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30-Nov, Final:
Galvez takes BC title
Shahier Razik of Toronto lost to Eric Galvez of Mexico on Sunday in
the championship final at the $15,000 B.C., Open men’s professional
squash tournament held this week at the Sport Central Fitness Club.
The final pitted the top-two seeded players and the number-two
Galvez took the match 3-0. Both players were coming off hard fought
semifinals on Saturday. Razik was competing in his third pro final
this year and looking for a second victory.
"He simply had more in the tank than I did today," said Razik, who
did not play on the pro tour most of the summer due to a leg injury.
"The semi took a lot more out of me than I expected and I just
couldn’t keep up. Still it was my best tournament since September
but I would have really liked to win at home."
The victory marks Galvez's ninth career title.
29-Nov, Semis:
Top two reach BC final
Top-seed Shahier Razik of Toronto discarded pesky Arturo Salazar of
Mexico on Saturday night to advance to the championship final at the
$15,000 B.C., Open men’s professional squash tournament.
Razik, Canada’s top internationally ranked player at number-22, won
the hard-fought match 11-8, 11-8, 11-13, 11-9 in a lengthy 80
minutes. Salazar, seeded seventh, was coming off an upset straight
games quarterfinal victory over third-seed Shawn DeLierre of
Brossard, Que., on Friday,
"It was a tough match but things were going as expected being up
2-0,’’ said Razik. ‘’ I was disappointed to not close it in the
third. He got tired in the fourth and I was able to capitalize on
that."
Razik faces second seed Eric Galvez of Mexico in Sunday’s final. In
the other semi, Galvez also had his hands full edging number-six
Chris Simpson of England in an 88 minute marathon.
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 BC Open 2008
26-30 Nov, Richmond BC, Canada, $15k |
Round One
27 Nov |
Quarters
28 Nov |
Semis
29 Nov |
Final
30 Nov |
[1]
Shahier Razik (Can)
11/5, 11/6, 11/6 (25m)
Justin Todd (Can) |
[1] Shahier Razik
11/6, 11/3, 11/5 (28m)
[Q] Cesar Salazar |
[1] Shahier Razik
11/8, 11/8, 11/13, 11/9 (80m)
[7] Arturo Salazar |
[1] Shahier Razik
11/8, 11/7, 11/6 (68m)
[2] Eric Galvez |
[8]
Robin Clarke (Can)
11/7, 11/7, 11/8 (38m)
[Q] Cesar Salazar (Mex) |
[3]
Shawn Delierre (Can)
11/9, 9/11, 11/8, 9/11, 11/9 (69m)
[Q] Jaymie Haycocks (Eng) |
[3] Shawn Delierre
11/7, 11/6, 11/1 (23m)
[7] Arturo Salazar |
[7]
Arturo Salazar (Mex)
11/9, 11/6, 11/6 (38m)
[Q] Eddie Charlton (Eng) |
James Snell (Eng)
11/5, 11/2, 11/1 (34m)
[6] Chris Simpson (Eng) |
[6] Chris Simpson
11/5, 11/4, 11/7 (32m)
Jens Schoor |
[6] Chris Simpson 12/14, 11/6,
11/8, 5/11, 11/7 (88m)
[2] Eric Galvez |
Jens
Schoor (Ger)
11/7, 7/11, 11/8, 15/13 (86m)
[4] Ryan Cuskelly (Aus) |
John Rooney (Irl)
11/3 rtd (17m)
[5] Jesse Engelbrecht (Rsa) |
John Rooney
12/10, 11/7, 11/4 (38m)
[2] Eric Galvez |
[Q] Matt Serediak (Can)
11/7, 11/3, 11/4 (25m)
[2] Eric Galvez (Mex) |
26-Nov, Qualifying Finals:
Matthew Serediak (Can) bt Andrew McDougall (Can)
12/10, 11/9, 11/2 (34m)
Cesar Salazar (Mex) bt Michal Reid (Can)
11/8, 11/6, 11/4 (30m)
Eddie Charlton (Eng) bt Dave Glass (Can)
11/6, 11/5, 9/11, 9/11, 11/6 (67m)
Jaymie Haycocks (Eng) bt TG Raubenheimer (Rsa) 4/11, 13/11, 11/7,
11/8 (66m)
25-Nov, Qualifying Round One:
Andrew Mcdougall (Can)
bye
Matt Serediak (Can) bt Dan Sibley (Can)
11/7, 11/7, 11/8
Mike Reid (Can) bt Joe Forster (Can)
13/11, 6/11, 11/ 6, 11/2
Cesar Salazar (Mex) Salazar bt Thomas Brinkman (Can)
11/6, 11/3, 11/6
Eddie Charlton (Eng) bt Joe Desouza (Can)
11/1, 11/7, 11/2
Dave Glass (Can) bt Jacob Dirnberger (Aut)
11/5, 13/11, 11/6
TG Raubenheimer (RSA) bt Tyler Hamilton (Can)
11/5, 9/11, 11/8, 11/8
Jaymie Haycocks (Eng) bt Armando Olguin (Mex)
11/2, 11/6, 11/0
Thanks to Jaymie Haycocks for the results
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Razik reaches BC semis
Shahier Razik of Toronto easily advanced to the semifinals on Friday
night at the B.C., Open men’s squash tournament.
The competition is an event on the Canadian Squash Circuit for the
2008-09 season as well as a stop on the men’s pro circuit.
Razik, the top-seed and ranked 22nd in the world, defeated Cesar
Salazar of Mexico in straight games. Salazar had upset eighth-seed
Robin Clarke of Ottawa in the opening round on Thursday.
‘’It was a good match and it’s great to get it done in three,’’ said
Razik. ‘’I’m expecting it to get much tougher from here on in.’’
Razik faces Salazar’s brother Arturo who is seeded seventh in one of
Saturday’s semis.
Arturo upset number-three Shawn DeLierre of Brossard, Que., 11-6,
11-7, 11-1 in 23 minutes on Friday. If DeLierre would have won, it
would have set up a rematch against Razik. Two weeks ago DeLierre
surprised Razik in a match that went five games and lasted 150
minutes in one of the longest matches ever in professional squash.
Sixth-seed Chris Simpson of England defeated Jens Schoor of Germany
11-5, 11-4, 11-7. The unseeded Schoor had eliminated fourth-seed
Ryan Cuskelly of Australia in the first round Thursday.
In the other quarterfinal, number-two Eric Galvez of Mexico
eliminated John Rooney of Ireland in straight games.
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27-Nov, Round One:
Schoor makes it into
Richmond quarters
A solid performance by unseeded Jens Schoor took the 21-year-old
German into the quarter-finals of the BC Open after he upset fourth
seed Ryan Cuskelly in the opening round of the inaugural event at
Sport Central in Richmond, Canada.
Schoor survived a 40-minute fourth game to beat the higher-ranked
Australian in 86 minutes to earn a last eight clash with England's
sixth seed Chris Simpson.
English qualifier Jaymie Haycocks was unable to exploit a 9/7 lead
in the decider lead against Shawn Delierre as the third seed from
Canada fought back to win in five.
A stomach flu the day before his match took its toll on South
Africa's fifth seed Jesse Engelbrecht, who withdrew after his first
game against unseeded Irishman John Rooney.
Top seed Shahier Razik, the top-ranked Canadian, was in commanding
form against local player Justin Todd. The 31-year-old from Toronto
now faces Mexican qualifier Cesar Salazar - who is also joined in
the last eight by his twin brother Arturo.
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