Canadian Delierre beats Mexican Galvez at Concourse Club

Winner Shawn Delierre with Andre Maur and Ken Stillman in Atlanta . (photo © 2006 Andre Maur.)

Shawn De Lierre is the second Canadian to win the Atlanta Open after beating Eric Galvez  in an marathon match lasting over 2 hours and 10 min winning (4), 9, (7), 5, 7.

The first 2 games lasted 65 minutes.

Galvez, who found himself leading 2-1 games could not find a winning game after that as the rallies were getting longer by the minute.

Both players played to their full potential and Delierre came out stronger win win his first Atlanta Open.

Delierre, the fifth seed, had already prevailed in an 85-minute marathon semi-final in which he upset second-seeded Englishman Alister Walker 9-11, 11-6, 11-2, 9-11, 11-9. 

And this battle followed a 116-minute quarter-final clash in which the 23-year-old from Montreal upset India's Ritwik Bhattacharya in five gruelling games. [see draw]

Finals:
[5] Shawn Delierre (CAN) bt [3] Eric Galvez (MEX) 4-9 11-9 7-9 9-5 9-7 (130 min)