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16-May, Final
Blatchford bags
maiden title in Southport
Luke Butterworth reports
What a final we had at Southport.
Miranda Ranieri started off the brightest leading much of the first
game but them once winning the first game seemed to step back and
let Olivia Blatchford come at her, Olivia of course took the
opportunity to attack Ranieiri and took her canadian opponent by
suprise with some supreme front court attacking.
Olivia was up 2-1 when Ranieri started to attack once again, uses
her front court decpetion and change of pace to out play Blatchford
in the fourth game.
The fifth was neck and neck, all the way until the very last point.
It was a fitting end to a great tournament that two great players
battled it out on the court during the tiebreak having some
excellent exchanges of shotmaking both attacking and defensive play.
It looked as though Miranda had the match in the bag as a lose shot
from Olivia saw Miranda see an opening to win the tie only to see
her ball clip the top of the tin, from there it was Olivia who came
out on top after a great match ball rally ending in an unretrievable
boast from Olivia.
Everyone from the Fassp team thoroughly enjoyed the event, and
thanks went to all the staff and members at Southport for an
enjoyable weekend. It was great to see the Egyptian juniors come
across to play the Fassp Juniors, it was excellent experience and
hopefully another step in the right direction for the Fassp Juniors.
Olivia Blatchford this years champion, we're very much looking
forward to the next one!
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Junior exhibition results
Yathreb bt Maria Elena 3-0
Faraz bt Salma 3-0 |
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 American
Express
FASSP SRC Open 2010
14-16 May, Southport, Usa, $4k |
Round One
15 May |
Quarters
15 May |
Semis
16 May |
Final
16 May |
[1] Suzie Pierrepont (Eng)
11/7 11/7 11/6
[Q] Karen Kronemeyer (Ned) |
[1] Suzie Pierrepont
11/3 11/3 8/11 11/6
[Q] Larissa Stephenson |
[1] Suzie Pierrepont
12/14 3/11 11/4 11/7 11/3
[3] Olivia Blatchford |
[3] Olivia Blatchford
10/12 11/3 11/9 7/11 14/12
[2] Miranda Ranieri |
[6] Imelda Salazar Martinez (Mex)
11/3 11/8 8/11 11/7
[Q] Larissa Stephenson (Nzl) |
[3] Olivia Blatchford (Usa)
11/1 11/3 11/2
Belkys Magaly Velez (Ecu) |
[3] Olivia Blatchford
7/11 11/6 12/10 16/14
[5] Samantha Cornett |
[5] Samantha Cornett (Can)
11/4 11/4 9/11 10/12 11/7
Graciela Lopez Perez (Mex) |
Nayelly Hernandez (Mex)
8/11 11/4 11/7 11/6
[8] Karina Heredia Gonzalez (Mex) |
Nayelly Hernandez
11/5 11/2 11/2
[4] Stephanie Edmison |
[4] Stephanie Edmison
11/3 11/8 8/11 11/8
[2] Miranda Ranieri |
Nour Baghat (Egy)
11/13 11/13 13/11 11/7 11/8
[4] Stephanie Edmison (Can) |
[Q] Maria Elena Ubina (Usa)
12/10 12/10 11/6
[7] Thaisa Serafini (Bra) |
[7] Thaisa Serafini
11/6 11/6 11/9
[2] Miranda Ranieri |
[Q] Niki Clement (Usa)
11/4 11/2 11/6
[2] Miranda Ranieri (Can) |
Qualifying:
Karan Kronemeyer bye
Maria Elena Ubina bt Victoria Simmonds 11-7 11-6 11-7
Elpiniki Clement bt Shrouk Khafegi 11-3 12-10 11-5
Larissa Stephenson beat Fernanda Rocha 13-11 11-3 11-6
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15-May, Round One & Quarters
Top seeds in Southport semis
Luke Butterworth reports
 Six
of the eight seeded players won through their first round matches at
Southport, the exceptions being qualifier Larissa Stephenson and
Mexico's Nayelly Hernandez, but both fell in the quarter-finals as
the top four seeds went through to the semi-finals.
Quarter-finals
 Top
seed Suzie Pierrepont showed supreme strength to wear down
slow starting Larissa Stephenson. Larissa fought back to take the
third digging in and playing some neat short shots from mid court
out playing Pierrepoint. It was Pierrepoint's accuracy that pulled
it together to close out the fourth game.
Olivia Blatchford played fast out of the blocks taking the
first two games. An unfortunate collision forced a long blood injury
break for Samantha Cornett as she was caught above the eye by
Blatchford's racket. When play resumed in the fourth game, Samantha
had some game balls to take it to five, some great rallies and
tactical shots from both players, Blatchford came out victorious
with her trademark backhand drop being the winning shot.
Stephanie Edmison guaranteed a Canadian would make the final
as she set up a semi final with current Canadian national champion
Miranda Ranieri. Edmison's opponent Nayelly Hernandez looked
fatigued from her win earlier, with Stephanie playing at a high
intensity forcing the errors out of the Mexican.
Miranda Ranieri came out of her match with Thaisa Serafini
the victor with some swift attacking play to the front of the court
with good use of volley kills and volley drops. In the third Thaisa
looked to be coming back into the match with some tactical rallies
moving Ranieri around the court, but Ranieri stood strong to take
the game and move herself into the semis.
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JUNIOR EXHIBITION
Faraz Khan beat
Yathreb Adel 3/1
Salma Hatem Youseff beat
Maria Elena Ubina 3/0
Faraz played some very quick attacking shots suprising young Yathreb
in the first two, Yathreb played very smart squash in the third with
some great exchanges of shotplay between the players, in the end it
was Faraz local Fassp Junior who came out the victor.
A fatigued Maria Elena from her wispa match looked out of sorts to a
very skillfull Salma Hatem Youseff the upcoming Egyptian junior, her
racket head speed and smooth footwork forcing Ubina to cover all
corners of the court.
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Round One
Luke Butterworth reports
Suzie Pierpoint beat Karen Kronemeyer 11/7 11/7 11/6
Suzie won with a solid opening performance against a battling Karen.
Suzie's experience and clinical finishing coming out on top to move
her to the quarters.
Miranda Ranieri beat Elpinki Clement 11/4 11/2 11/6
Ranieri opened the defence of her title with a three game victory
over american qualifier Niki Clement. Nice finishes from Miranda
throguhout the match with a little scare from Niki in the third game
as Clement came out fast in the third, luckily for Ranieri she
slowed down and was able to close the game out and move to the
quarters.
Stephanie Edminson beat Nour Bahgat 11/13 11/13 13/11 11/7 11/8
Nour Bahgats unusual yet effective techniques proved to be an assett
after taking the first two tough games before Stephanie dug in
saving a match ball down in the third to come back and win in 5
games.
Thaisa Serafini beat Maria Elena Ubina 12/10 12/10 11/6
Thaisa's experience was vital in this encounter againsst you Maria
Elena, very tight first two games could have gone either way with
some terrific shotplay for Ubina and safe and steady play for
Serafini. Experienced showed when Thaisa took the third to close the
match in 3.
Nayelly Hernandez beat Karie Heredia Gonzalez 8/11 11/4 11/7 11/6
This mexican battle looked as though it was going to be quite the
match after a exciting fast paced first game but it was Nayelly who
played smarter to take the match after losing the first to Karie.
Sam Cornett beat Garciela Lopez Perez 11/4 11/4 9/11 10/12 11/7
Sam taking the first two games with ease was suprised with a quick
change of pace from the mexican who clawed her way back to 2-2 in
this tie which set up a fifth game where the Canadian stayed strong
to follow her fellow Canucks to the Quarter finals.
Olivia Blatchford beat Belkys Magaly Velez 11/1 11/3 11/2
Strong performance from Blatchford not putting a foot wrong
throughout this match. Belkys tried to out manouver Blatchford, but
the young american stood up to the challenge and looks fresh for the
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FASSP presents the 2010 AMEX SRC OPEN
tournament for the second year running this May.
This is the fourth tournament organized by Fassp squash and the
second at Southport Raquet Club. This year's main sponsors are
AMERICAN EXPRESS , ROCKWOOD, CALYPSO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT and
FAIRFIELD COUNTY VISION.
We are delighted to welcome players from all around the globe.
Alongside this years Wispa event we are hosting a world junior warm
up exhibition between Egyptian and American players.
We are excited to see the talented juniors from Egypt and USA fight
it out alongside the experienced pros who will be competing in the
Wispa event.
This year's number one seed is Suzie Pierrepoint from England and
she will be facing tough competition from the number two, last
year's winner of the FASSP tournament, Miranda Ranieri from Canada.
The qualification matches will be held on the 14th May and the main
draw starts on the 15th May.
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