Cornett & Salazar Secure Sporta Spoils by Howard Harding
May 23, 2011
-Mexican Arturo Salazar successfully retained his Torneo Internacional
Sporta Open title at Sporta Guatemala in the Guatemala capital
Guatemala City after beating compatriot Eric Galvez in the final of the
men’s PSA World Tour Challenger 15 squash event for the second
year in a row.
Fourth seed Salazar reached the
final after upsetting top-seeded Colombian Miguel Angel Rodriguez in a
five-game semi-final battle.
But the 23-year-old Mexican number
one, ranked 44 in the world, showed no signs of his toils 24 hours
earlier when he despatched former top-ranked Mexican Galvez 14-12,
11-8, 11-2.
The triumph marked Salazar’s sixth title win in seven Tour finals.
But the final was a major
disappointment for former world No33 Galvez, who has now finished as
runner-up in the Guatemala event for the third year in a row.
Canada’s Samantha Cornett
prevented a Mexican double when she beat Graciela Lopez Perez in the
final of the women’s WISPA World Tour 4 championship.
But the fifth seed from Ottawa had
to battle for five games – and twice come from behind –
before beating unseeded teenager Perez, ranked 153 in the world, 7-11,
11-6, 10-12, 11-3, 11-3.
The victory marks 20-year-old world No68 Cornett’s maiden WISPA title.
RESULTS: Torneo Internacional Sporta Open, Guatemala City, Guatemala