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 Victorian
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08-14 Jul, Melbourne, $10k x 2 |
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14-Jul, Finals:
[1] Rachael Grinham 3-0 [6] Megan Craig
11/8, 12/10, 11/2 (25m)
[1] Campbell Grayson 3-0 [8] Steve Finitsis
11/7, 11/6, 11/9 (53m)
Grinham & Grayson
clinch Victorian Open crowns
Andrew Dent reports
Queensland’s Rachael Grinham claimed her first ever Victorian
Open title when she downed New Zealander Megan Craig in straight
games at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC) on Sunday.
The seventh seeded Craig fought hard in the first two games before
Grinham ran away with the third to win 11-8, 12-10, 11-2 and claim
her 32nd title on the Women’s Squash Association tour.
There was some joy for New Zealand in the men’s draw when
Campbell Grayson beat Innisfail’s Steve Finitsis 11-7, 11-6,
11-9 to successfully defend his title from last year.
It was a triumphant return to the all-glass court at MSAC for
Grinham, who won the women’s doubles and took silver in the women’s
singles at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
The 36-year-old is still in great shape and said she was now
targeting the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
“I feel good and I’m playing well at the moment, so I’m looking
forward to the rest of the year,” she said after her win.
“At the moment it’s just a case of me looking after my body – if I
can move, I will play okay. I’m trying to look after myself and am
aiming to be there at the Commonwealth Games.”
Grinham’s next outing will be as part of the Australian team at the
World Games in Cali, Colombia, which begin on July 25.
Grayson was always in control of the men’s against Finitsis, who had
two huge matches on the way to the decider and looked sluggish at
times against the Kiwi number one.
The top seeded Grayson eased away with the first two games then held
off a fast finishing Finitsis to clinch the third and win the
seventh title of his career and his second of the year.
“The first two games were even at the beginning but I managed to
pull away in the middle, but he’s a real fighter and I got a bit
nervous when he started coming back at me,” Grayson said.
“I managed to sneak that third game in the end.”
Finitsis has now lost two finals in two weeks, but he gets a chance
to make amends at next week’s Tasmanian Open, where he is seeded
third behind Adelaide’s Mike Corren and Malaysian Ivan Yuen.
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  Victorian
Open 2013
08-14 Jul, Melbourne, $10k |
Round Two
11 Jul |
Quarters
12 Jul |
Semis
13 Jul |
Final
14 Jul |
[1] Campbell Grayson (Nzl)
11/4, 11/7, 11/5 (25m)
Justin Beard (Aus) |
[1] Campbell Grayson
11/8, 11/4, 12/10 (46m)
Mahesh Mangaonkar |
[1] Campbell Grayson
11/4, 11/5, 11/5 (36m)
[4] Matthew Karwalski |
[1] Campbell Grayson
11/7, 11/6, 11/9 (53m)
[8] Steve Finitsis |
[6] Mike Corren (Aus)
5/11, 11/8, 11/9, 12/10 (72m)
Mahesh Mangaonkar (Ind) |
[5] Rex Hedrick (Aus)
11/5, 11/3, 11/2 (22m)
Jaakko Vahamaa (Fin) |
[5] Rex Hedrick
11/9, 7/11, 14/12, 4/11, 11/8 (91m)
[4] Matthew Karwalski |
[4] Matthew Karwalski (Aus)
11/9, 12/10, 11/6 (38m)
Paul Coll (Nzl) |
Evan Williams (Nzl)
11/9, 11/7, 11/1 (23m)
[3] Zac Alexander (Aus) |
[3] Zac Alexander
11/7, 11/9, 8/11, 4/11, 11/6 (65m)
[7] Ivan Yuen |
[7] Ivan Yuen
11/4, 11/7, 9/11, 14/16, 11/8 (96m)
[8] Steve Finitsis |
Josh Larkin (Aus)
13/11, 10/12, 11/9, 11/6 (46m)
[7] Ivan Yuen (Mas) |
Chris Lloyd (Nzl)
11/2, 11/8, 11/5 (26m)
[8] Steve Finitsis (Aus) |
[8] Steve Finitsis
11/8, 7/11, 11/6, 11/3 (65m)
[2] Martin Knight |
Luke Sims (Aus)
11/2, 11/3, 11/3 (25m)
[2] Martin Knight (Nzl) |
10-Jul, Round One:
1-Campbell Grayson (Nzl) bt Nathan Stevenson (Aus) 9-11,
11-3, 11-7, 11-3
Justin Beard (Aus) bt Sam Ejtemai (Aus) 11-3, 11-3, 11-4
Mahesh Mangaonkar (Ind) bt Tom Calvert (Aus) 11-6, 11-1,
11-3
6-Mike Corren (Aus) bt Cameron White (Aus) 11-9, 11-9, 12-10
5-Rex Hedrick (Aus) bt Jong Myoung Park (Kor) 4-11, 11-2,
11-7, 11-2
Jaakko Vahamaa (Fin) bt Tim Cowell (Aus) 11-7, 10-12, 12-10,
11-8
Paul Coll (Nzl) bt Andrew Fraser (Aus) 11-6, 11-8, 11-4
4-Matthew Karwalski (Aus) bt Lance Beddoes (Nzl) 11-5, 11-8,
3-11, 11-4
3-Zac Alexander (Aus) bt Mithran Selvaratnam (Mas) 11-5,
11-8, 11-4
Evan Williams (Nzl) bt Adrian Leanza (Usa) 9-11, 11-7, 11-8,
11-8
Josh Larkin (Aus) bt Ben Grindrod (Nzl) 11-4, 11-3, 11-7
7-Ivan Yuen (Mas) bt Sunil Seth (Guy) 11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 11-4
8-Steve Finitsis (Aus) bt Kashif Shuja (Nzl) 11-4, 11-8,
11-2
Chris Lloyd (Nzl) bt Hon Fung Wong (Hkg) 15-13, 9-11, 11-4,
11-5
Luke Sims (Aus) bt Steve Salter (Aus) 11-6, 11-9, 12-10
2-Martin Knight (Nzl) bt Cheuk Yan Tang (Hkg)11-4, 11-3,
11-6
Qualifying
Results:
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 Victorian
Open 2013
08-14 Jul, Melbourne, $10k |
Round Two
11 Jul |
Quarters
12 Jul |
Semis
13 Jul |
Final
14 Jul |
[1] Rachael Grinham (Aus)
11/6, 11/6, 11/3 (19m)
[14] Chloe Mesic (Fra) |
[1] Rachael Grinham
11/5, 11/1, 11/6 (18m)
[15] Lisa Camilleri |
[1] Rachael Grinham
11/1, 11/4, 11/2 (18m)
[3] Amanda Landers-Murphy |
[1] Rachael Grinham
11/8, 12/10, 11/2 (25m)
[6] Megan Craig |
[5] Tesni Evans (Wal)
11/7, 11/6, 11/9 (18m)
[15] Lisa Camilleri (Aus) |
[3] Amanda Landers-Murphy (Nzl)
11/8, 12/10, 11/6 (30m)
[10] Thaisa Serafini (Bra) |
[3] Amanda Landers-Murphy
6/11, 11/6, 11/6, 7/11, 11/8 (47m)
[8] Deon Saffery |
[8] Deon Saffery (Wal)
11/9, 11/3, 11/6 (23m)
[11] Christine Nunn (Aus) |
[16] Antonella Falcione (Arg)
11/3, 11/3, 11/6 (20m)
[6] Megan Craig (Nzl) |
[6] Megan Craig
11/7, 11/6, 11/2 (23m)
[12] Song Sun-Mi |
[6] Megan Craig
4/11, 11/9, 9/11, 11/9, 11/9 (63m)
[2] Delia Arnold |
[12] Song Sun-Mi (Kor)
11/4, 11/4, 11/4 (15m)
[4] Kylie Lindsay (Nzl) |
[13] Tamika Saxby (Aus)
11/8, 11/9, 11/7 (34m)
[7] Melody Francis (Aus) |
[13] Tamika Saxby
11/5, 11/5, 11/9 (30m)
[2] Delia Arnold |
[9] Laura Pomportes (Fra)
11/8, 11/5, 11/5 (27m)
[2] Delia Arnold (Mas) |
10-Jul, Round One:
1-Rachael Grinham (Aus) bye
14-Chloe Mesic (Fra) bt Selena Shaikh (Aus) 11-6, 11-2, 11-6
5-Tesni Evans (WAL) bt Carin Clonda (EST) w/o
15-Lisa Camilleri (Aus) bt Aparajitha Balamurukan (Ind)
11-6, 11-4, 11-6
3-Amanda Landers-Murphy (Nzl) bt Heather Pilley (Aus) 11-3,
11-1, 11-5
10-Thaisa Serafini (Bra) bt Franziska Hennes (Ger) 11-7,
4-11, 11-8, 11-7
8-Deon Saffery (Wal) bt Jennifer Brown (Aus) 11-8, 11-5,
11-2
11-Christine Nunn (Aus) bt Vanessa Pickerd (Aus) w/o
16-Antonella Falcione (Arg) bt Eloise O'Connor (Aus) 11-9,
11-5, 11-7
6-Megan Craig (Nzl) bt Kim Ga-Hye (Kor) 11-7, 11-3, 13-11
12-Song Sun-Mi (Kor) bt Belen Etchechoury (Arg) 11-1, 11-1,
11-2
4-Kylie Lindsay (Nzl) bt Taylor Flavell (Aus) 11-7, 11-5,
11-7
13-Tamika Saxby (Aus) bt Annika Wiese (Ger) 11-8, 11-4, 11-1
7- Melody Francis (Aus) bt Melissa Bonello (Aus) 11-3, 11-4,
11-5
9-Laura Pomportes (Fra) bt Lakeesha Rarere (Aus) 11-4, 11-6,
11-9
2-Delia Arnold (Mas) bye
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13-Jul, Semis:
Grinham and Finitsis keep home hopes alive
Hopes of a home double were kept alive in Melbourne after
contrasting victories by Rachael Grinham and Steve
Finitsis in today's semi-finals.
Top seed Grinham wasted no time in despatching Amanda
Landers-Murphy, the third seed, in just 18 minutes, and in the final
she will face another Kiwi after Megan Craig upset Malaysian second
seed Delia Arnold in an hour-plus five-setter.
Finitsis, seeded eight, needed five games to see off young Malaysian
Ivan Yuen, who looked out of it at 2-1 and 6-2 down, but fought back
to lead 7-5 in the decider before eventually succumbing to the big
Aussie in 90 minutes.
Finitsis will face top seeded Kiwi Campbell Grayson, who beat
Matthew Karwalski in straight games, in the final.
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12-Jul, Quarters
Finitsis downs second seed
Andrew Dent reports
Queensland’s Steve Finitsis continued
his recent run of good form to upset second seeded New Zealander
Martin Knight and reach the semi-finals of the Victorian Open in
Melbourne on Friday.
A week after reaching the final of the Buler Challenge Cup in Hong
Kong, the 30-year-old from Innisfail downed Knight 11-8, 7-11, 11-6,
11-3 in just over an hour at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic
Centre.
Finitsis, who is playing his first tournament in Australia in almost
three years, will now play Ivan Yuen for a place in Sunday’s final
after the young Malaysian upset third seeded Australian Zac
Alexander 11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 4-11, 11-6,
Finitsis defeated Yuen at the same stage of last week’s Hong Kong
tournament.
The second semi-final will be between top seed and defending
champion Campbell Grayson of New Zealand and New South Welshman
Matthew Karwalski.
Grayson saw off dangerous Indian Mahesh Mangaonkar 11-8, 11-4,
12-10, while Karwalski took an hour and a half before edging AIS
teammate Rex Hedrick 9-11, 11-7, 14-12, 4-11, 11-8.
Women’s top seed Rachael Grinham continued her impressive run with a
straight games win over fellow Queenslander Lisa Camilleri 11-5,
11-1, 11-6.
She will play Kiwi Amanda Landers-Murphy in the first semi-final,
with the winner to take on either New Zealand’s Megan Craig or
second seeded Malaysian Delia Arnold.
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11-Jul, Round Two
Camilleri charges into Melbourne quarters as Corren makes
early exit
Andrew Dent reports
Former champion Lisa Camilleri
stunned fifth seeded Welsh player Tesni Evans in straight games to
reach the quarter-finals of the Victorian Open squash tournament in
Melbourne on Thursday.
Camilleri, who won the Vic Open in 2010, showed she is getting back
to her pre-injury best during her 11-7, 11-6, 11-9 win over the
talented 20-year-old from Cardiff.
Camilleri was off the court for 18 months with a chronic ankle
injury in 2011-12 before making her comeback in January.
She said she went into the match against Evans with a game plan to
keep her pinned to the back of the court and take away Evans’s
dangerous drop shots and short game.
Camilleri now takes on fellow Queenslander Rachael Grinham in the
quarter-finals after the top seed beat Frenchwoman Chloe Mesic 11-6,
11-6, 11-3.
“Rachael’s a different class altogether. I’m disappointed that I’ve
got to play the number one seed so early but I’ve got nothing to
lose,” she said.
“I find it hard to play Rachael because it’s hard to read where
she’s hitting the ball -- she mixes it up so much.”
Two other women’s seeds fell in the second round, with New Zealand’s
Kylie Lindsay (4) losing to 2012 champion Song Sung-Mi of Korea
11-4, 11-4, 11-4, and Melody Francis, the seventh seed and 2011
champion, falling to fellow AIS player Tamika Saxby 11-8, 11-9,
11-7.
Only one seed bowed out of the men’s draw with sixth ranked Mike
Corren losing a tight four game clash against exciting 19-year-old
Indian Mahesh Mangaonkar.
Corren took the first game before Mangaonkar came back to win the
next three and take the match 5-11, 11-8, 11-9, 12-10.
The clash of the round should come when AIS teammates Matthew
Karwalski and Rex Hedrick meet.
Karwalski downed Paul Coll of New Zealand 11-9, 12-10, 11-6 and
Hedrick dispatched Finland’s Jaakko Vahamaa 11-5, 11-3, 11-2.
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10-Jul, Round One
Grinham watches on
as seeds progress in Melbourne
Andrew Dent reports
Victorian Open tournament drawcard Rachael Grinham was an interested
spectator on Wednesday as the top ranked players stamped their class
on the rest of the field.
The second round gets underway at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic
Centre on Thursday, with women’s top seed Grinham making her long
awaited Victorian Open debut after a first round bye.
Grinham has never played the Vic Open despite being on tour since
1994, and begins on Thursday against 14th seeded Frenchwoman Chloe
Mesic, who downed local hope Selena Shaikh 11-6, 11-2, 11-6.
Second seeded Malaysian Delia Arnold also had a bye on Wednesday and
also plays a Frenchwoman, Laura Pomportes, in the second round.
Pomportes was too strong for Queensland’s Lakeesha Rarere 11-4,
11-6, 11-9.
Former women’s champions Song Sun Mi of Korea and Australians Melody
Francis and Lisa Camilleri also progressed.
Song thumped Argentine Belen Etchechoury 11-1, 11-1, 11-2, hometown
hero Francis downed fellow Melbourne player Melissa Bonello 11-3,
11-4, 11-5 and Camilleri was too strong for India’s Aparajitha
Balamurukan 11-6, 11-4, 11-6.
In the men’s draw, top seeded Kiwi Campbell Grayson, who won a
110-minute classic against Malaysia’s Nafiizwan Adnan to win the
title in 2012, survived a tough opening match against Caboolture’s
Nathan Stevenson 9-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-3.
Grayson now takes on South Australia’s Justin Beard in the second
round.
Other winners included second seeded New Zealander Martin Knight,
who beat Hong Kong’s Cheuk Yan Tang 11-4, 11-3, 11-6, third seed Zac
Alexander, an 11-5, 11-8, 11-4 winner over Malaysian Mithran
Selvaratnam, and 2009 champion Mike Corren, who defeated former PSA
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