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Victorian Open 2010
02-04 Jul, Melbourne, $6k+$4k |
05-Jul, Finals:
Alexander & Camilleri Vic spoils
Andrew Dent reports
Queensland pair Zac
Alexander and Lisa Camilleri claimed the spoils at the
Victorian Open squash tournament in Melbourne but both were made to
work hard for their victories in Sunday’s men’s and women’s finals.
 Top
seeded Alexander came back from losing the first game to second
ranked Matthew Karwalski, winning 6-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 to take out
his first Victorian Open men’s crown, while Camilleri won her third
women’s crown with an 11-8, 11-9, 12-10 triumph over Victoria’s
Amelia Pittock.
It was Alexander’s second win on the 2010 Australian Squash Tour in
just his second tournament but he was pushed all the way by
Karwalski.
The New South Welshman attacked from the start and surprised a
sluggish Alexander, before the top seed recovered and slowly began
to take control, taking advantage of some Karwalski errors to get
vital breaks in the each of the three remaining games.
The 21-year-old Alexander, who took out the season-opening Top End
Open in Darwin, has now beaten Karwalski in all five clashes on the
PSA tour.
Alexander will now take a week off before playing in the NSW Classic
in Sydney ahead of trying to qualify for the Australian Open, which
begins in Canberra on August 10.
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the 27-year-old Camilleri made it four tournament wins in a row with
her win over 2005 champion Pittock.
Camilleri and Pittock are the same age and grew up playing juniors
together.
“We know each other’s games really well and know each other’s
strengths and weaknesses,” Camilleri said.
“It was a tough tournament for me because we had to play the
semi-finals and final on the same day, which is a bit unusual.
“And I was really pushed in the semi-final (by Korea’s Song Sun-Mi).
She was so strong and kept fighting right until the end so I had to
try and recover for the final.”
Camilleri has now won events in Darwin, Perth, Adelaide and
Melbourne to make it 10 tournament wins on the women’s professional
tour.
She can add to that tally at this week’s Tasmanian Open in Hobart,
where she is the second seed behind Malaysia’s Sharon Wee.
“Every time I win the pressure builds and it gets harder and
harder,” Camilleri said.
“I was going to take a break before the Queensland Open at the end
of July, but I thought I’ve been playing so well, I might as well
keep going and try and get more titles under the belt.”
04-Jul, Semis:
Former women’s champs
to fight for Victorian Open
Andrew Dent reports
Former champions and
Australian teammates Lisa Camilleri and Amelia Pittock will fight it
out for the Victorian Open women’s squash title on Sunday afternoon
after both won their semi-finals in straight games in the morning.
Second seeded Camilleri, champion in 2007 and 2008, downed Korea’s
Song Sun-Mi 13-11, 12-10, 11-7 while 2005 winner Pittock beat her
younger Victorian opponent Melody Francis 11-4, 11-3, 12-10.
Camilleri and Pittock have met six times on the women’s professional
tour for three wins apiece, most recently in the final of the Top
End Open in Darwin in May, where Camilleri won in straight games.
In the men’s competition, the two top seeds won through to the
decider, top ranked Zac Alexander beating Dutchman Bart Ravelli
11-5, 11-4, 11-6 and second seed Karwalski overcoming surprise
packet Cheng Yao Huang of Taiwan 13-11, 11-6, 11-13, 11-7.
Alexander has not lost to Karwalski on the PSA tour, but their
matches are invariably hard fought affairs with only a few points
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 Victorian
Open 2010
02-04 Jul, Melbourne, $6k |
Round Two
03 Jul |
Quarters
03 Jul |
Semis
04 Jul |
Final
04 Jul |
[1] Zac Alexander (Qld)
11-5, 12-10, 11-4
Evan Williams (NZL) |
[1] Zac Alexander
11/7, 12/10, 13/11
Cameron White |
[1] Zac Alexander
11-5, 11-4, 11-6
[7] Bart Ravelli |
[1] Zac Alexander
6/11, 11/6, 11/9, 11/7
[2] Matthew Karwalski |
Cameron White (Vic)
11-1, 11-9, 11-3
Jacob Alexander (Qld) |
[4] Nathan Stevenson (Qld)
11-9, 11-8, 11-2
Peter Taylor (Qld) |
[4] Nathan Stevenson
11/7, 11/3, 12/10
[7] Bart Ravelli |
[7] Bart Ravelli (NED)
11-2, 11-4, 11-3
Se Hyun Lee (KOR) |
Alex Grayson (NZL)
6 11-8, 11-9, 11-7 11-8
[6] Rex Hedrick (Vic) |
[6] Rex Hedrick
11/6, 11/13, 11/1, 4/11, 11/7
Cheng Yao Huang |
Cheng Yao Huang
13-11, 11-6, 11-13, 11-7
[2] Matthew Karwalski |
Cheng Yao Huang (TPE) bt
11-7, 11-8, 11-2
[3] Mike Corren (SA) |
Reiko Peter (SUI)
11-9, 11-4, 11-6
Frank Hartkoren (NED) |
Reiko Peter
10/12, 11/9, 11/13, 11/2, 11/7
[2] Matthew Karwalski |
Sam Fife (Qld)
13-11, [6] 11, 11-5, 11-3
[2] Matthew Karwalski (NSW) |
Round One:
[1] Zac Alexander (Qld) bt Chris Lloyd (NZL) 11-3, 15-13, 13-11
[2] Matthew Karwalski (NSW) bt Edward Dromgool (NZL) 11-7, 11-6,
11-8
Alex Grayson (NZL) bt Hon Fung Wong (HKG) [6] 11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-7
Se Hyun Lee (KOR) bt Fred Reid (CAN) 11-8, 11-7, 11-6
[4] Nathan Stevenson (Qld) bt Chris Hanson (USA) 11-6, 11-8, 11-9
[3] Mike Corren (SA) bt Jamie Mcervale (Qld) 11-5, 11-4, 11-7
Reiko Peter (SUI) bt Jonas Daehler (SUI) 11-5, 11-8, 11-9
Jacob Alexander (Qld) bt Jamie Mathews (ENG) 11-9, 11-6, 11-6
Cameron White (Vic) bt [5] Justin Beard (SA) 11-8, 11-5, 11-3
Frank Hartkoren (NED) bt [8] Josh Cardwell (Vic) 11-5, 11-9, 11-2
Cheng Yao Huang (TPE) bt Sunil Seth (Qld) 9-11, 11-3, 11-3, 11-6
Peter Taylor (Qld) bt Joseph Watts (NZL) 11-6, 11-4, 11-6
[7] Bart Ravelli (NED) bt James Skiffington (NZL) 11-5, 11-3, 11-3
[6] Rex Hedrick (Vic) bt Steven London (ENG) 11-7, [7] 11, [7] 11,
11-3, 11-1
Sam Fife (Qld) bt Luke Sims (Vic) [2] 11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-3
Evan Williams (NZL) bt Adrian Dudzicki (CAN) 11-5, 11-5, [1] 0 rtd
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Victorian Open 2010
02-04 Jul, Melbourne, $4k |
Round Two
03 Jul |
Quarters
03 Jul |
Semis
04 Jul |
Final
04 Jul |
[1] Sharon Wee (MAS)
11-5, 12-10, 11-5
Emma Millar (NZL) |
[1] Sharon Wee
11/6, 11/7, 11/6
[5] Amelia Pittock |
[5] Amelia Pittock
11-4, 11-3, 12-10
[4] Melody Francis |
[5] Amelia Pittock
11/8, 11/9, 12/10
[2] Lisa Camilleri |
[5] Amelia Pittock (Vic)
11-6, 11-6, 11-9
Christine Nunn (ACT) |
[4] Melody Francis (Vic)
11-5, 11-8, 11-7
Elpiniki Clement (USA) |
[4] Melody Francis
13/11, 11/3, 11/9
[8] Sarah Cardwell |
[8] Sarah Cardwell (Vic)
11-8, 11-6 rtd
Jane Kennedy (NSW) |
Bethany Brazier (Qld)
14-12, 11-6, 11-5
[7] Birgit Coufal (AUT) |
[7] Birgit Coufal
11/1, 11/3, 11/3
[3] Song Sun-Mi |
[3] Song Sun-Mi
13-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-7
[2] Lisa Camilleri |
Amanda Landers-Murphy (NZL)
11-5, 11-7, 11-4
[3] Song Sun-Mi (KOR) |
Maggy Marshall (Tas)
11-8, 9-11, [8] 11, 11-1, 11-6
[6] Zoe Petrovansky (Qld) |
Maggy Marshall
11/2, 11/5, 11/3
[2] Lisa Camilleri |
Amanda Cranston (NZL)
11-8, [6] 11, 11-2, 11-2
[2] Lisa Camilleri (Qld) |
Round One:
[1] Sharon Wee (MAS) bye
[2] Lisa Camilleri (Qld) bye
Bethany Brazier (Qld) bt Barbara Stubbings (PNG) 11-7, 13-15, 11-5,
11-9
Jane Kennedy (NSW) bt Grazia Guida (Vic) 11-6, 11-5, 11-4
[4] Melody Francis (Vic) bye
[3] Song Sun-Mi (KOR) bye
Maggy Marshall (Tas) bt Nicole Stoneham (Vic) 11-7, 11-6, 11-9
Christine Nunn (ACT) bt Selena Shaikh (Vic) 11-6, 11-4, 11-3
[5] Amelia Pittock (Vic) bye
[6] Zoe Petrovansky (Qld) bye
Amanda Landers-Murphy (NZL) bt Peta Murphy (Vic) 11-4, 11-5, 11-8
Elpiniki Clement (USA) bt Challen Stowell (Qld) 11-1, 11-6, 11-4
[8] Sarah Cardwell (Vic) bt Vanessa Pickerd (Vic) 11-8, 11-7, 11-8
[7] Birgit Coufal (AUT) bye
Amanda Cranston (NZL) bt Alana Sincock (NZL) 11-7, 11-3, 11-9
Emma Millar (NZL) bt Grace Mcervale (Qld) 11-3, 11-3, 11-2
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03-Jul, Quarters:
Home finalist guaranteed at
Victorian Open
A home finalist in the women’s draw is guaranteed at the Victorian
Open squash championships in Melbourne after Amelia Pittock and
Melody Francis set up a semi-final showdown.
Pittock, from Dromana on the Mornington Peninsula, shocked top
seeded Malaysian Sharon Wee 11-6, 11-7, 11-6 before Melbourne-based
Francis beat fellow Victorian Sarah Cardwell 13-11, 11-3, 11-9.
The winner of Sunday morning’s semi-final will take on either second
seeded Lisa Camilleri of Queensland or Korean third seed Song Sun-Mi
in Sunday afternoon’s final.
Camilleri ended the hopes of Tasmania’s Maggy Marshall 11-2, 11-5,
11-3 and Song downed Austrian Birgit Coufal 11-1, 11-3, 11-3.
Meanwhile, Taiwan’s Cheng Yao Huang continued his giant-killing run
when he beat Melbourne’s Rex Hedrick 11-6, 11-13, 11-1, 4-11, 11-7
in the men’s draw.
Huang will play second seeded Matthew Karwalski, who was pushed by
Swiss player Reiko Peter 10-12, 11-9, 11-13, 11-2, 11-7.
Top seed Zac Alexander will take on Dutchman Bart Ravelli in the
second semi-final.03-Jul, Round Two:
Marshall crashes way into quarter-finals as
Cheng halts Corren
Andrew Dent reports
 Hobart’s
Maggy Marshall battled her way into the quarter-finals of the
Victorian Open squash tournament when she beat former AIS training
partner Zoe Petrovansky in five games on Saturday.
Marshall upset the sixth seeded Queenslander 11-8, 9-11, 8-11, 11-1,
11-6 in the only women’s upset of the second round. The 20-year-old
Tasmanian, who this week cracked the world top 100 for the first
time, now faces second seed Lisa Camilleri in the final
eight.
Camilleri, winner of the last three tournaments on the Australian
Squash Tour, took four games to see off New Zealand’s Amanda
Cranston 11-8, 6-11, 11-5, 11-3.
Meanwhile, Taiwanese player Cheng Yao Huang ended the winning
streak of Mike Corren when he stunned the third seeded South
Australian 11-7, 11-8, 11-2 in the men’s draw. Corren, like
Camilleri, has won the past three tournaments but couldn’t match the
unheralded 25-yerar-old from Taipei.
Six-time winner Cameron White continued his run when he beat
Australian junior champion Jacob Alexander 11-1, 11-9, 11-3 to set
up a quarter-final against top seed Zac Alexander, older
brother of Jacob.
02-Jul, Round One:
Former champion relives glory days
Six-time Victorian Open
winner Cameron White will be hoping to relive some of his
glory days when he lines up for the second round of the
championships at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre on Saturday
morning.
White, who won the Victorian Open five times between 2001-05 and
again in 2007, retired from the professional tour two years ago. But
the 33-year-old from Geelong showed the form that once took him
inside the world’s top 50 as he stunned fifth seeded South
Australian Justin Beard in straight games 11-8, 11-5, 11-3.
He now plays Australian junior champion Jacob Alexander and
has a good chance of progressing to a probable quarter-final against
Alexander’s older brother, top seeded Zac.
The only other upset came when Dutchman Frank Hartkoren
dashed the hopes of Melbourne’s eighth seeded Josh Cardwell 11-5,
11-9, 11-2.
There was better news for the Cardwell family in the women’s draw
when Sarah, also seeded eighth, cruised into the second round
with an 11-8, 11-7, 11-8 win over fellow Victorian Vanessa Pickerd.
She now faces one of the toughest matches of the second round as she
goes up against the experienced Jane Kennedy of New South
Wales, a former South African junior champion who is now living in
Sydney.
The other highlight of the second round will be the battle between
Hobart’s Maggy Marshall and her former AIS training partner
Zoe Petrovansky of Brisbane.
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29-Jun-2010:
Serial winners no longer the favourites
Serial 2010 Australian Squash Tour winners Mike Corren and
Lisa Camilleri head into this week’s Victorian Open in the
unusual position of not being the title favourites.
Corren and Camilleri have both been in excellent form this season,
winning their last three tournaments.
Corren took out the City of Perth International, Kalgoorlie’s Golden
Open and the South Australian Open in Adelaide, becoming the record
tournament winner among current men’s players in the process with 27
PSA titles.
Camilleri claimed the Top End Open in Darwin, the Black Knight Open
in Perth and the South Australian Open to take her overall tally to
nine titles on the women’s professional tour.
But defending champion Corren goes into the Victorian Open at the
Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre as the third seed behind Zac
Alexander and Matthew Karwalski, while Camilleri is
ranked behind Malaysia’s Sharon Wee.
Alexander, who beat Corren to win the Top End Open, begins his
campaign against a qualifier, while Karwalski opens with a first
round match against young South Australian Ben Werchon.
Corren is up against Queensland’s Jamie Mcervale, a rising
star on the Australian squash scene.
In the women’s draw top seeded Wee has a bye in the first round
before a clash with either New Zealand’s Emma Millar or
Queensland’s Grace Mcervale, younger sister of Jamie.
Camilleri also has a bye before meeting the winner of the all-New
Zealand clash between Amanda Cranston and Alana Sincock.
The Victorian Open has drawn a truly international field this year,
with players from Asia, Oceania, Europe and North America all vying
to get their names on a trophy also featuring some of the sport’s
greatest players.
The hopes for a home winner come mainly in the women’s draw through
fourth seed Melody Francis and 2005 champion Amelia
Pittock, while the top ranked Victorian men are Rex Hedrick
(6) and Josh Cardwell (8).
Men’s qualifying begins on Friday morning, with the men’s and
women’s first rounds getting underway on Friday afternoon at 4.00pm.
The finals, which will be webcast on the Victorian Squash website at
www.squashvic.com.au, begin at 5.00pm on Sunday.
Australian squash legend Heather McKay, a 14-time winner of
the Victorian Open, will be attending the tournament on Sunday, as
will seven-time winner Vicki Cardwell, whose two children,
Josh and Sarah, are both competing.
Replays from 2009 Event
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81 and going strong in Melbourne
 The 81st
Victorian Open and Graded Squash Championships will be played at the
Melbourne Aquatic Centre over the weekend of 2 – 4 July 2010. Once
again the Open finals (Sunday 4th) will be webcast LIVE over the
internet from 5.00pm AEST on the Squash Vic website
The Men's Open is a PSA Super Satellite event and the Women's Open
is registered as a WISPA Tour 4 event - both are 32 player draws.
Qualifying and first round matches for the Open events will be
played on Friday 2 July. Pre - qualifying matches will be held on
Thursday 1 July.
Players confirmed to play this year are from countries including
Canada, New Zealand, England, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Chinese
Taipei, Switzerland, South Korea, Pakistan, USA, Austria, Malaysia
and Australia.
There are 11 players with top-100 world rankings who have entered
the tournament. Don't forget there will also be graded events, which
commence on Saturday morning.
Fiona Young the Executive Director of Squash Vic is looking forward
to the Vic Open 2010.
"I hope the success of last years event continues in 2010. We have
increased the prize money this year which means a jump
up in rankings points available for both the Men's and Women's
events. We loved seeing the skills and personalities of the players
last year and cannot wait to see how it pans out at the start of
July."
Running a graded event alongside the pro's creates a great
atmosphere where you could find yourself chatting with the next
rising star of professional Squash.
Who is going to be the next Geoff Hunt or Heather McKay of
Australian Squash ???
Replays from 2009 Event
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2009 Champions
Mike Corren & Joelle King
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Honours Board – Vic Open Champions
1990 Anthony Hill VIC
1990 Sarah Fitz-Gerald VIC
1991 Chris Dittmar SA
1991 Sharon Bradey VIC
1992 Rodney Martin QLD 1992 Susan
Devoy NZL
1993 Rodney Martin QLD 1993
Michelle Martin NSW
1994 Brett Martin QLD
1994 Michelle Martin NSW
1995 Dan Jenson SA
1995 Sarah Fitz-Gerald VIC
1996 Dan Jenson SA
1996 Sarah Fitz-Gerald VIC
1997 David Palmer NSW 1997 Carol
Owens VIC
1998 Paul Price VIC
1998 Sarah Fitz-Gerald VIC
1999 Michael Fiteni VIC
1999 Carol Owens VIC
2000 Raj Nanda` VIC
2000 Karen Morrissey VIC
2001 Cameron White VIC 2001 Dianne
Desira VIC
2002 Cameron White VIC 2002 Dianne
Desira VIC
2003 Cameron Pilley NSW 2003 Tamsyn
Leevey NZL
2004 Cameron White VIC 2004 Sarah Fitz-Gerald
VIC
2005 Cameron White VIC 2005 Amelia
Pittock VIC
2006 Dan Jenson VIC
2006 Dianne Desira VIC
2007 Cameron White VIC 2007 Lisa
Camilleri QLD
2008 Steve Robinson VIC 2008 Lisa
Camilleri QLD
2009 Mike Corren SA
2009 Joelle King NZL
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