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 13-Jan,
Final:
Oriol completes
the Odyssey ...
Oriol Salvia became the
first Catalan player ever to claim a PSA title when he completed his
run from qualifying to defeat second seed Martin Knight in the final
in Rocafort ...
Details to follow ...
12-Jan, Quarters &
Semis:
Salvia qualifies for final
Local
favourite Oriol Salvia reached the final of the 10th Rocafort
Open, beating two Frenchman along the way.
In the morning quarter-finals he faced Joan Lezaud, who had beaten
the top seed in the first round, and emerged the winner in straight
games. Then in the semi-finals it was fellow-qualifier Gregoire
Marche, who last week was runner up in the British Junior Open U19
event. This time the Spaniard found himself 2/1 down, but recovered
to win in five games as his opponent "ran out of legs".
His opponent in the final will be second seed Martin Knight.
The Kiwi also faced a Frenchman in the quarters, beating Fabien
Verseille in four games before despatching eighth seed Jason Barry
in the semi-final.
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 10th Rocafort
International 2008
Spain, 10-13 Jan, $6k |
Round One
11 Jan |
Quarters
12 Jan |
Semis
12 Jan |
Final
13 Jan |
[1] David Barnett
(Eng)
15/13, 13/11, 11/5
Joan Lezaud |
Joan Lezaud
11/5, 11/4, 11/9
[Q] Oriol Salvia |
[Q] Oriol Salvia
11/13, 13/11, 5/11, 11/7, 11/4
[Q] Greg Marche |
[Q] Oriol Salvia
11/8, 11/2, 11/2
[2]
Martin Knight |
[7] Jonas Laursen
(Den)
11/7, 11/1, 9/11, 11/3
[Q] Oriol Salvia (Esp) |
[4] Arthur Gaskin (Irl)
14/16, 11/8, 11/8, 13/11
[Q] Grégoire Marche |
[Q] Grégoire Marche
11/6, 11/1, 12/10
[5]
Rene Mijs |
[5] Rene Mijs
(Ned)
15/13, 11/5, 3/11, 11/2
Karamatullah Khan (Pak) |
[Q] Foad Hammouni (Swe)
11/7, 11/3, 11/5
[8] Jason Barry (Rsa) |
[8] Jason Barry
8/11, 11/7, 11/5, 12/10
Matias Tuomi |
[8] Jason Barry
11/8, 11/1, 11/4
[2]
Martin Knight |
Matias Tuomi
(Fin)
13/11, 4/11, 11/1, 11/8
[3] Jakob Dirnberger (Aut) |
[Q] Fabien Verseille (Fra)
11/4, 11/6, 8/11, 10/12, 17/15
[6] Philip Nightingale (Eng) |
[Q] Fabien Verseille
11/8, 11/9, 10/12, 11/7
[2] Martin Knight |
Chris Tasker-Grindley
(Eng)
11/6, 11/1, 11/9
[2] Martin Knight (Nzl) |
10-Jan,
Qualifying:
Finals:
Fabien Verseille (Fra) bt Thibault Gouti (Fra)
8/11, 12/10, 11/6, 11/6
Oriol Salvia (Esp) bt Adam Fuller (Eng)
11/8, 11/3, 11/2
Foad Hammouni (Swe) bt Bruno Vega (Esp)
14/12, 11/2, 9/11, 11/9
Gregoire Marche (Fra) bt Andrew Birks (Eng)
11/7, 13/11, 11/6
Round One:
Fabien Verseille (Fra)
bye
Thibault Gouti (Fra) bt Victor Montserrat (Esp)
11/9, 11/9, 6/11, 10/12, 11/6
Adam Fuller (Eng)
bye
Oriol Salvia (Esp) bt Richard Birks (Eng)
12/10, 11/3, 11/3
Bruno Vega (Esp) bt Seti Herrero (Esp)
11/5, 11/5, 11/4
Foad Hammouni (Swe) bt Issa Kamara (Eng)
15/13, 11/5, 8/11, 11/3
Andrew Birks (Eng) bt Albert Codina (Esp)
10/12, 4/11, 13/11, 11/9, 12/10
Gregoire Marche (Fra)
bye
2007 Event
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11-Jan, Round One:
Good day for the
French in
Rocafort
All three Frenchmen made it through to the quarters in Rocafort, as
Joan Lezaud took out top seed David Barnett, BJO runner-up
Greg Marche continued to win in his first PSA event, and
fellow-qualifier Fabien Versaille squeezed home 17/15 in the
fifth.
A third qualifier made the quarters as local favourite Oriol
Salvia ousted seventh seed Jonas Laursen.
 "We
are still in Barcelona, and as far as I'm concerned, I'm happy to be
in the quarters, even if I didn't play the best game ever.
"Still, hopefully, far from being finished. Well, I hope so,
anyway!"
 "I
won 3/0 against the top seed. First game was very tight, I was
extremely tense, tie break 15-13.
"In the second, I made a bad start, 5/0 down, then 8/2, but I
suddenly let go, and I win 11/9. And the third, 11/5.
"Happy to win once again in three .... So rare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ciao
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Hi
Fram,