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Rodriguez Romps To Rochester Title

30 Jan 2006

Colombian Miguel Angel Rodriguez celebrated his second PSA Tour title success in three months when he beat Egypt's Yasser El Halaby in a dramatic five-game final of the Rochester Pro Open in New York, USA.

Top seed in a Tour event for the first time, Rodriguez won the opening game on a tie-break - then went two games down as the unseeded US-based Egyptian began to take control of the match.

But the 20-year-old Colombian, who won his maiden PSA title at the Tortugas Open in Argentina in November, regained the advantage and ultimately claimed his 11-10 2-11 7-11 11-9 11-6 victory.

Final:
[1] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) bt Yasser El Halaby (EGY) 11-10 (2-0), 2-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6