27-Apr, Finals:                 photos by Mary Croke
 
[1] Madeline Perry (Irl) 3-1 [6] Nicolette Fernandes (Guy)  
           11/5, 11/9, 8/11, 11/3 (60m)

[2] Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas) 3-1 [3] Omar Abdel Meguid (Egy)
           13/11, 8/11, 11/7, 11/2 (57m)
 

Finals at Fitzwilliam
Arthur Curran reports

A fifth Irish Open for Perry

Eventually we came to the women’s final of this Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Open tournament, and what a treat we had in store.

Madeline started off like a house on fire, maybe with Nicolette suffering a little nerves or tiredness from her arduous week, and moved quickly to game ball at 10/2 in the first, Nicolette saved three points then carelessly served out of court on the sidewall to give Madeline the game at 11/3.

Nicolette started much better in the second as with some great shots she moved into 5/2 lead, then 7/4 and 9/5, looking good for a game win but then Madeline showed her experience to take the game 11/9 via a stroke on the last point.

Both ladies were playing some great squash to entertain the fairly large crowd, as Madeline moved into a 5/1 lead, Nicolette pulled back to 4/5, Madeline got to 6/4 before Nicolette put in one great hand of squash to lead 8/7, and although Madeline pulled back to level at 8/8 she just could not stop Nicolette from staying in the match by taking the game 11/8.

Unfortunately Nicolette had used up far too much energy in taking that third game as she had no answer to Madeline’s superb shot making as she strode through the fourth game11/3 to win the Irish Women’s Open title for the fifth time.

Congratulations to Madeline on another fine win, but congratulations also to Nicolette who had played some great squash here throughout the week and found herself with many new admirers for her style of play, her gracious demeanour on court and her friendliness with fans off the court.

Madeline thus wins her fifth Irish Open title in nine years, claiming a 10th career WSA title.
 
“I don’t think I did much wrong in game four”, said Fernandes, “but Madeline was flying in that game and was just too good.”

Madeline was content with her performance, especially playing well in front of a home crowd: “This is not my home court, but this is as home as it gets to me, and winning in Ireland obviously means a lot to me.”

The former world number three feels that this was good preparation for the European Team Championships happening next week: “there are some strong teams out there but if Aisling Blake and I are playing well, we are within a chance. Also, our number three player has gained some good experience and should make things hard for whoever she faces.”

And so to the men’s final, the last match of the week. No 2 seed Nafiizwan Adnan faced No 3 seed Omar Abdel Meguid from Egypt, and it was a really fantastic battle of wits in a tough contest.

The first game really was like a street fight as both players battled for every ball and every point but Wan managed to close it out eventually at 13/11, and the next game was equally as tough with Omar this time coming out on top at 11/8.

The third game was similar with Wan this time taking the game 11/7, but the fourth was a stept oo far for Omar as he ran out of steam Wan took the game 11/2 and won the Irish Men’s Open squash tournament.

“It’s been a long week for me and I think it could have gone to five if I had been a bit fresher," said Omar. "But Wan was the better player on the day and deservedly won.”

For Adnan victory here meant a lot, and he is eager to return next year:

“I will relax now after a long week. Ireland has been good to me, it’s a great tournament for me, and lets hope that Cannon Kirk Homes, the sponsors, can support the event again next year.”

Plenty of celebrations and presentations then followed before the tournament was officially closed.

Finals Gallery  photos by Mary Croke

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Squash Fans from near and far

During this week at the Fitzwilliam Club I have met up with a couple of guys who have been asking me a lot about squash so I thought I would check into their interest.



Roger Gaggiato, pictured right, is of Italian descent and has broken a visit to his parents at the family residence in Padua, Italy for a first time visit to Dublin for the Irish Open as he is a very keen squash fan.

Alongside on the left is his business pal Ashley St. John Leonard, who hails from Dublin but now resides in Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil with his Brazilian wife, the same town where Roger is the Italian Vice-Consul, and he has come across to see his family and to be introduced to squash by Roger.

Roger said “I have enjoyed this visit very much, and it has been great to see all these top players in such a wonderful environment.”

Ashley said “It has been a most enjoyable and exciting introduction to the sport by my friend, especially back in my home city, and I shall definitely follow the sport much more via squashsite.”

Unfortunately Roger had to leave this morning before the finals, but he will be back in Italy in time to watch the live streaming of the final, then travels back to Brazil early next week, where the guys will meet up again. Hopefully we will all meet up somewhere sometime at a later date.
 

Did you catch it Live ?

In a first for the Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Open, the event was streamed live on aertv.ie , and commentary was provided by a number of players.

For the finals Dan Zilic was joined by none other than Derek Ryan, who came fresh off court after beating top European junior David Ryan. Thousands of internet users followed the action online, and remarkably the viewership was international.

“We saw a real spike in traffic from Mexico during Samantha Teran’s match”, said Mark Burke, senior producer at aertv.ie. And the players were impressed too: “I had some top ten players watch me yesterday, and they said I played well! This wouldn’t have been possible years ago”, the finalist Omar Abdel Meguid said, proving that also players benefit from the wider exposure.

Finally, Alex Gough, CEO of the PSA, also alluded how this type of coverage is a real boost for Squash’s bid for the inclusion in the 2020 Olympic Games.

“We have always had the players, but we haven’t always had the exposure. We are getting this right this time, and coverage such as this is fantastic for the game”, said Gough.

12/10, 10/12, 11/5, 11/4 (44m)

[Q] Deon Saffery

11/5, 11/9, 8/11, 11/3 (60m)

[6] Nicolette Fernandes

11/2, 11/9, 11/6 (40m)

[6] Nicolette Fernandes

22-Apr, Qualifying Finals:

Mariam Metwally (Egy) 3-0 Gaby Huber (Sui)                   11/6, 11/5, 11/8 (38m)
Sarah Cardwell (Aus) 3-0 Orla Noom (Ned)                       11/1, 11/5, 11/3 (20m)
Milou Van Der Heijden (Ned) 3-0  Maud Duplomb (Fra)  11/7, 12/10, 13/11 (30m)
Deon Saffery (Wal) 3-1 Birgit Coufal (Aut)                11/7, 8/11, 11/8, 11/5 (25m)

22-Apr, Qualifying Round One:

Gaby Huber (Sui) 3-1 Chloe Mesic (Fra)           10/12, 11/7, 12/10, 11/1 (35m)
Mariam Metwally (Egy) 3-0 Cyrielle Peltier (Fra)          11/8, 11/7, 11/3 (34m)
Sarah Cardwell (AUS) 3-0 Belen Etchechoury (ARG)    11/9, 11/2, 11/8 (35m)
Orla Noom (NED) 3-0 Griffin Gillanders (IRL)                11/8, 11/8, 11/4 (17m)
Maud Duplomb (Fra) 3-0 Fiona Power (Irl)                  11/8, 11/2, 11/7 (21m)
Milou Van Der Heijden (Ned) 3-0 Ciara Moloney (Irl)   11/8, 11/5, 11/6 (22m)
Birgit Coufal (Aut) 3-0 Stephanie Ryan (Irl)                11/1, 11/4, 11/1 (11m)
Deon Saffery (Wal) 3-0 Harriet Ingham (Eng)             11/2, 11/9, 11/7

 11/9, 12/10, 4/11, 11/6 (63m)

[3] Omar Abdel Meguid

13/11, 8/11, 11/7, 11/2 (57m)

[2] Nafiizwan Adnan

11/7, 5/11, 11/4, 11/4 (50m)

[2] Nafiizwan Adnan

22-Apr, Qualifying Finals

Ivan Yuen (Mas) 3-2 Alejandro Garbi (Esp) 5/11, 11/6, 11/7, 9/11, 11/7 (70m)
Lucas Serme (Fra) 3-2 Joel Hinds (Eng)        8/11, 8/11, 11/9, 11/6, 11/3 (72m)
Jens Schoor (Ger) 3-2 Alex Phillips (Eng) 11/5, 10/12, 13/11, 3/11, 12/10 (60m)
Zahed Mohamed (Egy) 3-0 Johan Bouquet (Fra)             11/6, 11/4, 11/4 (29m)

22-Apr, Qualifying Round One

Ivan Yuen (Mas) bye
Alejandro Garbi (Esp) 3-0 Kevin Moran (Sco)              12/10, 11/8, 11/8 (42m)
Lucas Serme (Fra) 3-0 Sean Conroy (Irl)                        11/4, 11/1, 11/2 (23m)
Joel Hinds (Eng) 3-1 Ben Coleman (Eng)        12/14, 11/7, 11/8, 11/8 (81m)
Johan Bouquet (Fra) 3-0 Oisin Logan (Irl)   11/6, 11/3, 11/7 (20m)

Semis at Fitzwilliam
Arthur Curran reports

What an absolutely superb exhibition of squash we saw here from the Guyanese lady Nicolette Fernandes who, after winning against top Mexican Samantha Teran yesterday, again won against the seedings as she defeated No 4 seed Emily Whitlock from England.

Although only 4 places between them in the rankings with Emily currently at 27, the lower ranked Nicolette was on top of the match all the way through as she set off like lightening into an 8/0 lead before Emily got on the scoreboard, then closed the game out at 11/2. Emily set off a little better in the second as she took a close 3/2 lead, Nicolette took over to lead 6/3, Emily eased up to level at 7/7 but Nicolette got to game ball at 10/7. Emily not wanting to go two games down stuck in to get to 9/10 but could not stop Nicolette from taking the next point for an 11/9 win and a 2 – 0 game lead.

Emily seemed to be the one to tire first after both ladies had had two tough games prior to this semi final, Nicolette taking an early 4/0 lead then staying in front as Emily took a few odd points with a 7/3 lead. Although Emily fought very hard to stay in the match and got to 6/7 before Nicolette took the hand again and served out to win 11/6. A fabulous 3 – 0 win for the young lady from Guyana after a dazzling display of great shots and court movement from both these players.

Nicolette was so pleased that the live streaming was on because she heard last night that her family back in Guyana was watching yesterday and we certainly hope they were watching today to see this superb victory, and that they are able to watch the final tomorrow which starts at 3.00 pm GMT.

Another surprise in the men’s first semi final as the top seed is beaten by the No 3 seed in a very unsettling match, both players having many distracting chats with the referee, and lots of lets and no lets. Omar Abdel Meguid set off into a n early 3/0 lead but Chris Simpson quickly levelled then both players kept the score level right through to 9/9 before Omar served out for an 11/9 win. Chris took an early 6/2 lead in the second and moved slowly up to match ball at 10/7 before Omar fought back strongly and defiantly took the game 12/10.

Chris then came back into the match with a 7/1 lead before taking the game 11/4. The fourth started very edgily with Chris taking a 6/5 lead but then was tiring quickly as Omar took the serve and went through the points to take the game 11/6 and the match 3 – 1, and booked the first place in tomorrow’s final.

Next up on court was the Irish favourite lady Madeline Perry to face Deon Saffery of Wales, who had played brilliantly to come through the qualifying rounds to reach this semi final.

Deon started very well to take a 5/2 lead then moved to 8/4, Madeline levelled at 8/8 and again at 9/9, Deon got game ball at 10/9 but could not stop Madeline from taking the game 12/10. Madeline was playing some excellent squash and took a really good lead of 9/3 before Deon got six points in one hand to level at 9/9, Madeline got game ball at 10/9but this time Deon stayed strong to take the game 12/10.

Unfortunately the arduous week began to show on Deon and Madeline took the next two games 11/5 and 11/4 for a good 3 – 1 victory, but praise to both ladies for showing us some great squash played in such an amicable fashion.

Finally we came to the last match of the day, the second men’s semi final, which was a much more stylish and amicable match than the first men’s semi, between No 2 seed Nafiizwan Adnan, known as Wan, from Malaysia, now the tournament favourite, and the rather tall American Chris Gordon.

After a really tough week Chris found it hard to get into this match as Wan moved into a 9/4 lead, got game ball at 10/5 then despite Chris saving two Wan took the game 11/7. Chris came much more into the match in the second game as he fired into a 5/1 lead, Wan came back to 4/5 before Chris went 8/4 up then allowed Wan only one more point before taking the game 11/5.

Both players were playing some lovely squash and entertaining the crowd, but unfortunately Chris was showing extreme signs of tiredness which Wan took advantage of to take the next two games in a comfortable score of 11/4 and 11/5. An excellent finale to the evening’s entertainment, much appreciated by the vociferous crowd.
 

Draws & Results

Quarters at Fitzwilliam
Roundup from Dan Zilic

Watchers throughout the world were treated to some high-energy Squash live on aertv.ie - with Chris Collins, Damian O'Reilly and Dan Zilic reporting live on the action.

The day kicked off with Emily Whitlock beating Emma Beddoes in a tough four game encounter, and Chris Simpson fulfilled his number one seeding when overcoming qualifier Jens Schoor in four.

Nicolette Fernandes caused the first significant upset beating Samantha Teran of Mexico in straight games, but Omar Abdel Meguid got himself out of trouble in the second against Lucas Serme to win in four.

Then the Irish heroes took to the court - and Madeline Perry justified her number one ranking with a comprehensive victory over Misaki Kobayashi of Japan.



The crowd were therewith perfectly warmed up for the next Irish encounter, featuring yesterday's hero Arthur Gaskin. Gaskin showed terrific spirit in his match against Chris Gordon, and remarkably scored ten points in a row when he came back form 1:4 down in the second to take it 11:4.



But the efforts took their toll, and despite having Irish Squash legend Derek Ryan in his corner, Arthur lost in four tough games.

Hopes remain on Madeline then, as she takes on qualifier Deon Saffery in the semis after the Welsh girl's impressive win over Coline Aumard.

The crowd can rely on some more terrific action in tomorrow's semis, live streaming continues on aertv.ie!
 

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Dan delegates interviewing duties to Chris, but it's Arthur who gets the Guinness !

The streaming works on your tablet too, and goes very nicely with a Guiness ...

Round One at Fitzwilliam
Roundup from Dan Zilic, more to follow ....

Perry advances to quarter-finals,
but Blake suffers shock defeat

Madeline Perry kept Irish interest alive in the Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Open 2013. Facing a tricky and talented Egyptian Mariam Metwally, Perry steadied herself after winning a shaky first game in the tie-break, and ran out a comfortable 3:0 win in the end.

“The first game was a bit bouncy and I hadn't quite found my range,” said Perry, “but once I did I think I was able to break her down quite nicely. Everyone has been telling me all day that she is really good, so I was definitely on my toes.”

Aisling Blake, who was in Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club yesterday to support Squash’s bid for the Olympics in 2020 together with Senator and former Olympian Eamonn Coghlan, was off the pace today and was duly beaten by Welsh number two Deon Saffery in 30 minutes.

The Dublin-born Irish Champion was seeded three in this tournament, and there was talk of a re-match of the Irish Championships finals between Perry and Blake in the semis. Alas, it was not to be. But Perry sees her win as an ideal preparation for the tournament:

"Today, mid-way through the third I began thinking that this is a really good opening match for me. I don't like if it's too easy, I think a good tough first round match helps me for the rest of the tournament." Reason enough to remain optimistic that Irish interests remain until the final day!

Coline beats Briggs

I played against Lauren a week ago in the French league and lost 3:1, that was the first time played against her. So I can safely say that that really helped in this match.

What did I do differently this time round? Just a few changes really, - I tried to keep the ball to the back more and tried not to go short as often or as early. The two of us are quite close in the rankings - she is 36 I think and I am 44 - but this is a really important win for me since it's the first top 40 player I beat in 2013, and also I think Lauren is a fantastic player with a lot of experience.

I came into this tournament wanting to get some good experience and matches for the upcoming European Championships. I am the number two on the French team behind my Camille Serme, who I train with in Paris. Our aim is of course to win, but the English are favourites as most times.

I've been playing the pro-circuit for five years now and by the end of this year I'd like to make it into the top 30. I've lately been working a lot on the tactical side of my game, and I am really happy that today all the hard work came off. So with no pressure on me tomorrow - I am likely to ply Aisling Blake tomorrow - I'm really looking forward to the match! [she'll actually play Deon Saffery]

Draws & Results

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Arthur advances home hopes

Gaskin 3-0 Reda

I knew what to expect: he plays a good tempo, has a good rhythm and length. My plan was to stay in front of him and be positive, after all I had nothing much to lose. I believed in myself - I knew I had a chance if I played well, although facing such opposition you also know you can lose just as easily.

I had a gameplan from the start and what should I say: it worked out to perfection. There was a crucial period in the third when I was 5:3 up. We had about seven or eight lets in a row and I knew if I won that point and went up 6:3 it would give me a mental boost. At that point I was starting to hurt, so that point really was important, and luckily I got it.

This is a great result for me, really good, and hopefully this marks a bit of a bounce-back. I haven’t had a great season so far, so I’m just over the moon.

Up next is Chris Gordon, who is playing really well at the moment. I played him in Equador I think eight years ago, so that’s not much to go by, but I’ll just go in the court, with my game plan, and play my best in front of a great home crowd!

 

Qualifying complete at Fitzwilliam
Roundup from Dan Zilic ....

While there were no Irish players in action today, the outcome of two matches was to determine who both Madeline Perry and Aisling Blake were to face tomorrow when the main draw begins.

Perry will be facing Mariam Metwally, the young Egyptian who caused the upset of the day by beating top qualifying seed Gaby Huber 3:0 in 38 minutes.

While Madeline Perry is 65 positions ahead of Metwally in the current world ranking, the impressive result gives Madeline reason to be cautious. Aisling Blake on the other hand will face Deon Saffrey, after the Welsh number two beat Austrian number one Birgit Coufal.

There were no upsets in the men’s qualifying today, but plenty of close calls. Malaysian Ivan Yuen took five games to overcome Alejandro Garbi Caro of Spain, while Lucas Serme took two minutes longer to beat Joel Hinds by three games to two. Serme found himself two games down, and after winning the third 11:9, took control of the match.

At 9:10 down in the fifth Jens Schoor of Germany endured some nervous moments when his talented opponent Alex Phillips was hitting winner after winner, but Schoor strung together three points to take the match 3:2.

The evening ended with style when young Zahed Mohamed took to the court against Johan Bouquet, giving the crowd and his opponent a lesson in Egyptian Squash. Bouquet will not have minded losing as he drew the lucky loser spot, after Mark Krajcsak pulled out of the main draw.

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Coghlan and Blake back the bid ...
 
Eamonn Coghlan, the three time Irish Olympian and former World Champion over 5000 metres, took time out of his busy schedule as Irish Senator, to back Squash’s bid for inclusion into the 2020 Olympics.

Coghlan was supported by none other than Aisling Blake, the current world number 23, reigning Irish champion and President of the Women’s Squash Association.

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No luck for Irish hopefuls
on opening day at Fitzwilliam
Roundup from Dan Zilic ....
photos from Arthur Curran

It was a busy day at Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club on the opening day of the Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Open 2013, with plenty of Irish interest in both events.

While touring Irish professionals Madeline Perry, AIsling Blake, and Arthur Gaskin aren’t called into action until the main draws begin on Wednesday, today seven Irish hopefuls had the opportunity to test their mettle against international competition.

In the ladies’ event, both Griffin Gillanders and Fiona Power were outclassed by their Dutch and French opposition. And neither Irish under 15s champion Stephanie Ryan nor national team player Ciara Moloney were able to get a prestigious game off their opponents.

In the men’s draw young Sean Conroy kicked off proceedings against in-form Lucas Serme, but the Frenchman proved too hot to handle. It wasn’t looking good for David Ryan when he went down 2:11 and 6:11 to Englishman Alex Phillips.

But in game three David put up a fantastic display of high-energy Squash, matching his more experienced opponent rally for rally.

But at this level David learnt that you have to use your chances, and after squandering one gameball 13:12, he lost 14:16 and therewith the match 0:3. It was left Oisin Logan to win that elusive game, but unfortunately Frenchman Johan Bouquet was too good on the day.

The day was marked by some typically tight qualifying matches in both draws: number one qualifying seed Gaby Huber of Switzerland squeezed past Chloe Mesic (FRA) 3:1, whereas Joel Hinds beat fellow Englishman Ben Coleman in a gruelling 81 minutes encounter.

The final qualifying matches will begin tomorrow at 2pm, in Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, entry to all matches is free.

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Spotlight on Gaby Huber

Dan talks to the Swiss number one, fresh from winning her 6th National title at the weekend.

I played Chloe Mesic and the first three games were tight. I was actually up 6:1 in the first and lost after having three game balls. Second was better and I won 11:7, and I managed to win the third 12:10 after being down 5:10.

Luckily she was tired in the fourth and I won it 11:1. I had only played her in French league a couple of years ago before, so I'm happy to pull thorugh.

Tomorrow I'm facing Mariam Metwally, current 76 in the world and she won the Swiss Open a few weeks ago, so it promises to be tough.

What's it like to be the number one seed in qualifying?

Well, you are always hoping to still slip into the main draw, but if you don't being the number one seed is not much help. Okay, you won't play the other top four seeds and you might get a local, but as you can see today you can also get a really tough match.

Nonetheless, I am happy to be playing here. I just recently won the Swiss National Championships for the fifth time in a row (6 times in total) and am recovering from a lengthy Achilles tendon injury, so I am only back training since the beginning of the year.

My goal is to get back where I was before - my highest position was 29.

To do so I am training in Kriens, which is one of the strongest bases for professional Squash players in Switzerland. There I get to train with some of the men (Reiko Peter trains there) and the Swiss National coach Pascal Bruhin is there to give me input, too.

My prospects for this tournament? Well, I don't like thinking too far ahead. I'll be happy if I can get into the main draw and after that I'll take whatever comes up.

After this I have the European Team Championships in Amsterdam and the British Open ahead of me, so the more tough matches I can get here, the better.

Arthur on the spot
at Fitzwilliam ...

Due to several late withdrawals the men’s qualification draw was redone, and with two players receiving byes and one a walkover when his opponent failed to show, that left only five matches to play.

The pick of these matches was definitely the battle of the two Englishmen, late entrant Joel Hinds and the recent winner of the British Under 23 title Ben Coleman.

In a very hard fought and acrimonious match the first game went on for 27 minutes with the score very close all the way, with Ben just edging it 14/12 despite losing his cool and getting a conduct stroke against him.

From then on both players fought valiantly, although occasionally upsetting the referee, but the lower ranked player Joel managed to keep just ahead to take the next three games and the match 3 – 1 after 81 minutes of excellent squash.

Another great match up saw Argentinian Alejandro Gardi just edge a very close victory over Scotsman Kevin Moran 3 games to nil, although all three games were very close.

In the remaining matches Frenchmen Lucas Serme and Johan Bouquet had fairly comfortable wins over two young local club players, Sean Conroy and Oisin Logan respectively, whilst Englishman Alex Phillips struggled a little against a third local young player David Ryan before taking the third game 14/12.

The first women’s qualifier was between two European players, Gaby Huber of Switzerland and Chloe Mesic from France. Despite Chloe being the younger and less experienced player she fought back from a 6/1 deficit to stay in the first game and from 10/8 game ball against she finished strongly to take the game 12/10.

The second game was fairly even up to 7/7 but then Gaby’s experience showed as she served out to take the game 11/7. With Chloe starting stronger in the third she got to game ball at 10/5, but then Gaby blitzed her way thro to take the game 12/10, and continued in the same vein in the fourth to take it 11/1.



There followed a wonderful display of exquisite squash from another fine young Egyptian player, 16 year old Mariam Metwally who, despite some great opposition from Cyrielle Peltier of France, took the match in three games.

Sarah Cardwell of Australia put on another great show against the Argentinean Belen Etchechoury, who played some very strong squash but not a great deal of finesse, and Sarah managed to hold out in the first and third games which were very close.

Then came a run of four matches which each involved a rather experienced player against a young local club player, and as expected Orla Noom of the Netherlands, Maud Duplomb from France, Milou Van Der Heijden from the Netherlands and Birgit Coufal from Austria all had comfortable wins against Griffin Gillanders, Fiona Power, Ciara Moloney and Stephanie Ryan respectively, although all the four local girls enjoyed their matches and were pleased with the experience.

To finish off it was disappointment for young English girl Harriet Ingham who came in as a last minute replacement because of all the withdrawals, only to suffer a 3 – 0 defeat from Welsh girl Deon Saffery.
 

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