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Paderborn Open
2016
06-09 April, Paderborn, Germany, $5k |

09-Apr, Final:
[1] Nele Gilis (Bel) 3-0 [5] Nada Abbas (Egy)
11/2, 11/2, 11/9 (38m)
Nele nails Paderborn prize
Despite brilliant sunshine it was not difficult to fill the
seats on the centre court in the Ahorn-Sportpark.
The standard of the squash played in the last three days has
shown how much the women’s game is changing both technically and
physically said Ronny Vlassaks director of the Paderborn Squash
Academy.
As trainer of both the Gilis sisters for a long time he felt
very confidant that about his protègè’s recent form. So true to
form, Nele showed her sharpness and determination in the first
two games giving Nada Abbas only two serves in the first two
games.
The young Egyptian was visibly nervous and also seemed
overwhelmed by the big crowd and this special occasion. In the
third game Nada put up some very strong resistance but was
outclassed by a far better player on the day.
Nada, sixteen years old next month said how much she had enjoyed
being in Paderborn and had enjoyed her game.
Nele also remarked that her opposition today, had played some
brilliant squash to get to the final and that she had to be
fully focused from the first contact of the ball.
Happy and quite emotional Nele took her prize with great
admiration for the event and the organising team.
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Paderborn Open
2016
06-09 April, Paderborn, Germany, $5k |
Round One
07 Apr |
Quarters
08 Apr |
Semis
08 Apr |
Final
09 Apr |
[1] Nele Gilis (Bel) 11/8, 11/2,
11/7
Tessa Ter Sluis (Ned) |
[1] Nele Gilis
11/3, 11/6, 11/6
[6] Tinne Gilis |
[1] Nele Gilis 11/2, 11/1, 11/5.
[4] Alexandra Fuller |
2nd PSA title for Nele
[1] Nele Gilis
11/2, 11/2, 11/9
[5] Nada Abbas
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[6] Tinne Gilis (Bel) 8/11,
12/10, 11/7, 11/6
[Q] Nadia Pfister (Sui) |
[7] Enora Villard (Fra)
11/3, 11/9, 13/11
[Q] Marina De Juan Gallach (Esp) |
[7] Enora Villard
14/12, 11/7, 11/3
[4] Alexandra Fuller |
[4] Alexandra Fuller (Rsa)
7/11, 11/8, 11/8, 11/8
[Q] Ellie Epke (Nzl) |
[Q] Rachael Chadwick (Eng) 12/10,
4/11, 11/9, 11/7
[3] Sina Wall (Ger) |
[Q] Rachael Chadwick
9/11, 11/8, 11/4,
11/5
[5] Nada Abbas |
[5] Nada Abbas 11/6, 11/6, 5/11, 11/7
[2] Cyrielle Peltier |
Maria Shpakova (Sui) 11/8, 11/4, 11/4
[5] Nada Abbas (Egy) |
[wc] Riina Koskinen (Fin) 11/6, 10/12, 11/4, 11/9
[8] Ineta Mackevica (Lat) |
[8] Ineta Mackevica
11/9, 11/8, 11/1
[2] Cyrielle Peltier |
Jessica Davis (Eng) 7/11, 9/11, 11/9, 13/11, 11/5
[2] Cyrielle Peltier (Fra) |
Qualifying, 06-Apr:
Finals:
Ellie Epke (Nzl) 3-2 Annika Wiese (Ger)
9/11, 7/11, 11/7, 11/7, 11/1 Rachael
Chadwick (Eng) 3-0 Jasmin Ballmann (Sui)
11/9, 11/5, 11/8 Nadia Pfister
(Sui) 3-2
Marta Latorre Ramirez (Esp) 11/7, 11/6, 8/11, 1/1,1 11/8 Marina De Juan Gallach (Esp)
3-1 Elise Romba (Fra)
8/11, 11/4, 11/5, 11/5
Round One:
Annika Wiese (Ger) 3-0
Tereza Svobodova (Cze)
11/6, 11/1, 11/5
Jasmin Ballmann (Sui) 3-1 Nadine Frey (Sui)
4/11, 11/2, 11/8, 11/9
Rachael Chadwick (Eng) 3-1
Julie Rossignol (Fra) 7/11, 12/10, 11/5,
11/7
Nadia Pfister (Sui) 3-0 Jelena Dutina (Srb)
11/4, 11/4, 11/6
Marta Latorre Ramirez (Esp) 3-2 Sanne Veldkamp (Ned) 13/15,
11/2, 9/11,11/7, 11/4
Elise Romba (Fra) 3-2 Eva Fertekova (Cze)
11/5, 11/8, 7/11, 7/11, 13/11
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08-Apr,
Semis:
Nele through as Abbas upsets Peltier
[1] Nele Gilis 3-0 [4] Alexandra Fuller 11/2, 11/1,
11/5
Nele Gilis raced away to a furious start with many sublime shots
giving Fuller only one chance to claim the service once in the
first two games. Alexandra Fuller managed to settle down in the
third but had little to put against overpowering Gilis.
With TV (WDR) present and about to go live on air the match was
over. Welcoming for Gilis no doubt but less for the
producer. Both players for the second semi were ready and wanted
to start immediately so all sides were pleased with what
followed.
[5] Nada Abbas 3-1 [2] Cyrielle Peltier 11/6, 11/6, 5/11,
11/7
Not bothered about the TV crew Nada Abbas focused on her game.
This young fifteen year old took the game by the scruff of the
neck and clearly shocked her French opponent by her speed and
power of striking the ball. With her whirlwind movement Abbas
picked up many balls that were normally unreachable.
Peltier played well but found it hard to get in front of the
Egyptian and was kept mostly on the back foot. At the start of
third, Peltier took command of the first few rallies causing
Abbas to make four unforced errors in a row. Getting away with a
lucky referee decision in her favour at 0/7 she was able to
recover. Peltier kept the balls wide and slowed the pace to take
the game 11/5. Hitting the ball out on her opening serve in the
fourth, Peltier paid heavily for this momentary lack of
concentration.
Abbas was back in the game with fire and fury. The next ten
exchanges were long and delightful. The crowd were just full of
“wows”. At 8/7 for Nada it was another let situation, which gave
her the final push. Cyrielle Peltier went for everything to try
and save her Nr 2 seed honour but the mini cookie seeded five,
kept her calm finished the last few points in an awe-inspiring
manner.
The final tomorrow promises to be a very exciting contest from
two very capable athletes.
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The AHORN TROPHY
The final of the Ahorn trophy was made up of the voluntary
players who were eliminated in the first round of the main draw.
The final took place just before the two major semi-finals was
between the New Zealander Eleanor Epke and Switzerland’s Marija
Schakova.
Here again this plate final was played in great sporting style.
The tall strong Ellie Epke making use of her strength and
lengthy reach to make Marija Schakova move out of her comfort
zones on many occasions.
Schakova tried her best but found few answers for the sharpness
and sheer power dealt out by Epke.
Epke 3:0 - 11/6, 11/5, 11/5
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08-Apr,
Quarters
No surprises in quarters
The
quarter-finals in Paderborn were completed without any big
surprises.
The small but rather pleasant surprise was the call from the
local television station to ask if they would be allowed to
cover the semi finals live. The short discussion with the semi
finalists showed great support for the idea. The TV crew
promised not to disturb the play and said the coverage could be
up to 18- 20 minutes live.
Match Reports
[1] Nele Gilis (BEL) 3-0 [6] Tinne Gilis (BEL)
Nele Gilis started the match at a scorching pace and kept her
younger sister Tinne under strong pressure throughout the entire
match.
Tinne, despite being two years her junior, gave a brilliant
performance and held up to the pressure very well. Coping with
tight, good length shots Nele showed the difference in match
play.
She said afterwards that it is always hard to play her sister
and that they had contested a tournament final in their home
Club just last week.
Tinne remarked that she felt she had played well but in the
final half of the last game she had difficulty in concentrating.
[4] Alexandra Fuller (RSA) 3-1 [7] Enora Villard (FRA)
Great start from both players at an intense pace with both
retrieving well placed shots. The first game was extremely close
at 14/12 and stayed that way until 7 all in the second.
Fuller was allowed to apply even more pressure forcing Villard
to stay on the defensive. In the third game Villard was not able
to keep up her consistency and faded strongly towards the end.
"Having played each other in Kriens a few days ago I felt
confident at the beginning of the contest," said Villard. "But I
have my masters final exam tomorrow in Paris and focusing on
squash became even harder. No excuse as I thought we both played
well and I wish her luck in the semis."
Alexander commented that the start was not her best but found a
good rhythm towards the end.
[5] Nada Abbas (EGY) 3-1 [Q] Rachael Chadwick (ENG)
After claiming the scalp of local girl Sina Wall Rachael
Chadwick was feeling happy with herself and took the first game
11/9.
The young Egyptian girl showed nerves at the beginning of the
first second but quickly overcome any anxiety as she progressed
from strength to strength.
Taking the next three games fairly comfortably Nada Abbas looked
strong towards the end as said that she was very happy to reach
the semis.
[2] Cyrielle Peltier (FRA) 3-0 [8] Ineta Mackevica (LAT)
After her hard five setter yesterday against the talented
Jessica Davies, Cyrielle Peltier showed no signs of fatigue and
soon commanded the action.
In the thirty minute encounter the squash was still heavily
contested but Ineta Mackevica was not able to match to get into
the game with any serious challenges.
Peltier said that she was happy to go through into the semis
without spending to much energy.
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Ronnie's View
"The standard of squash was well above average for a 5K event,"
said Ronny Vlassaks the European squash coaches tutor
based in Paderborn.
"The women’s game is changing from being very technical and
average affair into very physical and highly paced game. This is
good for the sport and will attract more women into the ladies
game.
"All coaches are developing their players now in a different way
due the changing development of the game. The voluntary
heart-testing project at the Paderborn Open proved that all
contestants were supremely fit and capable of matching the
arduous tasks on court."

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07-Apr, Round One:
Chadwick stops Sine in Paderborn
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Round One of the Paderborn Open saw seven of the seeded
players progress to the quarter-finals, the exception being
third-seeded German Champion Sina Wall who lost out to English
qualifier Rachael Chadwick.
[1] Nele Gilis (BEL) bt Tessa ter Sluis (NED)
The opening match had two players,who know each other well. Nele
Gilis from Belgium against Tessa ter Sluis from Netherlands.
Nele felt really self confident as she has produced good results
recently, just a few weeks ago she played former World number 1
Raneem el Welily from Egypt at the British Open. Nele was the
favorite today and showed why. Tessa ter Sluis tried her best
but had to succumb to the immense pressure of Nr. 1 seed Nele
Gilis who goes through to the quarterfinal.
[7] Tinne Gilis (BEL) bt Nadia Pfister (SUI)
A tough match for young Tinne Gilis from Belgium against Nadia
Pfister from Switzerland. Tinne worked hard against the well
experienced Swiss girl. Winning a slot in the quarter finals
Tinne Gilis said she was very happy to have survived. Tomorrow
she has to face her older sister Nele Gilis, who is the number
one seed in the 5k Paderborn Open 2016.
[8] Enora Villard (FRA) bt Marina de Juan Gallach (ESP)
Enora and Marina are both the same age and know each other from
the juniors. Yesterday Marina de Juan from Spain won her
qualifying final against another French girl. Today it was not
that easy for her. Both players played solid squash with good
shots and lengthy rallies. It was an up and down of both of
them. But in the end Enora Villard from Paris had the over hand
and managed to win in 3 straight games.
[4] Alexandra Fuller (RSA) bt Eleanor Epke (NZL)
Alexandra Fuller won her first PSA Tournament recently, which
showed her in great shape. The good performance underlined her
excellent form at the moment but the junior player from New
Zealand Eli Epke did not make it easy on her. Being tall with an
awesome reach, she stretched Alexandra more than she expected
however Fuller had to use all her experience and quality to get
away with a tight 3:1win.
[Q] Rachael Chadwick (ENG) bt [3] Sina Wall (GER)
Sina Wall from Germany was able to play in her home club. In
front of a massive crowd everyone expected a quick and easy
match. The English player was of a different opinion Rachael
Chadwick fought tooth and nail to take the first game in a nail
biting 12:10. Wall was determined to turn the tables and the
crowd never let her down was able to win the second in record
time.
The third carried on in a brutal fight with both players giving
their all. Chadwick forced Wall to make the two errors necessary
to claim the third. The fourth was similar but the qualifier
Chadwick had the better nerves and was able to take her first
big scalp, which was bitter for the home crowd. I’m terribly
disappointed said Sina Wall, somehow I had difficulty dealing
with the situation in front of my own fans. Chadwick was
delighted and could not ring home quick enough to spread the
good news.
[6] Nada Abbas (EGY) bt Marija Shpakova (SUI)
Nada Abbas a youngster from Egypt kept the Egyptian reputation
at its very high level. She gave Swiss national team player
Marija Shpakova no chance and put away all her lose shots. The
quality of this young girls squash showed the home crowd that
her aims to reach the top are serious. We are looking forward to
seeing how Nada Abbas will progress in the tournament said
German Number 1 Sina Wall.
[5] Ineta Mackevica (LAT) bt (WC) Riina Koskinen (FIN)
Riina Koskinen from Finland got the wildcard for the
Paderborn Open 2016, she is part of the Paderborn women’s team
and has trained here for the last year. She showed a good
performance and even managed to put Ineta Mackevica in serious
trouble in the second and fourth games. Riina was not strong
enough for the Latvian player and lost 3.1. Ineta Mackevica from
Latvia secured herself a place in the Quarterfinals.
[2] Cyrielle Peltier (FRA) bt Jessica Davis (ENG)
The really well experienced Cyrielle Peltier from France was
given a big shock by the very talented Jessica Davis from
England. Taking a two game lead Jessica Davis was in front and
at 9:6 has some harsh decisions against giving Peltier the
advantage to take it to 1:2.
More brilliant play from this English girl had Peltier in
serious difficulty.
Her movement out of the front sector of the court sector was
slow and consequently penalised heavily by the referee. Showing
inexperience perhaps but nonetheless she gave a very gutsy
display and kept Peltier on the defensive for a long time. Again
the harsh but correct ruling she lost the fourth and tiring in
the fifth was unable to take the second big scalp of the day in
Paderborn.
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„Checking out the Czechs“
The players eliminated in the first qualifying round played
the „Paderborn Trophy”.
It was a group of four players, playing a round robin. Each
match was played a best of five. In the group were two
Czechs Tereza Svobodova and Eva Fertekova. Besides the two
Czechs, Jelena Dutina from Serbia and Sanne Veldkamp from
Netherlands made up the quartet.
We saw some great squash from all of the players, but the
classic was the final between the two Czechs. As they both
won their first two matches 3:0 it came down to a thrilling
escapade with both players giving absolutely every thing
they had to offer. After an excellent sixty minute fight
Tereza Svobodova and Eva Fertekova gave a display, worthy of
5 star final. The first game ended up in a tie break, which
Fertekova won 15:13. It stayed close in the second game,
with thrilling rallies from the two Czechs. Svobodova took
the second 11:9.
The third game went to the wire with a brilliant effort from
both players. Fertekova won the third game in another tie
break 12:10, to go 2:1 up. In the fourth it seemed like
Fertekova had mentally finished the match but Tereza
Svobodova took several risky shots to win the fourth 11:4.
It came down to the fifth game.
The match had already been going 45 minutes so far and both
players, desperately tired battled on. Both carefull not to
make mistakes Fertekova had the stronger nerves to win the
match 13:11. The two Czechs gave Paderborn an extraordinary
“quali plate final” to watch with Eva Fertekova winning in
five games 15:13, 9:11, 12:10, 4:11, 13:11.
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06-Apr, Qualifying:
Under way in Paderborn
The 2016 edition of the Paderborn Open kicks off today with
two rounds of qualifying matches ... results in the draw
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Qualifying complete
The evening started with a meet and greet event where many
sponsors were able to meet and chat to the Tournament players.
Quite a new experience for many of the young upcoming PSA
ladies.
The "Check your heart out event", a free heart scan done by one
of the leading cardiological specialized in Europe and in
co-operation with the Technische Krankenkasse (Health Insurance
Company), was again something new for these players seeking the
elite status. To have their most vital organ checked by the new
uncomplicated digital equipment give many of them confirmation
that they were doing the right preparation and keeping their
fitness to a high level. All players were in an impeccable state
complemented Andreas Voigt (TK), who overlooked the
project.
As promised the first match was held in front of a capacity
crowd and proved to be a match full of fireworks. Local girl and
german national #2 Annika Wiese from Paderborn started
off fully concentrated and took the first 11/7. In second it
looked as if the number one seed Ellie Epke was about to
be eliminated in her first game of the competition when Wiese
took it 11/2.
In the third game Epke found her rhythm and took a quick lead to
6:0. Another hard fight with long rallies and Wiese was able to
get back to 6:4. Wiese was desperate to close the match however
the experience from Ellie Epke soon began to show. She was able
from to demonstrate her basic game to perfection with great
length, width and height, shots sending Weise all over the
court.
The fourth match proved again to be a hard fought encounter with
Ellie Epke closing it down at 11/8. In the fifth Wiese with the
roaring Paderborn crowd were unable to stop Epke taking the last
game 11/5 in great form.
Rachael Chadwick felt very much at home on the centre
court in Paderborn. Despite Jasmin Ballmann trying to to
force the pace Chadwick took the advantage of Jasmins forced
errors. Being a little annoyed at her inconsistent performance
Jasmin could not match the quality control from Rachael for
closed the affair quickly.
Nadia Pfister started her finals match in good control
over Marta Latorre Ramirez giving her little chance to
win the points in the first two games.
In the third game Marta played precise length shots and caught
Nadia by surprise consequently taking the game 11/8. The same
happened again with even more pressure in the fourth game and
she closed the match at 11/1.
Finding her rhythm yet again, Pfister found the answer to the
problem and battled through to win 3:2.
Elise Romba played a brilliant first game in this match
but was quickly over powered by the in the following games due
to the aggressive but fair play from Martina de Juan Gallach.
Tiredness from the long match this morning soon took its toll
and the match was quickly over due the the amount of unforced
errors from the french girl.
After the matches were complete tournament driector Norman
Farthing the tournament director put all the names
qualifiers into a hat and handed the lucky tombola winner a
signed Simon Roesner Racket. Julie Rossignol of France
was very pleased to accept this kind gesture.
Czechs suffer in Round One
Czech girls Tereza Svobodova and Eva Fertekova were involved in
a heavy vehicle accident yesterday, on the autobahn some 60km
from the venue in Paderborn.
When driving through some road works, thankfully within the
reduced speed limit, the tyre of a 40 ton lorry exploded just
inches from the passenger side of their car.
The complete side of Fertekova's brand new BMW X5 company car
was wrecked. An impatient Audi driver behind failed to stop in
time and they were consequently hit from behind to create an
assessed sum of some 200 thousand Euro worth of damage.
Luckily no one was hurt but both Tereza and Eva were still very
shaky this morning.
Tereza lost in straight games to local girl Annika Weise,
while Eva fought back strongly to after being two down but lost
concentration towards the end gave Elise Romba the ticket
to the qualifying finals.
Marta Latorre Ramirez took an easy second game after failing
to make the points in her first game against a strong looking
Sanne Veldkamp. Losing the third game in the same pattern again
managed to focus and finished much more composed in a hard
fought 54 minutes.
Nadine Frey started very nervously but took control in
the third game proving to strong for her Serb opponent.
Rachael Chadwick took a while to get used to the court
but was able to focus on her length and reach putting Julie
Rossignol, her smaller french opponent under extreme pressure.
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