RESULTS: Betty Griffin Memorial Florida State Squash Open, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
1st round:
[1] Scott Arnold (AUS) bt [Q] Jonathan Uriel Ramos Islas (MEX) 11-9, 6-11, 11-6, 11-8
[6] Stuart Crawford (SCO) bt [Q] Lekgotla Mosope (BOT) 7-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9 (92m)
Scott Fitzgerald (WAL) bt [4] Wade Johnstone (AUS) 8-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-5, 11-8 (65m)
[Q] Jamie MacAulay (SCO) bt [8] Matthew Serediak (CAN) 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8 (48m)
[7] Esteban Casarino (PAR) bt Fernando Lopez (MEX) 11-6, 11-4, 11-5 (39m)
[3] Bradley Hindle (MLT) bt Salvador Martinez (MEX) 11-5, 11-3, 11-5 (32m)
Dave Glass (CAN) bt [5] Chris Truswell (ENG) 12-10, 11-6, 11-3 (35m)
[2] Bernardo Samper (COL) bt [Q] Jose Angel Becerril (MEX) 11-9, 11-7, 11-3 (41m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Scott Arnold (AUS) bt [6] Stuart Crawford (SCO) 11-5, 11-6, 11-0 (32m)
Scott Fitzgerald (WAL) bt [Q] Jamie MacAulay (SCO) 11-8, 11-5, 4-11, 11-8 (45m)
[3] Bradley Hindle (MLT) bt [7] Esteban Casarino (PAR) 11-5, 11-8, 12-10 (49m)
[2] Bernardo Samper (COL) bt Dave Glass (CAN) 11-5, 11-2, 11-3 (30m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Scott Arnold (AUS) bt Scott Fitzgerald (WAL) 11-3, 11-8, 11-8 (41m)
[2] Bernardo Samper (COL) bt [3] Bradley Hindle (MLT) 11-4, 11-9, 4-11, 8-11, 11-6 (73m)
Final:
[2] Bernardo Samper (COL) bt [1] Scott Arnold (AUS) 11-8, 11-3, 11-6 (38m)
Colombian Bernardo Samper celebrated his third PSA World Tour squash title of the year in the USA when he upset top-seeded Australian Scott Arnold in the final of the $6,000 Betty Griffin Memorial Florida State Open at Life Time Athletic Club in Boca Raton, Florida.
The 27-year-old second seed from Bogota was fully stretched in the semi-finals before beating Malta's third seed Bradley Hindle 11-4, 11-9, 4-11, 8-11, 11-6 in 73 minutes.
But the final was a more straightforward affair as New York-based Samper cruised to an 11-8, 11-3, 11-6 win over his Sydney-born opponent in 38 minutes.