Annie
and Max take HK titles
 It
was all change at Hong Kong squash centre as Annie Au
and Max Lee overturned the results of the 2010 finals
to claim their National titles.
Au reclaimed the crown after losing a 3-2 thriller to Joey
Chan last year, but the final again went the distance with
Au, the 22-year-old world number 10, beating her 9-month
older rival 11/9 in the fifth.
Lee, the top ranked HK player at world number 61, ended the
four-year reign of Dick Lau as he beat the defending
champion 11/6, 11/7, 1/11, 11/7 in 48 minutes.
Women's final:
[1] Annie Au Wing-chi bt [2] Joey Chan Ho-ling
11/2, 6/11, 13/11, 7/11, 11/9 (53m)
Men's final:
[1] Max Lee Ho-yin bt [2] Dick Lau Siu-wai
11/6, 11/7, 1/11, 11/7 (48m)
Women's 3/4th play-off:
Liu Tsz-ling bt Tong Tsz-wing 11-9, 11-8, 11-4
Men's 3/4th play-off:
Leo Au bt Anson Kwong 7-11, 11-4, 11-3, 11-5
Men's
Semis:
[1] Max Lee Ho-yin bt Anson Kwong Yu-shun
10-12, 11-4,
11-9 11-3
[2] Dick Lau Siu-wai bt Leo Au Chun-ming
8-11, 11-3,
11-8, 1-11, 11-8
Women's Semis:
[1] Annie Au bt Liu Tsz Ling
11/7, 11/5, 11/
[2] Joey Chan bt Tong Tsz Wing 11/2, 11/6, 11/
“CROCODILE
/ HK SQUASH”
Sponsorship Signing Ceremony
Hong Kong Squash is delighted to announce the HK$280,000
(US$36,000) cash sponsorship by Crocodile Garments Ltd
for two major events of the calendar year, namely the
“Crocodile Hong Kong Squash Championships 2011” and the
“Crocodile Squash Challenge Cup 2011” which will be
commenced this week and end of this year respectively.
The Hong Kong Squash Championships is the most prestigious
annual local competition organized by Hong Kong Squash since
its establishment 50 years ago, attracting all our top elite
players, Annie Au Wing-chi and Max Lee Ho-yin, men’s and
women’s defending champions Dick Lau Siu-wai and Joey Chan
Ho-ling.
This year, the tournament is again title-sponsored by
CROCODILE, held between 1 June and 18 June 2011 at the Hong
Kong Squash Centre, including the masters, men's and women's
main competitions.
The “Crocodile Squash Challenge Cup”, sanctioned by the
WISPA and the PSA, is set to welcome and bring world-class
men and women players from all corners of the world to Hong
Kong for the 16-draw competition with the total prize money
of HKD140,000 to be held towards the end of the year.
"Special thanks go to our title sponsor Crocodile Garments
Limited who has joined us for many years in what we hope
will be a long lasting and successful partnership in our
ongoing mission to develop and promote the wonderful game of
squash," said Mr. David Mui, Chairman of Hong Kong
Squash.
"Thanks also go to the Leisure & Cultural Services
Department for their ongoing support and together with other
supporting sponsors, Cathay Pacific Airways and Perrier,
without whose contribution, this tournament would not be
such an all round success.”
Mr. Lam Kin Ming, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Crocodile Garments
Limited, added:
"It is the honour and gratitude that Crocodile Garments
Limited is the seventh year to be invited as title-sponsor
of this highly popular tournament in HK. I am sure that
those looking forward to a weeks of exhilarating action will
be well rewarded."
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