RESULTS: Ecuador Open, Quito, Ecuador

1st round:
[1] Milou van der Heijden (NED) bt Marina Costa (BRA) 11-2, 11-3, 11-6 (18m)
[8] Pamela Anckermann (GUA) bt Maria Jose Guarderas (ECU) 11-2, 11-0, 11-2 (17m)
[4] Ivonne Diaz (MEX) bt Dana Walker de Merino (ECU) 11-4, 11-3, 11-6 (16m)
[5] Karina Heredia Gonzalez (MEX) bt Claudia Ponce (ECU) 11-5, 11-7, 11-3 (18m)
[6] Nayelly Hernandez (MEX) bt Ana Cristina Davila (ECU) 11-2, 11-4, 11-2 (17m)
[3] Imelda Salazar Martinez (MEX) bt Daniela Suquillo (ECU) 11-2, 11-1, 11-9 (19m)
Alex Clark (SCO) bt [7] Graciela Lopez Perez (MEX) w/o
[2] Thaisa Serafini (BRA) bt Camila Bueno (ECU) 11-1, 11-4, 11-2 (18m)

Quarter-finals:
[1] Milou van der Heijden (NED) bt [8] Pamela Anckermann (GUA) 13-11, 11-2, 11-5 (25m)
[4] Ivonne Diaz (MEX) bt [5] Karina Heredia Gonzalez (MEX) 11-5, 11-9, 11-4 (24m)
[6] Nayelly Hernandez (MEX) bt [3] Imelda Salazar Martinez (MEX) 11-13, 11-5, 9-11, 11-7, 11-3 (54m)
[2] Thaisa Serafini (BRA) bt Alex Clark (SCO) 11-3, 11-9, 11-4 (24m)

Semi-finals:
[1] Milou van der Heijden (NED) bt [4] Ivonne Diaz (MEX) 11-6, 4-11, 12-10, 11-9 (33m)
[2] Thaisa Serafini (BRA) bt [6] Nayelly Hernandez (MEX) 6-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-4 (31m)

Final:
[2] Thaisa Serafini (BRA) bt [1] Milou van der Heijden (NED) 13-11, 11-6, 11-9 (30m)


Brazil's Thaisa Serafini celebrated the first WISPA World Tour squash title of her career when she upset Milou van der Heijden, the top seed from the Netherlands, in the final of the $6,200 Women's Ecuador Open at the Quito Tenis Y Golf Club in the Ecuador capital Quito.

Second seed Serafini, the world No93 from Caxias Do Sul, fought back from 4-9 down in the first game to beat the Dutch favourite, ranked five places higher, 13-11, 11-6, 11-9 in 30 minutes.

It was 25-year-old Serafini's 17th appearance in a WISPA Tour event - but her first in a final.