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18-Sep:
Day TWO - Qualifying Finals
Draws & Results
reports to follow ...
17-Sep:
Day ONE in Toluca
A very topsy turvy day in the women’s first round qualifiers,
after some confusion with the overnight rescheduling, saw a
walkover in the first match for Diana Garcia of Mexico.
 When
play eventually got underway the experienced Gaby Huber
from Switzerland swept comfortably through to the next round
with a 3 – 0 win over the young Mexican Maria Fernanda Rivera.
This was followed by another comfortable 3 - 0 win for Egyptian
Yathreb Adel over Mexican Karina Heredia. Another
walkover followed for Mariam Metwally from Egypt, and the
rather truncated schedule finished with a comfortable win for
Mexican Ivonne Diaz over her compatriot Guadalupe
Ramirez, 3 – 0 in just 15 mins.
The men’s first round qualifying was to see a full schedule of
eight matches, the first three being played at the same time as
the women’s matches at the Zinacantepec Club.
 The
first match saw Englishman Jamie Haycocks finally succeed
3 games to 1 in a valiantly fought match lasting 58 minutes
against Mexican Erik Tepos Valtierra, who had a very small but
vociferous crowd cheering him all the way.
Next up saw Matt Karwalski from Australia winning 3 – 0
in another hard fought match against another Mexican, Fernando
Lopez.
 This
was followed by the final match at Zinacantepec, which finished
in another very hard fought match with a win for Australian
Steve Finitsis 3 games to win against another Mexican
Jonathan Ramos, who again had great support from the local
crowd.
That finished the afternoon session at Zinacantepec, we then
moved to the Glass Court in the centre of Toluca, and after the
sun set and the lights came on in the Glass Court we were
regaled with some fantastic squash on a fantastic court.
 First
up we saw Henrik Mustonen of Finland defeat Welshman
Peter Creed 3 games to nil in 30 minutes.
Then came the first upset of the day when Mexican Arturo
Salazar fought back from 2 games to 1 down against World
ranked #40 Ali Anwar Reda to take the next two games fairly
comfortably for a fabulous win.
Next up was another Egyptian/Mexican battle, but this time with
quite a different ending as Karim Ali Fathi comfortably
winning in three against Mexican Under 19 player Edgar Zayas,
despite Edgar having huge support from his family and friends
from Queretaro.
An all Mexican affair followed this as Alfredo Avila took
the first two games comfortably against his compatriot Ricardo
Lopez, but then struggled slightly to take the third 13/11.
 To
finish the evening’s proceedings Campbell Grayson from
New Zealand won a hard fought match against Mexican Marco Toriz
from Boca Del Rio in three straight games.
All eventually tied up for the night after a long and sometimes
frustrating day, but tomorrow should bring some comfort as we
have four women’s final qualifiers at Zinacantepec followed by
four men’s final qualifiers at the Glass Court in Toluca.
Men’s Qualifying First Round
Henrik Mustonen (Fin) bt Peter Creed (Wal)
11/6, 11/4, 11/8 30m
Jamie Haycocks (Eng) bt Erik Tepos (Mex)
11/7, 11/8, 8/11, 13/11 58m
Matthew Karwalski (Aus) bt Fernando Lopez (Mex)
11/7, 11/6, 11/7 32m
Arturo Salazar (Mex) bt Ali Anwar Reda (Egy)
12/10,5/11,9/11,11/2,11/3 52m
Karim Ali Fathi (Egy) bt Edgar Zayas (Mex)
11/2, 11/6, 11/5 22m
Steven Finitsis (Aus) bt Jonathan Ramos (Mex)
11/5, 9/11, 11/3, 11/7 36m
Alfredo Avila (Mex) bt Ricardo Lopez (Mex)
11/6, 11/4, 13/11 27m
Campbell Grayson (Nzl) bt Marco Toriz (Mex)
11/7, 11/3, 11/5 28m
Women’s Qualifying First Round
Diana Garcia (Mex) bt Karla Urrutia (Mex)
Walkover
Gaby Huber (Sui) bt Maria Fernanda Rivera (Mex)
11/6, 11/4, 11/3 22m
Yathreb Adel (Egy) bt Karina Heredia (Mex)
11/3, 11/5, 11/6 14m
Mariam Metwally (Egy) bt Monsserat Castellanos (Mex)
Walkover
Ivonne Diaz (Mex) bt Guadalupe Ramirez (Mex)
11/2, 11/3, 11/2 15m |
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