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Assore Baldwin Gauteng Open 2018
15-20 Apr, Johannesburg, RSA, $5k |
Finals: Brits & Fuller triumph
The men's final was a very closely contested
match with points see-sawing between the players.
Martin Svec managed to settle the nerves and gain firsst
advantage by taking the first game. Jean-Pierre Brits
managed to claw his way back into the match by taking the second
after being 5 – 7 down.
In the third and fourth Brits managed to keep his composure and chased
down every ball. This frustrated Svec and there were a lot of
queries with the referees.
This distraction took his focus away from the match and in the
fourth the long hard rasllies seemed to take their toll seeing
him make a lot of unforced errors.
Jean-Piere said after the match, “I am
thrilled to win this event at my home club. It is a first from
my side.
"I decided before the match that I was not going to let any
decisions distract me from my game plan and I did just that. I
lept the rallies long and kept a good length.
"This resulted in Martin trying to go short too early and make
mistakes especially in the 3rd and 4th games. I am looking
forward to the next event in Cape Town."
The ladies event was very one sided. Alex Fuller played the ball
deep and to a good length thereby not giving Milnay Louw a
chance to get into the front to hit the low hard ball that
favors her game.
Alex was very focused and onto the ball quickly thereby cutting
out Louw’s recovery time.
Fuller said, “I am very happy with my
performance tonight. I kept to my game plan of keeping Milnay in
the back of the court and taking the ball as early as possible.
It really paid off.
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Gauteng Open 2018
15-20 Apr, Johannesburg, RSA, $5k |
Round One
17 Apr |
Quarters
18 Apr |
Semis
19 Apr |
Final
20 Apr |
[1] Martin Svec (Cze)
11/2, 11/8, 11/4 (26m)
Guhan Senthilkumar (Ind) |
[1] Martin Svec
11/9, 8/11, 11/9, 9/11, 11/7 (70m)
[wc] Wayne Sithole |
[1] Martin Svec 11/6, 11/9, 13/11 (36m)
[Q] Christo Potgiete |
[1] Martin Svec
7/11, 11/7, 11/5, 11/8 (64m)
[Q] Jean-Pierre Brits |
[6] Ben Coates (Eng)
11/9, 4/11, 11/2, 11/6 (41m)
[wc] Wayne Sithole (Rsa) |
[5] Kyle Finch (Eng)
12/10, 12/10, 16/18, 11/5 (47m)
[Q] Dylan Groenwald (Rsa) |
[Q] Dylan Groenwald
11/9, 11/3, 11/5 (34m)
[Q] Christo Potgieter |
[3] Alex Noakes (Eng)
11/9, 11/7, 11/4 (38m)
[Q] Christo Potgieter (Rsa) |
[Q] Karim Magdy (Egy)
11/6, 14/12, 11/6 (34m)
[4] Ondrej Uherka (Cze) |
[Q] Karim Magdy
11/3, 11/9, 12/10, 11/5 (64m)
[7] Stuart Macgregor |
[Q] Karim Magdy 13/11, 8/11, 4/11, 11/8, 11/8
(73m)
[Q] Jean-Pierre Brits |
Ruan Oliver (Rsa)
11/3, 11/4, 11/4 (37m)
[7] Stuart Macgregor (Eng) |
[Q] Jean-Pierre Brits (Rsa)
11/9, 11/7, 12/10 (33m)
[8] Blessing Muhwati (Zim) |
[Q] Jean-Pierre Brits
11/4, 12/10, 11/6, 11/7 (33m)
[2] Abhay Singh |
Adria Leanza (Usa)
11/5, 12/10, 11/7 (33m)
[2] Abhay Singh (Ind) |
Qualifying:
Finals:
Jean-Pierre Brits (Rsa) 3-0 Kyle
Maree (Rsa)
12-10, 11-7, 11-9 (36m)
Christo Potgeiter (Rsa) 3-0 Hayden Worth (Rsa)
11-3, 11-2, 11-4 (21m)
Karim Magdy (Egy) 3-0 Alwyn Venter (Rsa)
11-7, 11-9, 11-3 (37m)
Dylan Groenwald (Rsa) 3-1 Makhosonke Ntuli (Rsa)
13-11, 7-11, 11-7, 12-10 (49m)
Round One: J P Brits bt M Clayton 11-3 11-5 11-6, K
Maree bt L Boyd 11-6 11-3 11-3 , H Worth bt T Turnock 11-9
12-10 11-9, C Potgieter bt G Kent 11-8 11-6 12-10, K Magdy
(Egy) bt G Woodward 11-1 11-3 11-4, A Venter bt J van der
Wath 11-7 11-9 11-8, M Ntuli bt JP van der Merwe 13-11 3-11
11-8 13-11, D Groenewald bt G Naidoo 11-5 7-11 11-7 11-8.
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Gauteng Open 2018
15-20 Apr, Johannesburg, RSA, $5k |
Round One
17 Apr |
Quarters
18 Apr |
Semis
19 Apr |
Final
20 Apr |
[1] Alexandra Fuller (Rsa)
11/5, 11/3, 11/3 (16m)
[Q] Kacey Leigh-Dodd (Rsa) |
[1] Alexandra Fuller
11/0,11/5, 11/4 (18m)
Winifer Bonilla |
[1] Alexandra Fuller 11/4, 11/5, 11/7
(26m)
Salma Youssef |
[1] Alexandra Fuller
11/6, 11/5, 11/7 (27m)
[2] Milnay Louw |
[5] Eva Feterkova (Cze)
11/9, 11/13, 11/7, 11/8 (444m)
Winifer Bonilla (Gua) |
[6] Makgosi Peloakgosi (Rsa)
11/6, 11/3, 11/4 (16m)
Salma Youssef (Egy) |
Salma Youssef
11/2, 7/11, 2/11, 11/5, 11/7 (47m)
[Q] Adel Sammons |
[3] Jelena Dutina (Srb)
11/3, 14/12, 11/3b (26m)
[Q] Adel Sammons (Rsa) |
[Q] Alexa Pienaar (Rsa)
9/11, 11/8, 11/2, 11/8 (42m)
[4] Nazihah Hanis (Mas) |
[Q] Alexa Pienaar
11/9, 13/11, 11/8 (26m)
Cheyna Tucker |
Cheyna Tucker 12/10, 11/7, 11/7 (34m)
[2] Milnay Louw |
Cheyna Tucker (Rsa)
w/o
[8] Reem Youssef Kaisar (Syr) |
Pabashe Sithole (Rsa)
12/10, 14/12, 15/13 (35m)
[7] Amy Jones (Eng) |
[7] Amy Jones
11/3, 11/2, 11/1 (20m)
[2] Milnay Louw |
[Q] Angie Clifton-Parks (Rsa)
11/4, 11/6, 11/2 (20m)
[2] Milnay Louw (Rsa) |
Qualifying:
Finals:
Alexa Pienaar (Rsa) 3-0 Linda Shannon (Rsa)
11-2, 11-6, 11-9 (19m)
Kacey Leigh-Dodd (Rsa) 3-0 Michelle van Zyl (Rsa)
11-5, 11-9, 13-11 (24m)
Adel Sammons (Rsa) 3-0 Hannelize Human (Rsa)
11-7, 11-7, 11-5 (21m)
Angie Clifton-Parks (Rsa) 3-0 Christine Ferreira (Rsa)
11-5, 11-9, 13-11 (24m)
Round One: K Dodd bt J Dawson 11-7 11-2 11-4, A
Pienaar bt H McBride 11-4 11-3 11-7, L Shannon bt M Wiese
9-11 11-8 15-17 12-10 11-9, M van Zyl w/o T Diepenbroek
scr., H Human bt N Sekhoto 114 11-8 1-4, A Sammons bt B
Seroto 11-6 11-1 11-6, A Clifton-Parks bt J Eigenmann 11-5
11-3 11-9, C Ferreira bt M Shannon 1-6 11-3 11-3.
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Semis: Top seeds assert as Brits wins battle of the qualifiers
Men's top seed Martin Svec showed his
class against Christo Potgieter. He kept the ball tight and
never gave Christo a chance to get in front of him to dominate.
When asked about the match Svec commented: “I knew that Christo
was an unorthodox player and tried not give him any openings. I
stayed disciplined and am very happy to win in three to save
myself for tomorrow. A big shout out to Ondrej for always being
there to help coach and support me.”
The second semi-final match was indeed a crowd pleaser and kept
everyone on the edge of their seats until the end as qualifiers
JP Brits and Karim Magdy battled for a place in the final.
The South African crowd was definitely on the South African’s
side and this seemed to inspire him to really push himself to
the limit.
In Jean-Pierre’s own words, “I feel that I
played well in the first two games and came from behind in both.
I was well done and then came bac to win the first game 13 /11.
The next two games I feel that I lost my length a bit as the
ball got a little too cold for me which resulted in me hitting
the ball lose and not to a good length.
"I tried to stay calm and keep focused on my game to allow
myself to get back into the game. By doing this I managed to put
him under too much pressure again.
"I am looking forward to playing Martin and his height and reach
are definitely an advantage of his. I will have to work on some
tactics to move him around and control the court.”
The ladies event was definitely one sided towards the main
seeds.
Number one seed Alex Fuller was a class above her opponent Salma
Youssef. After a very competitive 1st game Youssef seemed to
lose complete interest in the match and Fuller took full
advantage of this to finish the last 2 games in 12minutes.
Fuller commented re the upcoming final tomorrow, “I feel that I
have prepared well for this event and I enjoy playing in a
familiar environment. Milnay and I always have a tough game but
I am excited to be playing again to a South African crowd.”
Milnay Louw dominated the game from the beginning. Moving
quickly to the front wall and hitting low hard crosscourt’s put
Cheyna Tucker under a lot of pressure.
“I felt that I started a little slow but worked very hard to win
the 1st and had to focus for the full match in order to close
off in three. I have a very clear game plan for tomorrow and
need to be well prepared for the match.”
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Quarters: Upsets continue ...
Tonight saw another exciting evening
at the Assore/ Balwin Gauteng Open, and once again some of the
top players in both events bowed out to the local South African
contingent
Number one men's seed Martin Svec fought a hard fight to beat
Wayne Sithole 3/2. Sithole played very well and took the top
seed the full distance. The fifth saw experience and fitness
pull Svec through with Sithole cramping badly in the final game.
Christo Potgieter did not give Dylan Groenewald a chance to get
into the match. His diving and retrieval of the ball seemed to
frustrate Groenewald forcing him to go too short and make too
many errors.
Karim Magdy fought hard and managed to regain his confidence in
the fourth game to take the match against Stuart Macgregor 3-1.
Both players retrieved well and the rallies were long and hard.
Magdy managed to gain the edge with his short game to put
Macgregor under pressure in the fourth.
Jean-Pierre Brits kept calm and maintained even though Abhay put
him under extreme pressure. The match was a real crowd pleaser
with both players getting to unbelievable shots. The crowd was
definitely behind Brits and this seemed to spur him on to take
the match 3-1.
In the ladies section Alex Fuller was just too fast, accurate
and solid for Winifer Bonilla. Bonilla tried hard but could not
get the better of Fuller.
Adel Sammons tried hard against Salm Youssef. After the 4th game
Youssef seemed to find her short game and Sammons battled to get
a length allowing Youssef to dominate the “T”.
Cheyna Tucker dominated the match from the beginning and did not
give Alexa Pienaar a chance to get into her game. Tucker
attacked the ball and took it early just putting too much
pressure on Pienaar.
In the final ladies match Milnay Louw outclassed Amy Jones. Louw
was quick onto the ball in the front and Jones could not find
her length to get Louw deep into the back court. |
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Round One: Upsets abound in Jo'burg
The local players caused some major
upsets to the top seeds this evening. In both events five of the
top seeds were knocked out of the event.
Number one seed Martin Svec was too strong and clinical for
Guhan Senthikumar. He used his height and reach to outplay
Senthikumar and made very few errors to take the match 3-0.
Wayne Sithole caused one of the upsets for the evening by
defeating six seeded Ben Coates. Sithole’s quick movement onto
the ball out classed Coates. In the men’s event JP Brits took
control of his match against Kyle Maree by placing the ball deep
and to a good length. Maree made too many
Dylan Groenewald had a hard contested match against Kyle Finch.
Finch seemed to battle with the altitude and after two very hard
games succumbed to the altitude with tired muscles and did not
move as well. Abhay Singh was just too fast and accurate for
Adrian Leanza and had a relatively easy match into the next
round.
In the ladies section Alexa Pienaar was just too strong and
sharp for Linda Shannon. Adel Sammons outran opponent Hannelize
Human. Sammons kept up constant pressure and Human just seemed
to fold under the
Salma Youssef displayed the normal Egyptian talent of hitting
good lengths and great attacking short game to totally out play
Makgosi Peloakgosi. Peloakgosi was totally despondoent and lost
the will to win after Adel Sammons had the best win of the
evening by disposing of the number three seed Jelena Dutina.
Sammons was very determined to take the match and ran down every
ball to overthrow her opponent in just 26 mins. .
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Qualifying Finals:
Very few upsets in the qualifying finals at
Parkview, with seven South Africans and one Egyptian winning
through to the main draws.
In the men’s event JP Brits took control of his match against
Kyle Maree by placing the ball deep and to a good length. Maree
made too many errors and at no time looked like threatening
Brits. Potgieter was just too clinical and fast for Worth and
took only 21minutes to proceed to the main event.
Karim Magdy from Egypt made Alwyn venter work very hard in the
1st 2 games and the third saw a very tired venter succumb to the
constant pressure from Magdy.
The match of the evening was between 2 Gauteng team mate Dylan
Groenewald and Makhosonke Ntuli. The match was closely contested
with both players having fleeting moments of brilliance. In the
end it was Groenewald great speed and movement that won him the
match.
In the ladies section Alexa Pienaar was just too strong and
sharp for Linda Shannon. Adel Sammons outran opponent Hannelize
Human. Sammons kept up constant pressure and Human just seemed
to fold under the pressure.
Kacey-Leigh Dodd moved with ease around the court and Michelle
van Zyl really seemed to be out of her depth. Dodd was never put
under any pressure and cruised to a 3-0 victory.
Angie Clifton-Parks caused the only upset of the evening by
beating Christine Ferreira 3-0. Clifton-Parks slowed the down
the ball and did not give Ferreira the opportunity to play her
fast hard hitting game. Ferreira seemed to be completely
frustrated by the lob and drop game of Clifton-Parks
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