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Both players will shortly head south to play in next month's Burning River Cleveland Classic at the Cleveland Racquet Club in Cleveland, Ohio, in the USA.  The draw of the $21k WISPA event predicts that the pair will meet again in the quarter-finals ...
 

"I’m really happy I won this tournament.

"The final was really a great match, I was relaxed, well focused on my game plan. The score doesn’t reflect the length and the battle as we have to fight for each rally, I had to be very patient, and fight away…

"I’m all the more happy because I really played well I thought, I enjoyed my squash, everything was at the right place at the right time… When you win, and on top, you win how you should, it’s happiness all around… I have the confidence, I know what I can do in training, it’s all about being able to reproduce it during matches. During this final, I showed that when I’m relaxed, I can play ok.

"Now I’ve got to go on working, and working, and working, but this gives me a boost of confidence, and to be honest, I’m really hungry for victory, for bigger victories. I saw that some things are in place in my game, but I saw also the work to be done, the amount of work to be done..

"I’m going home now, another tournament this weekend, the Pyramides in France…. This morning, I got a few texts on my mobile, it’s a nice feeling when it’s first thing… It’s such a pleasure, those moments… one really enjoys them to the full…"

9-5, 9-5, 9-2

Samantha Teran

9-4, 9-3, 9-5

9-3, 9-1, 9-1

Carolyn Russell

Qualifying Finals:
Lisa Camilleri (AUS) bt Izumi Matsuda (JPN)           9-1, 9-1, 9-0
Melanie Jans (CAN) bt Sarah Parsons (CAN)           9-2, 9-1, 9-2
Marnie Baizley (CAN) bt Jennifer Gemmell (CAN)    9-6, 9-0, 9-0
Laura Gemmell (CAN) bt Katie Patrick (CAN)          9-3, 3-9, 8-10, 9-7, 9-1

1st qualifying round:
Izumi Matsuda (JPN) bt Rebecca Hazell (CAN)            9-5, 9-10, 9-5, 9-3
Melanie Jans (CAN) bt Stephanie Edmison (CAN)        9-6, 9-1, 9-6
Jennifer Gemmell (CAN) bt Jennifer Cranston (CAN)   9-7, 9-3, 9-5
Laura Gemmell (CAN) bt Julie Walker (CAN)               9-3, 9-2, 9-0

18-Feb, Semis:
Brown & Stoehr in Lakeshore Final

Top seed Kasey Brown and third seed Isabelle Stoehr will contest the final of the Women's Mayfair Lakeshore Squash Open after straight games wins in the semi-finals of the new WISPA event at the Mayfair Lakeshore Racquet & Fitness Club in Toronto.

Stoehr, the third seed from France, ended the brave run of local heroine Carolyn Russell - beating the 32-year-old from Vancouver, who was the only unseeded player to reach the semi-finals, 9-3, 9-1, 9-1.

While the 27-year-old is celebrating her 10th WISPA Tour final appearance, Brown is marking up her 11th. The 21-year-old from Queensland in Australia beat Mexico's fourth seed Samantha Teran 9-5, 9-5, 9-2.
    

Russell Reaches Toronto Semis

Carolyn Russell returned the city where she gained an Engineering Masters degree - and mastered fellow Canadian Alana Miller to reach a surprise semi-final slot in the Women's Mayfair Lakeshore Squash Open at the Mayfair Lakeshore Racquet & Fitness Club in Toronto.

The unseeded 32-year-old from Vancouver made her breakthrough in the first round when she upset Australia's sixth seed Amelia Pittock.

Miller, from Winnipeg, caused a bigger upset in the first round when she beat top seed Sharon Wee.  But the Malaysian had arrived in Toronto with no bags, clothes, racquets or shoes - after spending some 35 hours at JFK airport with flights cancelled due to snow storms.  The world No18 ended up being kitted out by organiser Nicole Pirko - but was unable overcome her adversity.

In the quarter-final, Russell beat Pan-American champion Miller 10-8, 5-9, 9-5, 9-6 - and goes on to meet Isabelle Stoehr, the third seed from France who had to fight back 1/2 down to beat USA's No5 seed Latasha Khan 10-8, 2-9, 1-9, 9-6, 9-7.