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19-Mar-06:
Semi finals
[1] Lauren Briggs (ENG) bt [4] Charlie de Rycke (BEL)
3/9, 9/4, 9/2, 9/0 (41m)
[2] Sarah Kippax (ENG) bt [7] Aisling Blake (IRL)
9/3, 2/9, 6/9, 9/6, 9/2 (55m) |
Top Seeds to contest Finnish Final
Poku Salo reports from Finland
The two top seeds will play for the Savcor Finnish Open
title on
Monday in Mikkeli, Finland.
Top seed Lauren Briggs got a bad start as Charlie De Rycke
took the first game 9/3. Lauren got her game going in the
second and from then on there was never any doubt
about the winner.
"It was a tough match. Charlie played really well in the
beginning. I was happy to come back and win it in the end.
She made it very difficult and I really had to work hard,"
said Lauren.
Second seed Sarah Kippax had to fight hard in the longest
match of the tournament so far. Aisling Blake put in a hard
fight and was leading 2 games to 1 and 5-0.
Sarah slowed the game down and that helped her get back in
the match and get the game 9/6. In the fifth Aisling didn't
have much to give and Sarah took it 9-2
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"It was a
very hard match. In the fourth when I was 5-0 down I
decided to slow it down and to avoid errors," admitted
Sarah. "It worked and I think she got a bit tired in
the fifth."
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19-Mar-06:
Blake Halts Hansen in
Quarters
Poku Salo reports from Finland
Seventh seed Aisling Blake
made it to the semi-finals of the Finnish Open in Mikkeli
when she beat third seed Line Hansen in three games.
The first game was even until 4-all but then Aisling took
five point in a row to win the game. Aisling took the second
convincingly and it looked like the third was going the same
way. Line got back in the game at 2-7 and saved matchballs
at 6-8 and 7-8. She had gameball at 9-8 but finally
lost it 10-9.
"Tough game and especially in the third I was struggling
when Line played a lot better. I was pleased to get away in
three games," said Aisling.
Top seed Lauren Briggs scored a convincing victory
over Delia Arnold, although she temporarily lost her
concentration in the second game. Delia went to 5-0 but
Lauren came back and took the game 9-5 in one hand.
"It was not easy, everybody is playing good on the circuit
nowadays".
The match between Charlie De Rycke and Orla Noom
was expected to be a tough one. That was not the case as
Charlie only lost six points in the match.
"I kept the tempo high and didn't make mistakes. I'm really
happy, especially to win 3-0", said Charlie after the match.
Second seed Sarah Kippax who played only two games in
the first round didn't get her game going in the first,
which went to Georgina Stoker 10-8, before recovering to
claim the next three games and a semi-final place against
Blake.
"I thought Georgina played very well in the first. I got my
game together much better in the end."
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 Savcor
Finnish Open
2006
Mikkeli, Finland, 17-20 Mar, $6k |
Round One
Mar 18 |
Quarters
Mar 19 |
Semis
Mar 19 |
Final
Mar 20 |
[1] Lauren
Briggs (Eng)
9/2, 9/7, 9/0
[Q] Milja Dorenbos (Ned) |
Lauren Briggs
9/3, 9/5, 9/4 (30m)
Delia Arnold |
Lauren Briggs
3/9, 9/4, 9/2, 9/0 (41m)Charlie De
Rycke |
Lauren Briggs
9/6, 4/9, 9/0, 9/3
Sarah Kippax |
[6] Delia
Arnold (Mas)
9/10, 9/2, 9/6, 9/6
Lim Yoke Wah (Mas) |
[4] Charlie De
Rycke (Bel)
9/4, 3/9, 9/0, 9/1
Lauren Siddall (Eng) |
Charlie De
Rycke
9/3, 9/2, 9/1 (29m)
Orla
Noom |
[5] Orla
Noom (Ned)
9/3, 9/4, 9/5
[Q] Jenny Wright (Wal) |
[Q] Dagmar Vermeulen (Ned)
9/4, 9/2, 9/1
[7] Aisling Blake (Irl) |
Aisling Blake
9/4, 9/1, 10/9 (42m)
Line Hansen |
Aisling Blake
9/3, 2/9, 6/9, 9/6, 9/2 (55m)
Sarah Kippax |
[Q] Lotte
Eriksen (Fin)
9/3, 9/5, 9/4
[3] Line Hansen (Den) |
Georgina Stoker (Eng)
3/9, 9/6, 9/6, 2/9, 9/3
[8] Christina Mak (Hkg) |
Georgina Stoker
8/10 9/4 9/1 9/5 (54m)
Sarah Kippax |
Celia
Allamargot (Fra)
9/3, 9/2 rtd
[2] Sarah Kippax (Eng) |
18-Mar-06:
Stoker makes Finnish quarters
Poku Salo reports from Finland
The first round of the
Savcor Finnish Open saw sall but one of the seeded players
progress to the quarter-finals, the exception being
England's Georgina Stoker, who beat Hong Kong's
eighth-seeded Christina Mak to set up an all-English clash
with second seed Sarah Kippax.
The Quarter-Finalists |
Lauren: The start of a tournament is allways difficult, but
I
think I played a good match. |
Charlie: I have to concentrate harder and try to avoid
mistakes and keep the running going |
Line: Lotte made more mistakes than I did. She keeps running
and trying but I guess I just had a bit extra |
Sarah: It's never nice to win a match when your opponent is
injured. A goodish start and I felt like I was playing OK |
Delia: I don't think I played that well but overall it was
OK |
Orla: A good match. When I got my length and started to be
patient, Jenny started to make mistakes. |
Aisling: It was not an easy 3-0 victory. We both got into a
rhythm but once I changed my rhythm a little it got easier |
Georgina: It was a hard and very long match. She
Christina plays very fast and it is very difficult to play
her |
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Qualifying:
Qualification finals
Jenny Wright (WAL) bt Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS)
9/0 9/1 6/9 9/0
Dagmar Vermeulen (NED) bt Susannah King (ENG)
8/10 9/5 9/2 5/9 9/5
Lotte Eriksen (NOR) bt Wilma Kirsten (ITA)
9/1 9/2 9/0
Milja Dorenbos (NED) bt Cristina di Sacco (ITA)
9/0 9/0 9/4
1st round
Jenny Wright (WAL) bt Marianna Vanhanen (FIN)
9/0 9/0 9/2
Susannah King (ENG) bt Saara Valtola (FIN)
9/1 9/2 9/3
Lotte Eriksen (NOR) bt Tiia Knuutila (FIN)
9/5 9/0 9/2
Cristina di Sacco (ITA) bt Laura Aalto-Setälä (FIN)
9/3 3/9 3/9 9/4 9/3
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