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JC Open 2018
01-04 Nov, Ottawa, Canada, $11k |
Final:
Emotional win for top seed Sam in
Ottawa
Heather Wallace reports
Today's match up in the final of the JC Women's Open between
Samantha Cornett and Hollie Naughton was a very
emotional affair for Samantha & all of the Ottawa supporters.
This tournament was held in memory of Samantha's father who
tragically passed away in 2017. Everyone could see that this
tournament meant a great deal to Samantha as she came out in the
first game very focused, playing patient deep squash.
She had Hollie continually pinned back &
finished of fthe rallies with some great short shots when Hollie
retrieved with a loose ball. Samantha took the 1st game in style
11-5. Hollie had a relatively easy run to the final, so now that
she was on the back foot, she was not ready for it, trying to
force some winners which were definitely not on, resulting in
impatient errors.
This only helped Samantha play with confidence & pile on the
pressure to win the 2nd game 11-7. Hollie came out in the 3rd
game playing with more patience & better length.
Sam however was in no mood to let Hollie back
in & matched her with patient play & attacking at the right
time, hitting inch perfect winners.
After three nervous errors at match ball, Samantha converted on
the 4th to become the 2018 JC Women's Open Champion.
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JC Open 2018
01-04 Nov, Ottawa, Canada, $11k |
Round One
01 Nov |
Quarters
02 Nov |
Semis
03 Nov |
Final
04 Nov |
[1] Sam Cornett (Can)
1107, 11-4, 11-5 (31m)
Nicole Bunyan (Can) |
[1] Sam Cornett
11-5, 11-5, 11-4 (22m)
Emilia Soini |
[1] Sam Cornett
11-6, 11-6, 5-11, 5-11, 11-5
[3] Ho Tze-Lok |
[1] Sam Cornett
11-5, 11-7, 11-8 (33m)
[2] Hollie Naughton |
[6] Enora Villard (Fra)
11-7, 11-3, 11-7 (26m)
Emilia Soini (Fin) |
[5] Nikki Todd (Can)
11-6, 11-1, 11-4 (19m)
Anna Kimberley (Eng) |
[5] Nikki Todd
11-2, 11-2, 12-10 (24m)
[3] Ho Tze-Lok |
[3] Ho Tze-Lok (Hkg)
11-1, 11-3, 11-6 (17m)
Jemyca Aribado (Phi) |
Catalina Pelaez (Col)
11-4, 11-4, 8-11, 11-4 (26m)
[4] Vanessa Chu (Hkg) |
[4] Vanessa Chu
11-2, 5-11, 11-8, 12-10 (46m)
[7] Lucy Turmel |
[4] Vanessa Chu 11-5, 13-11, 11-7
[2] Hollie Naughton |
Alison Thomson (Sco)
11-7, 11-6, 11-4 (28m)
[7] Lucy Turmel (Eng) |
Diana Garcia (Mex)
8-11, 12-14, 11-9, 12-10, 13-11 (51m)
[8] Lee Ka Yi (Hkg) |
[8] Lee Ka Yi
11-8, 11-3, 11-7 (31m)
[2] Hollie Naughton |
Anna Serme (Cze)
11-5, 11-7, 11-9 (22m)
[2] Hollie Naughton (Can) |
Semis
Top seeds through to all-Canadian final
Heather Wallace reports
Samantha Cornett & Hollie Naughton held their seeding to reach
tomorrow's final of JC Women's Open.
Samantha was pushed to the limit by Ho Tze-Lok. Samantha in the
first 2 games played well constructed rallies with great length
& height, then taking her attacking opportunities well with some
great short winners. In the 3rd & 4th game, Samantha lost her
aggressive edge, playing more loose balls & making impatient
errors.
The loose play also allowed Ho Tze-Lok to pick her winners & win
the next 2 games. In the 5th game, Samantha came out with more
assertive play, hitting much better length & then attacking with
renewed confidence. She regained control of the match & won the
5th with some great winners.
Hollie had a straight 3-0 victory over Vanessa Chu. Hollie
definitely came out firing, hitting all her marks, with Vanessa
also hitting a lot of uncharacteristic errors which we did not
see in her previous match. Vanessa made a game of it in the 2nd,
getting the ball deeper with some nice height to move Hollie off
the T.
Some deft trickle boasts by Vanessa at the front kept her level
with Hollie throughout the game, but a few careless errors at
the end, allowed Hollie to narrowly close out the game. Hollie
re-established control of the 3rd game hitting better overall
quality of length & moved higher up on the T to then dominate
with her volleys.
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Quarters:
Top four seeds through to semis in Ottawa
Heather Wallace reports
The match of the day was between Vanessa Chu, No. 4 seed & Lucy
Turmel.
Vanessa came out firing in the 1st game, catching Lucy off guard
with her clever boasts from all parts of the court, winning it
easily 11-2. Lucy had a better start to the 2nd game hitting
much deeper length. This made all the difference getting Lucy
back into the match, pinning Vanessa behind her & neutralizing
Vanessa's boasting & front court short shots.
Lucy took the 2nd game 11-5. Vanessa was back in front in the
3rd game thanks to some great winning drives dying in the back
court. She kept ahead in the score through the 3rd game, to take
it 11-8. In the 4th game Vanessa came out very aggressive,
taking the ball early & with pace.
Lucy to her credit kept her concentration & with some great
retrieving kept the score close. Both players exchanged winners,
but it was Vanessa who had the match balls & converted on the
second one to take the 4th game & match 12-10.
Hollie Naughton No. 2 seed & Ho Tze-Lok, No. 3 seed both had
relatively straight forward 3-0 wins. Both players dominated
their matches with their pace & volleying.
In the final match of the day, Samantha Cornett, No. 1 seed beat
Emilia Soini. In contrast to the previous fast paced matches,
this was a more controlled placement dual. Sam's length was
impeccable & she made great use of the height on the front wall.
Emilia lost patience with defending the high balls making a lot
of errors giving the more experienced No. 1 seed an easy run in
at the end of all 3 games.
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Round One:
Canadian trio through to last eight in Ottawa
Heather Wallace reports
Hometown crowd packed the gallery to watch the all Canadian
match up of Samantha Cornett vs Nicole Bunyan. The match
was a fast paced affair with Samantha dominating in the hitting
of winners department. Nicole could not match Samantha & gave
away too many free points to Samantha with runs of unforced
errors. Samantha won comfortably 3-0, playing well.
Hollie Naughton was equally impressive in her 3-0 match
win vs Anna Serme. Hollie controlled the match moving Anna
around the whole court with some great unretrievable volleys
short into the front of the court.
Nikki Todd the 4th Canadian in the draw also won 3-0 over
Anna Kimberley. Nikki was very tight tonight with great length &
excellent short shots, even a couple of doubles like front court
boasts hit from the back court.
The only upset of the night was a win for Emilia Soini
over 6th seed Enora Villard. This match was definitely one of
shotmaking. No patient play down the walls in this match. Emilia
was definitely dialled in for this match, hitting volley winners
& crosscourt flicks from all over the court. Emilia came out on
top, 3-0.
Diana Garcia also pushed 8th seed Lee Ka Yi to the limit.
Diana opened up a 2-0 lead through a combination of her
offensive volleys & Lee Ka Yi's unforced errors. Lee Ka Yi
however remained very calm & slowly worked her way back into the
match, finding her feel in her drop shots.
The match was very close throughout & the 5th game was very
exciting for the crowd, Diana coming back from 6-10 down with
some great winners to get a match ball at 11-10. Lee Ka Yi in
her calm manner then rifled off 3 winners of her own to take the
5th game 13-11 & the match.
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