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"It was a tough match and I had to play
well to fight back from two games down. I feel I am mentally fitter
and stronger now.
"On a personal note I would like to thank my coaches at ISA -- Major
Maniam and Cyrus Poncha, the Mittal Trust, the boys and girls who
train with me at the academy and my parents for all their support.
"Now I want to maintain my winning run to break into the top 20
WISPA rankings soon."
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11-Jul, Finals:
[4] Joshna Chinappa (Ind) bt [3]
Low Wee Wern (Mas)
7/11, 7/11, 11/8, 11/5, 16/14 (51m)
[1] Jan Koukal (Cze) bt [2] Yasir Butt (Pak)
9/11, 15/13, 8/11, 11/9, 11/5 (82m)
Chinappa comeback
foils Wee Wern
A fine fightback from Joshna Chinappa foiled hopes of a home
victory in Kuala Lumpur, as the Indian number one recovered from two
games down to Malaysian teenager Low Wee Wern, to eventually triumph
16/14 in the fifth!
The victory marks Chinappa's third WISPA title, both her previous
wins coming in NSC series events last year.
The men's final was also a five-game affair, with top seed Jan
Koukal coming from 2/1 down to beat Pakistan's second seed Yasir
Butt.
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10-Jul, Semis:
Low marks Tour high in KL
Teenager Low Wee Wern survived the longest match of her
career to reach the biggest WISPA final of her life when she upset
top-seeded fellow Malaysian Delia Arnold in the semi-finals at
the Bukit Jalil National Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur.
Third seed Low, the reigning Asian Junior Champion, stemmed a fight
back by Arnold event to beat her higher-ranked compatriot 11-9,
14-12, 8-11, 7-11, 11-5 in 80 minutes.
The 18-year-old from Penang - now in the seventh final of her career
- will face India's Joshna Chinappa, the fourth seed who also
recorded a notable five-game upset by beating second-seeded
Malaysian Sharon Wee 11-6, 8-11, 14-16, 11-8, 11-8.
 "It
was a close match! I started off well, winning the first two games, but Delia fought
back to win the next two. In the deciding game, I managed to take a
6-3 lead. That put pressure on her game and her challenge fizzled
out.
"I am happy to have reached the final. I have a score to settle with
Joshna, who beat me twice in the finals of the NSC Series
tournaments last year ... I hope to be third time lucky."
Chinappa, the 22-year-old world No41
from Chennai, is celebrating her eighth WISPA final - and her third
in Malaysia against Low Wee Wern.
By contrast, there were no surprises in the men's event which will
climax in a final between the two top seeds.
Second seed Yasir Butt despatched fellow Pakistani Waqar
Mehboob, the No6 seed, 11-6, 11-3, 11-7 while Czech favourite Jan
Koukal put paid to an all-Pakistan final when he battled to a
46-minute 11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 11-3 victory over eighth seed Arshad
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09-Jul, Quarters:
Malaysians Crash Out In KL
Pakistanis led a wholesale rout of Malaysians in Kuala Lumpur today
where all four local players competing in the men's quarter-finals
failed to make it through to the semi-finals at the Bukit Jalil
National Squash Centre in the Malaysian capital.
Eighth seed Arshad Iqbal Burki claimed the biggest scalp – the
25-year-old from Peshawar beating KL-based third seed Mohd Nafiizwan
Adnan 13-11, 3-11, 11-8, 11-9.
Nafiizwan's unseeded brother Nafzahizam Adnan was also a casualty,
going down 11-5, 11-7, 16-14 to sixth-seeded Pakistani Waqar
Mehboob.
A Pakistan finalist is assured as Mehboob, 17, from Peshawar, takes
on compatriot Yasir Butt in the semis. Second seed Butt defeated
Malaysia's No7 seed Muhd Asyraf Azan 14-12, 14-12, 12-10.
By contrast, three Malaysians will line up in the semi-finals of the
women's event.
Top seed Delia Arnold despatched Welsh opponent Deon Saffery 11-6,
11-4, 11-2 and will now face Low Wee Wern in an all-Malaysian semi.
Third seed Low beat fellow countrywoman Lim Yoke Wah 11-2, 11-4,
13-11.
India's Joshna Chinappa stands in the way of an all-Malaysian final.
The fourth seed from Chennai defeated Canada's Miranda Ranieri 11-8,
13-11, 11-9 and will now meet second-seeded Malaysian Sharon Wee for
a place in the final. Wee took out Siti Munirah Jusoh 11-8, 8-11,
11-2, 11-7.
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08-Jul, Round One:
Adnan Brothers through to KL Quarters
Malaysia's Nafzahizam Adnan scored a surprise first round win in the
NSC Series No6 championship in Kuala Lumpur to join his third-seeded
younger brother Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan in the quarter-finals at the
Bukit Jalil National Squash Centre in the Malaysian capital.
Nafzahizam Adnan, 24, from KL, defied the PSA world rankings by
upsetting Ritwik Bhattacharya, the fourth seed from India ranked
more than 50 places higher, 7-11, 12-10, 12-14, 11-4, 11-5 in 56
minutes.
Higher-ranked Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan was also taken to five games by
an Indian opponent before prevailing 11-8, 11-7, 6-11, 9-11, 13-11
over 20-year-old qualifier Harinder Pal Sandhu.
There was further unexpected local success in the men's event when
Elvinn Keo overcame Pakistan's No5 seed Khawaja Adil Maqbool 13-15,
11-7, 12-10, 12-10. The unseeded 21-year-old from KL will now
line-up against top seed Jan Koukal, the Czech number one who
defeated Malaysian Ivan Yuen 11-6, 11-9, 11-9.
There were no surprises in the women's event, with five local
players claiming their anticipated places in the last eight. Top
seeds Delia Arnold and Sharon Wee are on course to meet in an
all-Malaysian final.
Arnold, the event favourite, brushed aside Singapore qualifier
Pamela Chua 11-3, 11-3, 11-5 while Wee wiped out fellow countrywoman
Rachael Goh, also a qualifier, 11-4, 11-9, 11-5.
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Series #6 2009
06-11 Jul, Kuala Lumpur, $16k |
Round One
08
Jul |
Quarters
09 Jul |
Semis
10 Jul |
Final
11 Jul |
[1]
Delia Arnold (Mas)
11/3,11/3,11/5 (19m)
[Q] Pamela Chua (Sin) |
[1] Delia Arnold
11/6,11/4,11/2 (25m)
[7] Deon Saffery |
[1] Delia Arnold
11/9, 14/12, 8/11, 7/11, 11/5 (80m)
[3] Low Wee Wern |
[3] Low Wee Wern
7/11, 7/11, 11/8, 11/5, 16/14 (51m)
[4] Joshna Chinappa |
[7]
Deon Saffery (Wal)
11/7,11/1,11/6 (18m)
Kuan Choy Lin (Mas) |
[3]
Low Wee Wern (Mas)
11/3,11/7,11/4 (26m)
Misaki Kobayashi (Jpn) |
[3] Low Wee Wern
11/2,11/4,13/11 (29m)
[6] Lim Woke Yah |
[6]
Lim Woke Yah (Mas)
11/8,11/6,11/8 (26m)
Pushppa Devi (Mas) |
Zulhijah Binti Azan (Mas)
13/11,11/7,11/8 (24m)
[5] Miranda Ranieri (Can) |
[5] Miranda Ranieri
11/8,13/11,11/9 (28m)
[4] Joshna Chinappa |
[4] Joshna Chinappa 11/6,
8/11, 14/16, 11/8, 11/8 (47m)
[2] Sharon Wee |
Lotte Eriksen (Nor)
w/o
[4] Joshna Chinappa (Ind) |
Stephanie Edmison (Can)
11/4,11/7,11/8 (26m)
[8] Siti Munirah Jusoh (Mas) |
[8] Siti Munirah Jusoh
11/8,8/11,11/2,11/7 (46m)
[2] Sharon Wee |
[Q] Rachel Goh (Mas)
11/4,11/9,11/5 (22m)
[2] Sharon Wee (Mas) |
Qualifying:
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Series #6 2009
06-11 Jul, Kuala Lumpur, $10k |
Round One
08 Jul |
Quarters
09 Jul |
Semis
10 Jul |
Final
11 Jul |
[1] Jan Koukal (Cze)
11/6,11/9,11/9 (47m)
Ivan Yuen (Mas) |
[1] Jan Koukal
4/11,11/6,11/8,11/5 (48m)
Elvinn Keo |
[1] Jan Koukal
11/8, 7/11, 11/9, 11/3 (46m)
[8]
Arshad Iqbal Burkhi |
[1] Jan Koukal
9/11, 15/13, 8/11, 11/9, 11/5 (82m)
[2] Yasir Butt |
[5]
Adil Maqbool (Pak)
13/15,11/7,12/10,12/10 (50m)
Elvinn Keo (Mas) |
[3]
Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas)
11/8,11/7,6/11,9/11,13/11 (61m)
[Q] Harinderpal Sandhu (Ind) |
[3]
Nafiizwan Adnan
13/11,3/11,11/8,11/9 (47m)
[8]
Arshad Iqbal Burkhi |
[8]
Arshad Iqbal Burkhi (Pak)
11/8,11/4,12/10 (40m)
[Q] Danish Atlas Khan (Pak) |
[Q]
Kamran Khan (Mas)
5/11,11/6,11/7,12/10 (46
[6] Waqar Mehboob (Pak) |
[6] Waqar Mehboob
11/5,11/7,16/14 (45m)
Nafzahizam Adnan |
[6] Waqar Mehboob
11/6,11/3,11/7 (30m)
[2] Yasir Butt |
Nafzahizam Adnan (Mas)
7/11,12/10,12/14,11/4,11/5 (56m)
[4] Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind) |
Karim AGA Samy (Egy)
11/3,7/11,11/9,8/11,11/4 (48m)
[7] Muhd Asyraf Azan (Mas) |
[7] Muhd Asyraf Azan
14/12,14/12,12/10 (37m)
[2] Yasir Butt |
[Q] Ahmad Hawas (Egy)
11/8,11/6,11/5 (31m)
[2] Yasir Butt (Pak) |
Qualifying:
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