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 Santiago Open 2012
15-20 Oct, Santiago, Spain, $25k |
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Lots more photos in the Facebook Gallery
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20-Oct, Final:
[3] Simon Rosner (Ger) bt [4] Cameron Pilley
(Aus)
8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 16-14 (74m)
19-Oct, Semi-Finals:
[4] Cameron Pilley
(Aus) 3-0
[1] Adrian Grant (Eng)
11-7, 11-6, 11-5 (38m)
[3] Simon Rosner (Ger) 3-1
[2] Borja Golan (Esp)
11-8, 12-10, 8-11, 11-8 (73m)
Top seeds tumble in Santiago Semis
Semi-finals of the Santiago Open 30th Anniversary PSA $25k
tournament saw the top two seeds ousted as room-mates Cameron
Pilley and Simon Rosner set up a finals day meeting.
Pilley, the fourth-seeded Australian, powered past top seed Adrian
Grant in straight games 11-7, 11-6, 11-5 in just 38 minutes.
"Movement let me down today on 'the fastest court in the world',"
tweeted Englishman Grant afterwards. "Pilley played better than me
on the day.. Taking the positives!"
Pilley was naturally pleased: "Played well tonight to beat Granty
3-0, And playing the final on #WorldSquashDay!!!"
Rosner, the third seed from Germany, took almost twice as long to
disappoint the home crowd with a tough four game win over defending
champion Borja Golan, the second seed playing in his home town.
"Final-time!" tweeted a delighted Rosner. "Beat Borja 3:1 - playing
my roomie @campilley in the final of the Santiago Open!" |
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 Santiago
Open 2012
15-20 Oct, Santiago, Spain, $25k |
Round One
17 Oct |
Quarters
18 Oct |
Semis
19 Oct |
Final
20 Oct |
[1] Adrian Grant (Eng)
12-10, 11-3, 11-2 (37m)
Mark Krajcsak (Hun) |
[1] Adrian Grant
11-8, 11-5, 11-5 (32m)Ivan Yuen |
[1] Adrian Grant
11-7, 11-6, 11-5 (38m)
[4] Cameron Pilley |
[4] Cameron Pilley
8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 16-14 (74m)
[3] Simon Rosner |
Ivan Yuen (Mas)
4-11, 5-11, 12-10, 11-3, 11-6 (54m)
[Q] Yann Perrin (Fra) |
Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy)
11-7, 7-11, 9-11, 11-3, 11-7 (50m)
[Q] Raphael Kandra (Ger) |
Omar Abdel Aziz
9-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-1 (43m)
[4] Cameron Pilley |
[4] Cameron Pilley (Aus)
11-4, 11-6, 11-4 (22m)
Carlos Cornes (Esp) |
Chris Ryder (Eng)
11-7, 11-7, 11-5 (25m)
[3] Simon Rosner (Ger) |
[3] Simon Rosner
11-9, 11-6, 11-9 (30m)
[Q] Shaun Le Roux |
[3] Simon Rosner
11-8, 12-10, 8-11, 11-8 (73m)
[2] Borja Golan |
Joe Lee (Eng)
5-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-3 (50m)
[Q] Shaun Le Roux (Rsa) |
Adrian Waller (Eng)
11-8, 11-3, 10-12, 12-10 (53m)
[Q] Andrew Wagih (Egy) |
Adrian Waller
11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9 (62m)
[2] Borja Golan |
Saurav Ghosal (Ind)
11-7, 11-4, 11-6 (39m)
[2] Borja Golan (Esp) |
16-Oct, Qualifying Finals:
Andrew Wagih (Egy) 3-0 Charles Sharpes
(Eng)
11/2, 14/12, 11/6 (25m)
Raphael Kandra (Ger) 3-2 Kristian Frost (Den)
11/9, 11/7, 9/11, 5/11, 11/9 (90m)
Yann Perrin (Fra) 3-0 Olivier Pett (Eng)
11/7, 11/7, 11/4 (34m)
Shaun Le Roux (Rsa) 3-0
Arturo Salazar (Mex)
11/8, 12/10, 11/7 (27m)
15-Oct, Qualifying Round One
Andrew Wagih (Egy) 3-1 Leandro Romiglio (Esp)
11/13, 11/4, 11/7, 11/8 (40m)
Charles Sharpes (Eng) 3-1 Kashif Shuja (Nzl)
11/8, 11/9, 8/11, 11/5 (57m)
Raphael Kandra (Ger) 3-2 Alejandro Garbi (Esp) 9/11, 9/11,
11/2, 12/10, 12/10 (62m)
Kristian Frost (Den) 3-1 Lucas Serme (Fra)
11/5, 2/11 ,11/9, 11/8 (75m)
Olivier Pett (Eng) 3-0 Alex Phillips (Eng)
11/6, 11/5, 11/8 (23m)
Yann Perrin (Fra) 3-1 Jens Schoor (Ger)
11/9, 11/9, 7/11, 11/3 (41m)
Shaun Le Roux (Rsa) 3-2 Rasmus Nielsen (Den) 10/12,
11/8, 11/6, 4/11, 11/8 (59m)
Arturo Salazar (Mex) 3-1 Hugo Varela (Esp)
10/12, 11/9, 11/8 11/7 (45m)
2011 Event |
2010 Event |
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19-Oct, Semi-Finals:
[4] Cameron Pilley
(Aus) 3-0
[1] Adrian Grant (Eng)
11-7, 11-6, 11-5 (38m)
[2] Borja Golan (Esp) v [3] Simon Rosner (Ger)
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18-Oct, Quarters:
Seeds through to Santiago semis
 Well,
so far, not a match has gone over the hour mark and it's not with
attackers Simon Rosner and Cameron Pilley that we were
going to get over that mark, was it!
Simon match against Shaun Le Roux was still extremely close score
wise and the South African could have turned the tables in both
first and third games. Still, experience on the glass has probably a
lot to do with the German closing it down in three.
Cameron got caught in Omar Abdel Aziz's unorthodox style of game in
the first, losing it 11/9, but got more and more control as the
match advanced to finish in the fourth with a severe 11/1.
For seeds one and two, well, an "easy ride" for Adrian Grant,
I mean, when was the last time he won in three bless him, and apart
from the first game where young Ivan Yuen offered good
resistance, 11/8, the rest was pretty straightforward.
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for the other side of the draw, home favourite Borja Golan,
Englishman Adrian Waller gave a pretty good scare to the
Spaniard. Never scoring less than eight points per game, Adrian's
resilience and discipline probably took Borja by surprise, and the
audience had all the intensity/suspense they wished!
So tomorrow, dream semis, with Adrian v Cameron at 7pm, wouldn't
miss that. Mind, I wouldn't miss the second semi either, Simon
versus Borja at 8pm. In each semi, contrasting style of squash
guarantee some fireworks I say... |
17-Oct, Round One:
Mixed success for qualifiers
but no sweat for seeds
Mixed success for the four qualifiers who got to start the first
round in Santiago as Andrew Wagih fell in four games to
England's Adrian Waller, Shaun Le Roux denied an
English double as he ousted Joe Lee, also in four games, and
Raphael Kandra fell in five games to Omar Abdel Aziz.
The fourth and final qualifier, Yann Perrin, was two-nil up
against Ivan Yuen, but lost the third 12-10 as the Malaysian
completed a fighting comeback win.
Then it was on to the top four seeds. Simon Rosner and
Adrian Grant both moved through with 3-0 wins ...
 No
trouble for Cameron Pilley against Spanish hope and Wild Card
Carlos Cornes.
But Borja Golan, home favorite, keep the Spanish interest alive and
finishes the day with a clean 3/0 win against Saurav Ghosal... |
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FROGS' TALK
Salut fram
Bon un ptit mot apres ma défaite, un peu amer je dois dire..
Je menais 2-0 10-8 puis j ai flanché!! Il n est pas etrangé à ca je
dois dire mais qd meme!!
Bref, apres la balle est devenu de plus en dead, j'arrivais plus à
la mettre au fond perte de confiance des fautes trop tôt qui lui ont
redonné confiance et voila!!
Bref bon tournoi qd meme dans l ensemble juste dommage de n avoir pu
finir mieux que ca!!
Maintenant retour en france pour les par equipes puis de nouveau
depart dimanche pour l'espagne à Valence!!
Après le 1er tour
Un ptit message (ca fait bien longtemps d'ailleurs) pour te dire que
tout se passe bien pour moi.
J'ai fait un bon match hier contre Jens malgré l'impossibilite de
faire un practice.. Je me sentais bien malgré une petite perte de
concentration au 3eme.
Aujourd'hui j'ai vraiment bien joué surtout les 2 premiers où
j'étais vraiment bien physiquement, j'étais vraiment à l'aise sur ce
cours. J'attaquais bien tout en prenant le temps de construire les
échanges. Puis au 3eme à 4-2 pour lui, on a fait un gros échange que
j'ai gagné et j ai l'ai senti un peu tête basse. Il a fait des
fautes ensuite qui m'ont donné l'avantage et permis de prendre le
large et donc de finir le match.
Je suis vraiment content d'avoir pris ma revanche sur le Canada il y
a 2 semaines où javais perdu 3-0. J ai surtout beaucoup appris de ce
match et ça m'a permis de savoir sur quoi il fallait que je
travaille. Ce que du coup nous avons pu mettre en place avec Renan,
Dédé et Thomas. D'ailleurs ceci n est pas étranger à la nouvelle
organisation du Creps qui est vraiment positive pour tous.
Voila demain Yuen c'est un match à ma portée, à moi de pas me
contenter de cela..
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