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Santiago Open 2010
15-20 Nov, Spain |
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Finals:
[4] Olga Ertlova (Cze) bt [8] Deon Saffery (Wal)
11/9, 11/8,
7/11, 9/11, 11/9 (47m)
[1] Adrian Grant (Eng) bt [2] Omar Mosaad (Egy)
6/11,
11/7, 11/7, 12/10 (71m)
Grant claims Santiago Success
After finishing as runner-up last year, England's Adrian Grant went
one better in the 2010 Squash Santiago Open - Santiago City Trophy
by winning title at the Central Area Shopping Center in Santiago de
Compostela.
The top seeded Londoner faced Egypt's No2 seed Omar Mosaad - and,
for the third time in the event, had to fight back from behind to
overcome his opponent.
Mosaad, the world No17 from Cairo, took the opening game - but
30-year-old Grant, ranked just a single place higher, battled back
to beat the 22-year-old Egyptian 6-11, 11-7, 11-7, 12-10 after 71
minutes.
The win takes Grant's career tally of Tour titles to 17 - one more
than England team-mate Nick Matthew, the world No2, and more than
any other Englishman on the Tour today.
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19-nov-2010, Semis:
Grant & Mosaad To Contest
Final
Top seeds Adrian Grant and Omar Mosaad reached the final of
Squash Santiago Open - Santiago City Trophy in contrasting styles,
Egypt's second seed Mosaad taking about a third of the time of
English favourite Grant to come through the semi-finals of the at the Central Area Shopping Center in
Santiago de Compostela.
Mosaad, the 22-year-old world No17 from Cairo, was in
stunning form in the opening semi - despatching experienced Finn
Olli Tuominen, the 31-year-old third seed from Helsinki, 11-5,
11-6, 11-8 in just 24 minutes.
The success takes Mosaad into the 11th Tour final of his career -
and the fourth of the year.
An all-Egyptian final seemed on the cards when unseeded Mohammed
Abbas romped to a 2/0 lead over Adrian Grant, the world
No16 from London who was bidding to reach the final for the second
year in a row.
Abbas, a former world No13 from Giza, is fighting back to full
fitness after a long layoff with a foot injury.
But the English left-hander refused to give up and raised his game
to fight back against the Egyptian 29-year-old - finally, after 74
minutes, clinching an 8-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-6 victory.
The win, Grant's second fight back in the event from two games down,
takes the 30-year-old into the 25th Tour final of his career - but
his first since contesting the Santiago climax 12 months ago. |
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18-nov-2010 Quarters
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Borja Brought Down By Abbas
 Spaniard
Borja Golan's bid to win a second PSA World Tour title in two
years in his home town ended today at the Central Area Shopping
Center in the city of Santiago de Compostela when he was beaten by
fellow non-seed Mohammed Abbas in the quarter-finals of the
$31,175 Squash Santiago Open - Santiago City Trophy.
In a see-saw match lasting 72 minutes, it was Egyptian Abbas who
finally prevailed 11-5, 3-11, 11-9, 11-13, 11-8.
Both players are fighting back after injury layoffs - 27-year-old
Golan, a former world No10, making his Tour comeback after knee
surgery, and 29-year-old Abbas, a one-time world No13, bidding to
rediscover his former form after a long-term foot injury.
Giza-based Abbas now lines up against top seed Adrian Grant,
the 2009 runner-up from England who was extended for 45 minutes by
Stephen Coppinger before beating the unseeded 26-year-old from
Cape Town 11-5, 11-6, 9-11, 11-6.
There is Egyptian interest in the other semi-final where Omar
Mosaad takes on Flying Finn Olli Tuominen. Mosaad, the
second seed from Cairo, despatched Colombia's Miguel Angel
Rodriguez 11-7, 11-7, 11-9 while Tuominen, the third seed from
Helsinki, held off a stern challenge from eighth seed Arturo
Salazar before beating the 22-year-old Mexican 6-11, 11-9, 11-4,
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18-nov-2010 First round :
Home Hero Golan Makes
Santiago Quarters
 Santiago squash star Borja Golan delighted his home town
supporters by upsetting his fourth-seeded first round opponent in
the Squash Santiago Open at the Central Area Shopping Center in
Santiago de Compostela.
The 27-year-old former world No10, making his Tour comeback after
knee surgery, defeated England's No4 seed Jonathan Kemp 11-9, 11-5,
11-13, 11-8 in 47 minutes. Kemp, the world No27 from Halifax, is
also on a comeback trail after a hip operation in July.
Golan, the Santiago Open champion in 2008, now faces fellow unseeded
opponent Mohammed Abbas, the former world No13 from Egypt who
stunned England's sixth seed Tom Richards 6-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-8.
Abbas, 29, is also battling to rediscover his former form after a
long-term foot injury.
 There was a further surprise in the top half of the draw where
unseeded South African Stephen Coppinger dismissed Australia's
seventh seed Ryan Cuskelly 5-11, 11-9, 11-1, 11-5.
The 26-year-old from Cape Town now lines up against England's Adrian
Grant - but the top-seeded Londoner looked set to become the event's
biggest casualty after losing the first two games to French
qualifier Gregoire Marche.
But the experienced left-hander, ranked 16 in the world, reclaimed
the upper hand before closing out the match 7-11, 4-11, 11-6, 11-6,
11-8 after 63 minutes. |
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Santiago Open 2010
15-20 Nov, $31k, Spain |
Round One
17 Nov |
Quarters
18 Nov |
Semis
19 Nov |
Final
20 Nov |
[1] Adrian Grant (Eng)
7/11, 4/11, 11/6, 11/6, 11/8 (63mn)
[Q] Grégoire Marche (Fra) |
[1] Adrian Grant
11/5, 11/6, 9/11 11/6 (45mn)
Stephen Coppinger |
[1] Adrian Grant
8/11 5/11 11/8
11/4 11/6 (74mn)
Mohammed Abbas |
[1] Adrian Grant
6/11, 11/7, 11/7, 12/10 (71m)
[2] Omar Mosaad |
[7] Ryan Cuskelly (Aus)
5/11, 11/9, 11/1, 11/5 (53mn)
Stephen Coppinger (Rsa) |
[4] Jonathan Kemp (Eng)
11/9, 11/5, 11/13, 11/8 (47mn)
Borja Golan (Esp) |
Borja Golan
11/5 3/11 11/9 11/13 11/8 (72mn)
Mohammed Abbas |
[6] Tom Richards (Eng)
6/11, 11/7, 11/3, 11/8 (28mn)
Mohammed Abbas (Egy) |
[Q] Kristian Frost (Den)
11/3, 12/10, 11/7 (22mn)
[8] Arturo Salazar (Mex) |
[8] Arturo Salazar
6/11 11/9 11/4 11/5 (41mn)
[3] Olli Tuominen |
[3] Olli Tuominen
11/5 11/6 11/8 (24mn)
[2] Omar Mosaad |
[Q] Clinton Leew (Rsa)
11/5, 11/6, 11/2 (25mn)
[3] Olli Tuominen (Fin) |
Campbell Grayson (Nzl)
7/11, 11/9, 11/9, 12/10 (63mn)
[5] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (Col) |
[5] Miguel Angel Rodriguez
11/7 11/7 11/9 (33mn)
[2] Omar Mosaad |
[Q] Bradley Hindle (Mal)
4/11, 11/9, 11/8, 11/9 (56mn)
[2] Omar Mosaad (Egy) |
Santiago Open 2010
15-20 Nov, $6k, Spain |
Round One
17 Nov |
Quarters
18 Nov |
Semis
19 Nov |
Final
20 Nov |
[1] Nouran El Torky (Egy)
bye |
[1] Nouran El Torky
9/11 11/6 11/7 11/8 (29mn)
[7] Carrie Ramsay |
[1] Nouran El Torky
3/11 11/5 12/10 4/11 11/9 (45mn)
[4] Olga Ertlova |
[4] Olga Ertlova
3/11, 11/5, 12/10, 4/11, 11/9 (45m)
[8] Deon Saffery |
[7] Carrie Ramsay (Eng)
11/4, 11/6, 11/4 (21mn)
Chloé Mesic (Fra) |
[4] Olga Ertlova (Cze)
11/6, 7/11, 7/11, 11/8, 11/9 (45mn)Tesni Evans (Wal) |
[4] Olga Ertlova
11/9 3/11 11/5 3/11 11/1 (31mn)
Sally Skaarenborg |
[5] Josefa Bertilsson (Swe)
11/4, 11/5, 11/4 (14mn)
Sally Skaarenborg (Den) |
Célia Allamargot (Fra)
11/9, 13/11, 11/7 (32mn)
[6] Anna-Carin Forstadius (Swe) |
Célia Allamargot
12/10 6/11 11/2 11/6 (28mn)
[3] Laura Pomportes |
[3] Laura Pomportes
11/5 11/4 7/11 11/7 (23mn)
[8] Deon Saffery |
bye
[3] Laura Pomportes (Fra) |
Sara El Noamany (Egy)
11/7, 12/10, 11/6 (22mn)
[8] Deon Saffery (Wal) |
[8] Deon Saffery
11/8 11/7 9/11 11/3 (23mn)
[2] Linda Hruzikova |
bye
[2] Linda Hruzikova (Svk) |
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