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Ipswich Open 2012
19-21 Oct, Ipswich, Australia, $5k |
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Alankamony stuns Lindsay to win Ipswich
Open
India’s Anaka Alankamony claimed her second title on
the women’s professional squash tour when she stunned top
seed Kylie Lindsay of New Zealand to win the Ipswich Open in
Queensland on Sunday.
The 18-year-old from Chennai took advantage of a
string of errors from the world number 39 to win in straight
games 11-8, 13-11, 11-5 in hot and humid conditions.
Alankamony had earlier beaten sixth seeded South
African Cheyna Tucker in the semi-finals and fourth ranked
Christine Nunn in the quarters to complete a weekend of
upsets.
She settled far quicker than Lindsay in the final and
took control in all three games to record a comfortable win.
 “It’s been an amazing week for me, I was seventh seed
for this tournament so it feels really good to win,” she
said.
“I had a five-setter in the morning today and
yesterday I had a five setter and a four setter, so it was a
long day yesterday and today, but I feel really wonderful
now.”
Alankamony said she felt at home with the conditions.
“I train in Chennai and it’s very humid there and I
think it was a big advantage for me because it is a similar
climate to over there,” she said.
“The climate didn’t really affect me – I really
enjoyed playing here.”
Lindsay offered no excuses, saying she just had an
off day.
“I just really didn’t get into it today, not good,”
she said. “I was just a little bit flat and couldn’t get
into it, I made too many mistakes and gave her too much to
hit.
“It was hot but I don’t think that had anything to do
with it, apart from the bouncy ball, I just wasn’t good
enough.”
Alankamony showed enough to suggest she would be a
major threat at next week’s Queensland Open in Sandgate.
“I’m seventh seed there as well, so I am really
confident now,” she said.
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 Ipswich
Open 2012
19-21 Oct, Ipswich, Australia, $5k |
Round Two
20 Oct |
Quarters
20 Oct |
Semis
21 Oct |
Final
21 Oct |
[1] Kylie Lindsay (Nzl)
11-5, 11-8, 11-6 (28m)
[16] Aimee Slatter (Aus) |
[1] Kylie Lindsay
11-2, 11-9, 11-5
[5] Lotte Eriksen |
[1] Kylie Lindsay
11-5, 11-7, 12-10 (40m)
[3] Olga Ertlova |
[1] Kylie Lindsay
11-8, 13-11, 11-5 (31m)
[7] Anaka Alankamony |
[5] Lotte Eriksen (Nor)
11-9, 11-6, 4-11, 11-4 (45m)
[12] Aparajitha Balamurukan (Ind) |
[3] Olga Ertlova (Cze)
11-9, 11-4, 11-5 (21m)
[14] Natalie Newton (Aus) |
[3] Olga Ertlova
11-5, 11-8, 11-4
[10] Larissa Huffer |
[8] Victoria Bell (Eng)
11-9, 12-10, 3-11, 9-11, 11-8 (37m)
[10] Larissa Huffer (Aus) |
Zoe Petrovansky (Aus)
11-8, 5-11, 11-7, 11-7 (31m)
[7] Anaka Alankamony (Ind) |
[7] Anaka Alankamony
8-11, 11-8, 11-5, 8-11, 11-7
[4] Christine Nunn |
[7] Anaka Alankamony
11-9, 8-11, 12-10, 10-12, 11-2
(50m)
[6] Cheyna Tucker |
[11] Jessica Turnbull (Aus)
11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7 (37m)
[4] Christine Nunn (Aus) |
[13] Jennifer Brown (Aus)
11-5, 11-4, 11-9 (40m)
[6] Cheyna Tucker (Rsa) |
[6] Cheyna Tucker
9-11, 13-11, 8-11, 11-7, 13-11 (50m)
[2] Melody Francis |
[9]Sally Skaarenborg (Den)
11-5, 11-5, 11-8 (20m)
[2] Melody Francis (Aus) |
Round One:
First round results – prefix denotes seeding:
[16] Aimee Slatter (Aus) bt Kristen Nightingale (Aus) 11-4,
11-6, 11-8 (18m)
[12] Aparajitha Balamurukan (Ind) bt Iritana Gray (Aus)
11-4, 11-0, 11-2 (14m)
[14] Natalie Newton (Aus) bt Heather Pilley (Aus) 13-11,
9-11, 11-1, 11-8 (31m)
[8] Victoria Bell (Eng) bt Kristy Hunter (Aus) 11-3, 11-5,
11-4 (14m)
[10] Larissa Huffer (Aus) bt Melissa Bonello (Aus) 11-5,
11-3, 11-1 (15m)
Zoe Petrovansky (Aus) bt [15] Jacqueline Barnes (Aus) 11-4,
11-8, 6-11, 11-6 (28m)
[7] Anaka Alankamony (Ind) bt Kelly Fraser (Aus) 11-4, 11-2,
11-0 (18m)
[11] Jessica Turnbull (Aus) bt Lakeesha Rarere (Aus) 10-12,
11-7, 11-9, 12-10 (38m)
[13] Jennifer Brown (Aus) bt Katrina Hathaway (Aus) 11-4,
13-11, 5-11, 11-7 (38m)
[9]Sally Skaarenborg (Den) bt Sue Williams (Aus) w/o
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Tucker, Alankamony disappoint home fans
South Africa’s Cheyna Tucker and rising Indian star
Anaka Alankamony both won tough five game clashes against
higher ranked Australian players to reach the semi-finals of
the Ipswich Open in Queensland on Saturday.
Tucker beat second seed Melody Francis 9-11, 13-11,
8-11, 11-7, 13-11 while Alankamony downed fourth ranked
Christine Nunn 8-11, 11-8, 11-5, 8-11, 11-7.
Francis was making her comeback to the court after
undergoing ankle surgery in July and looked on course for a
win when she had match ball at 10-9 in the fifth.
But a backhand drop into the tin let Tucker back into
the match and she wrapped up victory on her second
opportunity.
Nunn likewise will be disappointed after letting slip
a 4-0 lead in the fifth against the talented Alankamony, who
finished the stronger to clinch victory.
The other quarter-finals went according to the
seedings, with Kylie Lindsay of New Zealand downing Norway’s
Lotte Eriksen 11-2, 11-9, 11-5 and Olga Ertlova of the Czech
Republic too good for Perth’s Larissa Huffer 11-5, 11-8,
11-4.
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Fully fit Francis ready to fire |
Petrovansky win the only surprise
in Ipswich openers
Brisbane’s Zoe Petrovansky caused the only upset in the
first round of the inaugural Ipswich Open in southern Queensland
when she downed 15th seed Jacqueline Barnes in four games on Friday.
Petrovansky, who was ranked as high as 60 in the world before opting
to take a break from playing the WSA tour fulltime to head to
university, beat fellow Queenslander Barnes 11-4, 11-8, 6-11, 11-6.
She now takes on seventh seeded Indian Anaka Alankamony, who beat
young Brisbane player Kelly Fraser 11-4, 11-2, 11-0.
Eighth seeded Englishwoman Victoria Bell looked in great touch as
she beat Ipswich local Kristy Hunter 11-3, 11-5, 11-4 to set up a
second round clash against rising West Australian player Larissa
Huffer.
Top seeds Kylie Lindsay and Melody Francis both had first round
byes.
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Fully fit Francis ready to fire |
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