Argentina’s Gonzalo Miranda won the first PSA World Tour title of his career when he beat Manoel Pereira in an all-South American final of the British Virgin Islands Open Squash Championship, the PSA Challenger 5 event in its second year at Pasea Estate in Tortola in the British Virgin Islands.
Top seed Miranda reached the final after dethroning defending champion Christopher Binnie, the third seed from Jamaica, in the semi-finals.
Unseeded Brazilian Manoel Pereira, ranked outside the world top 200, made his breakthrough in the quarter-finals where he defeated fourth-seeded Canadian Thomas Brinkman. A semi-final win over Englishman Tom Pashley took the 28-year-old from Sao Paulo into the first Tour final of his career.
But Miranda, the 23-year-old world No84 from La Plata, was on top throughout the final – despatching Pereira 11-2, 11-2, 11-4 in 37 minutes to take the trophy.
Final:
[1] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bt Manoel Pereira (BRA) 11-2, 11-2, 11-4 (37m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bt [3] Christopher Binnie (JAM) 11-6, 11-4, 11-5 (41m)
Manoel Pereira (BRA) bt Tom Pashley (ENG) 11-9, 8-11, 11-3, 12-10 (61m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bt Yuta Fukui (JPN) 11-6, 11-7, 11-2 (40m)
[3] Christopher Binnie (JAM) bt Jonathan Maloney (ENG) 11-4, 11-6, 11-7 (39m)
Manoel Pereira (BRA) bt [4] Thomas Brinkman (CAN) 11-7, 11-3, 11-6 (36m)
Tom Pashley (ENG) bt Robert Downer (ENG) 10-12, 11-7, 11-7, 11-2 (49m)
1st round:
[1] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bye
Yuta Fukui (JPN) bt Colin Ramasra (TRI) 11-6, 11-7, 11-2 (37m)
Jonathan Maloney (ENG) bt [Q] Dion Anselm (IVB) 11-3, 11-7, 11-1 (29m)
[3] Christopher Binnie (JAM) bt [Q] Stefan Joseph (IVB) 11-3, 11-3, 11-3 (21m)
[4] Thomas Brinkman (CAN) bt [WC] Rory Thornton (ENG) 11-3, 11-3, 11-3 (22m)
Manoel Pereira (BRA) bt [Q] Neville Sorrentino (IVB) 11-2, 11-6, 11-4 (33m)
Robert Downer (ENG) bt [Q] Michael Adamson (IVB) 11-8, 11-4, 12-10 (41m)
Tom Pashley (ENG) bt [2] Joe Chapman (IVB) 11-4, 8-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-5 (66m)
Qualifying finals:
Dion Anselm (IVB) bt Lee Osborne (IVB) 11-6, 10-12, 11-6, 11-3 (45m)
Michael Adamson (IVB) bt Percy Rhoden (IVB) 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8 (36m)
Stefan Joseph (IVB) bt Tom Chapman (IVB) 11-6, 11-7, 11-7 (31m)
Neville Sorrentino (IVB) bt Alex Davidson (IVB) 9-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-6 (40m)
1st qualifying round:
Dion Anselm (IVB) bt Tony Campbell (IVB) 11-6, 9-11, 11-7, 11-2 (48m)
Lee Osborne (IVB) bt Ross Munro (IVB) 11-5, 11-3, 11-5 (32m)
Percy Rhoden (IVB) bt Bryden Keeley (IVB) 11-7, 11-8, 11-6 (29m)
Michael Adamson (IVB) bt Richard Starkey (IVB) 11-6, 11-7, 11-6 (32m)
Stefan Joseph (IVB) bt Patrick Mulrenan (IVB) 11-3, 11-1, 11-3 (21m)
Tom Chapman (IVB) bt Robert Christie (IVB) 16-18, 11-8, 11-9, 11-6 (57m)
Alex Davidson (IVB) bt Boyd McCleary (IVB) 11-5, 11-5, 11-7 (34m)
Neville Sorrentino (IVB) bt Winston Findlay (IVB) 11-6, 11-5, 11-7 (31m)
