|
|
|
7-Jan:
Favourites win titles
Tournament favourites Anthony
Ricketts and Rachel Grinham overcame steaming on-court
temperatures to win their respective titles.
Ricketts defeated David Palmer
11/9, 11/8, 11/9 to win his second national title.
World No.2 Rachael Grinham
overcame 22 year old Amelia Pittock, saying her game was more suited
to the hot conditions which occurred when the air conditioning
ceased to work.
 "
It is really exciting to win the National title for the first time."
I think Amelia played quite well today
with the conditions, I think her game is more suited to a colder
court and it was pretty bouncy today and I think that was on my
side. "When you
get on court with these girls they have nothing to lose, so they are
most likely to play at their best."
"It just got
away from me suddenly and I was really struggling, but it was a good
thing I got that game back because it would have been a lot easier
for Amelia to come back from 1-1, rather than two-nil down."
Rachael Grinham |
"It is obviously going to be a tough
match with David, he's (ranked) four in the world and I'm (ranked)
three so a match like that won't be easy."
"I'm happy with the way that I've started the year and am pretty
happy to get through 3-0. It was really hot under the lights."
"It's a great venue, the only kind of thing the players would like
to improve is the air-conditioning which I believe will be all ready
to go when we come back here for the games."
Anthony Ricketts
|
Australian Open 2006
MEN'S DRAW
|
Round One
Jan 04 |
Quarters
Jan 05 |
Semis
Jan 06 |
Final
Jan 07 |
[1] Anthony Ricketts
11/4, 11/6, 11/10 (4-2)
Paul Price |
Anthony Ricketts
11/8, 11/4, 11/6
Craig Rowland |
Anthony Ricketts
11/6, 5/11, 11/9, 11/6
Stewart Boswell |
Anthony Ricketts
11/9, 11/8, 11/9
David Palmer |
[5/8] Cameron White
5/11, 11/6, 11/6, 11,3
Craig Rowland |
[5/8]
Cameron Pilley
11/3, 11/3, 11/4
[Q] Alex Aldis |
Cameron Pilley
11/7, 11/8, 11/4
Stewart Boswell |
[3/4] Stewart Boswell
11/7, 11/9, 11/4
Luke Margan |
[Q] Scott Arnold
11/9, 11/9, 11/6
[3/4]
Joseph Kneipp |
Joseph Kneipp
11/4, 6/11, 11/4, 11/6
Dan Jenson |
Dan Jenson
8/11, 11/10 (2-0), 11/5, 11/8
David Palmer |
[Q] Steve Salter
11/3, 11/5, 11/3
[5/8] Dan Jenson |
[Q] Tom Steward
4/11, 7/11, 11/1, 11/6, 11/7
[5/8]Tim Manning |
Tim Manning
11/8, 11/7, 11/7
David Palmer |
Kirby Sinclair
11/4, 11/5, 11/5
[2] David Palmer |
Australian Open 2006
WOMEN'S DRAW
|
Round One
Jan 04 |
Quarters
Jan 05 |
Semis
Jan 06 |
Final
Jan 07 |
[1]
Rachael Grinham
9/1, 9/3 9/1
Jemma Saxby |
Rachael Grinham
9/3, 9/2, 9/3
Jan
Miller |
Rachael Grinham
9/1, 9/4, 9/3
Melissa Martin |
Rachael Grinham
9/3, 9/7, 9/1
Amelia Pittock |
[5/8]Dianne Desira
W/O
[Q]
Jan Miller |
[5/8]
Karen Kronemeyer (Ned)
9/2, 9/1, 9/5
Donna Schumann (Ger) |
Karen Kronemeyer
9/2, 9/7, 4/9, 9/5
Melissa Martin |
[3/4]
Melissa Martin
9/2, 9/2, 9/1
[Q] Venessa Pickard |
Kimberley Bessell
9/1, 9/1, 9/0
[3/4]
Kasey Brown |
Kasey Brown
9/5, 9/1, 9/3
Shannon McNamara |
Kasey Brown
5/9, 9/0, 9/0, 9/4
Amelia Pittock |
[Q]
Shannon McNamara
9/6, 10/8, 9/6
[5/8] Lisa Camelleri |
[Q] Peta Hughes
1/9, 7/9, 9/1, 9/3, 9/6
[5/8] Amanda Hopps |
Peta Hughes
9/5, 9/5, 9/5
Amelia Pittock |
Rachael Smith
9/2, 9/1, 9/2
[2]
Amelia Pittock |
|
Men's Qualifying:
Scott Arnold bt Grove Galligan 11/1 11/5 11/5
Alex Aldis bt Hyun Goo Kim (Kor) 11/5 11/4 11/5
Steve Salter bt Steve Robinson 11/9, 7/11, 5/11, 11/7, 11/7
Tom Steward bt Luke Forster 11/10 (2-0) 11/3 11/3
Women's Qualifying:
Shannon Mc Namara bt Kimberly Bessell 9/5 9/3 9/3
Venessa Pickerd bt Carin Clonda 9/7 9/5 8/10 7/9 9/4
Jan Miller bt Donna Urquhart 9/3, retd.
Peta Hughes bye 6-Jan:
Top Seeds To Contest Finals.
The top seeds will contest the
Australian Open finals although it was not plain sailing for
Anthony Ricketts and David Palmer. In the first semi at 1
game all the third game was a tight encounter with Ricketts
prevailing and going on to take the fourth against Stewart Boswell.
In the other semi Dan Jenson gave Palmer a scare with a solid first
game win and pushing him tight in the second before Palmer settled
down. The women's semis were
more predictable although Kasey Brown gave Amelia Pittock a
scare in the first game before Pittock took stock to win the
next three. In the other semi Rachael Grinham demonstrated
she was over her jet lag by convincingly beating Melissa Martin in
three games. 5-Jan:
Semi Final Line Ups Complete.
The only upset in the seedings was
Dan Jenson beating Joseph Kneipp in his quest to retain the
title he won last year. David Palmer and Anthony Ricketts
continued to the semi finals with demonstrations of clinical squash.
In the women's event all the
seeds went safely through with only Melissa Martin dropping a
game against Karen Kronemeyer. 4-Jan:
First Round Completed
Former world No.7 Craig Rowland,
who delayed retirement to compete in the event, defeated top 8 seed Cameron White
to set up a clash with world No. 3 Anthony Ricketts. Ricketts,
who is looking to add a second Australian Open title to his
collection after winning it in 2000 beat Paul Price.
Second seed David Palmer breezed past Kirby Sinclair to set
up a clash with Tim Manning. In the women's event
Australia's under-19 No.1 Peta Hughes came back from 2 down
to defeat Australia's No.8 Amanda Hopps. Top seeds Rachael
Grinham and Amelia Pittock completed straightforward wins
to progress. Strong field for Australian Open
MOST of Australia's top-rated international squash stars will return
home for the Australian Open in Melbourne starting early
January.
The men's tournament will be headed by world No.3 and 2005 British
Open champion Anthony Ricketts and world No.4 and former
world champion David Palmer, both from New South Wales.
Queensland's Rachael Grinham, who held the world No.1 spot for 16
months until November, will be the hot favourite to grab her first
Australian Open women's crown.
Her sister and world No.4 defending champ Natalie is the only major
Australian star not coming to Melbourne for the tournament.
South Australia's defending champion and world No.34 Dan Jenson
will be gunning for a hat-trick of Australian Open titles.
The Australian Open will be held from January 3 to 8 and will be
followed directly by the world doubles championship, also in
Melbourne.
|
|
