RESULTS: Verao Squash Open, Santos, Brazil
1st round:
[1] Dylan Bennett (NED) bt [Q] Luciano Alves Barbosa (BRA) 8-11, 11-6, 11-10 (3-1), 8-11, 11-8
[6] Andras Torok (HUN) bt [Q] Roberto Pezzota (ARG) 11-8, 11-3, 8-11, 6-11, 11-3
[3] Amr Mansi (EGY) bt Chris Simpson (GUE) 11-5, 11-7, 11-7
[Q] Ronivaldo Santos (BRA) bt [8] Jago Nardelli (ENG) 11-7, 11-6, 11-9
[7] Tony James (AUS) bt Edilson Nunes (BRA) 10-11 (2-4), 11-4, 11-4, 11-10 (6-4)
[4] Sabir Butt (CAN) bt Marton Szaboky (HUN) 11-1, 11-4, 11-3
[5] Tom Richards (ENG) bt [Q] Vinicius Costa (BRA) 11-8, 11-9, 11-7
[2] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA) bt Robin Clarke (CAN) 11-9, 11-7, 11-5
Quarter-finals:
[1] Dylan Bennett (NED) bt [6] Andras Torok (HUN) 11-8, 11-9, 3-11, 11-9
[3] Amr Mansi (EGY) bt [Q] Ronivaldo Santos (BRA) 11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7
[4] Sabir Butt (CAN) bt [7] Tony James (AUS) 11-7, 5-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-10 (5-3)
[2] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA) bt [5] Tom Richards (ENG) 11-8, 11-9, 3-11, 11-9
Semi-finals:
[3] Amr Mansi (EGY) bt [1] Dylan Bennett (NED) 11-6, 11-5, 11-6
[2] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA) bt [4] Sabir Butt (CAN) 11-10 (4-2), 11-3, 11-9
Final:
[2] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA) bt [3] Amr Mansi (EGY) 11-10 (4-2), 11-8, 11-4
Alarcon Provides Home Win In Verao Open
Rafael F Alarcon, the second seed, provided an unexpected home win in the Verao Squash Open in Brazil when he beat Egypt's Amr Mansi in the final of the new $10,000 PSA Tour event in Santos.
Alarcon, the 28-year-old from Sao Paulo who won his sixth Brazilian national title in November, reached the final after beating Brazilian-based Canadian Sabir Butt in the semi-finals.
Third seed Mansi burst into his fourth PSA final after upsetting Dylan Bennett, the top seed from the Netherlands, in the other semi-final in straight games.
After surviving a tense tie-break in the first game of the final, Alarcon went on to beat Mansi 11-10 (4-2), 11-8, 11-4 to secure the third PSA title of his career.