Jan Koukal Wins PSA Challenger 10 Cerdil Open
PSA Challenger 10 Cerdil Open, Dourados, Brazil
Final:
[1] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [3] Rafael Alarcon (BRA) 9-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-9
Just a week after losing to the Brazilian in the final of the Paraguay Open, Czech squash star Jan Koukal gained his revenge by beating home hero Rafael Alarcon in four games in the final of the Cerdil Open, the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 event in its third year at the Shopping Avenida Center in Dourados, Brazil.
Both had survived tough semi-finals - top seed Koukal ending the impressive run of unseeded New Zealander Evan Williams in four games to reach his third successive Cerdil final, but third seed Alarcon battling for more than an hour to upset second-seeded Egyptian Andrew Wagih Shoukry 3-11, 12-10, 10-12, 11-5, 11-9.
It was Alarcon, the world No79 from Sao Paulo, who took the early lead in the final, however.
But Koukal, who went down to the top-ranked Brazilian in straight games in the Paraguayan capital
Asuncion, reclaimed the advantage to close out the match 9-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-9 after 50 minutes.
The win marks the 28-year-old from Prague's 21st PSA World Tour title.
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Semi-finals:
[1] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt Evan Williams (NZL) 11-13, 11-8, 11-9, 11-5
[3] Rafael Alarcon (BRA) bt [2] Andrew Wagih Shoukry (EGY) 3-11, 12-10, 10-12, 11-5, 11-9
Quarter-finals:
[1] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt Joan Lezaud (FRA) 10-12, 11-4, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9
Evan Williams (NZL) bt Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) 11-6, 9-11, 11-5, 10-12, 11-4
[3] Rafael Alarcon (BRA) bt Hernan D'Arcangelo (ARG) 9-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-5
[2] Andrew Wagih Shoukry (EGY) bt Fabien Verseille (FRA) 11-5, 11-9, 11-1
1st round:
[1] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [Q] Arnaldo Vasconcellos (BRA) 11-2, 11-2, 11-7
Joan Lezaud (FRA) bt [Q] Juan Pablo Roude (ARG) 11-5, 11-13, 11-5, 11-5
Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bt [Q] Manoel Pereira (BRA) 5-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-6
Evan Williams (NZL) bt [4] Christopher Gordon (USA) 7-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-8
[3] Rafael Alarcon (BRA) bt [Q] Luke Butterworth (ENG) 11-5, 11-6, 11-8
Hernan D'Arcangelo (ARG) bt Vinicius Rodrigues (BRA) 10-12, 13-11, 11-9, 11-4
Fabien Verseille (FRA) bt Fernando Lopez (MEX) 11-8, 7-11, 11-2, 13-11
[2] Andrew Wagih Shoukry (EGY) bt Leandro Romiglio Fernandez (ESP) 11-6, 3-1 ret.
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