15 up for Redfern
...
Karen Redfern (SP) achieved the title again to become National
Champion for the 15th time.
She beat last year's champion Thaisa Serafini (RS) who
started the game at a high pace and and won the first game to take
the lead. But Karen came back into the match and used her experience
to win the next three games for the title ... the most
successful Brazilian squash player ever !
 "I wanted that title so much, I told
you at the beginning the tournament.
"It was very hard as Thaisa is improving her squash very quickly and
... I am very happy now!"
...
and 7 for Rafael
Brazilian international Rafael Alarcon was the favourite to won the
title again. But Tiago Cabral was aiming for his first national
trophy, and after a great victory over Ronivaldo Santos in five
games in the semis, he started very well to win the first game.
Rafael came out very fast in the second and improving the pace
levelled the match at one-all. The third game was very well
contested, quite long, with a lot of big rallies and the players
knew that could be the decisive one. Alarcon was lucky and also won
this one on a tiebreak (12/10).
After that he eased away to win the fourth game and the match to
claim sis seventh National title.
"Of course I am happy,
but it was very difficult, the court was very hot and the ball was
very bouncy.
"I didn't find my game at all at the start, my shots were not very
good, but in the end it worked well."
Results:
[1] Rafael Alarcon bt [2] Tiago Cabral (SP)
3/1
[1] Karen Redfern bt [2] Thaisa Serafini (RS) 3/1
COMPLETE RESULTS
thanks to Antonio Vidiella |
COMPLETE RESULTS
thanks to Antonio Vidiella
Age-group winners
(Rodrigo on the right) |
