Clinton Leeuw (Rsa) bt Steve Finitsis (Aus)
11/5,11/5, 11/8 plays Mosaad Johan Bouquet (Fra) bt Rob Sutherland (Wal)
7/11, 3/5 rtd plays Reda Joe Lee (Eng) bt David Vidal (Esp)
12/10, 11/5, 5/11, 11/8, 11/8 (82m) plays Hindle Shaun Le Roux (Eng) bt Lewys Hurst (Wal)
11/9, 11/5, 11/6 plays Golan
Just in time ... Steve Cubbins in Santa Cruz
Well, I ust arrived in Santa Cruz as the third qualifying final was
into its last few rallies, started updating the results as the final
match started, but it was curtailed by a knee injury to Rob
Sutherland, so I managed to see absolutely nothing of that one
either!
So, just few snippets today, sensible coverage will start
tomorrow ...
Tournament Director Jordi Bercedo conducts the draw
"I had a tough match last night, but I can't consider this a win.
It was just a clash of legs and something went under his knee - I
didn't even think we would touch otherwise I would have stopped, and
it felt like nothing. I feel so bad for him ..."
Johan Bouquet
"I found that
very tough, he's a tricky player and very hard to read at the front.
I don't think I was playing my best squash but I managed to play
well when it mattered which is always pleasing and I'm very glad to
get through.
"It was good to see St George's win last night without me - although
I haven't played too much this season as I've been away a lot. We
had a terrible start, so hopefully we can get a few more wins and
challenge for the playoffs ..."
Joe Lee
"One
day you can play well and the next you can be terrible, I'm just
glad I've been having a few good days recently - when I won the
African Open last week it was the first time I'd beaten Steve
Coppinger for quite a while.
"I set a few goals when I was younger and didn't reach them, I'm 26
now though, and I had a chat with Peter Barker a few weeks ago and
that sorted a few thing out in my head. I want to be able to play
like him and I made a few changes in my training which seem to be
working.
Clinton Leeuw
First three through - Leeuw, Lee and Le Roux
OHL Spanish Open 2008 02-07 December,
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
The OHL Spanish Open 2008 was officially launched in the
Centro Insular de Squash de Tenerife.
Attending the press conference were the Sport Director of the Canary
Islands Government, Mr Alvaro Pérez, the Sport Director of
the Cabildo de Tenerife, Mr Dámaso Arteaga, the Sport
Director of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Council, Dr Jaime
Hernández Abad, and the deputy Mayor of the Santa Cruz de
Tenerife Council, Mr Angel Llanos.
The event was attended by many press - TV, Radio, Newspapers - from
the Canary Islands and Spain.
Jordi Bercedo, Vice-president of the Spanish National Squash
Federation and President of the Canary Islands Squash Federation
announced that this will be the biggest Squash Event in the history
of the Canary Islands Squash, with players from many countries
around the World competing.
The favourite will be the Spanish number one Borja Golan, who
wants to be the first Spaniard to win the Spanish Open.
Three canary islands players will be competing, with
Eduardo González in the main draw against world junior champion
Mohamed El Shorbagy, the fourth seed
The other two canary islands players will be Pedro Espeleta
(Canary Islands player and PSA player last year) and Carlos
Bercedo (number one in the Canary Islands Ranking) who earned
their places in the recent Canary
Island National Championships.
The Tournament will starts on Tuesday 2nd December with qualifying
(Tuesday and Wednesday), with the main draw starting on Thursday
3rd.
"I found that
very tough, he's a tricky player and very hard to read at the front.
I don't think I was playing my best squash but I managed to play
well when it mattered which is always pleasing and I'm very glad to
get through.
"One
day you can play well and the next you can be terrible, I'm just
glad I've been having a few good days recently - when I won the
African Open last week it was the first time I'd beaten Steve
Coppinger for quite a while.
