Report 1st round main draw

The top 2 seeds progressed without any hiccups today with No.1 seed Eric Galvez beating Yann Perrin 3-0 and his South American compatriot no.2 seeded Rafael Alarcon, also winning 3-0 against Friedrich Scheel. Galvez will meet recently crowned European Junior Champion-Nicolas Mueller of Switzerland, who disposed of his much higher ranked opponent, Luca Mastrostefano in 4 games. Mueller only 17 years of age and with little experience at PSA events is showing that he can mix it with players at this level already. Alarcon will meet World No.94- Tony James of Australia who overcame the odds to beat Julien Balbo of France in 5 games. Balbo seemed to have regained the ascendancy after fighting his way back from 0-2 to 2 games all, but it was James who showed poise and maturity to record one of his best PSA wins to date.
Another ´surprise´ winner was German qualifier Patrick Gässler. With Gässler Leading 2-0, his opponent- World no.41 Ritwik Battacharya of India, was forced to retire due to a knee injury. Gässler will meet Julian Illingworth of the United States who overcame qualifier Arthur Gaskin in 4 hard fought games.
Tomorrow's remaining quarter final match-up will see Scott Handley & Badr Abdel Aziz do battle. Handley beat Matheiu Castagnet comfortably in 4 games whereas Aziz had to work a bit harder to get past his opponent-Dave Barnett, also in 4 games...

 

Final qualification

David Barnett (ENG) - Ryan Thompson (NAM)  11-6  8-11  11-4  12-10

Patrick Gässler (GER) - Andrè Haschker (GER)    11-3  11-4  11-6

Friedrich Scheel ( GER) - Mohamed Elkeiy (EGY)  11-3  12-14  9-11  11-3  11-8

Stuard Crawford (SCO) - Arthur Gaskin (IRL)      11-5  11-3  7-11 4-11  11-9

 

 

1* ERIC GALVEZ {MEX}   3 YANN PERRIN {FRA}   0 11-3, 11-4, 11-9 {37m} Court 1 Thu 26th Apr 2007 4.30pm Round 1
8* LUCA MASTROSTEFANO {ITA}   1 NICOLAS MUELLER {SUI}   3 11-4, 3-11, 4-11, 5-11 {36m} Court 1 Thu 26th Apr 2007 5.15pm Round 1
3* RITWIK BHATTACHARYA {IND}   0 {Q2} PATRICK GAESSLER {GER}   3 4-11, 1-11 {Retired} {13m} Court 1 Thu 26th Apr 2007 6pm Round 1
5* JULIAN ILLINGWORTH {USA}   3 {Q4} ARTHUR GASKIN {IRL}   1 11-2, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7 {53m} Court 3 Thu 26th Apr 2007 6pm Round 1
{Q1} DAVID BARNETT {ENG}   1 7* BADR ABDEL AZIZ {SWE}   3 11-10 {2-0}, 5-11, 5-11, 4-11 {52m} Court 3 Thu 26th Apr 2007 7pm Round 1
MATHIEU CASTAGNET {FRA}   1 4* SCOTT HANDLEY {ENG}   3 6-11, 11-10 {2-0}, 3-11, 4-11 {40m} Court 1 Thu 26th Apr 2007 6.45pm Round 1
TONY JAMES {AUS}   3 6* JULIEN BALBO {FRA}   2 11-6, 11-8, 1-11, 3-11, 11-7 {58m} Court 1 Thu 26th Apr 2007 7.30pm Round 1
{Q3} FRIEDRICH SCHEEL {GER}   0 2* RAFAEL F. ALARCON {BRA}   3 4-11, 5-11, 6-11 {24m} Court 1 Thu 26th Apr 2007 8.15pm Round 1
 

Quarter-Final

1* ERIC GALVEZ {MEX}   v. NICOLAS MUELLER {SUI}     11-9, 4-11, 11-6, 11-6 (47min) Court 1 Fri 27th Apr 2007 9pm Quarter-Final
{Q2} PATRICK GAESSLER {GER}   v. 5* JULIAN ILLINGWORTH {USA}     6-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-5, 11-13 (69min) Court 1 Fri 27th Apr 2007 6pm Quarter-Final
7* BADR ABDEL AZIZ {SWE}   v. 4* SCOTT HANDLEY {ENG}     5-11, 11-6, 7-11, 3-11 (32min) Court 1 Fri 27th Apr 2007 7pm Quarter-Final
TONY JAMES {AUS}   v. 2* RAFAEL F. ALARCON {BRA}     10-13, 11-9, 3-11, 3-11 (34) Court 1 Fri 27th Apr 2007 8pm Quarter-Final
 

Semi-Final

ERIK GALVEZ (MEX)   v. JULLIAN ILLINGWORTH (USA     9-11, 11-9, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8 Court 1 Sat 28th Apr 2007 5pm Semi-Final
RAFAEL ALARCON (BRA)   v. SCOTT HANDLEY (ENG)     11-6  11-3  11-6 Court 1 Sat 28th Apr 2007 6pm Semi-Final
 

FINAL

ERIK GALVEZ (MEX)    v. RAFAEL ALARCON (BRA)     4-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-6 (66m) Court 1 Sun 29th Apr 2007 4pm FINAL