POSTED: Monday May 25th 2009
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SQUASH - Baltazar Ferreira Battles To Marathon Swiss Success

Richards is celebrating his fifth Tour final appearance - and looking for his second PSA win this year against Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira.

Seegarten Vitis Squash Open, Schlieren, Zurich, Switzerland

Semi-finals:

[1] Tom Richards (ENG) bt [4] Mark Krajcsak (HUN) 4-11, 11-4, 6-1     ret.

[7] Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira (MEX) bt Nicolas Mueller (SUI)     12-10, 4-11, 14-12, 3-11, 17-15

Baltazar     Ferreira Battles To Marathon Swiss     Success

Mexico’s     seventh seed Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira was taken the full     distance by unseeded Nicolas Mueller in the Seegarten Vitis     Open before defeating the home hero to reach the final of the $10,000     PSA World Tour squash event at Vitis Sports Center in     Schlieren, near Zurich, in     Switzerland.

“The home crowd favourite was once again spurred on by a parochial     Swiss crowd but was edged out 17-15 in the fifth game,” reported     tournament organiser John Williams.  “Both players displayed tremendous     skills and mental endeavour from start to finish, but it was to be the     Mexican who prevailed in a high quality affair considering their current     rankings.”

The 12-10, 4-11, 14-12, 3-11, 17-15 victory takes Baltazar Ferreira     into the 12th PSA Tour final of his career - but the first this     year.

The 26-year-old from Mexico City will face favourite Tom     Richards after the Englishman prevailed against injured Hungarian     Mark Krajcsak, the fourth seed.

“At one-game all, the match was well poised - but Krajcsak was     clearly affected from the beginning of the third game by his injury,”     explained Williams after the second semi-final which finished with a 4-11,     11-4, 6-1 (ret.) scoreline.

Richards, the 22-year-old world No34 from Surrey, is celebrating his fifth Tour final     appearance - and looking for his second PSA win this     year.

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Keywords · Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira · Nicholas Mueller · Seegarten Vitis open · PSA World Tour · Vitis Sports Center · Tom Richards · Mark Krajcsak

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