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 Sandgate
Open
2016
17-19 Jun, Sandgate, Australia, $5k |
19-Jun, Final:
It's Saxby at Sandgate
The Sandgate Open final was a full house and nothing short of
entertaining as second seed Lisa Camilleri came up against
Tamika Saxby.
The last time Camilleri and Saxby versed each other was in the
semi-finals of the City of Perth Squash Challenge only a few
weeks ago which resulted in Saxby winning three games to love.
Saxby's last PSA final saw her defeat first seed Sarah Cardwell,
which she again replicated in the quarter finals of the Sandgate
Open.
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final saw Saxby take the first two games 11/8, 11/5 which
Camilleri responded with by winning the third game 4/11. After a
tough 3 games, Saxby dominated the final game winning 11/1.
Saxby was excited with her performance:
"It is great to get a second win at home. I had a strong first
two games, however lost my way in the third game. I managed to
piece it together for a strong fourth game," said a
delighted champion.
The tournament promoter Nathan Turnbull was pleased with the
overall event. "I am very happy with the crowd support that
attended the finals and I am excited to run the event again in
2017," Turnbull said.
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  Sandgate
Open
2016
17-19 Jun, Sandgate, Australia, $5k |
Round One
17 Jun |
Quarters
18 Jun |
Semis
18 Jun |
Final
19 Jun |
[1] Sarah Cardwell (Aus)
bye |
[1] Sarah Cardwell
9/11, 11/6, 11/3, 11/5 (41m)
Tamika Saxby |
Tamika Saxby 11/6, 11/5, 11/4
(18m)
Samantha Foyle |
Tamika Saxby
11/8, 11/5, 4/11, 11/1
[2] Lisa Camilleri |
[5] Selena Shaikh (Aus)
11/0, 11/8, 11/3 (18m)
Tamika Saxby (Aus) |
[8] Samantha Calvert (Aus)
11/9, 11/2, 11/6 (16m)
Samantha Foyle (Aus) |
Samantha Foyle
6/11, 12/10, 12/10, 13/11 (42m)
[4] Lakeesha Rarere |
[4] Lakeesha Rarere (Aus)
bye |
bye
[3] Jessica Turnbull (Aus) |
[3] Jessica Turnbull
11/3, 11/3, 9/11, 5/11, 11/3 (33m)
Emma Millar |
[3] Jessica Turnbull 11/9,
11/5, 6/11, 12/10 (37m)
[2] Lisa Camilleri |
Emma Millar (Nzl)
11/7, 11/3, 11/13, 11/5 (30m)
[7] Danielle Fourie (Nzl) |
Taylor Jones (Aus)
11/1, 11/4, 11/4 (14m)
[6] Stephanie Wigton (Aus) |
[8] Stephanie Wigton
11/7, 9/11, 12/10, 11/9 (40m)
[2] Lisa Camilleri |
bye
[2] Lisa Camilleri (Aus) |
18-Jun, Quarters/Semis:
Down to the final at Sandgate
Nathan Turnbull reports
We were expecting a cracking day of matches on Saturday
including the Quarter Finals and Semi Finals and the round of
Quarters didn’t let us down. With a good crowd turning up
filling the grandstand at Sandgate everyone was treated to a
spectacle of Squash.
Quarter-Finals
Tamika Saxby v Sarah Cardwell was a rematch of the City
of Perth Final and a grudge match that goes back to Under 12
Squash and it started off just as we expected.
Saxby got out to an early lead in the first game but it was
Cardwell who came back strong with an impressive array of shots
and hitting the better length of the two ladies, taking the
first game 11/9. Saxby came out firing in the second game
completely controlling the middle of the court and showing some
explosive movement to the front corners, finishing off the match
3 games to 1.
The second quarter final of the day was between 4th seed
Lakeesha Rarere and Samantha Foyle another rematch from the
City of Perth tournament. This match was always going to be a
close one, with these two girls being very competitive. The
first game was taken by Lakeesha 11-6 with her controlling the
middle of the court and her movement trumping Sam’s. The next
three games were all extremely difficult for both players as all
games were long, the scores being 12-10, 12-10, 13-11.
Samantha worked extremely hard to move Lakeesha around the court
and playing to her strengths taking the ball short at the most
opportune moments. Foyle said after her match that she was “very
happy with my game, it was a tight match point for point, Keesh
upped her game from last time and I knew I had to play well to
get the win. So I was happy to stay steady and win the important
points.” The 4 set match going for 42 minutes.
For the third quarter final of the day we had local girl
Jessica Turnbull playing returing NZ professional Emma
Millar. The first two games were won with large margins by
Turnbull. However Emma came out fighting and got in front of
Turnbull and played an excellent short game to get the third and
fourth games. The fifth game was a high pressure situation and
Turnbull came out on top, playing to her strengths and
controlled the middle of the court, and used her depth to force
the opening and move Millar around the court.
Turnbull said: “I’m extremely happy to come away with the
win, I’m getting used to not letting my emotions get the better
of me in big matches and it paid off for me today. Emma is a
very good player and has an amazing short game, I had never
played her before so I was excited to play someone different.
It’s always awesome to play in front of a home crowd as well. I
has a lot of support which helps immensely.”
The last quarter final of the day was between 2nd seed Lisa
Camilleri and 6th seed Stephanie Wighton. This was a
very tiring match for both involved, each match being close and
all points being long and hard. Camilleri came away with the
first game by using her strengths and volleying Stephanie off
the court.
Stephanie then came out and combated those volley’s with high
good length lobs, all points still being very long and both
players were working extremely hard for every point. Wighton got
the second game 11-9. The next two games were very similar but
Camilleri’s experience shined and overcame Stephanie’s hard
running and fearless attacking strategies. Getting the next two
games 12-10, 11-9.
Semi-Finals
Samantha Foyle started well in her Semi Final but Tamika Saxby
began extending the rallies and got Foyle scrambling. This
seemed to exacerbate some bruised ribs from a collision with
Rarere in her earlier match. By the end of the first game it
became very noticeable that Foyle was in some serious pain. To
her credit Foyle fought through the pain the whole way but that
5% slower movement took its toll and Saxby finished the match
comfortably in the end 3 games to 0.
The final match of the day saw local hope Jessica Turnbull
taking on number 2 seed Lisa Camilleri for the 3rd tournament in
a row. The first game was neck and neck all the way with
Camilleri eventually taking it 11/9. The more experienced Aussie
took an early lead and stayed in front to win that game 11/5
moving in to strong position at 2 games to 0 up.
Turnbull’s relentless retrieving finally started to pay off in
the 3rd game as she got a game on the board 11/6. It looked like
the experience of Camilleri was going to prove too much for the
local hope at she lead went out to an 8/2 lead, but Turnbull had
other ideas.
The younger Aussie fought back very strong winning 8 points in a
row but in the end experience won through, as Camilleri fought
her way through to another final winning a thrilling 4th game
12/10.
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17-Jun, Round One:
Day of Upsets at Sandgate
Nathan Turnbull reports
While the top four seeds are all through to the quarter-finals
of the Sandgate Open courtesy of byes, three of the lower seeds
fell in the first day's play.
First match of the day was between 5th seed Selena Shaikh
against last month’s City of Perth winner Tamika Saxby.
Saxby came out firing and didn’t let any rallies go past 7 shots
in the first game blitzing Shaikh 11/0. The 5th seed put up more
of a fight in the next two games which was helped by a few
mistakes from the Saxby racquet but it wasn’t enough with Saxby
finishing off the match 11/8, 11/3.
The battle of the Samanthas - Foyle and 8th seed Calvert
- was up next and Foyle got off to a great start with a 5/0 lead
but Calvert fought her way back to narrowly lose 11/9 in the
first. Foyle blasted her way through game two taking it 11/2,
smashing some brilliant outright winners on the way. Foyle
continued hitting unplayable length in the third game finishing
off the match 11/6.
It was then time for the battle of the New Zealanders, and the
crowd was treated to a shot making exhibition from both girls.
The lower ranked Kiwi Emma Millar took control early with
the better length and forced errors out of her compatriot
Danielle Fourie to take a two game lead.
In the third game Millar went out to a 7/4 lead before Fourie
started to find her length and put some real pressure back on
Millar, narrowly winning in a tie break 13/11. Millar was just
too consistent overpowering the younger Kiwi 11/5 in the fourth.
The final match of the day between Stephanie Wighton and
Taylor Jones was a quick match to finish off our opening
night. Wighton was just too experienced and powerful, completely
dominating the T taking the match 11/1, 11/4, 11/4 in only 14
minutes.
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