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Hawkes loses out in five |
Teran beats Mak |
Karl Mak & Tony Choi |
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Qualifying ... |
28-Nov, Qualifying Finals:
Day two of the first-ever combined
World Open saw 16 players qualify for the main draws. In the men's event
half of the matches went the full distance, with Joey Barrington,
Simon
Parke, Renan Lavigne and Hisham Ashour winning their marathon clashes, and
three women - Raneem El Weleily, Suzie Pierrepont and Becky Botwright -
also needed the full five games to qualify for tomorrow's first round
proper.
Alex Wan reports from Hong Kong ...
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OPENING PARTY
more photos
Malcolm Willstrop in Hong Kong
Stewart
Boswell qualified, as he was sure to do, and plays one, Canadian
Graham, Ryding with a view to playing another, Jonathon Power, if the
latter beats Ong Beng Hee.
Power will not like what he sees since he came off injured 2-0 down in
Qatar against Boswell, and if anybody can resurrect an injury it is the
persistent Aussie.
Malcolm on
qualifying
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Men's Finals:
Ramy Ashour (Egy) bt Dan Jenson (Aus)
1/11, 11/9, 11/5, 11/7 (34m)
plays Gaultier
Joey Barrington (Eng) bt Phillip Barker (Eng)
11/10(3-1), 11/7, 4/11, 10/11(2-4), 11/3 (86m) plays Tuominen
Hisham Ashour (Egy) bt Rodney Durbach (Rsa)
4/11, 11/9, 9/11, 11/10(3-1), 11/7 (50m) plays
Iskandar
Simon Parke (Eng) bt Shahier Razik (Can)
11/5, 4/11, 11/6, 8/11, 11/6 (72m)
plays Shabana
Renan Lavigne (Fra) bt Mark Chaloner (Eng)
11/7, 10/11(2-4), 11/8, 10/11(0-2), 11/9 (69m)
playsZaman
Alex Gough (Wal) bt
Davide Bianchetti (Ita)
11/5, 11/6, 11/1 (26m)
plays White
Stewart Boswell (Aus) bt Alister Walker (Eng)
11/6, 11/7, 11/8 (32m)
plays
Ryding
Laurens Jan Anjema (Ned) v Jonathan Kemp (Eng)
11/4, 10/11(0-2), 11/10(3-1), 11/7 (32m) plays Palmer |
Women's Finals:
Samantha Teran (Mex) bt
Christina Mak (Hkg)
9/3, 9/5, 9/5 (34m) plays Chiu
Raneem El Weleily (Egy) bt Kirsty McPhee (Eng)
8/10, 9/1, 7/9, 9/1, 9/4 (43m) plays Atkinson
Karen Kronemeyer (Ned) bt
Runa Reta (Can)
9/4, 9/7, 9/4 (28m) plays Bailey
Dianne Desira (Aus) bt
Eun Ok Park (Kor)
9/0, 9/2, 9/3 (22m) plays Abdel Kawy
Lauren Briggs (Eng) bt Sarah Kippax (Eng)
9/2, 9/1, 9/3 (30m) plays Stoehr
Kasey Brown (Aus) bt
Nicolette Fernandes (Guy)
9/2, 9/3, 9/2 (35m) plays Botwright
Suzie Pierrepont (Eng) bt Jaclyn Hawkes (Nzl)
1/9, 2/9, 9/5, 9/6, 9/4 (56m) plays Lengthorn
Becky Botwright (Eng) bt Louise Crome (Nzl)
8/10, 9/1, 9/0, 8/10, 9/2 (56m) plays Grinham |
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MEN'S DRAW WOMEN'S DRAW |
Day Two Roundup from Alex
Wan
 Karen
Kronemeyer and Suzie Pierrepont caused minor upsets today as
they upstaged their higher ranked opponents in contrasting styles. While
Pierrepont took nearly an hour to upstage Jackln Hawkes in a rather
physical match, Kronemeyer joined Annelize Naude and Vanessa Atkinson,
after beating Runa Reta in less than half an hour.
 Rebecca
Chiu’s hopes of seeing more fellow country women join her in the main
draw were dashed when a very tired Christina Mak bowed out to Mexico’s
Samantha Teran in straight games. All the other ladies matches
went according to seeding – Becky Botwright and world junior
champion Raneem El Weleily just scraping through.
In the men’s, Ramy Ashour continued to make his presence felt on
the PSA tour when he dumped Dan Jenson out of the competition in just
over half an hour. The youngster plays Gaultier tomorrow in what could
be a highly interesting match. Elder brother Hisham joins him too
after hard fought victory over veteran Rodney Durbach.
As expected, Stewart Boswell qualifies and plays Ryding, with a
potential of meeting Jonathan Power in the second round. Power, who
looked good in practice today, must be fuming, just as anyone who draws
Boswell would.
Tomorrow, the real action begins and everyone will be fighting for a
place in the press centre!
Alex Wan
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27-Nov:
Historic World Open Under Way in Hong Kong ...
The first ever joint men’s and women’s World Open Squash Championships got
underway in Hong Kong today with 64 players battling through the first
qualifying rounds of the year’s biggest event, sponsored jointly by Cathay
Pacific and Credit Suisse Privilege.
Hong Kong’s Christina Mak delighted home crowds when she overturned
a two-game deficit to beat Australia’s Lisa Camilleri 1-9 6-9 9-3 9-7 9-3
in 66 minutes to book a place in the women’s qualifying finals against
Mexico’s Samantha Teran.
In the men’s event, it took Welshman Alex Gough 80 minutes – the
longest match of the day – to overcome Frenchman Jean-Michel Arcucci
to set up a meeting with Italy’s Davide Bianchetti in the
qualifying finals.
It was only three days ago in Doha that the pair – both qualifiers -
fought out a second round battle in the Qatar Classic, with the
34-year-old Welsh national champion securing a surprise place in the
quarter-finals of the PSA Super Series Platinum event.
Action continues at the Hong Kong Squash Centre until the event moves onto
the perspex court in Hong Kong's Cultural Centre for the semi-finals and
finals.
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Christina Mak delights
home fans
MEN'S DRAW
WOMEN'S DRAW
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27-Nov: QUALIFYING ROUND ONE RESULTS |
HK
Squash Chairman David Mui (right) is pleased to see the event under way
Day One roundup from Alex Wan
Mixed news for locals
The Hong Kong local players, some as young as 16, had the opportunity to
somewhat make their “professional debut” in the biggest tournament of them
all. All of them made a good account of themselves, particularly the trio
of Joey Chan, Leung Shin-Nga and Chiu Ka Kei – all members of the World
Women Junior Championships winning team.
Skills wise, the 16 year olds
were matching their more illustrious opponents and sometimes even
outsmarting them. But physically, the girls were just not ready for the
tough conditions and in the end just couldn’t sustain the pace and
intensity. Joey Chan in particular, very often sent Becky Botwright in all
corners of the court.
 One of the best matches of the day had to be the
Bianchetti vs Manning
match, with the lanky Italian eventually winning after an hour in court.
Both players were very pumped up and were seen shouting “come on” to
themselves in the fashion of Lleyton Hewitt on the tennis courts. It will
be even more interesting today as Bianchetti’s opponent is Welshman Alex
Gough, who had an even more competitive battle with Jean Michel Arcuci in
a match that lasted 80 minutes.
In the ladies, Hong Kong’s Christina Mak came back from 2 games down to
oust Australian Lisa Cameilleri and will face qualifying top seed Samantha Teran for a place in the main draw. The only upset of the day saw Manuella
Manetta fall to virtually unknown Eun Ok Park of Korea in 5 games.
Alex Wan
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Women's
first round:
Samantha Teran
(Mex) bt Kozue Onizawa (Jpn)
10/8, 9/3, 9/1 (25m)
Christina Mak (Hkg) bt Lisa Camilleri (Aus)
1/9, 6/9, 9/3, 9/7, 9/3 (56m)
Kirsty McPhee (Eng) bt Alana Miller (Can)
5/9, 9/7, 3/9, 9/2, 9/6 (51m)
Raneem El Weleily (Egy) bt Eun Chan Ahn (Kor)
9/1, 9/6, 7/9, 9/1 (29m)
Runa Reta (Can) bt Carin Clonda (Aus)
9/0, 9/1, 9/1 (19m)
Karen Kronemeyer (Ned) bt Ka Kei Chiu (Hkg)
9/5, 9/4, 9/4 (24m)
Dianne Desira (Aus) bt Chinatsu Matsui (Jpn)
9/2, 9/7, 9/4 (23m)
Eun Ok Park (Kor) bt Manuela Manetta (Ita)
9/1, 5/9, 1/9, 9/4, 9/1 (66m)
Sarah Kippax (Eng) bt Amanda Hopps (Aus)
9/2, 9/5, 9/4 (29m)
Lauren Briggs (Eng) v Daniella Schumann (Ger)
9/3, 9/0, 9/1 (24m)
Nicolette Fernandes (Guy) bt Lee Hai-Kyung (Kor)
9/1, 9/5, 2/9, 7/9, 9/6 (55m)
Kasey Brown (Aus) bt Leung Shin-nga (Hkg)
9/4, 9/4, 9/7 (34m)
Suzie Pierrepont (Eng) bt Elise Ng (Hkg)
9/2, 9/5, 9/4 (21m)
Jaclyn Hawkes (Nzl) bt Orla Noom (Ned)
9/6, 10/8, 9/0 (37m)
Louise Crome (Nzl) bt Charlie De Rycke (Bel)
9/5, 9/3, 9/6 (30m)
Becky Botwright (Eng) bt Joey Chan (Hkg)
6/9, 9/2, 9/4, 9/1 (33m)
MAIN WOMEN'S
DRAW
Manetta mastered by Eun Ok Park |
Boswell beats Shuja
Men's First Round:
Dan Jenson (Aus) bt Chiu Ho Fai (Hkg)
11/0, 11/5, 11/6 (12m)
Ramy Ashour (Egy) bt Yasir Butt (Pak)
11/4, 11/6, 11/4 (17m)
Joey Barrington (Eng) bt Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind)
11/3, 11/8, 11/6 (35m)
Phillip Barker (Eng) bt Matthew Giuffre (Can)
11/6, 7/11, 11/8, 11/9 (47m)
Hisham Ashour (Egy) bt Cameron Pilley (Aus)
11/8, 10/12, 4/11, 11/9, 11/4 (33m)
Rodney Durbach (Rsa) bt Chris Gordon (Usa)
11/9, 10/13, 11/8, 6/11, 11/4 (55m)
Simon Parke (Eng) bt Dick Lau (Hkg)
11/4, 11/6, 11/3 (24m)
Shahier Razik (Can) bt Ben Garner (Eng)
11/13, 11/7, 11/6, 11/9 (42m)
Mark Chaloner (Eng) bt Roger Ngan (Hkg)
11/5, 11/2, 11/6 (25m)
Renan Lavigne (Fra) bt Anson Kwong (Hkg)
11/6, 11/4, 11/6 (22m)
Davide Bianchetti (Ita) bt Tim Manning (Aus)
11/6, 11/2, 11/13, 5/11, 11/7 (59m)
Alex Gough (Wal) bt Jean-Michel Arcucci (Fra)
11/8, 9/11, 8/11, 11/7, 11/8 (80m)
Alister Walker (Eng) bt Raymond Chiu (Hkg)
11/8, 11/5, 11/7 (24m)
Stewart Boswell (Aus) bt Kashif Shuja (Nzl)
11/6, 11/4, 11/2 (21m)
Jonathan Kemp (Eng) bt Liam Kenny (Irl)
11/5, 11/8, 11/8 (24m)
Laurens Jan Anjema (Ned) bt Max Lee (Hkg)
11/6, 11/4, 11/6 (19m)
MAIN MEN'S DRAW
Bianchetti taken the distance |
Christina Mak |
Becky Botwright & David Pearson |
Jaclyn Hawkes |
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