Rafael & Rodriguez To Meet In MDO Final

Brazil's Rafael F Alarcon is one match away from his 20th successive PSA Tour match win - and his fifth title in a row - after beating compatriot Ronivaldo Santos in the semi-finals of the MDO Open at the MDO Club in the Brazilian capital Brasilia.

Top seed Alarcon, the six-times national champion from Sao Paulo who has yet to drop a game in the tournament, brushed third seed Santos aside 11-8, 11-2, 11-6 in just 21 minutes to earn his tenth appearance in a PSA Tour final.

Rodriguez was more sternly tested in the other semi-final. The 20-year-old No2 seed from Colombia twice had his lead pulled back by Luciano Alves Barbosa, but eventually beat the Brazilian qualifier 11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-7 in 59 minutes to reach his sixth PSA final over the past two years.

The final will be the pair's second meeting in a Brazilian final in eight days after contesting the climax of the Ornitargin Open in Goiania.

Semi-finals:
[1] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA) bt [3] Ronivaldo Santos (BRA) 11-8, 11-2, 11-6 (21m)
[2] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) bt [Q] Luciano Alves Barbosa (BRA) 11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-7 (59m)