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24-Feb,
Day TWO:
Coll takes out top seed in
Chicago Qualifying upset ...
It was the second day of play
at the University Club of Chicago, with 16 places in the main
draws decided - 8 men's and 8 women's matches, a couple of upsets,
some very long men's matches and a very late finish ...
The men’s matches started with a
five-setter that set the scene for a series of long and close
matches - none of them finished in straight games - and while
just five of the players seeded to reach the main draw made it
through, two of those fell in the first round and it was the
last match of the day that produced the biggest upset.
 Germany’s Raphael Kandra beat Olli Pett 14-12
in the fifth in that 68-minute opener, while Adrian
Waller took 3 minutes longer to recover from 2-1 down
against fellow Englishman Declan James.
 The third match was an
all-Scottish affair with Alan Clyne coming from
a game down to beat Greg Lobban in 77 minutes.
 Another
five-setter followed with Mexican Cesar Salazar
outlasting LJ Anjema in 66 minutes, followed by an all-Hong Kong
match which saw Leo Au come from 2-1 down to
beat Tsz Fung Yip in 78 minutes, the longest match of the day.
World Junior Champion Diego Elias came from
a game down to beat Joe Lee in four - 66 minutes - Omar
Abdel Meguid also took four games to get past Campbell
Grayson in just under an hour, and the final main draw place was
taken by Paul Coll as he beat top seed Zahed
Mohamed in four games and 64 minutes.
Hania joins seven
seeds in women's main draw ...
 By contrast none of
the women’s matches went to five and only two came close to the
hour mark as seven of the top seeds made it through.
The upset
came as 15-year-old Egyptian Hania El Hammamy
came from a game down to beat Milou van der Heijden, setting up
a main draw meeting with Camille Serme.
Men's Qualifying Finals (Court
One) :
Raphael Kandra (Ger) 3-2 Oliver Pett (Eng)
8/11,
11/6, 8/11, 11/8, 14/12 (68m
[6]
Adrian Waller (Eng) 3-2 Declan James (Eng)
11/5,
8/11, 8/11, 11/8, 11/6 (71m)
[4]
Alan Clyne (Sco) 3-1 Greg Lobban (Sco)
9/11, 11/7, 11/6, 11/8
(77m)
[2]
Cesar Salazar (Mex) 3-2 Laurens Jan Anjema (Ned)
3/11, 11/8, 11/8, 4/11, 11/6 (66m)
[3] Leo Au (Hkg) v Tsz Fung Yip Hkg)
1/9, 4/11, 10/12, 11/9, 11/7 (78m)
Diego Elias (Per) 3-1 Joe Lee (Eng)
8/11, 11/9, 11/7, 11/4 (66m)
[5] Omar Abdel Meguid
(Egy) 3-1 Campbell Grayson (Nzl)
11/2, 11/9, 6/11, 11/4 (56m)
Paul Coll (Nzl)
3-1 [1] Zahed Mohamed (Egy)
11/7, 8/11, 11/6, 11/5 (64m)
Women's Qualifying Finals (Court
Two) :
[8] Nele Gilis (Bel) 3-0 Sarah Cardwell (Aus)
15/13, 11/8, 11/3 (50m)
Hania Elhammamy (Egy) 3-1 [4] Milou van der
Heijden (Ned)
10/12, 11/9, 11/5, 11/9 (48m)
[5] Christine Nunn (Aus) 3-0 Vanessa Raj (Mas)
12/10, 11/8, 11/8 (34m)
[3] Fiona Moverley (Eng) 3-1 Nikki Todd (Can)
11/8, 6/11, 11/9, 11/5 (33m)
[2] Coline Aumard (Fra) 3-0 Teh Min Jie (Mas)
11/2,
11/5, 11/3 (27m)
[6] Deon Saffery (Wal) 3-1 Chloe Mesic (Fra)
8/11, 11/5, 11/4, 11/9 (30m)
[7] Mariam Metwally (Egy) 3-0 Hollie Naughton
(Can)
11/9, 11/4, 11/7 (26m)
[2]
Samantha Teran (Mex) 3-0 Rachel Arnold (Mas)
11/6, 11/6, 11/2 (22m)
Match reports and more on Tumblr
(which you can open in a new window for a better view)
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