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Winnipeg Winter Club Open 2016
28-31 Jan, Winnipeg, Canada, $15k |
31-Jan, Final:
And it's Whitlock in 3!
 We
had a great final match today, even thought it went three straight
for top seed Emily Whitlock over second seed Nicolette
Fernandes, the match was close to an hour.
The first rally of the match sent a definite tone of how the match
was going to be played. It was a major rally to start off the match
with over 50 shots in the rally, before Whitlock made what would be
her worst error of the match. It would also prove to be one of the
few errors she would make in the match. Emily ran out to a
comfortable lead in the first game before Nicolette made a late
charge. However Whitlock’s lead was too much to overcome and she
took the opener 11-8.
The leg burning rallies continued on in the 2nd game. Each rally
seemed to be more grueling with the next. Several of the rallies
from the crowd to it’s feet and the girls barely able to stay on
theirs. Fernandes managed to put in a few volley short winners but
Whitlock’s determination to run down everything proved too much as
she took a two game lead. Long rallies continued in the third with
both girls making some unbelievable gets that must have punished the
legs.
In the end Whitlock’s consistency proved too much for Fernandes as
Whitlock takes home her first Winnipeg Winter Club Championship.
30-Jan, Semis:
Top two through to final in Winnipeg
Fernandes in full control
Nicolette Fernandes continued her fine form today reaching her
second consecutive Canadian final on the PSA tour. Fernandes took an
early 5-1 lead in the first game and never trailed throughout.
Fernandes was able to implement her game style on the hard hitting
Naughton.
Fernandes clearly wanted to play a controlled game and not let
Naughton play her power game. Fernandes kept the length tight and
used a nice variety of high soft lobs and two wall offensive boasts
to great effect. The lobs helped to counter the power game and
offensive boasts wore down the legs and helped take Nicolette in to
her first Winnipeg Winter Club Women's Open final.
Whitlock wears down Moverley
The second semi final of the day was a battle between two English
women. The match last a little over an hour for four games. The
match featured several long hard rallies with both players able to
apply plenty of pressure with volley drops and offensive boasts.
After dropping the opening game the top seed seemed to be in control
of the second before Moverely went on a run to take over the lead
before Whitlock was able to right the ship and tie the match at one.
In both the 3rd and 4th long rallies had both players bending over
with their hands on their knees, but in the end it was Whitlock who
was able to hang in there a little longer and move on to her first
Winnipeg Winter Club Women's Open final - and her 14th career PSA
title.
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  Winter
Club Open 2016
28-31 Jan, Winnipeg, Canada, $15k |
Round One
28 Jan |
Quarters
29 Jan |
Semis
30 Jan |
Final
31 Jan |
[1] Emily Whitlock (Eng)
w/o
Jordyn Lambert (Can) |
[1] Emily Whitlock
11-3, 11-5, 11-1
[8] Nikki Todd |
[1] Emily Whitlock
8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-6
[4] Fiona Moverley |
14th PSA title for
Emily [1] Emily Whitlock
11-8, 11-7,
11-4
[2] Nicolette Fernandes
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[8] Nikki Todd (Can)
11-5, 11-3, 11-5
[wc] Melina Turk (Can) |
[5] Nouran El Torky (Egy)
11-7, 11-7, 11-7
Georgina Kennedy (Eng) |
[5] Nouran El Torky
11-8, 7-11, 11-5, 11-6
[4] Fiona Moverley |
[4] Fiona Moverley (Eng)
11-1, 11-0, 11-2
Hannah Blatt (Can) |
Danielle Letourneau (Can)
11-8, 11-4, 6-11, 11-9
[3] Siyoli Waters (Rsa) |
Danielle Letourneau
11-6, 11-9, 5-11, 11-5
[7] Hollie Naughton |
[7] Hollie Naughton
11-5, 11-3, 11-6
[2] Nicolette Fernandes |
Alix Younger (Can)
12-10, 11-5, 11-9
[7] Hollie Naughton (Can) |
Cheyna Tucker (Rsa)
11-6, 11-9, 11-5
[6] Cyrielle Peltier (Fra) |
[6] Cyrielle Peltier
11-4, 11-5, 12-10
[2] Nicolette Fernandes |
Anika Alexander (Can)
11-2, 11-2, 11-6
[2] Nicolette Fernandes (Guy) |
29-Jan, Quarters:
Seeds assert in Winnipeg
Fernandes in fine form
Nicolette Fernandes continued her fine form here in Winnipeg.
Hot of of finals result in Toronto she has now cruised through the
first two rounds to make it in to her second WWC Women's Open Semi
Final.
The frenchwoman, Cyrielle Peltier was never able to put Nicolette
under enough pressure to take her out of her comfort zone. Peltier
made a valiant attempt to send the match into a fourth game, before
Fernandes was able to wrap things up 12-10 in the last.
Moverley moves on
Fiona Moverley is another player in Winnipeg coming off of a
good week of play, having pulled of a big win over Jenny Duncalf
last week in Toronto. Moverley and El Torky split the first two
games which were long and hard.
However as the third and fourth wore on it was Moverley who was able
to apply more pressure though volleys and tight front court drops.
Moverley moves on to set up one half of an english semi final.
Canadian Content
Hollie Naughton and Danielle Letourneau did battle in an all
Canadian affair. There was a lot of hype amongst the fans and
players alike for this match between the two long time rivals. The
match featured a number of runs which started with Hollie in the
first game taking a big lead which she would hold on to and cruise
to a one game lead.
The second game was pivotal as Danielle raced out to a large early
lead and looked to be only minutes from tying up the match at one,
before Hollie went on another run. Down 7-2 she mounted a large come
back which would see her edge it out 11-9, giving her a two game
lead. Danielle did manage to look like she might make a real match
of it by winning the third, but not was determined to up the pace
and intensity in the fourth which on this day was just a little too
much for Letourneau to handle.
Hollie was able to punish any loose ball from Letourneau with
aggressive length to the back. She will now move on to the semi
finals to take on Nicolette Fernandes
Whitlock finally gets to play
She arrived last Sunday but the top seed had to wait until the last
match of the night on Quarter Final night to make her debut at the
tournament after receiving a walk over in the opening round. It
didn't seem to effect Whitlock's form was overall she cruised to a
comfortable victory over former crowd favorite and former local
Nikki Todd.
Nikki put up a good fight and had the top seed on the run a number
of times on the hot courts, however Whitlock proved to be to
consistent and seasoned as she took town Todd 11-3, 11-5, 11-1
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