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Charman claims Greenwich Glory
England's Linda Charman claimed one of the best triumphs of her career
when she recovered from two games down to upset top-seeded former
compatriot Natalie Pohrer in the final in Connecticut, USA.
Since beating Pohrer in the British Open in 2001, second-seeded Charman
has lost on three successive occasions to the world No3, now representing
the USA. At two games up, it seemed that Pohrer would go on to take her
first title of the year without dropping a game in the tournament.
Charman, however, had other ideas and the 31-year-old world No4 from
Eastbourne rallied bravely to secure her stunning 5-9 5-9 9-2 9-6 9-6
victory in 91 minutes - amongst the longest matches in women's squash!
The success marked Charman's first WISPA World Tour title since November
2001 - and the ninth of her career. Interestingly, Pohrer became the
opponent the England number two has beaten most in WISPA finals, following
victories in the Art of Squash event in the USA in November 1996 and the
Exterieur Open in France in August 1999.
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Greenwich Open
2003
Greenwich, New York, USA,
$25k |
1st Round
Thu 23rd |
Quarters
Fri 24th |
Semis
Sat 25th |
Final
Sun 26th |
[1]
Natalie Pohrer (Usa)
9-6, 9-5, 9-4
[Q] Lara Petera (NZL) |
Natalie
Pohrer
9-1, 9-4, 9-1
Stephanie Brind |
Natalie
Pohrer 9-2, 9-6, 9-6
Rebecca Macree |
Natalie
Pohrer
5/9 5/9 9/2
9/6 9/6
Linda Charman |
[7]
Stephanie Brind (Eng)
9-3, 9-4, 9-5
[Q] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) |
[3] Tania
Bailey (Eng)
9-0, 9-4, 9-4
Madeline Perry (Irl) |
Tania Bailey
9-4, 9-5, 9-7
Rebecca Macree |
[5]
Rebecca Macree (Eng)
9-2, 10-8, 9-2
[Q] Dominique Lloyd-Walter (ENG) |
[8]
Omneya Abdel Kawy (Egy)
7-9, 9-3, 9-3, 9-1
Shelley Kitchen (Nzl) |
Omneya Abdel Kawy
9-1, 9-7, 9-4
Rachael Grinham |
Omneya Abdel Kawy
9-4, 9-1, 9-3
Linda Charman |
[4]
Rachael Grinham (Aus)
9-7, 9-0, 9-3
[Q] Latasha Khan (USA) |
[6] Fiona
Geaves (Eng)
9-2, 0-9, 9-7, 7-9, 9-5
Vicky Botwright (Eng) |
Fiona Geaves
9-10, 9-6, 9-3, 9-7
Linda Charman |
[2] Linda
Charman (Usa)
9-1, 9-1, 9-0
Meredith Quick (Usa) * |
Qualifying finals:
Dominique Lloyd-Walter (ENG) bt Jenny Duncalf (ENG) 9-7, 9-1,
9-3
Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt Melissa Martin (AUS) 6-9, 9-5, 9-5, 10-8
Latasha Khan (USA) bt Eman El Amir (EGY) 9-7, 9-5, 9-1
Lara Petera (NZL) bt Heidi Mather (AUS) 9-5, 9-4, 9-0
1st qualifying round:
Dominique Lloyd-Walter (ENG) bt Engy Kheirallah (EGY) 9-2, 9-2,
9-4
Jenny Duncalf (ENG) bt Amelia Pittock (AUS) 9-7, 9-6, 9-7
Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt Samantha Teran (MEX) 9-6, 9-0, 9-6
Melissa Martin (AUS) bt Cheryl Beaumont (ENG) 9-6, 9-5, 9-0
Eman El Amir (EGY) bt Christina Mak (HKG) 9-3, 9-6, 9-6
Latasha Khan (USA) bt Dana Betts (USA) 9-4, 9-2, 9-0
Lara Petera (NZL) bt Julia Beaver (USA) 10-8, 9-0, 9-6
Heidi Mather (AUS) bt Maha Zein (EGY) 9-3, 9-3, 9-4
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