Richmond Open Squash 2016 Virginia


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Richmond Open 2016
12-16 Apr, Richmond, Virginia, Usa, $10k

16-Apr, Final:
Kanzy takes the title in Virginia

Top seed Kanzy El Dafrawy came through a four game final against second seed Misaki Kobayashi in Richmond to claim her third career PSA title.

The first game was evenly matched with both players volleying a lot and dropping from every corner of the court. Defrawy managed to take the first game. In the second game Kobayashi was very dominate with her volley boast shot and had Defrawy diving and forced a lot of errors securing a very close win.

In the third game Dafrawy played a fast paced game got plenty of errors from Kobayashi. The fourth game was a battle with both players diving from every corner of the court but the determined Dafrawy closed the game up after 55 minutes of action.

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Richmond Open 2016 12-16 Apr, Richmond, Virginia, Usa, $10k
Round One 13 Apr	Quarters 14 Apr	Semis 15 Apr	Final 16 Apr
[1] Kanzy El Dafrawy (Egy) 11-9, 11-1, 11-1 [Q] Karla Urrtutia (Mex)	[1] Kanzy El Dafrawy 11-3, 11-5, 11-9 [8] Marie Stephan	[1] Kanzy El Dafrawy 11-4, 11-8, 12-10 Hana Ramadan	3rd PSA title for Kanzy [1] Kanzy El Dafrawy 11-7, 9-11, 11-2, 11-8 [2] Misaki Kobayashi
[8] Marie Stephan (Fra) 11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8 [Q] Emilie Soini (Fin)
[7] Reyna Pacheo (Usa) 11-9, 11-13, 4-11, 11-0 [Q] Sachika Balvani (Ind)	[Q] Sachika Balvani 11-5, 11-9, 11-4 Hana Ramadan
[4] Nikki Todd (Can) 11-7, 11-6, 11-6 Hana Ramadan (Egy)
Diana Garcia (Mex) 11-6, 11-8, 12-10 [3] Nouran El Torky (Egy)	[3] Nouran El Torky 11-9, 11-6, 11-8 Anna Kimberley	[3] Nouran El Torky 11-8, 11-2, 11-5 [2] Misaki Kobayashi
Anna Kimberley (Eng) 16-14, 11-8, 11-4 [6] Catalina Pelaez (Col)
[Q] Wee Nee Low (Mas) 9-11, 9-11, 11-3, 13-11, 11-5 [5] Georgina Stoker (Eng)	[5] Georgina Stoker 11-3, 6-11, 11-9, 11-5 [2] Misaki Kobayashi
Kelsey Engman (Usa) 11-2, 9-11, 11-4, 11-2 [2] Misaki Kobayashi (Jpn)

Qualifying, 12-Apr:

Finals
Wee Nee Low (Mas) 3-2 Nabilla Ariffin (Mas)       11-9, 8-11, 11-4, 4-11, 12-10
Karla Urrtutia (Mex) 3-2 Jenny Haley (Wal)          5-11, 11-5, 11-4, 9-11, 11-9
Emilia Soini (Fin) 3-0 Jennifer Pelletier (Can)                          11-6, 11-6, 11-8
Sachika Balvani (Ind) 3-2 Alicia Rodriguez (Mex)    11-5, 5-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-4

Round One
Sachika Balvani (Ind) 3-0 Maria Alejandra Porras (Col)             11-4, 11-7, 11-4

15-Apr, Semis:
Top seeds through to final

Kanzy El Defrawy 3-0 Hana Ramadan

Top seed Defrawy came out determined and accurate with every shot she hit, taking the first game in 10 minutes.

That did not stop the motivated Ramadan who settled down in the second and third game by pushing Defrawy in the back court. Defrawy used her experience over the up and coming Ramadan to close up the last two tight games.

Misaki Kobayashi 3-0 Nouran El Torky

In the first game both players were trying to figure out each other's game and the second seed Kobayashi prevailed.

In the second and third games Kobayashi dominated the court by her boasts and shots which did not allow the number three seed El Torky in the match.

14-Apr, Quarters:
Hana joins top three seeds in semis

Kanzy El Defrawy 3-0 Marie Stephan

The number one seed Defrawy looked very confident and came out very aggressive and eased her way through.

Hana Ramadan 3-0 Sachika Balvani

Ramadan continues her dominance has she beat Balvani in three straight games with a lot of attacking in the front court.

Nouran El Torky 3-0 Anna Kimberley

This game started with both players being very aggressive taking the ball early and looking for volleys. Torky continued on with her aggressive play whilst Kimberley started making a lot of unforced errors.

Misaki Kobayashi 3-1 Georgina Stoker

Kobayashi came out shooting and took the first game easily but Stoker came back controlling the rallies in the second game and managed to even it up. Kobayashi managed to slow down the pace and controlled the center of the court and forced Stoker to make errors.