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VII Open de Rocafort
2005, Barcelona, Spain, 13-16 Jan,
$3k
16-Jan, Final:
[1] Ritwik Bhattacharya bat [Q]
Bader Abdel Aziz
11/10 (2-0), 11/2, 11/2 (28m)
Ritwik Reaps Rocafort Reward
Dani Ramirez reports from Barcelona
India's top seed Ritwik Bhattacharya claimed the title in the
sevents Rocafort Open with a comfortable straight games victory over
Sweden's qualifier Bader Abdel Aziz in the final in Barcelona.
Aziz, who had beaten second seed Dylan Bennett in Saturday's quarters,
stayed with Bhattacharya in the first game, holding game balls at 10-7 but
couldn't hold on to the advantage.
The next two games proved to be a stroll for the Indian, not allowing Aziz
any oportunities and fully justifying his top seeding as he collected his
third PSA tour title in a little short of half an hour.
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2004 Event
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VII Open de Rocafort
2005
Barcelona, Spain, 13-16 Jan,
$3k |
Round One
Jan 14 |
Quarters
Jan 15 |
Semis
Jan 15 |
Final
Jan 16 |
[1] Ritwik
Bhattacharya (Ind)
11/7, 11/5, 11/9
Iago Cornes (Esp) |
Ritwik Bhattacharya
11/7, 9/11, 11/7, 8/11, 11/6 (64m)
Julien Balbo |
Ritwik Bhattacharya
14/12, 12/10, 2/11, 11/5 (50m)
Wai Hang Wong |
Ritwik Bhattacharya
12/10, 11/2, 11/2 (28m)
Bader Abdel Aziz |
[6] Julien
Balbo (Fra)
11/9, 11/2, 8/11, 11/2
Alexandre Muller (Fra) |
[3] Wai
Hang Wong (Hkg)
11/8, 11/2 rtd
[Q] Mohamed Ismail (Egy) |
Wai Hang Wong
11/5, 11/7, 11/6 (44m)
Andrew Whipp |
[5] Andrew
Whipp (Eng)
11/7, 11/9, 11/9
Duncan Walsh (Eng) |
[Q] Martin
Knight (Nzl)
5/11, 10/11 (0-2), 11/8, 11/0,
11/8
[7] Tony James (Aus) |
Tony James
8/11, 11/6, 9/11, 12/10, 11/6 (58m)
Albert Codina |
Tony James
11/9, 11/3, 11/3 (39m)
Bader Abdel Aziz |
[Q]
Albert Codina (Esp)
11/6, 11/7, 4/11, 11/9
[4] Christian Drakenberg (Swe) |
[Q] Bader Abdel Aziz (Swe)
11/5, 11/7, 11/7
[8] Fabian Kalaitzis (Gre) |
Bader Abdel Aziz
5/11, 11/4, 6/11, 14/12, 11/7 (55m)
Dylan Bennett |
Martin
Szaboky (Hun)
11/3, 11/4, 11/7
[2] Dylan Bennett (Ned) |
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Qualifying,
13-Jan:
Finals:
Bader Abdel Aziz (Swe) bt Luca Mastrostefano (Ita) 3/2
Mohamed Ismail (Egy) bt Alex Garbi (Esp) (local) 3/0
Albert Codina (Esp) bt Peter Billson (Eng) 3/0
Martin Knight (Nzl) bt Shahid Khan (Eng) 3/2
First Round:
Bader Abdel Aziz (Swe) bt Andreas Fuchs (Aut) 3/1
Luca Mastrostefano (Ita) bt Rodolphe Bigot (Fra) 3/0
Alex Garbi (Spa) (local) bt Michael Fiteni (Ned) 3/2
Mohamed Ismail (Egy) bt Patrick Gaessler (Ger) 3/2
Peter Billson (Eng) bt Victor Montserrat (Spa) (local) 3/1
Albert Codina (Spa) (local) bt Sandor Fulop (Hun) 3/0
Martin Knight (Nzl) bt Mika Seidel (Fin) (local) 3/0
Shahid Khan (Eng) bt Mathias Heinemann (Ger) 3/0
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REPORTS
14-Jan, Round One:
Seven Up for Rocafort
The seventh running of the Open de Rocafort
takes place at Barcelona's d'Squash Esportiu Rocafort from 13-16 January.
Top seed is Indian's Ritwik Bhattacharya, expected to meet Dutchman
Dylan Bennett in the final.
Seven of the eight seeds successfully navigated the first round, with
local qualifier Albert Codina delighting the home fans with a 3/1
victory over Swedish fourth seed Christian Drakenberg.
Australia's Tony James came close to an early exit - the seventh
seed fought back from two games down against Kiwi qualifier Martin Knight.
James now faces Codina for a place in the semi-finals.
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