Third Time Lucky For Home Hero Alarcon in PSA Brazil by Howard Harding 9 June 2013
- Brazilian squash star Rafael Alarcon will contest the final of the
Cerdil Open for the third time in four years - but will be hoping to
bring the title into home hands for the first time when he faces
Englishman Jaymie Haycocks in the climax of the PSA World Tour
Challenger 10 event at the Shopping Avenida Center in Dourados.
The No2 seed from Sao Paulo beat unseeded Englishman Alex Ingham 11-9,
5-11, 11-2, 11-5 in 45 minutes and will now play in his 34th PSA Tour
final.
There was unexpected Brazilian interest in the other semi-final where
Haycocks, the third seed, faced wild card Vinicius Rodrigues. The
26-year-old from Barsilia made the semis after stopping unseeded
Benjamin Fischer, the Swiss giant-killer who ousted top seed and
defending champion Jan Koukal in the opening round.
But Haycocks, world No71 from Birmingham, was too strong for the Brazilian, winning 11-9, 11-5, 11-7 in 40 minutes.
The 29-year-old Englishman is celebrating his third successive final
appearance on the PSA Tour, after winning the Paraguay Open last week.
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 10 Cerdil Open, Dourados, Brazil
1st round:
Benjamin Fischer (SUI) bt [1] Jan Koukal (CZE) 8-11, 11-5, 11-13, 11-5, 11-8 (48m)
[WC] Vinicius Rodrigues (BRA) bt Joe Chapman (IVB) 11-4, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9 (55m)
[Q] Rodrigo Pezzota (ARG) bt Fernando Lopez (MEX) 11-6, 11-8, 11-8 (65m)
[3] Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) bt [Q] Jonathan Geekie (SCO) 12-10, 11-4, 12-10 (45m)
[4] Johan Bouquet (FRA) bt Karamatullah Khan (PAK) 11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 11-6 (68m)
Alex Ingham (ENG) bt [Q] Jonathan Maloney (ENG) 11-8, 11-6, 11-3 (29m)
Michael McCue (CAN) bt [Q] Josue Enriquez (GUA) 8-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-4 (56m)
[2] Rafael Alarcon (BRA) bt Matthew Serediak (CAN) 6-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 11-5 (56m)
