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Alarcon wins it all!!
 Brazilian
Rafael Alarcon made a clean sweep of the three
"Tour de las Americas" squash titles in South America by winning
the Peru Open, the final event in the PSA World Tour series at Club
Regatas in the Peru capital Lima.
The 32-year-old from Sao Paulo began his impressive run in Paraguay,
upsetting the top seed to claim the Paraguay Open crown in
the country's capital city Asuncion.
Last week, he continued his run on home soil, winning the Ponta
Grossa-Parana Open in Ponta Grossa.
On the way to victory
Top-seeded
Brazilian downed an Italian, a fellow countryman and
then third-seeded Englishman Tom Pashley to make the final -
where he faced Kristian Frost Olesen.
The 20-year-old second seed from Denmark was celebrating his maiden
appearance in a PSA Tour final.
But Alarcon, a veteran of 16 Tour finals, was too strong for the
Dane, winning 11-7, 11-4, 11-5 to secure not only a hat-trick of
Tour de las Americas titles, but the 12th PSA trophy of his career.
 "Two
weeks have come to an end. It was my first time in South America and
I just loved it. First the tournament in Brazil where all the local
players made us feel very welcome and helped us throughout all the
tournament. I will for sure be coming back to Brazil!
"After a week in Brazil I went to Peru for another $6k event. Yet
again people made us feel very welcome and helped us a lot with
transport and so on.
"Personally it has been a good two weeks of squash. Making the
semi-final in Brazil and the final in Peru. Overall very happy!
"A special thanks to André Ulandowski and Mario Fernandez for making
the trip special for all of us!"
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Paraguay Open
Parana Open
Photos on Facebook |
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 Tour
de Las Americas
Peru
Open 2009
04-09 Aug, Lima, $6k |
Round One
05 Aug |
Quarters
06 Aug |
Semis
07 Aug |
Final
08 Aug |
[1] Rafael Alarcon (Bra)
11/13, 11/5, 11/9, 11/4
Paul Mathieson (Ita) |
[1] Rafael Alarcon
6/11, 11/9, 11/9, 11/4
Tiago Cabral |
[1] Rafael Alarcon
11/9, 11/5, 11/5
[3] Tom Pashley |
[1] Rafael Alarcon
11-7, 11-4, 11-5
[2] Kristian Frost Olesen |
[8] Gonzalo Miranda (Arg)
12/10, 11/9, 2/11, 7/11, 11/6
Tiago Cabral (Bra) |
[3] Tom Pashley (Eng)
11/8, 11/4, 7/11, 11/5
Leandro Romiglio (Arg) |
[3] Tom Pashley
11/5, 11/9, 11/3
[Q] Edilson Nunes |
[5] Colin Ramasra (Tri)
11/1, 11/5, 11/5
[Q] Edilson Nunes (Bra) |
[Q] Alonso Escudero (Per)
13/11, 11/4, 11/4
[6] Erik Tepos Valtierra (Mex) |
[6] Erik Tepos Valtierra
14/12, 8/11, 11/8, 11/9
[4] Salvador Martinez |
[6] Erik Tepos Valtierra
11/2, 11/3, 3/11, 3/11, 13/11
[2] Kristian Frost Olesen |
[Q] Juan Pablo Roude (Arg)
3/11, 11/6, 13/11, 12/10
[4] Salvador Martinez (Mex) |
[Q] Andres Duany (Per)
11/6, 10/12, 11/9, 11/9
[7] Esteban Casarino (Par) |
[7] Esteban Casarino
8/11, 7/11, 11/1, 11/5, 11/4
[2] Kristian Frost Olesen |
Graham Bassett (Usa)
14/12, 11/6, 12/10
[2] Kristian Frost Olesen (Den) |
Qualifying Finals:
Andres Duany (PER) bt Sergio
Lopez (MEX)
3-1 (9/11, 11/2, 11/5, 11/3)
Juan Pablo Roude (ARG) bt Nahuel Hernan Ramos (ARG)
3-1 (12/10, 11/7, 11/9, 11/9)
Alonso Escudero (PER) bt Rafael Allendes (CHI)
3-0 (12/10, 11/6, 11/5)
Edilson Ribeiro Nunes (BRA) bt Jaime Pinto (CHI)
3-1 (11/9, 6/11, 12/10, 11/4)
Qualifying Round Two:
Sergio Lopez (MEX) bt Michel
Suarez (PER)
3-1 (11/9, 7/11, 15/13, 11/9)
Andres Duany (PER) bt Charles Houlton (PER)
3-0 (11/0, 11/2, 11/3)
Juan Pablo Roude (ARG) bt Diego Guerra (PER)
3-0 (11/1, 11/3, 11/5)
Nahuel Hernan Ramos (ARG) bt Carlos Luna (PER)
3-0 (11/6, 11/5, 11/7)
Alonso Escudero (PER) bt Luke Butterworth (ENG)
3-1 (5/11, 11/9, 11/4, 11/8)
Rafael Allendes (CHI) bt Hugo Delgado (PER)
3-0 (11/6, 11/2, 11/5)
Edilson Ribeiro Nunes (BRA) bt Jose Manuel Elias (PER) 3-0
(11/8, 11/5, 15/13)
Jaime Pinto (CHI) bt Franco Torres (PER)
3-0 (11/3, 11/9, 11/7)
Alonso Escudero (PER) bt. Stefan Schwartzmann (PER)
3-0 (11/2, 11/6, 14/12)
Franco Torres (PER) bt. Ronald McLauchlan (PER)
3-0 (11/7, 11/6, 13/11)
Carlos Luna (PER) bt. Diego Elias (PER)
3-0 (12/10, 11/8, 11/5)
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