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Ponta Grossa Open 2012
14-19 Aug, Ponta Grossa, Brazil,
$10k |
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19-Aug, Final:
Frost outlasts Rafa in final
Danish second seed Kristian
Frost claimed his seventh career PSA title - his fifth of the
year - as he beat
local favourite Rafael Alarcon in a marathon three-game final in
Brazil.
 18-Aug, Semis:
Rafa run continues in Ponta Grossa
Brazilian number one Rafael Alarcon delighted the partisan
crowd at the Ponta Lagoa Internacional Challenger when he overcame
event favourite Joe Lee in an 86-minute semi-final marathon.
The No4 seed from Sao Paulo came back from 1-2 down and from 4-7
behind in the fourth to beat Englishman Lee 11-9, 4-11, 9-11, 11-9,
11-6.
"It was a fantastic match with unbelievable recovering by Rafa,"
said event promoter Alexandre Bulyk.
The win takes 35-year-old Alarcon, ranked 82 in the world, into the
30th PSA final of his career. The success also means that the
Brazilian star has made the final in all three of his PSA Tour event
appearances this year.
In the final Alarcon faces Kristian Frost, the second seed
from Denmark who will be appearing in his fifth PSA final this year
- with title triumphs in all the previous four.
The 23-year-old from Odense ended North American interest in Ponta
Grossa when he beat US number two Chris Gordon, the third seed, in
straight games.
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 Ponta
Grossa Open 2012
14-19 Aug, Ponta Grossa, Brazil,
$10k |
Round One
16-Aug |
Quarters
17-Aug |
Semis
18-Aug |
Final
`9-Aug |
[1] Joe Lee (Eng)
bye |
[1] Joe Lee
11/5, 11/6, 12/10 (37m)
Hernan D'Arcangelo |
[1] Joe Lee
11/9, 4/11, 9/11, 11/9, 11/6
(86m)
[4] Rafael Alarcon |
[4] Rafael Alarcon
11/7, 11/5, 13/11 (78m)
[2] Kristian Frost |
Hernan D'Arcangelo (Arg)
w/o
Ronivaldo Duarte (Bra) |
Alex Ingham (Eng)
11/4, 6/11, 11/4, 12/10 (56m)
Karamatullah Khan (Pak) |
Alex Ingham
11/3, 11/9, 12/10 (31m)
[4] Rafael Alarcon |
[4] Rafael Alarcon (Bra)
11/7, 11/9, 13/11 (43m)
Joe Chapman (Ivb) |
Manoel Pereira (Bra)
11/7, 11/1, 11/6 (49m)
[3] Chris Gordon (Usa) |
[3] Chris Gordon
11/7, 11/5, 7/11, 12/10 (58m)
[Q] Vinicius Costa |
[3] Chris Gordon
11/6, 11/5, 11/4 (47m)
[2] Kristian Frost |
Josimar Silva (Bra)
11/8, 11/8, 11/2 (37m)
[Q] Vinicius Costa (Bra) |
Vinicius Rodrigues (Bra)
11/2, 11/3, 11/8 (17m)
[Q] Ibrahim Nyanzi (Uga) |
Vinicius Rodrigues
4/11, 11/5, 11/8, 13/11 (51m)
[2] Kristian Frost |
[Q] Pedro Momento (Bra)
11/9, 11/8, 11/8 (41m)
[2] Kristian Frost (Den) |
Qualifying:
Pedro Momento (Bra) bt Tariq
Khan (Pak)
w/o
Vinicius Costa (Bra) bt Mauro Maes (Bra)
11/5, 11/6, 11/4 (27m)
Ibrahim Nyanzi (Uga) bt Andre Ulandowski (Uga)
11/8, 11/7, 8/11, 11/5 (37m)
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