti played supertight length and did not allow Rösner to
attack as much as he likes, and he game was leveled until 7-7. Then
a tin from the Italian, and two good rallies ended in Simons side
gave him three match balls.
Davide came back, building the rallies as he likes to do it.
Backhand, backhand and backhand again, and then again a lovely
backhand drop to win the point. 8-10. And it happened again. 9-10.
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a tin from Rösner. 10-10. The atmosphere was tense, inside and
outside the court. But Simon didn't want to lose this game, it could
be really dangerous for him. It was a winner in 10-10 and he got a
match ball. And after a good rally ended with a a stroke, Rösner
closed the match by 3-0 and the title again.
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 Spanish
Open 2010
14-19 Dec, Majorca, $10k |
Round One
16 Dec |
Quarters
17 Dec |
Semis
18 Dec |
Final
19 Dec |
[1] Simon Rosner (Ger)
11/7, 11/6, 11/7
Ben Ford (Eng) |
[1] Simon Rosner
11/8, 11/7, 11/7
[5] Grégoire Marche |
[1] Simon Rosner
11/4, 11/6, 11/6
[4] Yann Perrin |
[1] Simon Rosner
11/6, 11/4, 12/10
[2] Davide Bianchetti |
[5] Grégoire Marche (Fra)
13/11, 11/8, 11/1
[Q] Chris Fuller (Eng) |
[4] Yann Perrin (Fra)
11/9, 11/13, 11/4, 9/11, 11/5
[Q] Alejandro Garbi (Esp) |
[4] Yann Perrin
11/6, 11/9, 11/6
[8] Piedro Schweertman |
[8] Piedro Schweertman (Ned)
11/9, 11/6, 11/0
David Vidal (Esp) |
Joan Lezaud (Fra)
11/8, 12/10, 2/11, 6/11, 13/11
[7] Jens Schoor (Ger) |
Joan Lezaud
11/4, 11/5, 11/9
[3] Borja Golan |
[3] Borja Golan
11/8, 1/11, 11/3, 3/11, 12/10
[2] Davide Bianchetti |
[Q] Marwan El Shorbagy (Egy)
11/5, 11/6, 11/5
[3] Borja Golan (Esp) |
[Q] Ben Coleman (Eng)
7/11, 11/7, 8/11, 11/4, 11/7
[6] James Snell (Eng) |
[6] James Snell
13/11, 11/7, 11/6
[2] Davide Bianchetti |
Bart Ravelli (Ned)
11/8, 11/4, 11/2
[2] Davide Bianchetti (Ita) |
18-Dec, Semis:
Simon on fire, Yann not there ...
The german player Simon Rosner was today on fire, playing
superb-attacking squash and finishing the rallies at will. On the
other side Yann Perrin had a lack of focus today as he made a too
many unforced errors.
The frenchman played well during the first game, but
his concentration was going up and down. Second and third game had
six and seven tins from Yann, and Rösner was not going to make any
concesion, so he took the match and will quite fresh for the final
as he won all his matches by 3-0.
Bianchetti breaks Spanish hearts
I really though the match between Davide Bianchetti and Borja Golan
would entertain the crowd, and it really
did.
Borja took a good 4-1 and 6-3 lead in the first and he started
attacking more and more, but tins came and the Italian scored some
cheap points to get the advantage and came back to 6-8. Then it was
a matter of concentration, and this time Davide took the game by
11-8 as Golán clipped the tin.
Second started and finished in a blink of eyes, it lasted about 5
minutes and it was 11-1 for Borja. The match was leveled to 1-1.
Then the match was stopped by an injury break, Borja was playing a
forehand and hit Davide below the right eye at the end of the swing.
20 minutes later (and many thanks to my father. He's a doctor and
closed the wound with some adhesive stitches) players went back on
court.
But Borja seemed to have lost his concentration as he lost his
length and were attacking to soon. This added to a supertight
backhand length from Davide made an easy third game to the Italian
as he scored seven points in a row.
It was the same in the fourth, but this time it was the Spaniard who
took 7 points in a row and leveled the match 2-2 in games.
At this point both players were a bit tense, arguing with the
referee quite often. Yann Perrin had a hard job refereeing this
match.
It was the fifth, and Borja took the advantage by 6-3, always
working Davide with his well-known backhand boast. But the, at 8-4
down, the Italian started to play better and better. It was like
found a good rhythm and made rallies longer and longer playing to
his backhand again and again. Length and straight drop, as he plays
normally.
Borja was working hard at that time, but he managed to be 10-7 up.
He had three match balls. First one clipped the tin, 8-10. Same the
second one, 9-10. Then a stroke, 10-10.
From there it was all quick, a long rally ended in a tin, and a
stroke in the last point gave the match to Davide and a place in the
final.
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Qualifying Finals:
Alejandro Garbi v
Jakob Dirnberger.
Jakob took a 5/2 lead, but the game was leveled at 6-6,
then Garbi paced up the game and took the game 11-9. In the
second Garbi played superb and took a 7-2 lead to close the
game quiete comfortable. Started the third and the papers
changed, it was Jakob who took an easy lead 6-2 and then
took the game 11-5.
It seemed that the concentration of both players was up and
down, as Garbi took a 6-1 lead and closed the game and
match. Garbi qualified and plays Yann Perrin.
Chris Fuller vs Reiko Peter
From the begining it was written that this match was
going to be long. And it was.
Both played a solid length game and the first game lasted
for almost 25 minutes and it was Reiko who won it.
But that game took a lot of energy from him and the rest of
the match was dominated by Chris, taking the next three
games in a row to win the match 3-1.
Chris Fuller won and plays Gregoire Marche.
Leandro Romiglio vs Ben Coleman
This match was more a mental match. Both players were
hitting the ball quite good, but it was Coleman who stayed
more focused and patience in the long rallies. So Leandro's
mistakes arrived, and with them he lost his focus on the
game.
It wasn't easy for Ben, but he took the match by 3-0. Ben
Coleman won and plays James Snell.
Marwan El Shorbagy vs Hugo Varela
Predictions said that this match should be quite
comfortable for Marwan, but despite Hugo was tired from the
match he played yesterday, he started playing at a very high
pace and took an easy 5-1 lead, and then he keep the pace to
get 10-5. Finally he took the game 11-9.
Marwan tried to control the pace of the game, playing some
beautiful lobs, but the spaniard wanted a high pace and
pushed himself to level the game at 6-6. But Marwan
played a very good game tactically moving Hugo around the
court, tiring him and waiting the mistakes. And they
arrived. Marwan took the game 11-7.
Third and fourth game was more or less the same, and it was
el Shorbagy who took them game again to gain a spot in the
main draw.
We have to say that Hugo made a great tournament and is a
junior to watch in the future of the squash. Marwan won and
plays Borja Golán
Qualifying Round One:
Reiko Peter (ENG)
vs Jaume Ramis (ESP)
Reiko was dominating the rallies from the start of the
match. Jauem did his best, but the sixteen years old kid
could do nothing agains the english player. Reiko won 3-0.
Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) vs Carlos Cornes (ESP)
Fate wanted Marwan and Carlos to meet twice in a week
(Canary Islands open and here), and despite Carlos played
better than the last time, specially during the second game,
he couldn't stand the pace of the egyptian player. So Marwan
won the match 3-0
Jakob Dirnberger (AUT) vs Tomeu Llompart (ESP)
Tomeu made a good start leveling the game with Jakob
from 1-1 until 5-5, the the rallies whre fast and it was the
spaniard took the first game.Then Jakob paced up in the the
second game tiring Llompart and mistakes arrived. In the end
was Jakob who won the match 3-1
Leandro Romiglio (ESP) vs Tolo Pascual (ESP)
Leandro started quite good each game, and moved Tolo
around the court, making him really tired. Tolo took a 6-0
lead in the third, and had four game ball at 10-6, but
Leandro came back to take the match 3-0.
Alejandro Garbi (ESP) vs Nico Hendry (ESP)
Alex made a string start and took the first game
quickly, although Nico tried hard he couldn't withstand the
pace of the game and let Alex go to the second round. Alex
won 3-0
Chris Fuller (ENG) vs Toni Autonell (ESP)
One of the qualities of Chris is his strong lenght game,
and he demonstrated it today as he played very solid. No
mistakes from the englishman. Toni tried hard, but he never
get used to the pace and could do nothing against Chris.
Chris won 3-0
Ben Coleman (ENG) vs Hug Massuti (ESP)
Ben made Hug run a lot during the whole match. Hug made
a very good first game playing some good lenghts and drops,
but the englishman was too strong for him. Ben won 3-0
Johan Bouquet (FRA) vs Hugo Varela (ESP)
Johan had a bad start, he lost the first game 11-3. It
seemed he was not really there. But in the second he started
running more and getting into a good rhythm, he took
advantage and won the second game. The third was very tight
and had some good rallies, and this time was the spaniard
who took the game to get a 2-1 lead. Fourth game started bad
for the frenchman as he was 7-2 down, but he managed to get
back into the game and climbed back to 9-9. An error from
Johan gave Hugo a match ball, and the junior
from spain took the first match point to win his second
match in PSA. Hugo won 3-1 making the first upset from the
tournament.
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