Quito Open
09-14 Oct 2007
Quito, Ecuador

14-Oct, Final:
  
[4] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (Col) bt [1] Omar Mosaad (Egy)   11/9, 11/2, 11/6 (38m)

13-Oct, Semis:
[1] Omar Mosaad (Egt) bt [3] Rafael Alarcon (Bra)
       11/5, 7/11, 13/1, 11/7 (54m)
[4] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (Col) bt [2] Eric Galvez (Mex)
       11/7, 7/11, 11/8, 11/3 (69m)

Mosaad & Rodriguez
to contest Quito final

Egypt's top seed Omar Mosaad and Colombia's No4 seed Miguel Angel Rodriguez will contest the final of the Quito Open after prevailing in four-game semi-finals o at Quito Tenis Y Golf Club in the Ecuador capital.

Rodriguez beat seconded-Mexican Eric Galvez in 69 minutes to pull off his second upset over his Pan American rival in little more than a month. The 21-year-old from Bogotá - who this month achieved a career-high world No40 ranking to become the highest-ranked Colombian ever - is now celebrating his fourth PSA final appearance this year, and the 11th of his career.

Favourite Mosaad, 19, battled for 54 minutes to overcome Brazil's third seed Rafael  Alarcon to make his fourth PSA final.
 

12-Oct, Quarters:
Seeds Prevail In Quito

The top four seeds will contest the semi-finals of the Quito Open in the Ecuador capital - but event favourite Omar Mosaad was taken the full distance by Mexican qualifier Arturo Salazar in the quarter-finals at Quito Tenis Y Golf Club.

Mosaad, from Egypt, eventually beat his fellow 19-year-old opponent 59 minutes and will now face Brazil's third seed Rafael Alarcon for a place in the final.

Arturo's twin brother Cesar Salazar, also a qualifier, faced second seed Eric Galvez - but went down to his fellow Mexican opponent. Galvez now takes on Pan American rival Miguel Angel Rodriguez, the fourth seed from Colombia.
 

11/9, 11/2, 11/6 (38m)

Miguel Angel Rodriguez

10-Oct, Qualifying Finals:

Rodrigo Torres (Col) bt Max Lee (Hkg)              10/12, 10/12, 11/5, 11/7, 12/10 (62m)
Jethro Binns (Wal) bt Arturo Castillo (Mex) bt        11/4, 11/5, 11/4 (23m)
Cesar Salazar (Mex) bt Gonzalo Tapiz (Arg)          7/11, 11/5, 11/7, 11/4 (33m)
Arturo Salazar (Mex) bt Salvador Martinez (Mex)   11/2, 11/3, 11/4 (20m)

09-Oct, Round Two:
Rodrigo Torres (Col) bt Armando Olguin (Mex)      11/6, 11/4, 11/2 (21m)
Max Lee (Hkg) bt Paul Linehan (Irl)                      11/6, 11/9, 11/8 (26m)
Jethro Binns (Wal) bt Pablo Buitron (Ecu)              11/2, 11/5, 11/7 (23m)
Arturo Castillo (Mex) bt Esteban Davalos (Ecu)      13/11, 11/4, 11/8 (25m)
Gonzalo Tapiz (Arg) bt Hernan Marino (Ven)          11/2, 15/13, 12/10 (39m)
Cesar Salazar (Mex) bt Fernando Lopez (Mex)       12/10, 11/4, 11/2 (25m)
Arturo Salazar (Mex) bt Esteban Arroyo (Ecu)        11/2, 11/6, 11/3 (22m)
Salvador Martinez (Mex) bt Jonal Laursen (Den)     7/11, 11/5, 11/8, 7/11, 11/3 (44m)

Full Qualifying Draw & Results
 

11-Oct, Round One:
Salazars beats the odds in Quito

Six of the eight seeds made it through to the quarter-finals in Quito, with Mexican teenage twins Cesar and Arturo Salazar the only interlopers.

Cesar prevailed against Tony James in the longest match of the day at 75 minutes, while Arturo recovered from two games down against Steve Coppinger disappear, eventually prevailing 11/1 in the fifth.

Arturo now faces top seed Omar Mosaad after the Egyptian progressed in just 15 minutes against Dick Lau.

The other three quarter-finals feature players exclusively from across the American continent  as Brazil's Rafael Alarcon meets Canada's Ian Power, Colombia's Miguel Anger Rodriguez faces USA's Chris Gordon, and Salazar meets fellow-Mexican Eric Galvez, the second seed.

Salazars advance
in Quito Qualifying
Juan-Carlos Santacruz reports

With a deep game and handling the altitude well, Welshman Jethro Binns was the first player to enter the main draw after defeating the Mexican Arturo Castillo in strtaight games.

Cesar Salazar managed to win over the Argentinean Tapiz after playing a precise and focused game and become the second qualifier to enter the main draw. Tapiz, who despite playing a level game couldn’t overcome the strength of the Mexican who took control of the match after losing the first game.

With incredible forcefulness and definition the Mexican Arturo Salazar defeated his compatriot Salvador Martinez, who could never find a way to solve the game strategy proposed by Salazar, who joined his brother in the main draw.

The best match of the night allowed the Colombian Rodrigo Torres to claim the last spot to the main draw, coming from two games down to beat Max Lee. The games were tight, with great shots and continuous applauses by the tribune summed up an emotive match.