Home Hero Golan Celebrates Santiago Success
by Howard Harding
23 October 2011 - Home town hero Borja Golan delighted the packed crowd at the Shopping Center Area Central in Santiago de Compostela in Spain when he upset England's top seed Adrian Grant in the final of the Santiago Open to reclaim the PSA World Tour International 25 squash title he last won in 2008.
The triumph marks Golan's biggest PSA Tour title success since the former world No10, Spain's highest-ranked player of all-time, underwent major knee surgery in 2009.
The third seed, born and raised in Santiago, dropped just one game en-route to the final where he met Grant, the defending champion from London who was celebrating his third successive appearance in the event's climax.
Golan survived the lengthy opening game after a tie-break - then moved 2/0 up after taking the second in a whitewash.
But Grant, the world No17 - ranked almost 20 places higher than his opponent - regrouped to reduce the deficit after the third.
Undoubtedly spurred on by the partisan crowd, however, Golan regained the upper hand in the fourth before closing out the match 14-12, 11-0, 8-11, 11-6.
The popular win extends Golan's impressive PSA World Tour record to 24 title triumphs from 33 final appearances.
RESULTS: PSA International 25 Santiago Open, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Final:
[3] Borja Golan (ESP) bt [1] Adrian Grant (ENG) 14-12, 11-0, 8-11, 11-6 (76m)
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