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Hometown Success for Grainger
US number one Natalie Grainger celebrated hometown success in the
Harrow Greenwich Open when she beat second-seeded Egyptian Omneya
Abdel Kawy in the final of the $25,000 event at the Field Club of
Greenwich in Greenwich.
Favourite Grainger, formerly based in Washington DC and winner of
the title in 1998 and 1999, was competing in the established event
for the first time since relocating in Greenwich last year.
Both players had survived marathon five-game semi-finals. But,
despite being stretched to five games for the third time in three
days, it was local favourite Grainger who ultimately prevailed,
saving a match-ball in the decider to defeat Kawy 13/11 in the fifth
after 58 minutes.
"Omneya is an amazing player; so skilful," said 31-year-old Grainger
of her 23-year-old opponent. "I was really lucky to win today. But I
am years older so I must take the wins when I can!"
The downcast Abdel Kawy responded: "This tournament wasn't mine. I
was winning when I was down, now lost when I was up. It is in my
head. I don't know what is wrong but I made a good start to the year
and I was strong all the way through."
Grainger's long-awaited Greenwich hat-trick brings her WISPA career
title tally to 20.
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 Harrow Greenwich
Open 2009
20-25 Jan, Greenwich, Usa, $25k |
Round One
22 Jan |
Quarters
23 Jan |
Semis
24 Jan |
Final
25 Jan |
[1]
Natalie Grainger (Usa)
11/5, 11/5, 11/4
Annie Au (Hkg) |
[1] Natalie Grainger
11/7, 11/6, 7/11, 3/11, 11/2
[8] Raneem El Weleily |
[1] Natalie Grainger
11/8, 5/11, 11/7, 9/11, 11/1 (46m)
[4] Vanessa Atkinson |
[1] Natalie Grainger
11/4, 8/11, 12/10, 9/11, 13/11 (58m)
[2] Omneya Abdel Kawy |
[8]
Raneem El Weleily (Egy)
11/7, 11/4, 11/9
[Q] Joey Chan (Hkg) |
[4]
Vanessa Atkinson (Ned)
12/10, 5/11, 11/8, 11/4
Dominique Lloyd-Walter (Eng) |
[4] Vanessa Atkinson
11/4, 11/4, 11/4
[7] Lauren Briggs |
[7]
Lauren Briggs (Eng)
11/3, 11/7, 11/5
[Q] Amelia Pittock (Aus) |
Tania Bailey (Eng)
11/7, 11/8, 11/6
[5] Jaclyn Hawkes (Nzl) |
Tania Bailey
10/12, 11/6, 11/7, 9/11, 11/3
[3] Laura Lengthorn-Massaro |
[3] Laura Lengthorn-Massaro
9/11, 11/7, 5/11, 11/6, 13/11 (58m)
[2] Omneya Abdel Kawy |
[Q] Lauren Siddall (Eng)
11/9, 11/9, 11/6
[3] Laura Lengthorn-Massaro (Eng) |
[Q] Joshna Chinappa (Ind)
11/6, 6/11, 12/10, 11/8
[6] Samantha Teran (Mex) |
[6] Samantha Teran
5/11, 9/11, 11/6, 11/6, 14/12
[2] Omneya Abdel Kawy |
Line
Hansen (Den)
11/3, 11/9, 11/8
[2] Omneya Abdel Kawy (Egy) |
Qualifying, 20/21 Jan:
Finals:
Lauren Siddall (Eng) bt Latasha Khan (Usa)
11/7,
11/5, 11/7
Amelia Pittock (Aus) bt Elise Ng (Hkg)
15/13, 13/11, 11/4
Joshna Chinappa (Ind) bt Aisling Blake (Irl)
12/10, 5/11, 11/7, 11/8
Joey Chan (Hkg) bt
Miranda Ranieri (Can)
11/8, 9/11, 8/11, 11/8, 11/7
Round One:
Latasha Khan (Usa) bt Tara Mullins (Can)
11/2, 11/7, 11/6
Lauren Siddall (Eng) bt Stephanie Edmison (Can)
12/10, 11/4, 11/4
Amelia Pittock (Aus) bt Alana Miller (Can)
13/1, 13/11, 11/7
Elise Ng (Hkg) bt Kylie Lindsay (Nzl)
11/7, 11/7, 11/9
Joshna Chinappa (Ind) bt Alexandra Norman (Eng) 8/11,
13/11, 11/9, 19/21, 11/6
Aisling Blake (Irl) bt Larissa Stephenson (Nzl)
11/9, 9/11, 11/5, 11/2
Joey Chan (Hkg) bt Amanda Sohby (Usa)
11/4, 11/2, 11/4
Miranda Ranieri (Can) bt
Suzie Pierrepont (Eng)
11/9, 5/11, 12/10, 6/11, 11/7
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2008 Event
2007 Event
2006 Event
2005 Event
2004 Event |
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 24-Jan, Semi-finals:
Top seeds tested
 Two marathon semis in Greenwich saw top seeds
Natalie Grainger
and
Omneya Abdel Kawy through to the final.
Grainger edged past
world junior champion Raneem El Weleily while Kawy came from 2/1
down to save three matchballs in the decider against Laura Lengthorn-Massaro. |
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Lengthorn-Massaro
beats Bailey
in Greenwich Clash
Tania Bailey,
out of action most of last year following knee surgery, took
higher-ranked England team-mate Laura
Lengthorn-Massaro the
full distance in the quarter-finals of the Harrow
Greenwich Open before
bowing out of the $25,000 event at the Field
Club of Greenwich in Greenwich,
USA.
The unseeded 29-year-old made her
breakthrough in the first round, upsetting New Zealand's fifth seed Jaclyn
Hawkes. Bailey, who
reached number four in the world in 2003, took the first game
against Lengthorn-Massaro - but the third seed ultimately prevailed
to win 10-12, 11-6, 11-7, 9-11, 11-3.
Natalie Grainger,
the two-time champion from the USA who is seeded to win the crown
again for the first time since 1999, was also taken to five games. But
the Greenwich-based 31-year-old beat Egypt's eighth seed Raneem
El Weleily 11-7,
11-6, 7-11, 3-11, 11-2 to set up a semi-final clash with fourth seed Vanessa
Atkinson.
Atkinson, like Grainger a former world
number one, despatched England's Lauren
Briggs 11-4, 11-4,
11-4.
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