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Tasmanian Open 2011
15-17 Jul, Hobart, Tasmania, $5k+$4k |
17-Apr:
Cornett takes womens title,
Au beats Hindle in men's title decider ...
Canada’s Samantha Cornett
claimed her second title on the women’s professional squash tour
when she beat Korea’s Ahn Eun Chan in four tight games to win the
Tasmanian Open in Hobart on Sunday.
Cornett, who lost to the Korean in the second round of the Victorian
Open last week, played some superb squash to win the final 11-6,
11-7, 9-11, 11-8 and add the Hobart crown to the title she won in
Guatemala in May.
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20-year-old Cornett has been training under former world number one
Jonathon Power at the National Squash Academy in Toronto for the
past 12 months and said the hard work was starting to pay off.
“I feel so good – this whole week I’ve been playing really, really
well,” she said after the final. It’s so encouraging to have these
kind of results.
“I’ve played on the tour for five years, but only seriously for the
last two years, but I’ve never been able to win the matches I wasn’t
supposed to.
“I’ve beaten players I was expected to, but not beaten those ranked
higher than me, so it is nice to start winning those matches now.”
Cornett, who ousted top seed Kylie Lindsay of New Zealand in the
semi-finals, changed her game plan against Ahn after her loss in
Melbourne last week.
“Everyone told me to play slow against her, but that obviously
didn’t work in Melbourne, so I changed up and found playing fast
works a bit better,” she said.
She now has a week off before playing the New South Wales Open in
Sydney.
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Hong Kong’s Leo Au made it two wins in a row when he added
the Tasmanian Open title to his Victorian Open crown with an 11-6,
11-8, 11-4 win over Bradley Hindle of Malta, coming from behind in
the first two games to overcome Australian-born top seed.
“I should have won the first two games and then in the third he got
away from me, I think I was a bit deflated,” Hindle said.
“But I’m not too disappointed. It was a good match – he was just a
bit better than me on the day.”
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 Tasmanian
Open 2011
15-17 Jul, Hobart, Tasmania, $5k |
Round One
15 Jul 17.00-20.00 |
Round One
16 Jul |
Quarters
16 Jul |
Semis
17 Jul |
Final
17 Jul |
[1] Bradley Hindle (Mlt)
11-1, 11-3, 11-1 (32 mins)
[Q] Ben Marschall (Aus) |
[1] Bradley Hindle
11-5, 11-4, 7-11, 11-8 (42 mins)
Raphael Kandra |
[1] Bradley Hindle
11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6 (74 mins)
[6] Anthony Graham |
[1] Bradley Hindle
11-9, 11-9, 11-4, (40 mins)
[5] Aqeel Rehman |
[1] Bradley Hindle
11-6, 11-8, 11-3 (34 mins)
[2] Leo Au |
Raphael Kandra (Ger)
11-4, 11-5, 11-5 (15 mins)
Rory Pennell (Eng) |
Kevin Moran (Sco)
11-4, 11-6, 11-3 (26 mins)
[Q] Lance Beddoes (Nzl) |
Kevin Moran
11-7, 5-11, 13-11, 11-3 (62 mins)
[6] Anthony Graham |
Lukas Burkhart (Sui)
11-4, 11-5, 11-7 (23 mins)
[6] Anthony Graham (Eng) |
[5] Aqeel Rehman (Aut)
11-5, 11-7, 11-2
Ben Takamizawa Harris (Jpn) |
[5] Aqeel Rehman
11-8, 2-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-5 (45 mins)
[Q] Norman Junge |
[5] Aqeel Rehman
11-4, 11-7, 11-6 (37 mins)
[4] Nathan Stevenson |
[Q] Norman Junge (Ger)
11-3, 11-6, 13-15, 11-4
[Q] Rhys Dowling (Aus) |
Luke Simms (Aus)
11-5, 11-7, 11-6
James Skiffington (Aus) |
Luke Simms
11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6 (36 mins)
[4] Nathan Stevenson |
Paul Coll (Nzl)
3-11, 11-6, 11-2, 6-11, 11-6 (51 mins)
[4] Nathan Stevenson (Aus) |
[3] Lewis Walters (Eng)
12-10, 11-9, 11-5
[Q] Alex Phillips (Eng) |
[3] Lewis Walters
11-6, 1-0 rtd (10 mins)
Chris Ferguson |
[3] Lewis Walters
11-7, 11-2, 11-6 (29 mins)
[Q] Tsukue Shinnosuke |
[3] Lewis Walters
11-8, 10-12, 11-4, 11-6 (60 mins)
[2] Leo Au |
Chris Ferguson (Sco)
11-7, 11-6, 11-6
Hon Fung Wong (Hkg) |
Joseph Watts (Nzl)
11-2, 7-11, 5-11, 11-6, 11-7 (38 mins)
Jonas Daehler (Sui) |
Jonas Daehler
11-9, 7-11, 11-7, 11-1 (35 mins)
[Q] Tsukue Shinnosuke |
[Q] Tsukue Shinnosuke (Jpn)
11-7, 11-5, 11-9 (35 mins)
[7] Josh Cardwell (Aus) |
[8] Jamie Mcervale (Aus)
9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-5
Owais Khan (Pak) |
Owais Khan
11-2, 2-11, 11-6, 6-11, 13-11 (54 mins)
Roman Svec |
Roman Svec
11-5, 11-6, 11-4 (25 mins)
[2] Leo Au |
Roman Svec (Cze)
11-2, 11-6, 11-2
[Q] Matthew Brindle (Aus) |
[Q] Cheuk Yan Tang (Hkg)
10-12, 5-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-4 (46 mins)
Ondrej Ertl (Cze) |
Ondrej Ertl
11-7, 11-5, 11-4 (26 mins)
[2] Leo Au |
Evan Williams (Nzl)
11-9, 11-9, 11-7 (26 mins)
[2] Leo Au (Hkg) |
Qualifying:
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 Tasmanian
Open 2011
15-17 Jul, Hobart, Tasmania, $4k |
Round One
15 Jul 11.00-12.30 |
Round Two
15 Jul |
Quarters
16 Jul |
Semis
16 Jul |
Final
17 Jul |
[1] Kylie Lindsay (Nzl)
bye |
[1] Kylie Lindsay
4-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-5 (29 mins)
[13] Karman Siu |
[1] Kylie Lindsay
11-4, 11-4, 11-6 (18 mins)
[7] Maggy Marshall |
[1] Kylie Lindsay
11-1, 15-13, 7-11, 11-9 (34 mins)
[3] Samantha Cornett |
[3] Samantha Cornett
11-6, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8 (33
mins)
[11] Ahn Eun Chan |
[13] Karman Siu (Hkg)
11-4, 11-3, 11-7
Helen Rackman (Aus) |
[7] Maggy Marshall (Aus)
bye |
[7] Maggy Marshall
16-14, 11-7, 6-11, 11-9 (32 mins)
Cigany Sierveld |
[15] Christine Nunn (Aus)
11-5, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8 (26 mins)
Cigany Sierveld (Ned) |
[3] Samantha Cornett (Can)
bye |
[3] Samantha Cornett
11-5, 11-3, 13-11 (21 mins)
[10] Deon Saffery |
[3] Samantha Cornett
11-2, 12-10, 11-3 (16 mins)
[6] Samantha Davies |
[10] Deon Saffery (Wal)
10-12, 9-11, 11-9, 11-0, 11-5 (42 mins)
Bine Malund Lind (Den) |
[6] Samantha Davies (Aus)
bye |
[6] Samantha Davies
12-10, 11-7, 11-7 (13 mins)
[16] Vanessa Pickerd |
[16] Vanessa Pickerd (Aus)
11-4, 11-4, 11-1
Kate Lindsay (Aus) |
Melanie Dunn (Aus)
11-1, 11-8, 11-6
[11] Ahn Eun Chan (Kor) |
[11] Ahn Eun Chan
11-5, 11-3, 10-12, 11-6 (29 mins)
[5] Elise Ng |
[11] Ahn Eun Chan
11-8, 8-11, 15-13, 11-7 (40 mins)
[4] Sarah Cardwell |
[11] Ahn Eun Chan
11-8, 4-11, 11-4, 8-11, 11-7 (56 mins)
[12] Lisa Aitken |
bye
[5] Elise Ng (Hkg) |
Bae Chan Mi (Kor)
11-6, 11-5, 4-11, 11-7
[14] Sally Skaarenborg (Den) |
[14] Sally Skaarenborg
11-5, 11-8, 11-5 (21 mins)
[4] Sarah Cardwell |
bye
[4] Sarah Cardwell (Aus) |
Eloise O'Connor (Aus)
11-0, 11-1, 11-2 (12 mins)
[9] Amanda Landers-Murphy (Nzl) |
[9] Amanda Landers-Murphy
8-11, 11-5, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7 (44 mins)
[8] Liu Tsz-Ling |
[8] Liu Tsz-Ling
5-11, 11-7, 11-9, 4-11, 11-8 (40 mins)
[12] Lisa Aitken |
Gaye Mitchell (Aus)
11-2, 11-4, 11-5 (11 mins
[8] Liu Tsz-Ling (Hkg) |
Claire Ward (Aus)
11-3, 11-2, 11-2 (10 mins)
[12] Lisa Aitken (Sco) |
[12] Lisa Aitken
11-4, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8 (48 mins)
[2] Olga Ertlova |
bye
[2] Olga Ertlova (Cze) |
16-Apr:
Stevenson last Aussie left in Hobart
Andrew Dent reports
Queensland’s Nathan Stevenson is the sole Australian left in the
Tasmanian Open after international raiders caused havoc at the
Eastside Squash Centre in Hobart on Saturday.
Stevenson downed Victoria’s Luke Sims in four games 11-7, 9-11,
11-4, 11-6 to move into the quarter-finals of the men’s event, where
he will face fifth seeded Austrian Aqeel Rehman.
There was triple disappointment in the women’s quarter-finals, with
all three Australians bowing out.
Hobart’s Maggy Marshall fell in straight games to top seeded New
Zealander Kylie Lindsay 11-4, 11-4, 11-6, Brisbane’s Samantha Davies
was beaten by Canadian Samantha Cornett 11-2, 12-10, 11-3 and fourth
seeded Victorian Sarah Cardwell was upset by in-form Korean Ahn Eun
Chan 11-8, 8-11, 15-13, 11-7.
The 21-year-old Marshall was left devastated after falling in
straight games to her Kiwi rival.
“She’s very experienced and when I made a mistake or didn’t stick to
my game plan she made me pay,” Marshall said.
“I had a good result against her last time I played her, taking her
to five games, so to go down so quickly was very disappointing.
“She played well and I didn’t play as well as I needed to today.”
Marshall now heads to Brisbane for the Queensland Open and said
despite her loss to Lindsay she was feeling optimistic about the
future after finally getting over a back injury.
“I feel like I’m getting back into shape but I know I’ve got a lot
more to do to take my game to the next level.”
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Locals to try their luck in Hobart
Andrew Dent reports
Twelve local players including four juniors will try their luck
against the professionals when the Tasmanian Open squash tournament
gets underway in Hobart on Thursday.
The seven men will take to the court for the qualifying tournament,
while five women have been granted places in the first round.
Following the success of last year’s tournament, players from 17
countries have descended on Hobart for the Open, a key stop on the
Australian Squash Tour.
“It’s brilliant to have so many world class players coming this
year,” Squash Tasmania’s Chris Doig said.
“The quality of this year’s field shows this tournament is now well
and truly on the world squash map.
“Our local players will relish this chance to take on some of the
world’s best players.”
Mark deVries,, Paul Brewtnall, Lars Becker, Jason Faulkner, Michael
Brown and juniors Tom and Jack Strugnell will play in men’s
qualifying.
In the women’s first round, Helen Rackham takes on Hong Kong’s
Karman Siu, Gaye Mitchell also faces a Hong Kong opponent in Liu Tsz-Ling,
and Melanie Dunn is up against Victorian Open runner-up Ahn Eun Chan
of Korea.
Kate Lindsay has received the best draw, against Melbourne’s Vanessa
Pickerd, while Claire Ward takes on Scotland’s Lisa Aitken.
Hobart’s fifth seeded Maggy Marshall has a first round bye and will
face either Canberra’s Christine Nunn or Cigany Sillevis of the
Netherlands in the second round.
The tournament will be held at the Eastside Squash Centre from July
14-17.
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