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15-Jan, Final:
Aziz gets his revenge
in
Barcelona final
Sweden's Badr Abdel Aziz made up for losing in the final twelve
months ago by winning the 2006 Rocafort Open title, coming back from
2/1 down against England's Chris Ryder in the final in
Barcelona.
 Fourth
seed Aziz was 2/0 down against Frenchman Mathieu Castagnet in the
semi-finals. But the 25-year-old from Stockholm fought back to win 3/2
to earn a place in his third PSA final.
His unseeded opponent had reached the final after upsetting second
seed Ahmed Mohsen Hassaan in the first round. The 25-year-old
Englishman from Aylesbury disappointed the local crowds in the
semi-finals when he beat Barcelona's Oriol Salvia in a four-game
semi-final.
But Badr Abdel Aziz had the upper hand in the final, winning 11/9,
8/11, 8/11, 11/7, 11/7 to claim his second successive PSA title. |
Badr Abdel Aziz
2005 Event
2004 Event
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 VIII Open de Rocafort
2006
Barcelona, Spain, 12/15 Jan,
$3k |
Round One
Jan 13 |
Quarters
Jan 14 |
Semis
Jan 14 |
Final
Jan 15 |
[1] Luca
Mastrostefano (Ita)
3/1
[Q] Constantino Casas (Esp) |
Constantino Casas
5/11, 11/5, 11/5, 8/11, 11/10 (3/1)
Mathieu Castagnet |
Mathieu Castagnet
7/11, 6/11, 11/5, 11/7, 11/10 (2/0)
Badr
Abdel Aziz |
Badr
Abdel Aziz
11/9, 8/11, 8/11, 11/7, 11/7
Chris Ryder |
[5] Mathieu Castagnet (Fra)
3/2
Philip Nightingale (Eng) |
[4] Badr
Abdel Aziz (Swe)
3/0
Alejandro Garbi (Esp) |
Badr
Abdel Aziz
6/11, 4/11, 11/7, 11/4, 11/8
Fabien
Verseille |
[7] Fabien
Verseille (Fra)
3/2
[Q] Rene Mijs (Ned) |
[Q] Oriol
Salvia (Esp)
3/1
[6] Yann Perrin (Fra) |
Oriol Salvia
11/5, 11/6, 11/2
Nick Wall |
Oriol Salvia
11/9, 11/8, 6/11, 11/6
Chris Ryder |
[Q] Nick
Wall
3/2
[3] Andras Torok (Hyn) |
Sam Atkins (Nzl)
3/0
[8] Petros Tzamaloukas (Gre) |
Sam Atkins
11/3, 11/4, 7/11, 11/9
Chris Ryder |
Chris
Ryder (Eng)
3/1
[2] Ahmed Mohsen Hassaan |
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14-Jan, Quarters:
Aziz squeezes into Barcelona final
Dani Ramirez reports
It was a good day for Sweden's Badr Abdel Aziz, as he saved
match balls in both his quarter and semi-final matches - both against
French opposition - to reach the final of the VIII Rocafort Open in
Barcelona.
In the morning match Aziz overcame Fabien Verseille in five
games, and went on to beat a second young Frenchman, Mathieu
Castagnet, also in five games, after a tie-break in the decider.
It was Castagnet's second marathon of the day, after he saved match
balls on the way to defeating Spain's Constantino Casas 13/11 in the
fifth in their quarter-final.
In the final Aziz will meet England's Chris Ryder, who
despatched New Zealand's Sam Atkins in the quarters before removing
Spanish qualifier Oriol Salvia in the semi-finals.
13-Jan, Round One:
Night of Upsets in Barcelona
Dani Ramirez reports
 The seeds were decimated in the first round of the VIII Open de
Rocafort in Barcelona, with just three left to contest the
quarter/finals, all in the bottom half of the draw.
Tarragona/based Constantino Casas created the biggest upset of
the day as the local qualifier beat Italy's top seed Luca Mastostefano
in four games, and fellow qualifier and Barcelona resident Orial
Salvia doubled Spanish interest as he beat sixth seed Yann Perrin.
Casas faces France's fifth seed Mathieu Castagnet for a place in
the semi/finals while Salvia meets England's Nick Wall, who
scored a narrow win over third/seeded Andras Torok.
There's a second Englishman in the seedless bottom half / Chris
Ryder taking out second seed Ahmed Mohsen Hassaan to set up a
meeting with yet another giant/killer, New Zealand's Sam Atkins.
In the only quarter/final between two seeds, Sweden's Badr Abdel
Aziz meets Frenchman Fabien Verseille.
12/Jan, Qualifying:
Salvia and Casas delight
home fans in Barcelona
Dani Ramirez reports
Local players Oriol Salvia and Constantino Casas battled
through qualifying to claim places in the main draw of the VIII Open
de Rocafort in Barcelona
Oriol overcame Egypt's Madrid resident Amir el Samahy 3/0 in a hard
match, while Constantino defeated Englishman Neil Hitchens in the
morning and in the evening German Matthias Heinemann, both in straight
games.
Other qualifiers were Englishman Nick Wall, who cruised past
the young Paul Rawden and Dutchman Rene Mijs, who, after in the
morning defeating local Victor Montserrat 3/0, in the evening
contested the closest match of the day in defeating Scot Stuart
Crawford 3/2 in an exciting match.
Qualifying finals:
Nick Wall (Eng) bt Paul Rawden (Eng)
3/0
Oriol Salvia (Esp) bt Amir El Samahy (Egy)
3/1
Rene Mijs (Ned) bt
Stuart Crawford (Sco)
3/2
Constantino Casas (Esp) bt Matthias Heinemann (Ger)
3/0
Qualifying First Round:
Constantino Casas (Esp) bt
Neil Hitchens (Eng) 3/0
Rene Mijs (Ned) bt
Victor Montserrat (Esp)
3/0
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