Maiden PSA Title For Gonzalo Miranda In Virgin Islands by Howard Harding 23 June 2013
- Argentina's Gonzalo Miranda won the first PSA World Tour title of his
career when he beat Manoel Pereira in an all-South American final of
the British Virgin Islands Open Squash Championship, the PSA Challenger
5 event in its second year at Pasea Estate in Tortola in the British
Virgin Islands.
Top seed Miranda reached the final after dethroning defending champion
Christopher Binnie, the third seed from Jamaica, in the semi-finals.
Unseeded Brazilian Manoel Pereira, ranked outside the world top 200,
made his breakthrough in the quarter-finals where he defeated
fourth-seeded Canadian Thomas Brinkman. A semi-final win over
Englishman Tom Pashley took the 28-year-old from Sao Paulo into the
first Tour final of his career.
But Miranda, the 23-year-old world No84 from La Plata, was on top
throughout the final - despatching Pereira 11-2, 11-2, 11-4 in 37
minutes to take the trophy.
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 5 British Virgin Islands Open, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
1st round:
[1] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bye
Yuta Fukui (JPN) bt Colin Ramasra (TRI) 11-6, 11-7, 11-2 (37m)
Jonathan Maloney (ENG) bt [Q] Dion Anselm (IVB) 11-3, 11-7, 11-1 (29m)
[3] Christopher Binnie (JAM) bt [Q] Stefan Joseph (IVB) 11-3, 11-3, 11-3 (21m)
[4] Thomas Brinkman (CAN) bt [WC] Rory Thornton (ENG) 11-3, 11-3, 11-3 (22m)
Manoel Pereira (BRA) bt [Q] Neville Sorrentino (IVB) 11-2, 11-6, 11-4 (33m)
Robert Downer (ENG) bt [Q] Michael Adamson (IVB) 11-8, 11-4, 12-10 (41m)
Tom Pashley (ENG) bt [2] Joe Chapman (IVB) 11-4, 8-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-5 (66m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bt Yuta Fukui (JPN) 11-6, 11-7, 11-2 (40m)
[3] Christopher Binnie (JAM) bt Jonathan Maloney (ENG) 11-4, 11-6, 11-7 (39m)
Manoel Pereira (BRA) bt [4] Thomas Brinkman (CAN) 11-7, 11-3, 11-6 (36m)
Tom Pashley (ENG) bt Robert Downer (ENG) 10-12, 11-7, 11-7, 11-2 (49m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bt [3] Christopher Binnie (JAM) 11-6, 11-4, 11-5 (41m)
Manoel Pereira (BRA) bt Tom Pashley (ENG) 11-9, 8-11, 11-3, 12-10 (61m)
