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16-Sep, Finals:
[2] Laura Lengthorn-Massaro
(Eng) bt [1] Madeline Perry (Irl) 9/2, 9/3,
4/9, 9/6 (70m)
[1] Lee Beachill (Eng) bt [4] Cameron Pilley (Aus)
11/5, 11/2, 6/11, 11/6 (57m)
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Laura retains Wolves title
England’s Laura Lengthorn-Massaro successfully defended her
Wolverhampton Open title with a thrilling victory over Ireland’s
No.1 Madeline Perry in the final of the UK’s biggest club-based
squash championships staged at Wolverhampton Lawn Tennis & Squash
Club.
Perry, the World No.8 and No.1 seed started the match hesitantly,
allowing the defending champion to dominate the opening game and
gain the ascendancy in familiar surroundings.
Both players, competing in the championships as part of their final
preparations for next week's Dunlop British Open – Manchester 2007
produced an entertaining 70-minute final, with Lengthorn-Massaro
eventually clinching a well deserved victory.
Beach lives up to his seeding
Lee Beachill, the three time British Champion, twice Commonwealth
Games Gold Medallist and former World No.1, claimed his ninth World
Tour career title with victory over 4th seed Cameron Pilley of
Australia.
The 29 year-old Englishman intelligently combined defence with
subtle disguise and attack to extend the rallies and ultimately
negate the explosive assault of his younger opponent.
Pilley, who reached the final with victories over local favourite
Chris Ryder, Egypt’s Omar Abdel Aziz and No.2 seed Adrian Grant, was
never able to counter Beachill’s greater variety and weight of shot
and the former World No.1, although challenged, looked confident
throughout.
 "My
strategy was the same as for my previous matches. Cameron had played
very well in the tournament and can be really dangerous if you let
him take the initiative.
"After his long semi-final with Adrian yesterday, my plan was to try
to balance defence with attack to extend the rallies and build on
the momentum of my previous matches. Winning is a habit and
hopefully this will enable me to take a lot of confidence into next
week's British Open."
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 "Madeline
never gives up and I knew that I would have to be at my best to beat
her. It’s the first time that I have beaten her for a long time and
hopefully I can continue this form into the British Open next week."
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15-Sep,
Semi-Finals:
[1] Madeline Perry (Irl) bt [3] Dominique Lloyd-Walter
(Eng) 9/4, 9/3, 9/7 (55m)
[2] Laura Lengthorn-Massaro (Eng) bt Orla Noom (Ned)
9/1, 10/8, 9/0 (54m)
[1] Lee Beachill (Eng) bt [3] Borja Golan (Esp)
8/11, 11/7, 11/5, 13/11 (84m)
[4] Cameron Pilley (Aus) bt [2] Adrian Grant (Eng)
11/5, 11/9, 3/11, 6/11, 11/8 (90m) |
Pilley punishes Grant
in Wolverhampton ...
It will be the top two seeds who contest the women's final in
Wolverhampton, but Australia's Cameron Pilley gatecrashed the men's
final with a marathon victory over second seed Adrian Grant.
Madeline Perry and defending champion Laura
Lengthorn-Massaro both won in straight games, but it wasn't easy
as both took almost an hour to complete their wins. Irish number one
Perry beat third seed Dominique Lloyd-Walter while Lengthorn-Massaro
finally ended the run of Holland's unseeded Orla Noom.
Men's top seed Lee Beachill recovered from losing the first
game to depose defending champion Borja Golan, but the anticipated
all-English final was denied when Australia's Cameron Pilley,
the fourth seed, won a see-saw five-setter against Adrian Grant -
who was involved in a two-hour battle in the quarter-finals - to
reach his 18th PSA final - the same tally as tomorrow's opponent
Beachill.
 "It’s
very different playing on traditional courts as opposed to the
all-glass courts that I have been used to over the past few years,
but I’ve enjoyed the challenge. Winning is a habit and winning my
three matches this week has helped to become more confident. Borja
showed today just how competitive the men’s game is and I am really
pleased to have beaten him today and to reach the final."
 "Today
was very hard and I had to dig really deep to win. Adrian’s
performance was incredible in view of his match yesterday, and I’m
just looking forward to giving it a good go tomorrow. The club has a
great feel and atmosphere which really suits my game."
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 "Dominique
played really well tonight. The third game was particularly tough. I
had to work really hard and I’m just so pleased to have made it to
the final."
"I’m
really pleased to be in tomorrow’s final and to have the opportunity
of defending my title. Tomorrow will be a hard match and I’m really
looking forward to playing Madeline who is obviously playing really
well."
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14-Sep, Quarters:
[1] Madeline Perry (Irl) bt [8] Tenille Swartz (Rsa)
9/2, 9/0, 9/10, 9/2 (52m)
[3] Dominique Lloyd-Walter (Eng) bt Laura Hill (Eng) 9/4, 9/5, 10/8 (66m)
Orla Noom (Ned) bt [7] Joshna Chinappa (Ind)
1/9, 9/4, 10/9, 9/2 (46m)
[2] Laura Lengthorn-Massaro (Eng) bt [Q] Camille Serme
(Fra)
9/1, 9/4, 9/0 (39m)
[1] Lee Beachill (Eng) bt [5] Bradley Ball (Eng)
11/9, 3/11, 13/11, 11/4 (59m)
[3] Borja Golan (Esp) bt [7] Stacey Ross (Eng)
11/6, 11/6, 11/3 (38m)
[4] Cameron Pilley (Aus) bt Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy)
11/6, 12/10, 11/6 (50m)
[2] Adrian Grant (Eng) bt [6] Davide Bianchetti (Ita)
8/11, 11/8, 11/7, 12/14, 11/7 (120m)
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Orla the only upset in Wolverhampton
After all the upsets in round one, it was left to Orla Noom to carry
the unseeded flag into the semi-finals as she overcame seventh seed
Joshna Chinappa in four games. The Dutch international now meets
defending champion Laura Lengthorn-Massaro after the second seed
ended the run of qualifier Camille Serme, the European Junior
Champion from France.
Top seed Madeline Perry took almost an hour to subdue South African
Tenille Swartz, and will face England's Dominique Lloyd-Walter for a
place in the final.
In the men's event defending champion Borja Golan eased past Stacey
Ross to set up a semi-final meeting with top seed Lee Beachill,
while second seed Adrian Grant, who took a full two hours to beat
Italy's Davide Bianchetti, will play Australian Cameron Pilley in
the other semi-final.
 "There
was always going to be a lot of talk on court between us, there is a
bit of history between us and at times the talk outshone the squash.
The most important thing was the win ..."
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 "I
feel really comfortable playing here. I’d never played Camille
before and was unsure exactly what to expect. My length was good
from the beginning and I was really pleased with how I played
overall."
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13-Sep, Round One:
Serme, Hill & Noom
in first round upsets
Three seeds fell in the women's first
round at Wolverhampton Tennis and Squash Club as the UK's biggest
club-based event kicked off in earnest.
Camille Serme was the only survivor of the French trio who
came through qualifying, as the double European Junior Champion won
a five-game thriller against Denmark's sixth deed Line Hansen.
 "Very
happy to be in the quarters of this WISPA event. Today, I knew it
was going to be tough, although I'm aware that it could have been
much worse!
"But still, it was extremely hard, both physically and mentally, as
I already had a five setter yesterday, and I was behind 2/1 and 6/1
in the 4th.
"I really didn't think I was going to be able to win that one. But I
came back, and that probably hurt her mentally.
"Tomorrow will be yet another step up level wise, and I'm going to
give it my all, but first and foremost, I'm going to enjoy it."
En
Français
The other seeds to fall also went the
distance - Tricia Chuah squandered a two-game lead against Orla
Noom, and England's Sarah Kippax fell to compatriot Laura
Hill, 9/1 in the fifth.
Top seeds Madeline Perry and Laura Lengthorn-Massaro
both eased through in straight games, as India's seventh seed
Joshna Chinappa survived a mammoth encounter with Carla Khan,
the Pakistan number one who was returning to action after an
extended injury layoff.
The men's event was less dramatic, with Shahid Zaman the only seed
to be eliminated as he lost in straight games to Omar Abdel Aziz,
although Cameron Pilley, the fourth seeded Australian, was
tested by Wolverhampton's head coach Chris Ryder in the last match
of the night.
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 Wolverhampton Open
Tettenhall, 11-16 Sep $30k |
Round One
13 Sep |
Quarters
14 Sep |
Semis
15 Sep |
Final
16 Sep |
[1]
Lee Beachill (Eng)
10/12, 11/1, 11/5, 11/3 (39m)
[Q] Jesse Engelbrecht (Rsa) |
Lee Beachill
11/9, 3/11, 13/11, 11/4 (59m)
Bradley Ball |
Lee Beachill
8/11, 11/7, 11/5, 13/11 (84m)
Borja Golan |
Lee Beachill
20.00
Cameron Pilley |
[5]
Bradley Ball (Eng)
11/4, 11/7, 2/11, 11/4 (43m)
[Q] Steve Coppinger (Rsa) |
[3]
Borja Golan (Esp)
6/11, 11/2, 11/1, 11/6 (40m)
[Q] Jon Harford (Eng) |
Borja Golan
11/6, 11/6, 11/3 (38m)
Stacey Ross |
[7]
Stacey Ross (Eng)
11/5, 11/4, 11/6 (46m)
Aaron Franckomb (Aus) |
Omar
Abdel Aziz (Egy)
11/4, 12/10, 11/4 (26m)
[8] Shahid Zaman (Pak) |
Omar Abdel Aziz
11/6, 12/10, 11/6 (50m)
Cameron Pilley |
Cameron Pilley
11/5, 11/9, 3/11, 6/11, 11/8 (90m)
Adrian Grant |
Chris Ryder (Eng)
12/10, 12/10, 11/8 (46m)
[4] Cameron Pilley (Aus) |
Jean-Michel Arcucci (Fra)
11/3, 11/2, 11/4 (33m)
[6] Davide Bianchetti (Ita) |
Davide Bianchetti
8/11, 11/8, 11/7, 12/14, 11/7 (120m)
Adrian Grant |
[Q] Mathieu Castagnet (Fra)
11/6, 11/5, 6/11, 11/6 (61m)
[2] Adrian Grant (Eng) |
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Qualifying:
12-Sep, Qualifying Finals:
Jonathan Harford (Eng) bt Joel Hinds (Eng)
3/11, 11/8, 11/2, 11/4 (51m)
Jesse Engelbrecht (Rsa) bt Mohd
Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas) 11/6, 11/9, 11/6 (37m)
Steve Coppinger (Rsa) bt Bradley Hindle
(Aus)
11/9, 11/5, 11/6 (46m)
Mathieu Castagnet (Fra) bt Ben Ford
(Eng)
11/5, 11/5 11/7 (27m)
11-Sep, Round One:
Jonathan Harford (Eng) bt Andrew Birks
(Eng)
13/11, 11/5, 11/4
Joel Hinds (Eng) bt Darren Lewis (Eng) 8/11, 11/9, 11/8, 11/5
Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas) bt Stuart Crawford (Sco)
10/12, 11/7, 11/5, 8/11, 11/5
Jesse Englebrecht (Rsa) bt Romain Tenant (Fra) 11/8, 12/14, 11/8, 11/6
Stephen Coppinger (Rsa) bt Phil Nightingale (Eng) 11/2, 11/5, 11/9
Bradley Hindle (Aus) bt Chris Truswell (Eng)
11/5, 11/4, 11/9
Mathieu Castagnet (Fra) bt Richard Birks (Eng) 11/4, 11/9, 11/3
Ben Ford (Eng) bt Julien Balbo (Fra)
13/11, 4/11, 12/10, 5/11, 11/9
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 Wolverhampton
Open
Tettenhall, 11-16
Nov, $21k |
Round One
13-Sep |
Quarters
14 Sep |
Semis
15 Sep |
Final
16 Sep |
[1]
Madeline Perry (Irl)
9/2, 9/3, 9/1 (22m)
Jenna Gates (Eng) |
Madeline Perry
9/2, 9/0, 9/10, 9/2 (52m)
Tenille Swartz |
Madeline Perry
9/4, 9/3, 9/7 (55m)
Dominique
Lloyd-Walter |
Madeline Perry
18.30
Laura Lengthorn-Massaro |
[8]
Tenille Swartz (Rsa)
9/2, 9/7, 9/0 (29m)
[Q] Emma Chorley (Eng) |
[3]
Dominique Lloyd-Walter (Eng)
9/1, 9/0 9/4
[Q] Soraya Renai (Fra) |
Dominique
Lloyd-Walter
9/4, 9/5, 10/8 (66m)
Laura Hill |
[5]
Sarah Kippax (Eng)
9/7, 3/9, 9/10, 10/9, 9/1
Laura Hill (Eng) |
Carla Khan (Pak)
0/9, 10/9, 7/9, 9/1 10/8
[7] Joshna Chinappa (Ind) |
Joshna Chinappa
1/9, 9/4, 10/9, 9/2 (46m)
Orla Noom |
Orla Noom 9/1, 10/8, 9/0 (54m)
Laura Lengthorn-Massaro |
Orla
Noom (Ned)
1/9, 0/9, 9/1, 9/4, 9/0 (60m)
[4] Tricia Chuah (Mas) |
[Q] Camille Serme (Fra)
9/2, 6/9, 0/9, 9/6, 9/3 (64m)
[6] Line Hansen (Den) |
Camille Serme
9/1, 9/4, 9/0 (39m)
Laura Lengthorn-Massaro |
[Q] Celia Allamargot (Fra)
9/0, 9/1, 9/3 (23m)
[2] Laura Lengthorn-Massaro (Eng) |
Qualifying:
12-Sep, Qualifying Finals:
Camille Serme (Fra) bt Karen Kronemeyer (Ned) 9/3,
4/9, 8/10, 9/7 9/2 (67m)
Celia Allamargot (Fra) bt Kerri Shields (Irl)
9/1, 9/4, 9/0 (22m)
Soraya Renai (Fra) bt Lucie Fialova (Cze)
6/9, 6/9, 9/2, 9/6, 9/7 (51m)
Emma Chorley (Eng) bt Carrie Hastings (Eng)
3/9, 9/3, 9/0, 9/2 (37m)
11-Sep, Round One:
Camille Serme (Fra) bt Frania Gillen-Buchert (Sco)
9/2, 9/3, 9/1
Karen Kronemeyer (Ned) bt Victoria Lust (Eng)
10/8, 9/1, 9/2
Kerri Shields (Irl) bt Adel Weir (Rsa)
9/6, 4/9, 10/8, 5/9, 9/5
Celia Allamargot (Fra) bt Lauren Selby (Eng)
9/0, 9/5, 10/9
Lucie Fialova (Cze) bt Sarah-Jane Perry (Eng)
5/9, 9/4, 8/10, 9/2, 9/7
Soraya Renai (Fra) bt Leonie Holt (Eng)
9/3, 9/4, 9/7
Carrie Hastings (Eng) bt Anna-Carin Forstadius (Swe) 9/3,
9/5, 9/4
Emma Chorley (Eng) bt Susannah King (Eng)
9/4, 9/4, 9/2
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12-Sep, Qualifying
Finals:
4 out of 4 for the French
in Wolverhampton
Rob Slater
reports
 Having
been elevated to the No.1 seed position following the late
withdrawal of Egypt’s Amr Swelim, Jon Harford justified his
ranking to qualify for the UK’s biggest club-based squash
championships with an enthralling win over compatriot Joel Hinds, to
earn a match against third-seeded defending champion Borja Golan.
 Mathieu
Castagnet from France beat Ben Ford to record another
comfortable victory to move into the main draw without dropping a
game, whilst Jesse Englebrecht and fellow South
African Steve Coppinger both earned a place in the opening
round, with wins against Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan and Bradley Hindle
respectively.
Three of the four women’s qualifying places were secured by French
seeded players, the exception being England's Emma Chorley
who came through against compatriot Carrie Hastings having both
overcome seeds in the previous round. Chorley now meets South
Africa's Tenille Swartz.
Celia Allamargot continued her fine form to qualify for the
Women’s Main Draw without dropping a game, defeating Ireland’s Kerri
Shields, whilst Soraya Renai beat Lucie Fialova after being
2-0 down and Camille Serme, the highest ranked qualifier,
triumphed over Karen Kronemeyer in a hard fought 67minute encounter.
Serme, double European Junior Champion and runner-up in the World
Juniors last month, now meets Denmark's sixth seed Line Hansen while
Allamargot and Renai face tough tasks against England's second and
third seeds Laura Lengthorn-Massaro and Dominique Lloyd-Walter.
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Qualifying under way
at Wolverhampton
Rob Slater
reports
 England’s
Joel Hinds became the first player to beat a higher ranked
opponent, by coming back from a 0-1 deficit to beat fellow
countryman Darren Lewis 3-1 in 65 minutes, a feat also achieved by
Ben Ford who prevailed over second seed Julien Balbo.
Fourth seed Mohd Naziifwan Adnan of Malaysia overcame
Scotland’s Stuart Crawford in a highly entertaining and
unpredictable match, winning in 61 minutes.
Convincing first round wins were recorded by top seed Jonathan
Harford, as well as Steve Coppinger, Bradley Hindle
and Mathieu Castagnet whilst Jesse Engelbrecht won in
four close games against Romain Tenant in 63 minutes.
The first round of the women’s qualification produced few surprises
as a total of six of the eight seeds progressed to the final round
of qualifying for the UK’s biggest club-based squash championships.
The first match on court saw the top seed Camille Serme
defeat reserve, Frania Gillen-Buchert from Scotland in convincing
style, whilst Karen Kronemeyer, Celia Allamargot,
Soraya Renai, Carrie Hastings and Emma Chorley
also recorded straight game wins over Victoria Lust, Lauren Selby,
Leonie Holt, Anna-Carin Forstadius and Susannah King respectively.
 Lucie
Fialova was taken to five games by England junior Sarah-Jane
Perry before eventually winning and a determined Kerri Shields
from Ireland beat South Africa’s fourth seeded Adel Weir from
0-6 down in the third game and 1-5 down in the fifth to secure a
deserved second round place after 58 minutes.
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Wolverhampton Open attracts high class entries
Elevation of the status of the men's and women's events in the
forthcoming Wolverhampton Open Squash Championships has attracted
high class international fields in both categories.
Stewart Boswell, the world No12 from Australia, heads the
draw in the men's $30,000 3-star PSA Tour event, while record eight
times Irish champion Madeline Perry, ranked eight in the
world, is top seed in the women's WISPA World Tour Silver event.
The 2007 Wolverhampton Open will take place at the Wolverhampton
Lawn Tennis & Squash Club in the West Midlands of England from 11-16
September.
Introduced 12 months ago, the Wolverhampton Open now provides a
perfect bridge between this week's Prince English Grand Prix –
Birmingham 2007, and the Dunlop British Open - Manchester 2007,
which will be held in Manchester from 18-24 September.
Squash legend Jonah Barrington, the six times British Open
champion, is heartened by the idea of these three events becoming
part of a revival mini-tour. "A British circuit? It works very well.
It sets in motion sensible thinking people into talking about squash
in a positive way for the first time for years and years. It’s now
going to happen for more than just a two-week period!"
Boswell, who will play all three events, is a well-known figure in
the West Midlands: The 29-year-old from Canberra represented
Birmingham club Edgbaston Priory with distinction in the Premier
League - establishing a league-record 25-match unbeaten run over
four seasons. With 17 PSA Tour titles to his name to date, Boswell
opens his Wolverhampton campaign against Frenchman Jean-Michel
Arcucci.
Home interest will be led by Yorkshireman Lee Beachill, the
three times British National champion from Pontefract who is the No2
seed. The former world number one is expected to face England
team-mate Adrian Grant in the semi-finals en-route to a
showdown with Boswell in Sunday's final.
Grant, the London-born No3 seed from Halifax, opens his bid for
success in Wolverhampton against Chris Ryder, the World
University champion who is based at the club.
Spaniard Borja Golan is the defending champion and is
en-route to Wolverhampton from Colombia where he won the Bogotá
Tennis Club Circuito Mundial De Squash last week. Seeded four, the
24-year-old faces Pakistan's Shahid Zaman in the first round.
Madeline Perry will arrive in Wolverhampton full of confidence -
after stretching Malaysia's world No1 Nicol David to four games in
last week's Dutch Open in Amsterdam. The 30-year-old from Belfast
begins her bid to win a seventh WISPA Tour title with a first round
match against England's Jenna Gates, from Brighton in Sussex.
In the women's final, Perry is expected to meet defending champion
and second seed Laura Lengthorn-Massaro, the England
international from Lancashire playing for the first time with a new
hyphenated surname acquired after marrying Danny Massaro in the
summer.
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