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Victorian Open 2012
02-08 Jul, Melbourne, Australia, $10kx2 |
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08-Jul, Finals:
Bloodied Grayson wins Victorian Open
New Zealand’s Campbell Grayson recovered from a blood injury in the
fifth game to overcome top seeded Malaysian Nafiizwan Adnan in a
superb final to the Victorian Open squash tournament in Melbourne on
Sunday.
 Grayson
was down 4-6 in the fifth when he was hit in the nose by Adnan’s
elbow and was forced to take a 20-minute break to stop the bleeding.
But when he returned he looked the fresher of the two players as he
took seven of the next nine points to win the final 11-9, 4-11,
8-11, 11-8, 11-8.
“Wan’s a really strong guy and we were both taking up space in the
middle – it was very physical,” Grayson said afterwards. “It wasn’t
a great time for it to happen.”
It was the second seeded Grayson’s fourth title on the men’s tour
and his first since May 2011, and should see him break back into the
top 50 when the new rankings are released at the end of the month.
 Earlier
unseeded Korean Song Sun-Mi won the biggest title of her career when
she overcame New Zealand’s Amanda Landers-Murphy in straight games.
Song has been in impressive form all tournament and she dominated
the fifth seeded Landers-Murphy in the final to win 12-10, 11-9,
11-7.
The Korean was once ranked as high as 42 in the world but is only
just coming back after a lengthy injury break.
It was her second win on the women’s tour, with the other also
coming in Australia, at the 2010 NSW Open in Sydney.
She now heads to Hobart for the Tasmanian Open, where she will take
on Melbourne’s Nicole Stoneham in the first round.
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 Victorian
Open 2012
02-08 Jul, Melbourne, Australia, $10k |
Round Two
05 Jul 11.00-13.15 |
Quarters
06 Jul |
Semis
07 Jul |
Final
08 Jul |
[1] Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas)
13/11, 11/3, 11/7 (46m)
Evan Williams (Nzl) |
[1] Nafiizwan Adnan
11/7, 11/5, 11/8 (25m)
[8] Gonzalo Miranda |
[1] Nafiizwan Adnan
11/7, 11/5, 9/11, 11/4 (44m)
[7] Aqeel Rehman |
[1] Nafiizwan Adnan
11-9, 4-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8
[2] Campbell Grayson |
[8] Gonzalo Miranda (Arg)
11/9, 21/19, 11/9 (55m)
Patrick Meischer (Sui) |
[7] Aqeel Rehman (Aut)
11/7, 6/11, 11/4, 12/10 (60m)
[Q] Chris Tasker-Grindley (Eng) |
[7] Aqeel Rehman
11/4, 11/6, 11/6 (45m)
[4] Muhd Asyraf Azan |
[4] Muhd Asyraf Azan (Mas)
11/1, 11/8, 4/11, 12/10 (40m)
[Q] Greg Lobban (Sco) |
Nathan Stevenson (Aus)
12/10, 11/5, 11/5 (27m)
[3] Matthew Karwalski (Aus) |
[3] Matthew Karwalski
6/11, 11/6, 4/11, 11/7, 11/9 (75m)
[6] Kashif Shuja |
[6] Kashif Shuja
11/6, 11/4, 11/2 (32m)
[2] Campbell Grayson |
Paul Coll (Nzl)
3/11, 11/8, 5/11, 11/8, 11/6 (68m)
[6] Kashif Shuja (Nzl) |
[Q] Cameron White (Aus)
11/8, 11/3, 11/7 (54m)
[5] Rex Hedrick (Aus) |
[5] Rex Hedrick
7/11, 11/7, 11/4, 8/11, 11/6 (113m)
[2] Campbell Grayson |
Florent Pontiere (Fra)
11/4, 11/7, 11/3 (37m)
[2] Campbell Grayson (Nzl) |
Round One:
1-Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) bt JaeJin Yoo (KOR) 11-8, 10-12, 11-3,
14-16, 11-2
Evan Williams (NZL) bt Andrew McDougall (CAN) 11-8, 11-9, 10-12,
9-11, 11-5
Patrick Miescher (SUI) bt Dan Busby (ENG) 6-11, 11-3, 11-5, 11-4
8-Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bt Tsukue Shinnosuke (JPN) 11-9, 11-4,
7-11, 11-8
7-Aqeel Rehman (AUT) bt Tarek Salah Shehata (EGY) 12-10, 11-5,
11-2
Chris Tasker-Grindley (ENG) bt Alex Phillips (ENG) 11-7, 11-5,
11-3
Greg Lobban (SCO) bt Jamie McErvale (Qld) 11-5, 11-6, 11-8
4-Asyraf Azan (MAS) bt Justin Beard (SA) 5-11, 11-8, 11-7, 14-12
3-Matthew Karwalski (NSW) bt James Huang (TPE) 13-15, 11-3,
13-11, 4-11, 11-6
Nathan Stevenson (Qld) bt James Earles (ENG) 4-11, 11-9, 11-2,
5-11, 11-6
Paul Coll (NZL) bt Arthur Moineau (FRA) 11-4, 11-5, 11-3
6-Kashif Shuja (NZL) bt Chris Lloyd (NZL) 11-4, 11-7, 11-9
5-Rex Hedrick (Vic) bt Luke Sims (Vic) 11-4, 11-5, 11-3
Cameron White (Vic) bt Ben Takamizawa Harris (JPN) 11-7, 11-3,
11-3
Florent Pontiere (FRA) bt Kevin Moran (SCO) 11-8, 11-3, 11-6
2-Campbell Grayson (NZL) bt Hon Fung Wong (HKG) 11-1, 11-4, 11-6 |
Victorian Open 2012
02-08 Jul, Melbourne, Australia, $10k |
Round Two
05 Jul 11.00-13.15 |
Quarters
06 Jul |
Semis
07 Jul |
Final
08 Jul |
[1] Delia Arnold (Mas)
11/9, 10/12, 12/10, 14/12 (72m)
Megan Craig (Nzl) |
Megan Craig
11/6, 11/7, 11/3 (20m)
Song Sun-Mi |
Song Sun-Mi
6/11, 11/2, 11/4, 12/10 (33m)
Deon Saffery |
Song Sun-Mi
12-10, 11-9, 11-7
[5] Amanda Landers-Murphy |
[7] Sarah Cardwell (Aus)
11/5, 11/6, 11/0 (28m)
Song Sun-Mi (Kor) |
[3] Liu Tsz-Ling (Hkg)
12/10, 11/8, 11/1 (28m)
Holly Naughton (Can) |
[3] Liu Tsz-Ling
5/11, 9/11, 18/16, 11/4, 11/7 (58m)
Deon Saffery |
[8] Thaisa Serafini (Bra)
11/9, 11/4, 11/9 (32m)
Deon Saffery (Wal) |
Tong Tsz-Wing (Hkg)
11/6, 11/9, 13/11 (38m)
[6] Tamika Saxby (Aus) |
Tong Tsz-Wing
12/10, 11/4, 11/2 (32m)
[4] Kylie Lindsay |
[4] Kylie Lindsay
11/6, 11/4, 7/11, 11/7 (41m)
[5] Amanda Landers-Murphy |
[Q] Yu Ra Choi (Kor)
11/7, 11/7, 12/10 (28m)
[4] Kylie Lindsay (Nzl) |
Alix Younger (Can)
11/7, 11/9, 11/1 (22m)
[5] Amanda Landers-Murphy (Nzl) |
[5] Amanda Landers-Murphy
10/12, 11/5, 11/7, 11/4 (35m)
[2] Melody Francis |
Carmen Lee (Hkg)
11/7, 11/6, 3/11, 4/11, 11/4 (40m)
[2] Melody Francis (Aus) |
Round One:
1-Delia Arnold (MAS) bt Larissa Huffer (WA) 12-10, 11-3, 11-6
11-Megan Craig (NZL) bt Grace McErvale (Qld) 11-1, 11-3, 11-6
7-Sarah Cardwell (Vic) bt Taylor Flavell (NZL) 11-4, 11-3, 11-6
Song Sun-Mi (KOR) bt 13-Vanessa Pickerd (Vic) 11-5, 11-8, 11-5
3-Liu Tsz-Ling (HKG) bt Stacey Cope (SA) 11-2, 11-2, 11-4
Hollie Naughton (CAN) bt 16-Genevieve Lessard (CAN) 11-7, 11-7,
11-7
8-Thaisa Serafini (BRA) bt Catherine Finlayson (ENG) 11-4, 8-11,
11-7, 11-2
9-Deon Saffery (WAL) bt Eloise O'Connor (WA) 11-3, 11-6, 11-2
14-Tong Tsz-Wing (HKG) bt Jennifer Brown (NSW) 11-9, 11-4, 11-3
6-Tamika Saxby (NSW) bt Antonella Falcione (ARG) 9-11, 11-13,
11-9, 11-3, 11-7
Yu Ra Choi (KOR) bt 15-Karman Siu (HKG) 4-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-3
4-Kylie Lindsay (NZL) bt Nicole Stoneham (Vic) 11-4, 11-2, 11-7
Alix Younger (CAN) bt 12-Christine Nunn (AUS) 11-6, 11-2, 11-7
5-Amanda Landers-Murphy (NZL) bt Selena Shaikh (Vic) 11-4, 11-4,
11-1
10-Carmen Lee (HKG) bt Carin Clonda (EST) 11-3, 11-5, 11-3
2-Melody Francis (Vic) bt Natalie Newton (Qld) 11-3, 11-3, 11-4 |
06-Jul, Quarter-Finals:
Kiwis on the charge in Melbourne
 It
was a dramatic day of quarter-final action in Melbourne as the seeds
continued to suffer in the women's event, while the men's draw saw
some marathon matches.
Defending champion Melody Francis went out at the hands of Amanda
Landers-Murphy, who now meets fellow Kiwi Kylie Lindsay
for a place in the final. Meanwhile Wales' Deon Saffery
pulled back from two games down to oust third seed Liu Tsz-Ling (and
at 18-16 in the third Deon must surely have saved some match balls)
to guarantee an unseeded finalist in the top half of the draw after
Korea's Song Sun-Mi beat yesterday's giant-killer Megan Craig
in straight games.
A Kiwi finalist is assured from the bottom half of the men's draw
too, but Kashif Shuja and Campbell Grayson both needed
the full five games to progress, second seed Grayson took 113
minutes to see off local favourite Rex Hedrick.
Top seed Nafiizwan Adnan faces Austria's Aqeel Rehman
in the other semi-final. |
Once
again the finals will be webcast LIVE over the internet from
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Round Two in Melbourne
It was a day of contrasts for the seeded players as the Victorian
Open reached the last sixteen stage in Melbourne, with all of the
men's seeds progressing but some significant upsets in the women's
event.
Top seeds Nafiizwan Adnan and Campbell Grayson led the way in the
men's draw, with all eight seeds reaching the quarter-finals, Kiwi
Kashif Shuja the only one extended to five games.
It was a different story in the women's draw with only four of the
seeds making it to the last eight.
The biggest upset was another Kiwi success as Megan Craig outlasted
top seed Delia Arnold in a marathon four games, finally winning
12/10 in the fourth after 72 minutes.
She'll meet another unseeded player, Korea's Song Sun-Mi, for a
place in the semis.
Path opens for Francis title defence
Andrew Dent reports
Home town favourite Melody Francis had her defence of her Victorian
Open crown made slightly easier on Thursday when Megan Craig of New
Zealand upset top seeded Malaysian Delia Arnold in four games.
The 11th seeded Kiwi battled past Arnold in four tight games 11-9,
10-12, 12-10, 14-12 to set up a quarter-final against unseeded
Korean Song Sun-Mi, who earlier stunned Melbourne’s Sarah Cardwell
11-5, 11-6, 11-0.
Second seeded Francis reached the last eight by beating Hong Kong’s
Carmen Lee in five games.
The defending champion was cruising at two games to love before
having to survive a fight back from Lee, eventually winning 11-7,
11-6, 3-11, 4-11, 11-4.
She now plays New Zealand’s Amanda Landers-Murphy, who she beat to
win last month’s Barossa Valley Open in South Australia.
In contrast to the women, where four of the top seeds fell, the top
eight men all progressed to the quarter-finals.
There will be two Trans-Tasman clashes in the bottom half of the
draw, with third seeded New South Welshman Matthew Karwalski taking
on Kashif Shuja and Melbourne’s Rex Hedrick to face second seed
Campbell Grayson.
Karwalski beat Queensland’s Nathan Stevenson 12-10, 11-5, 11-5,
while Hedrick downed his coach Cameron White 11-8, 11-3, 11-7.
Meanwhile, top seed Nafiizwan Adnan recovered from almost bowing out
in the first round by beating young Kiwi Evan Williams 13-11, 11-3,
11-7 to set up a quarter-final against Argentina’s Gonzalo Miranda.
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Victorian Open back and bigger
Fiona Young reports
The Victorian Open Squash Championships will be played at the
Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre in Victoria, Australia over the
week of 2 – 8 July 2012.
Squash Vic is pleased to announce two major sponsors for this year’s
event – The Victorian State Government and Kooyong Lawn Tennis
Club.
Fiona Young, the Executive Director of Squash Vic said,
"Thanks to our sponsors we have increased the status and prize money
this year which means a jump up in rankings points available for
both the Men's and Women's events. Squash Vic is committed to
building the event each year and we are now the second largest
tournament behind the Australian Open. Our sport doesn’t get a lot
of media profile but with the live webcast we are doing our bit to
get squash out and about.”
 The
Men's Open is a PSA Challenger 10 event and the Women's Open is
registered as a WSA Tour 10 event - both are 32 player draws.
Qualifying commences on Monday July 2 for the men and Tuesday July 3
for the women with first round matches for both events on Wednesday
July 4.
Players confirmed to play this year are from countries including
Egypt, Canada, New Zealand, England, Argentina, Hong Kong, Taiwan,
Switzerland, Korea, Pakistan, Cayman Islands, Austria, Malaysia and
Australia.
There are 22 players with top-100 world rankings who have entered
the tournament.
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