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30-May, Finals:
Top seeds justify their billings
Andrew Dent reports
Top seeds Mike Corren and Lisa Camilleri justified
their top billings when they took out the two professional squash
tournaments in Perth on Sunday.
South Australia’s Corren racked up his 25th title on the men’s
Professional Squash Association tour when he beat Melbourne’s Rex
Hedrick in four games 6-11, 11-8, 11-1, 11-7 to win the City of
Perth International.
Camilleri, from Tully in Far North Queensland, claimed her eighth
trophy on the women’s tour and her second in succession after
beating Victoria’s Melody Francis also in four games 11-2, 9-11,
13-11, 11-5 to win the Black Knight Open.
Corren moves into second place on the list of current players who
have won PSA titles, behind only fellow Australian David Palmer, who
has won 26.
The colourful 36-year-old won his first title in Hong Kong in 1996
and has hardly stopped winning since then despite a career that has
been marred by a number of chronic injuries.
He gets a chance for his 26th title when the Australian Squash Tour
heads to Kalgoorlie for next week’s Golden Open men’s tournament,
where he is the defending champion.
Corren went into the tournament with a back injury but still had too
much class for the rest of the field.
“I’m still struggling a bit, but each week I am getting better and
better,” he said.
Corren has been training twice a day in Adelaide with South
Australian Academy of Squash coach Geoff Davenport and he credited
Davenport with getting him to the form he is currently in.
“I might be 36 but I’m still working on my game all the time,” he
said.
“I’m training twice a day – I’m not just sitting back and resting on
my laurels. You are only as fit as the work you put in.”
Earlier Camilleri showed she is well and truly back to her best with
her win over the up and coming Francis, who is vying with the
Queenslander for a Commonwealth Games spot.
Camilleri, 27, won the Top End Open in Darwin two weeks ago in
commanding fashion but she was made to work hard for her victory in
Perth by the 21-year-old Francis
“Everything feels right at the moment,” Camilleri said. “Training’s
going well and I’m really happy with how I’m hitting the ball.”
The Queenslander next plays the South Australian Open in two weeks
time where she is also the top seed.
She has also penciled in the Victorian Open and The Rock Building
Society Queensland Open ahead of the Australian Open.
“I’m not sure about the others (the Tasmanian Open and the two NSW
events) but I am playing in Melbourne and I’m definitely playing the
Queensland – I mean I am a Queenslander,” she stressed. "But it’s
great to have this tour happening for us now and to have all these
different tournaments.”
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of Perth International 2010
28-30 May, Perth, $3k |
Round One
29-May |
Quarters
29 May |
Semis
30 May |
Final
30 May |
[1] Mike Corren (SA)
11-9, 11-9, 11-7
Alex Gough (NSW) |
[1] Mike Corren
11/13, 13/11, 7/11, 11/4
[7] Alex Grayson |
[1] Mike Corren
11-8, 11-6- 11-4
[3] Justin Beard |
[1] Mike Corren
6-11, 11-8, 11-1, 11-7
[4] Rex Hedrick |
[7] Alex Grayson (NZL)
11-5, 4-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-5
Sam Brown (WA) |
[3] Justin Beard (SA)
6-11, 11-9, 11-2, 11-8
William Jones (WA) |
[3] Justin Beard
5/11, 11/7, 11/4, 18/16
[6] Peter Taylor |
[6] Peter Taylor (Qld)
11-5, 11-3, 11-4
Sunil Seth (Qld) |
Jamie Mcervale (Qld) bt
11-7, 11-2, 11-9
[8]Ben Werchon (SA) |
Jamie Mcervale
13/11, 10/12, 11/6, 11/7
[4] Rex Hedrick |
[4] Rex Hedrick
7-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-1, 11-2
[5] Jacob Alexander |
Jake Davidson (WA)
11-5, 11-5, 11-6
[4] Rex Hedrick (Vic) |
Patrick Woods (WA)
10-12, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-1
[5] Jacob Alexander (Qld) |
[5] Jacob Alexander
6/11, 11/9, 4/11, 11/6, 11/7
[2] Nathan Stevenson |
Tim Cowell (WA)
11-4, 11-7, 14-12
[2] Nathan Stevenson (Qld) |
Black Knight Open 2010
28-30 May, Perth, $4k |
Round One
29-May |
Quarters
29 May |
Semis
30 May |
Final
30 May |
[1] Lisa Camilleri (Aus)
11/0, 11/2, 11/4
Selena Shaikh (Aus) |
[1] Lisa Camilleri
11/7, 11/3, 11/3
[7] Maggy Marshal |
[1] Lisa Camilleri
11-2, 11-7, 11-6
[5] Sarah Cardwell |
[1] Lisa Camilleri
11-3, 7-11, 11-8, 11-6
[3] Melody Francis |
[7] Maggy Marshal (Aus)
11/3, 11/5, 11/4
Bethany Brazier (Aus) |
[4] Zoe Petrovansky (Aus)
11/4, 11/2, 11/3
Mei Lin Ong (USA) |
[4] Zoe Petrovansky
7/11, 11/7, 11/6, 6/11, 11/7
[5] Sarah Cardwell |
[5] Sarah Cardwell (Aus)
11/5, 11/2, 11/3
Grace McErvale (Aus) |
Amanda Landers Murphy (NZL)
11/7, 11/2, 11/9
[8] Tamika Saxby (Aus) |
[8] Tamika Saxby
7/11, 11/5, 11/7, 4/11, 13/11
[3] Melody Francis |
[3] Melody Francis
11-2, 9-11, 13-11, 11-5
[2] Kylie Lindsay |
Cindy Meintjes (Aus)
11/3, 3/11, 11/13, 11/9, 11/9
[3] Melody Francis (Aus) |
Luka Stroop (Aus)
11/5, 11/3, 11/3
[6] Samantha Davies (Aus) |
[6] Samantha Davies
11/5, 6/11, 11/8, 12/10
[2] Kylie Lindsay |
Challen Stowell (Aus)
11/4, 11/4, 11/6
[2] Kylie Lindsay (NZL) |
30-May, Semis:
Hedrick and Francis in frame for upsets
Melbourne players Melody Francis and Rex Hedrick will be aiming to
upset the rankings when they take to the court for the finals of the
Black Knight Open and City of Perth International in Perth on
Sunday.
Francis downed second seeded New Zealander Kylie Lindsay 11-2, 9-11,
13-11, 11-5 to reach the final of the Black Knight Open, where she
will play top seed and world number 40 Lisa Camilleri.
Camilleri beat Victoria’s Sarah Cardwell 11-8, 11-6- 11-4 to make
her second final in succession following her win at the Top End Open
in Darwin two weeks ago.
Hedrick downed Queenslander Jake Alexander 7-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-1,
11-2 and will face top seed Mike Corren in the final.
Corren beat fellow South Australian Justin Beard 11-8, 11-6- 11-4 in
the first semi-final.
29-May, Quarters:
Cardwell, Alexander surprise in Perth
Australian juniors Sarah Cardwell and Jake Alexander surprised
higher ranked opponents to reach the semi-finals of the two
professional squash tournaments in Perth on Saturday night.
Melbourne’s Cardwell, the daughter of former Australian great Vicki,
beat fourth seeded Queenslander Zoe Petrovansky in five tough games
7-11, 11-7, 11-6, 6-11, 11-7 to reach the semi-finals of the Black
Knight Open, where she will play top seed Lisa Camilleri.
The second semi-final will see second seed Kylie Lindsay of New
Zealand face third ranked Victorian Melody Francis.
Eighteen-year-old Alexander, whose older brother Zac won the Top End
Open in Darwin two weeks ago, stunned second seed Nathan Stevenson
6-11, 11-9, 4-11, 11-6, 11-7 to reach his first ever PSA semi-final.
He will play third seed Justin Beard of South Australia with the
winner to take on either top seed Mike Corren or fourth seed Rex
Hedrick.
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