Salazar Upsets Mustonen to Earn Spot In NetSuite Open First Round
by Blake Rhodes

September 25, 2014 -SAN FRANCISCO — Cesar Salazar (Mexico), the fifth seed in the qualifying round for the NetSuite Open, needed four games to upset third seed Henrik Mustonen (Finland) to advance to the first round of the San Francisco stop on the PSA World Tour. After dropping the first game in a match played at the Bay Club San Francisco, he needed 62 minutes to post a 9-11, 16-14, 11-7, 11-7 victory. Olli Tuominen (Finland), Alan Clyne (Scotland) and Campbell Grayson (New Zealand) also made it through the qualifying rounds tonight to punch their tickets to the main draw.

Tuominen needed four game to distinguish Matthew Karwalski (Australia), coming back after losing the first by a 11-9 score. The Fin needed 38 minutes to post the 9-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-1 decision at the Bay Club San Francisco.

Clyne made quick work of Chris Gordon (U.S.A.) in a 11-9, 11-7, 11-5 triumph that lasted 39 minutes at the University Club.

In the other match played at the University Club, Grayson got by Steven Finitsis (Australia) in three games (11-9, 11-7, 11-5) that took 54 minutes to earn his spot in the main draw.

Below is a listing of Friday’s First Round matchups with tournament seeds:

·         No. 1 Gregory Gaultier (France) vs. Gregoire Marche (France) – NetSuite Challenge Court, 7:00 p.m.

·         No. 2 Amr Shabana (Egypt) vs. Alan Clyne (Scotland) – NetSuite Challenge Court, 7:45 p.m.

·         No. 3 Peter Barker (England) vs. Julian Illingworth (USA) – Bay Club San Francisco, 6:00 p.m.

·         No. 4 Miguel Angel Rodriguez (Colombia) vs. Olli Tuominen (Finland) – Stanford, 8:00 p.m.

·         No. 5 Laurens Jan Anjema (Netherlands) vs. Cesar Salazar (Mexico) – Stanford, 6:00 p.m.

·         No. 6 Mathieu Castagnet (France) vs. Alister Walker (Botswana) – Bay Club, 5:00 p.m.

·         No. 7 Cameron Pilley (Australia) vs. Chris Simpson (England) – Stanford, 7:00 p.m.

·         No. 8 Adrian Grant (England) vs. Campbell Grayson (New Zealand) – NetSuite Challenge Court,, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Qualifying Round Results

·         No. 1 Olli Tuominen (Finland) def. No. 8 Matthew Karwalski (Australia) 3-1 (9-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-1) 38 min.

·         No. 2 Alan Clyne (Scotland) def. No. 7 Chris Gordon (U.S.A.) 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-5) 39 min.

·         No. 4 Campbell Grayson (New Zealand) def. No. 6. Steven Finitsis (Australia) 3-0 (11-9, 11-7 11-5) 54 min.

·         No. 5 Cesar Salazar (Mexico) def.  No. 3 Henrik Mustonen (Finland)  3-1 (9-11, 16-14, 11-7, 11-7) 62 min.




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