Gaultier, Shabana, Barker and Rodriguez Advance to NetSuite Open Quarterfinals with Solid Showing in Opening Round by Blake Rhodes
September 26, 2014 -SAN FRANCISCO
— Top seeds Gregory Gaultier (France), Amr Shabana (Egypt), Peter
Barker (England) and Miguel Angel Rodriguez (Colombia) each cruised
through their NetSuite Open first round matches to advance to the
quarterfinals of the PSA World Tour International 70 Tournament in San
Francisco. The quartet each needed only three games to power through
their opponents. The remaining four matches all required five games to
decide a winner.
The 8th seed Adrian
Grant (England) faced match points in the third game before coming all
the way back to defeat Campbell Grayson (New Zealand) 3-2 (5-11, 8-11,
13-11, 11-7, 11-6) in 72 minutes on the Glass Court at Justin Herman
Plaza
Both Alister Walker
(Botswana) and Chris Simpson (England) pulled off upsets in the first
round. Walker outlasted 6th seed Mathieu Castagnet (France) for a 3-2
victory (7-11, 11-6, 14-12, 5-11, 11-4) in 98 minutes at the Bay Club
San Francisco. At Stanford University, Simpson battled Cameron Pilley
(Australia) for his 3-2 victory (11-9, 11-5, 9-11, 9-11, 12-10) 96 min
The Netherlands’
Laurens Jan Anjema outlasted Cesar Salazar (Mexico) with a
3-2 victory (11-9, 11-7, 8-11, 4-11, 11-9) over 61 minutes to punch his
ticket to the quarterfinals.
The remainder of the
tournament, starting with tomorrow night’s quarterfinals, will be
played at the Glass Court on the South Lawn at Justin Herman Plaza,
culminating in Tuesday’s championship.
Below is a listing of Friday’s First Round results:
