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23-May, Final:
Ellen Petersen (Den) bt [3] Raneem El Weleily (Egy)
9/4, 9/10, 7/9, 9/6, 9/1
Petersen Captures Carcassone Title
Unseeded Dane Ellen Petersen pulled off her fourth upset in a row
when she fought back from 1/2 down to beat Egypt's third seed Raneem El
Weleily in the final to lift the title in the French city of
Carcassone.
 It was a magnificent
triumph for the 30-year-old from Odense whose last WISPA Tour success was
in August 2001 when she won the Indian Open and celebrated a career-high
world No19 ranking. Since then, whilst retaining her membership of WISPA,
Petersen has been pursuing a full-time career as a doctor, fitting her
squash activity into her holiday entitlement.
By contrast, Petersen's opponent Raneem El Weleily is in the early stage
of her career. The 16-year-old from Alexandria, voted by the WISPA members
as 'Young Player of the Year' last year, was in sparkling form in the
opening encounters - taking the first four points before making so many
mistakes that the Dane took the first game 9-4 after just ten minutes.
After leading 7-3 in the second, El Weleily lost five points in a row to
give Ellen a game ball for a 2/0 lead. However, after saving a further
game ball, the Egyptian finally took the game to level the match. After a
stunning third game, it is the Egyptian who forges a 2/1 lead.
In the fourth, Raneem pulled back to five-all after Petersen established
an early lead, but the Dane hit a flurry of winners to take the game and
force the match into a fifth game decider.
By now it was the teenager who was the more tired of the two players, and
Petersen maintained the pressure to ease to a 9-4 9-10 7-9 9-6 9-1 victory
- and her fifth WISPA title.
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 Open de la Cité 2005
Carcassone, France,
21-23 May, $5k |
Round One
May
21 |
Quarters
May 21 |
Semis
May 22 |
Final
May 23 |
[1]
Becky Botwright (Eng)
9/1, 5/9, 9/3, 9/7
Amnah El Trabolsy (Egy) |
Becky Botwright
9/6, 9/4, 9/2
Kirsty McPhee |
Becky Botwright
9/6, 10/8, 7/9, 9/1
Ellen Petersen |
Ellen Petersen
9/4, 9/10, 7/9,
9/6, 9/1
Raneem El Weleily |
[8]
Kirsty McPhee (Eng)
10/8, 9/3, 9/1
Orla Noom (Ned) |
[4]
Sarah Kippax (Eng)
9/0, 9/6, 9/2
Chinatasu Matsui (Jpn) |
Sarah Kippax
9/2, 9/5, 9/3
Ellen Petersen |
[7]
Corinne Castets (Fra)
9/6, 9/5, 9/5
Ellen Petersen (Den) |
[Q]
Laurence Bois (Fra)
9/5, 9/2, 9/3
[5] Karen Kronemeyer (Ned) |
Karen Kronemeyer
9/7, 4/9, 10/9, 8/10, 9/3
Raneem El Weleily |
Raneem El Weleily
6/9, 9/1, 7/9,
9/6, 10/8
Olga Puigdemont Sola |
Margriet
Huisman (Ned)
2/9, 9/1, 9/2, 9/2
[3] Raneem El Weleily (Egy) |
[Q] Milja Dorenbos (Ned)
10/8, 9/6, 9/7
[8] Nicolette Fernandes (Guy) |
Nicolette Fernandes
9/7, 10/8, 9/3
Olga Puigdemont Sola |
Celia
Allamargot (Fra)
9/5, 9/2, 9/0
[2] Olga Puigdemont Sola (Esp) |
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Qualifiying:
Laurence Bois (Fra) bat
Dagmar Vermeulen (Ned) 9/6, 9/2, 9/1
Milja Dorenbos (Ned) bat Soraya Renai (Fra) 9/1, 9/2, 9/7
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Open
de la Cité
2004
22-24 May, Carcassone,
France, $5k |
Final:
Corinne Castets (Fra) bt Charlie De Rycke (Bel)
9/3, 9/1, 9/2
Castets wins second
WISPA title in Carcassonne
France's Corinne Castets denied
Belgium's 17-year-old European Junior Champion Charlie de Rycke a first
WISPA title, as the 39-year-old heroine of France's third-placed
European Championships team repeated her Rennes win over de Rycke to
claim a second career tour title in Carcassone.
"I'm delighted about the victory, and
really surprised as I received so many congratulations," said Castets.
"But funnily enough, people over here haven't stopped talking about the
semi-final against Amnah [El Trabolsy], the amazing 15 years old
Egyptian girl. It was really an amazing match, we both gave it all, and
I won because I was just that little fitter! The momentum from that
match helped carry me through the final." |
Castets beats De Rycke |
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