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23-Jan, Final:
[1] Linda Elriani (ENG) bt [2] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY)
       9/2, 9/1, 10/8

Elriani Retains
Greenwich Title

England No1 Linda Elriani retained her Greenwich Open title when she defeated Egypt's Omneya Abdel Kawy in straight games in the final in Connecticut, USA.

The world No6 from Eastbourne in Sussex, who took four games to overcome compatriot Alison Waters in the semi-finals, went on to  defeat No2 seed Kawy, aged only 19, 9-2 9-1 10-8 to win the WISPA World Tour title for the second successive year.

2004 Event

Alison Waters

Omneya Abdel Kawy

9/5, 9/5, 9/3

Omneya Abdel Kawy

Qualifying:
Melissa Martin (Aus) bt Aisling Blake (Irl)  9/2, 4/9, 9/7, 9/2
Lauren Briggs (Eng) bt Suzy Pierrepont (Eng)  9/7, 9/3, 9/2
Kasey Brown (Aus) bt Sarah Kippax (Eng)  9/7, 9/0, 9/1
Samantha Teran (Mex) bt Meredith Quick (Usa)  9/7, 9/3, 9/3

First Round:
Melissa Martin (Aus) bt Louisa Hall (USA)  9/1, 1/9, 9/6, 9/0
Aisling Blake (Irl) bt Jana Smeralova (Cze)  10/8, 9/1, 1/9, 9/4
Lauren Briggs (Eng) bt Lily Lorentzen (Usa)  9/7, 9/0, 9/0
Suzy Pierrepont (Eng) bt Jemma Saxby (Aus)  9/0, 9/4, 9/0
Sarah Kippax (Eng) bt Nicolette Fernandes (Guy)  4/9, 9/3, 9/6, 9/4
Kasey Brown (Aus) bt Margriet Huisman (Ned)  9/0, 9/2, 9/1
Samantha Teran (Mex) bt Carlin Wing (Usa)  9/0, 9/6, 9/0
Meredith Quick (Usa) bt Heidi Mather (Aus)  9/6, 4/9, 1/9, 9/6, 9/6

Reports:
  
[1] Linda Elriani (Eng) bt [Q] Alison Waters (Eng)                 9/5, 9/4, 5/9, 9/7
[2] Omneya Abdel Kawy (Egy) bt [4] Jenny Tranfield (Eng)   9/5, 9/5, 9/3

Elriani and Kawy in
Greenwich Final ...

England's top seed and defending champion Linda Elriani reached the final of the Greenwich Open with a four game victory over compatriot Alison Waters. A far cry from yesterday's whitewash of Pamela Nimmo, Elriani was tested by Waters in all four games before Elriani's experience told.

Her opponent in the final will be Egypt's world junior champion Omneya Abdel Kawy, who completed a third consecutive straight games win in beating Englan's fourth seeded Jenny Tranfield.

21-Jan, Quarters:
Waters wipes out Botwright

England's Alison Waters began the New Year where she left off the old - upsetting a higher-ranked player to take up an unexpected place in the later rounds of a WISPA World Tour event.

A month after dismissing top ten player Omneya Abdel Kawy in the first round of the World Open, the 20-year-old world No24 from London despatched third seed Vicky Botwright, the world No9,in straight games to reach the semi-finals.

Eighth seed Waters now faces top-seeded compatriot Linda Elriani, the defending champion from Eastbourne in Sussex, who secured an emphatic 9-0 9-0 9-0 victory over Scotland's seventh seed Pamela Nimmo.

The other semi-final will feature Egypt's No2 seed Omneya Abdel Kawy and England's fourth seed Jenny Tranfield - both of whom defeated their quarter-final opponents in straight games.

20-Jan, Round One:
Seeds Safely Through In Greenwich ...

All eight seeds made it safely into the quarter-finals of the Greenwich Open as the WISPA tour returns to Connecticut.

The top half of the draw is all-British, with top seed and defending champion Linda Elriani set to face Scotland's Pamela Nimmo for a place in the semis, while Vicky Botwright and Alison Waters meet in an all-English quarter-final.

Egypt's second seed Omneya Abdel Kawy plays Kiwi Shelley Kitchen while France's Isabelle Stoehr faces a fourth Englishwomen in the quarters, Jenny Tranfield.


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