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22-Jun, Finals:
[1] Kasey Brown (Aus) bt [2] Rebecca Chiu (Hkg)
9/3, 9/2, 9/7 (45m)
[7] Abdullah Almezayen (Kuw) bt [1] Dick Lau (Hkg)
11/8, 11/9, 11/7 (36m) |
Kasey & Abdullah deny HK double
Australia's Kasey Brown denied home favourite Rebecca
Chiu a fourth-consecutive Crocodile Cup title when the top
seed beat the defending champion in straight games at the Hong
Kong Squash Centre.
The victory marks Brown's 9th WISPA title, coming just a week
after the 22-year-old world number 13 captured the Australian
National title for the third successive year.
There was further disappointment for the home fans when top seed
Dick Lau finished in second spot - as he did last year -
after a straight-games loss to the tournament's surprise
package, Kuwait's Abdullah Almezayen.
Having already beaten the third and second seeds in the previous
two rounds, the 20-year-old went one better in the final to
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21-Jun, Semis:
HK top two on course
...
Hong Kong's top players Rebecca Chiu and Dick Lau
maintained hopes of a first-ever home double in the Crocodile
Cup.
Chiu eased past Annie Au in under half an hour, a contrast to
the pair's last few meetings where although Chiu won she was
take all the way. The three-time champion now meets top seed
Kasey Brown in the final after the Aussie had an
equally-impressive semi-final win over Donna Urquhart.
In the men's event the all-HK semi was a similar story to the
women's, with the more experienced Lau - runner-up last year -
beating young challenger in Max Lee in four games in just short
of an hour..
He'll face another youngster in the final after Kuwait's
Abdullah Almezayen overcame second seed Steve Finitsis in a
five-game thriller.
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 Crocodile
Challenge Cup 2008
Hong Kong, 18-22 Jun, $12k |
Round One
19 Jun |
Quarters
20 Jun |
Semis
21
Jun |
Final
22 Jun |
[1] Kasey Brown (Aus)
9/0, 9/0, 9/1
[Q] Dorothy Ko (Hkg) |
[1] Kasey Brown
9/2, 9/1, 9/2 (31m)
[8] Joey Chan |
[1] Kasey Brown
9/4, 9/1, 9/1 (36m)
[5] Donna Urquhart |
[1] Kasey Brown
9/3, 9/2, 9/7 (45m)
[2] Rebecca Chiu |
[8] Joey Chan (Hkg)
9/4, 9/6, 9/5
Tong Tsz Wing (Hkg) |
[3] Christina Mak (Hkg)
9/4, 9/4, 9/5
[Q] Lee Ka-Man (Hkg) |
[3] Christina Mak
9/6, 9/2, 10/8 (32m)
[5] Donna Urquhart |
[5] Donna Urquhart
(Aus)
9/4, 9/1, 9/1
Eun Chan Ahn (Kor) |
Shin Nga Leung (Hkg)
9/1, 9/0, 9/1
[7] Annie Au (Hkg) |
[7] Annie Au
9/3, 9/6, 9/0 (27m)
[4] Joshna Chinappa |
[7] Annie Au
9/4, 9/2, 9/2 (29m)
[2] Rebecca Chiu |
Imelda Martinez (Mex)
9/2, 9/1, 9/4
[4] Joshna Chinappa (Ind) |
Mami Nishio (Jpn)
9/0, 9/5, 9/5
[6] Elise Ng (Hkg) |
Mami Nishio
w/o
[2] Rebecca Chiu |
Liu Tsz Ling (Hkg)
9/1, 9/5, 9/0
[2] Rebecca Chiu (Hkg) |
Qualifying:
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 Crocodile
Cup
2008
Hong Kong, 17-22 Jun, $6k |
Round One
19-Jun |
Quarters
20-Jun |
Semis
21-Jun |
Final
22-Jun |
[1] Dick Lau (Hkg)
11/5, 7/11, 14/12, 11/9
[Q] Leo Au (Hkg) |
[1] Dick Lau
4/11, 11/9, 11/4, 11/6 (45m)
[5] James Snell |
[1] Dick Lau
11/9, 4/11, 11/7, 12/10 (55m)
[4] Max Lee |
[1] Dick Lau
11/8, 11/9, 11/7 (36m)
[7] Abdullah Almezayen |
[5] James Snell (Eng)
11/3, 11/6, 11/5
Basem Makram (Egy) |
[4] Max Lee (Hkg)
11/6, 11/3, 6/11, 11/6
[Q] Huang Cheng Yao (Tpe) |
[4] Max Lee
10/12, 11/8, 11/7, 8/11, 11/8 (73m)
Bader Al Hussaini |
[6] Tom Pashley (Eng)
11/2 rtd
Bader Al Hussaini (Kuw) |
Anson Kwong (Hkg)
11/3, 11/6, 11/5
[7] Abdullah Almezayen (Kuw) |
[7] Abdullah Almezayen
11/7, 11/13, 11/9, 12/10 (60m)
[3] Matthew Karwalski |
[7] Abdullah Almezayen
6/11, 11/2, 4/11, 11/6, 11/4 (57m)
[2] Steve Finitsis |
Wai Hang Wong (Hkg)
6/11, 14/16, 11/7, 11/8, 11/7
[3] Matthew Karwalski (Aus) |
[Q] Roger Ngan (Hkg)
11/7, 11/9, 7/11, 11/9
[8] Eddie Charlton (Eng) |
[Q] Roger Ngan
11/9, 11/5, 11/2 (36m)
[2] Steve Finitsis |
[Q] Wong Hon Fung (Hkg)
11/5, 11/3, 11/6
[2] Steve Finitsis (Aus) |
Qualifying:
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20-Jun, Quarters:
It's HK
v Australia for sure ...
An Australia v Hong Kong final is guaranteed in the women's draw
of the Crocodile Cup after today's quarter-finals.
Top seed Kasey Brown eased past young Joey Chan while
Donna Urquhart set up an all-Australian semi as she upset
third seeded Christina Mak.
A bigger upset followed in the bottom half as Asian Junior
Champion Annie Au beat fourth seed Joshna Chinappa in
straight games to set up a meeting with defending champion
Rebecca Chiu, who received a walkover into the last four.
In the men's event Kuwait's Abdullah Almezayen created
the only upset of the day as he defeated third seed Matthew
Karwalski. He now meets another Australian in second seed
Steve Finitsis while the other semi-final is an all-HK
affair between Dick Lau and Max Lee. |
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19-Jun, Round One:
Nishio knocks out Ng
in Hong Kong upset
 Unseeded
Mami Nishio, the sole competitor from Japan, produced the
only women's upset in the Crocodile Challenge Cup when she beat
sixth seed Elise Ng in the first round of the $12k event at the
Hong Kong Squash Centre in Hong Kong.
Nishio, at 34 the oldest player in the draw, despatched local
hopeful Ng in straight games and will now face second seed
Rebecca Chiu, also from Hong Kong, for a place in the
semi-finals.
There was unexpected Hong Kong success in the men's Super
Satellite PSA Tour event when qualifier Roger Ngan beat
England's No8 seed Eddie Charlton.
Tom Pashley became a further English seed casualty when he was
forced to retire injured after just one game against Bader Al
Hussaini. The 24-year-old unseeded Kuwaiti will now face Hong
Kong's Max Lee, the fourth seed, in the quarter-finals.
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HK
players well prepared
to fight for the championship ...
Organized by Hong Kong Squash, subvented by Leisure and Cultural
Services Department, sanctioned by WISPA and the PSA the 4th
Crocodile Squash Challenge Cup 2008 is set to welcome and bring
world-class men and women players from around the world to Hong
Kong for the 16-draw competition with the total prize money of
HKD160,000, to be held at the Hong Kong Squash Centre on June 18
– 22.
This is the fourth time that “Crocodile Garments Ltd.” sponsors
a world top satellite event in HK.
The event is an ideal
competition for greatly benefit for HK’s young and up-coming
players including Leo Au Chun-ming, Nelson Chan Kai-chi, Fung Ji-yang,
Liu Tsz-ling, Tong Tsz-wing, Ko Sin-ting, Carmen Lee, total 11
juniors as a warm up match to prepare the Asian Junior
Individual Championships which will be held 26 to 29 June in
Busan, Korea. They all will be entered the qualifying round of
the Crocodile Squash Challenge Cup 2008 which commences on 18th
June at the HK Squash Centre at 12 noon.
The competition will also help the HK senior players to gain
valuable world ranking points in both WISPA and PSA event. Asian
Games Silver Medalist Rebecca Chiu Wing-yin will be the second
seed in the Women’s main draw.
With full of home crowd support, Chiu will fight for the best to
retain the title for the fourth time. Together with Chiu, Asian
Games Bronze Medalist Christina Mak Pui-hin, men’s top seed Dick
Lau Siu-wai and Max Lee Ho-yin will also meet one of the
qualifiers in the first round on 19th June.
Other local players
such as Wong Wai-hang will meet seed no. 3 Matthew Karwalski in
the first round, Anson Kwong Yu-shun will meet seed no. 7
Kuwait's Abdullah Al Mezayen, the Asian Junior Champion Annie Au
Wing-chi will meet team-mate Leung Shin-nga while Elise Ng
Jia-yunn will face Japan’s Mami Nishio.
In addition, some of our HK team players including Wong Wai
Hang, Anson Kwong, Roger Ngan, Wong Hon-fung, Annie Au and Leung
Shin-nga will enter the East Asian Team Championship 2008 which
will be held 12 to 15 June in Nanjing.
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"Special
thanks go to our title sponsor Crocodile Garments Ltd. for
their continued support of this tournament for the fourth year in
what we hope to keep this long and successful partnership in our
ongoing mission to develop and promote the wonderful game of squash.
Thanks also go to Leisure & Cultural Services Department for their
ongoing subvention, without whose contribution, this tournament
would not be such an all round success.”
Vice Chairman HK Squash
“It is the honor and
gratitude that Crocodile is the fourth year to be invited as
title-sponsor of this world-class squash tournament. We wish the
tournament a great prosperity and all participants including
players, spectators and officials can enjoy in this international
event,”
Chairman & CEO of Crocodile Garments Ltd |
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