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NSC Series #2 2012
26-30 Jan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, $5kx2 |
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30-Jan,
Finals:
[1] Muhd Asyraf Azan (Mas) bt
[2] Elvinn Koe (Mas)
11/8, 11/8, 11/7 (28m)
[1] Siti Munirah Jusoh (Mas) bt
[2] Liu Tsz Ling (Hkg)
11/4,
7/11, 12/10, 11/7 (56m)
Malaysian
Double in KL
Andrew Cross reports
 Two
home winners for Malaysia in the first NSC series of 2012 as both
top seeds claimed the titles, Asyraf Azan in the men's and Siti
Muniroh in the Women's.
Siti won a very long and tight match with Liu Tsz Ling of Hong Kong
to end her losing run in her previous six finals of WSA events.
The match lasted just under an hour and swung on a tight third where
the Malaysian received two strokes at 10-all.
 In
the men's event Asyraf got the better of compatriot Elvinn in three
close games.
Elvinn played well but Asyraf seem to have the edge at the beginning
and end of games and it proved to be the difference.
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Series #2 2012
26-30 Jan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, $5k |
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 NSC
Series #2 2012
26-30 Jan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, $5k |
Round One
27 Jan |
Quarters
28 Jan |
Semis
29 Jan |
Final
30 Jan |
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29-Jan,
Semi-Finals:
[1] Muhd Asyraf Azan (Mas) bt Bader Al Hussaini (Kuw)
11/9, 11/9, 1/11,
11/4 (49m)
[2] Elvinn Koe (Mas) bt Peter Creed (Wal)
12/10, 11/7, 5/11,
9/11, 11/8 (67m)
[1] Siti Munirah Jusoh (Mas) bt Pushppa Devi (Mas)
12/10, 11/6, 11/3
(31m)
[2] Liu Tsz Ling (Hkg) bt Tan Tan Xin (Mas)
8/11, 11/9,
11/4, 11/8 (24m)
Malaysia guaranteed a winner
Andrew Cross reports
Malaysia will be guaranteed at least one winner in the NSC series as
both Asyraf Azan and Elvinn Keo made it to the men's
final that will be played on Monday evening in Bukit Jalil.
Asyraf started his match in his own unique way looking for the cross
court nick at every opportunity and though he found himself in
trouble at stages a few lucky nicks off cross courts helped him gain
the first game 11/9. The second was similar with Asyraf sneaking it
11/9. In the third the Malaysian went completely walk about and was
punished 11/1. In the fourth he regained focus and closed out the
match 11/4.
Keo needed five games to see off last weeks winner in Poland Peter
Creed. At the beginning Peter seemed to struggle to get Elvinn
behind him and Elvinn led 10.5 before Peter upped the intensity and
found better length and evened the game at 10.10 before he lost
width on his cross courts and Elvinn punished him.
Elvinn won the second and led in the third 5/3 before Peter turned
it around to win the next two games and force a deciding 5th. Elvinn
just squeezed home in the fifth despite a strong fight from Peter
and a few fortunate decisions that went his way.
In the women's draw Siti Muniroh made it into her 7th WSA
final and will be hoping to finally convert that into a win as she
beat fellow compatriot Pushppa Devi. The first went to a tie break
but the second and the third were fairly comfortable.
Tomorrow she will face Liu Tsz Ling after she beat yesterdays
hero Tan Yan Xin for a place in the final. Yan Xin took the first
game but Ling fought back to take the second and raced off to a 7/2
lead in the third and then converted that to 11/4. The fourth was
close again but the Hong Kong player came through 11/8. Ling will be
in her second final in just over a week after she finished runner up
in Australia last week.
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28-Jan:
Quarters in KL
Andrew Cross reports
Yan xin causes the only upset as she is the only seed outside
of the top 4 to make it to the semi finals.
Yan Xin defeated Hong Kong player Carmen Lee in four games to
progress to the semi finals where she will play Liu Tsz Ling
after Ling defeated Zulhijjah Azan in three close games.
In the other quarter finals top seed Siti Muniroh defeated
her younger compatriot Vanessa Raj, after dominating the first two
games Raj held game balls in the third at 10.8 before losing out.
Siti will play Pushppa Devi who again needed five games this
time to see off Rachel Arnold. Today went all the way to 11.8 in the
fifth before a few tins from Rachel gave Pushppa the victory.
In the men's tournament the seeds progressed slightly easier than
yesterday.
Asyraf beat Aamir Khan three games to zero and he will sure
to have a tough match tomorrow against Bader Al Hussaini who
needed five games to beat English man James Earles who was leading
2.1 and leading in the fourth and fifth 5.2 before the Kuwaiti
player turned it around.
Peter Creed set up a show down with Second seed Elvinn Keo
after they both recorded victories in three games. Both games
were close and with only a few points separating the four players
some refereeing decisions proved crucial.
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27-Jan:
Round One in KL
Andrew Cross reports
All the seeds progressed in the women's draw with only two
matches not finishing 3.0.
Top seed Siti Munirah set up a second round clash with Vanessa Raj
after both recorded relatively comfortable victories over Zoe Foo
and Jadeleen Lee.
Pushppa Devi needed 5 games to see off a strong challenge from Aika
Azman at a game that was level at 2.2 and 6.6 until Aika gifted 4
tins to Pushppa. Pushppa will play Rachel Arnold after she received
a walk over.
Tan Yan Xin and Carmen Lee set up a show down tomorrow after they
both won three games to nil.
The only other match that was extended passed three games was
between Liu Tsz-Ling and Teh MIn Jie as the Malaysian won the first
after a lot of mistakes from the second seed. After this Ling
improved and always led despite a good effort from Min Jie.
It was a good day for the qualifiers and a tough day for the seeded
players in the men's draw.
James Earles and Aamir Khan caused upsets in the main draw as they
progressed to the quarter finals. Khan beat Choong Kam Hing in three
games as the Malaysian looked to be struggling with his movement.
Earles beat Valentino Bong in four close games and even made a
comeback from 8.1 down in one game to make it through.
Asyraf looked to have a tough match on paper against James Huang and
so it proved as they went the full distance.
Longest match of the day went to Josh Cardwell and Shinosuke as they
played for well over 90mins as the match took a few momentum shifts
before the Australian made it past the Japanese player. Josh led 2.0
before Shin fought back to force a fifth, but Josh started better
and led 8.1 before a brief fight back and eventually Josh closed out
the match.
In a similar match on the court next to Josh his room mate and
opponent for tomorrow Peter Creed was finding himself in a similar
position against Mahesh Mangoanakor as he led two games to love
before fighting it out in the fifth. The flying Welsh men doing some
of his trade mark dives across the floor to retrieve shots.
In the final matches of the night another qualifier made Elvinn Keo
work extremely hard before the second seed put a string of points
together from 5.5 in the fifth.
Elvinn will face Nathan Lake who won a tough battle will Ahmed Al-Sarajj
from Jordan who moves and covers the court so well. Lake sneaking
through in four tough games.
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26-Jan:
Qualifying complete in KL
Andrew Cross reports
The top four qualifying seeds progressed to the Main draw of the
competition at the hands of Malaysian Juniors in contrasting styles.
James Huang came through rather comfortably against Marcus
Yuen 3/0 with Marcus seeming to be struggling from his five set
match earlier in the day.
Hannan Tarmidi put up a brave fight against Aamir Khan who
was much more experienced when it came to the end of games and
crucial points.
James Earles managed to see off a strong challenge from
Sanjay Singh as both left hander’s put on a good show, a game that
was based around fine margins. Some longer rallies won by Earles
seemed to be the turning point in the match as he held it together
slightly better at the end of the games.
Mohammed Yaquop Hajeyah dominated the first and the fifth
games when he took on Addeen Idrakie but had a slight wobble in the
middle of the match which he eventually came through. A slight David
vs Goliath match with the much smaller Malaysian covering a lot more
of the court as the Kuwaiti was standing and holding the T with his
considerable reach advantage.
The rewards for the qualifiers are matches against four more
Malaysians who are more senior to the ones that they will have faced
today.
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