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05-Oct, Finals:
Kippax and Ryder
take Dublin titles
Kevin Moore reports
World number 32 Sarah Kippax took the women's Bymac Leinster
Squash Open title in a one-sided final in Fitzwilliam. Kippax, who
had knocked out Ireland's Aisling Blake in the semi-final, dominated
the final from start to finish against France's Camille Serme,
winning three games to nil in just 24 minutes.
Serme had put in some fine performances to reach the final, most
notable knocking out number one seed Latasha Khan in the
quarter-finals, but the final proved one match too far as she looked
off the pace.
In the men's final England's Chris Ryder overcame Mexico's
Jorge Ferreira three two in the match of the tournament. A packed
court one were treated to a fantastic match which lasted all of 87
minutes.
Right from the outset, nothing could separate the players with the
quality of pace matches the high pace throughout. Ryder let a 9-3
lead slip in the last as the gritty Ferreira took it right down to
the wire with Ryder eventually winning the decider15/13 and with it
the Bymac Leinster Open title
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 Bymac
Leinster Open 2008
Dublin, Ireland,
01-05 Oct, $12k |
Round One
02-Oct |
Quarters
03-Oct |
Semis
04-Oct |
Final
05-Oct |
[1] Chris Ryder (Eng)
11/4, 11/8, 11/9
Clinton Leeuw (Rsa) |
[1] Chris Ryder
11/3, 11/9, 13/15, 6/11, 14/12 (101m)
[7] Chris Simpson |
[1] Chris Ryder
11/9, 13/15, 11/5, 11/5 (52m)
[4] Bernardo Samper |
[1] Chris Ryder
11/3, 9/11, 11/5, 9/11, 15/13 (87m)
[2] Jorge Ferreira |
[7] Chris Simpson
(Eng)
8/11, 11/5, 11/9, 11/8 (58m)
[Q] Joe Lee (Eng) |
[4] Bernardo Samper
(Col)
11/6, 11/9, 3/11, 11/3 (31m)
Nafazahizam Adnan (Mas) |
[4] Bernardo Samper
11/6, 11/4, 11/7 (30m)
Matthew Karwalski |
Matthew Karwalski
(Aus)
11/2, 11/13, 11/7, 14/12 (58m)
[Q] Philip Nightingale (Eng) |
Yann Perrin (Fra)
11/3, 11/8, 11/6 (25m)
[8] John Rooney (Irl) |
[8] John Rooney
11/9, 11/8, 12/10 (62m)
[5] Mathieu Castagnet |
[8] John Rooney
7/11, 9/11, 11/9, 11/7, 11/6 (75m)
[2] Jorge Ferreira |
[Q] Neil Cordell (Eng)
8/11, 11/5, 11/4, 11/1 (31m)
[5] Mathieu Castagnet (Fra) |
Arthur Gaskin (Irl)
11/8, 11/2, 7/11, 11/7
[6] Scott Handley (Eng) |
[6] Scott Handley
11/6, 5/11, 5/11, 7/11 (42m)
[2] Jorge Ferreira |
[Q] Kristian Frost
Olsen (Den)
11/7, 11/9, 11/9 (34m)
[2] Jorge Ferreira (Mex) |
01-Oct,
Qualifying Finals:
Neil Cordell (Eng) bt Chris Truswell (Eng)
11/3, 11/4, 4/11, 11/9 (49m)
Philip Nightingale (Eng) bt Joan Lezaud (Fra)
11/4, 9/11, 11/4, 11/9 (44m)
Joe Lee (Eng) bt Johan Bouquet (Fra)
14/12, 11/0, 11/3 (37m)
Kristian Frost Olsen (Den) bt Neil Hitchens (Eng)
11/6, 13/11, 11/4 (38m)
30-Sep, Qualifying Round One:
Chris Truswell (Eng) bt Adam Fuller (Eng)
14/12, 11/6, 11/9
Neil Cordell (Eng) bt Fabien Verseille (Fra)
11/13, 11/6, 3/11, 11/8, 11/8
Philip Nightingale (Eng) bt Dermot McNamara (Irl)
11/4, 11/0, 11/4
Johan Lezaud (Fra) bt Mike Harris (Eng)
11/3, 11/8, 11/7
John Bouquet (Fra) bt Keith Moran (Irl)
11/4, 12/10, 11/6
Joe Lee (Eng) bt Niall Rooney (Irl)
11/1, 11/4, 11/1
Kristian Frost Olsen (Den) bt Tibault Gouti (Fra)
11/9, 15/13, 12/10
Neil Hitchens (Eng) bt Rory Byrne (Irl)
13/11, 11/6, 11/5
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 Bymac
Leinster Open 2008
Dublin, Ireland,
01-05 Oct, $8k |
Round One
02-Oct |
Quarters
03-Oct |
Semis
04-Oct |
Final
05-Oct |
[1] Latasha Khan (Usa)
11/5, 11/9, 11/5 (23m)
Alexandra Norman (Eng) |
[1] Latasha Khan
11/7, 8/11, 11/8, 13/15, 11/9
(44m)
[6]
Camille Serme |
[6]
Camille Serme
11/7, 11/6, 10/12, 9/11, 14/12 (66m)[7] Laura Hill |
[6] Camille Serme
11/5, 11/6, 11/4 (24mn)
[2] Sarah Kippax
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[6]
Camille Serme (Fra)
11/5, 11/4, 11/7 (22m)
[Q] Dagmar Vermuelen (Ned) |
[4] Orla Noom (Ned)
11/5, 11/5, 11/13, 13/15, 11/3
(31m)
[Q] Kimberley Hay (Eng) |
[4] Orla Noom
11/5, 11/7, 11/9 (35m)
[7] Laura Hill |
[7] Laura Hill (Eng)
11/6, 11/6, 11/6
Emma Chorley (Eng) |
[Q] Victoria Lust (Eng)
7/11, 9/11, 11/7, 11/9, 11/9
(57m)
[8] Laura Mylotte (Irl) |
[Q] Victoria Lust
11/5, 11/9, 11/8 (38m)
[3] Aisling Blake |
[3] Aisling Blake
12/10, 9/11, 11/7, 11/4 (45m)
[2] Sarah Kippax |
Lucie Fialova (Cze)
11/5, 12/10, 11/3 (23m)
[3] Aisling Blake (Irl) |
Celia Allamargot (Fra)
11/5, 11/4, 6/11, 11/6
[5] Elise Ng (Hkg) |
[5] Elise Ng
11/3, 11/4, 11/4 (20m)
[2] Sarah Kippax |
[Q] Maud Duplomb (Fra)
11/7, 11/5, 11/9
(Eng) |
01-Oct,
Qualifying Finals:
Victoria Lust (Eng) bt Lauren Selby
11/6, 12/10, 11/6 (31m)
Dagmar Vermeulen (Ned) bt Laura Pomportes (Fra)
11/3, 11/8, 11/7 (16m)
Kimberley Hay (Eng) bt Kerri Shields (Irl) 14/16, 11/7, 4/11, 12/10, 13/11 (58m)
Maud Duplomb bt Gabrielle De Lavison (Fra)
11/4, 4/11, 11/5, 11/1 (22m)
30- Sep, Qualifying
Round One:
Victoria Lust (Eng) bt Cecilie Mayer (Den)
11/5, 11/6, 11/3
Dagmar Vermeulen (Ned) bt Tatiana Damasio Borges (Bra)
11/5, 6/11, 11/6, 12/10
Laura Pomportes (Fra) bt Carrie Hastings (Eng)
11/4, 11/7, 6/11, 11/9
Kimberley Hay (Eng) bt Claire Kidd (Sco)
11/7, 11/9, 11/8
Gabrielle DeLavison (Fra) bt Cristina Di Sacco (Ita)
11/3, 11/5, 9/11, 11/5
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04-Oct, Semi-Finals:
Blake and Rooney bow out
Kevin Moore reports
Ireland's hopes of a home win in the Bymac Leinster Squash Open were
dashed in Fitzwilliam today as both John Rooney and Aisling Blake
lost their respective semi-finals.
 World
number 31 Blake suffered a three games to one defeat to England's
Sarah Kippax. Blake had overtaken Kippax in the world rankings
just this week but looked slightly nervous as she lost a close first
game 12/10. The Sligo girl came back well to take the second 11/9
but her shot selection at key times in the third and fourth games
let her down and the consistent Kippax progressed through to the
final where she will face France's Camille Serme who beat
England's Laura Hill three games to two in the other semi-final.
A packed court number one were treated to a great semi-final in the
men's section as John Rooney raced into a two game lead with an
excellent display of quality squash. His Mexican opponent Jorge
Ferreira fought well as Rooney missed out on his chance to close
out the third game losing it 11/9. Ferreira superior fitness shone
through as he increased the pace in the fourth and fifth games to
take the deciding set 11/6. Ferreira will now face top seed Chris
Ryder from England, who beat Columbia's Bernardo Samper 3/1 in
the other men's semi-final
Entrance is free for Sunday's finals at Fitzwilliam LTC, Dublin with
the women taking to the court and 2.00 followed by the men at 3.00
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03-Oct, Quarter-Finals:
Rooney and Blake through to Semis on a bad day for the seeds ...
Kevin Moore reports
This evening's play at the BYMAC Leinster Senior Open has seen both
home players, John Rooney and Aisling Blake, through
to the tomorrow's semi-finals.
Rooney upset the French fourth seed Mathieu Castagnet in straight
games in front of a packed gallery in Fitzwilliam LTC. Rooney was
made to work hard for his win as he came from behind in every game,
most notably in the third where Castagnet stormed into a 5/0 lead
only to see the Galway native force a tie-breaker and take the game
and the match 12/10.
Top seed Chris Ryder managed to hang on for a five game
victory over fellow Englishman Chris Simpson in a marathon 101
minute match. Ryder seemed to be cruising to victory as he took a
two game lead however Simpson fought back to level the match, only
to see Ryder see the match out winning 14/12 in the fifth.
The ladies event saw Sligo's Blake up against Laura Mylotte's
conquerer, Victoria Lust. Blake put in an extremely accomplished
performance to book her place in the semi-finals with the minimum of
fuss. Blake was always in control and looks in fine form heading
into what looks to be an exciting climax to the tournament.
Top seed Latasha Khan was stunned by the resilient Camille Serme
who twice came from behind before taking the deciding game in a
nail-biting finish 11/9. Fourth seed Orla Noom was also beaten by a
lower ranked opponent in England's Laura Hill. Hill was on
top right from the start in this game and never looked like slowing
the pace as she moved Noom around the court at every opportunity.
Hill will now face Serme in what is sure to be an open and exciting
semi-final.
Blake meets another Englishwoman, second seed Sarah Kippax,
who eased past Hong Kong's Elise Ng in just 20 minutes.
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"I'm really happy with my victory over Latasha. I knew that it was a
match I could have a shot at, so I went on court decided to seize
all the opportunities, and it worked... although it was very
disputed, but Latasha is at all times a very fair player.
"Tomorrow will see a different match altogether. Laura possesses a
very powerful game and loves the back of the court, so, I know what
to expect."
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02-Oct, Round One:
Rooney through to Quarter-finals
as Mylotte crashes out
Kevin Moore reports
 Irish
number two John Rooney put in a fine performance to ease
through his first match in the Bymac Leinster Squash Open at
Fitzwilliam. The Galway man produced a flawless display to dispatch
France's Yann Perrin three nil.
His 25 minute straight set victory will have sharpened up his game
and saved some valuable energy for his quarter-final where he faces
another French opponent, fourth seed Mathieu Castagnet.
Rooney, currently world number 100 will relish his chance to take on
Castagnet, world number 81, for a place in the semi-final.
There have been no upsets so far in the men's draw as all seeded
players have advanced to the quarter-finals.
Hopes of an all Irish women's quarter-final were scuppered as Laura
Mylotte lost her first round match. The Galway girl let slip a two
game lead to her English opponent Victoria Lust, eventually
losing out 3/2 in just under an hour.
Hopes of home success now rest firmly in the hands of world number
31 and third seed Aisling Blake, who beat the Czech
Republic's Lucie Fialova three games to nil in an impressive opener.
Top seed Latasha Khan from the United States eased through
her first game three games to nil against England's Alexandra
Norman. Fourth seed Orla Noom from Holland raced into a two
game lead only to see her lead slip to England's Kimberley Hay. She
did manage to regain her concentration to dominate the deciding set
and take it 11/3.
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02-Oct, Men's Round One:
Daniel Zilic reports from Fitzwilliam |
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Chris Ryder bt Clinton
Leeuw
11/4 , 11/8 , 11/9
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know both these players quite well and thought this match could be
good to watch. I wasn't disappointed and it turned out to be a great
match full of athleticism and skill. Chris started really well with
some excellent drops and took a 4/0 lead. I was particularly
impressed with his speed and he retrieved some great shots of
Clinton's. They had a superb rally that took Chris to 5/1, spanning
well over 30 shots.
Clinton did not do too much wrong but he won't have been happy with
his error rate. The second game was closer with Clinton taking the
lead to 5/3 but Chris re-establishing a 7/5 advantage . One could
feel a tad more tension with more refereeing decisions being
questioned, although mainly being correct in my opinion. A beautiful
backhand volley-drop took Chris to game ball at 10/7 and a perfect
length by Clinton wasn't enough to prevent him from losing the game
11/8. The last game saw a desperate attempt by Clinton to turn
things around by stepping up the pace and volleying even more, yet
it speaks for Chris' form that he weathered the storm
counter-attacking brilliantly.
A short glimpse of hope for Clinton at 9/10 but Chris was able to
prevail and close the game out 11/9. All in all a really good game
and some fantastic gets from both players, with Chris fully
justifying his number 1 seeding with a strong showing against tough
competition.
After his match Chris, who spoke of taking two games off Willstrop
in Paris the other day as one of his best career results, said his
main motivation for this tournament came from his good friend and
arch-rival Johnny Harford, who won this tournament (with a slightly
smaller prize-fund) two years ago.
Currently Chris is ranked 33 in the PSA rankings and top ten in
England. A remarkable achievement given he is one of the top English
players who went to university and is not lottery-funded. His next
game will be against Chris Simpson who beat Joe Lee.
Clinton was upbeat about his loss and thought that Chris had to
deliver a strong performance to beat him. Clinton is based in
Germany, Bremen, right now and says he lacks games of this standard
and he really enjoyed playing someone of Chris' calibre. He was
happy all in all and hopes he will be able to compete even more
after playing more matches at this standard.
Scott Handley bt
Arthur Gaskin 3/0
Just watched the first game here but
I heard Arthur came close in this one. He made a few too many
mistakes in the first set and seemed a bit nervous, but as soon as
he settled down and relaxed he made a good match of it but it wasn't
quite enough to get the home crowd cheering.
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Bernardo Samper bt
Nafazahizam Adnan 11/7 , 11/9, 4/11, 11/8
 The
next match started intense with both players seeming to relish a
high-paced match rather than some delicate exchanges. The Colombian
and Mexican are both incredibly quick (Nafazahizam has legs like a
sprinter) and like to have a go at it. I saw some backhand-volley
topspins and some behind-the-back boasts.
His crosscourt-nicks and aggressive volleying paid off in the end
and he beat the Malaysian, who court him off-guard with his delayed
crosscourt-drops every once in a while, not comfortably, but handily
enough, despite throwing away the third game after trailing early.
The last game, which Samper won 11/8, saw some of the best rallies
of the match and the outrageous nicks and gets even impressed the
other Squash players in the crowd.
Matthew Karwalski bt
Phil Nightingale 3/1
Didn't really
see a lot of this match but it did look quite fiercely contested.
Phil has improved a lot recently and was his usual determined self.
He had game balls in the fourth game and I am sure Karwalski was
relieved to finish it in four. The rallies I saw were full of
skid-boasts and desperate retrieving and made for good watching with
an ultimately deserved winner.
John Rooney bt Yann
Perrin 3/0
Rooney's win
never seemed to be too much in doubt and Perrin never looked as if
he well and truly believed in winning the match either. It is good
to see that some home-interest remains in the tournament and the
Frenchman made sure Rooney had a good work-out before tomorrow's
quarter-final, but apart from a brief spell in the third game Rooney
always looked like the likely winner.
Jorge Ferreira bt
Kristian Olsen 3/0
I have to say
that this was a thoroughly entertaining match and Kristian made it
really worthwhile, complaining, retrieving and giving it the best he
could. Ferreira played really confidently and impressed with his
silky movement and great touch. He also won the rally of the day
which featured Frost Olsen successfully anticipating 5 of Ferreira's
shots in a row.
It was a good-spirited match with a good referee and plenty of
action and not only proved to be an entertaining match to finish the
day, but also that the tournament has a very worthy number two seed.
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Irish Players Squash up to Top Professionals in Dublin
Preview from Kevin Moore
Professional squash athletes from around the globe arrive in Dublin
this week to compete for the Bymac Leinster Squash Open title. The
professional event on both the men's and women's tour sees top Irish
players compete against some of the world's best internationals from
England to Egypt and Malaysia to Mexico. Sligo's Aisling Blake
is seeded three in the women's event and represents Ireland's
best chance of seeing a home player contest one of the finals.
Blake is currently ranked 35 in the world and is expected to compete
very strongly for this year's title. The Irish number two is now
well established on the women's tour and recent good form, coupled
with a good result in this year's Bymac Leinster Open, could see her
make a real push for the world's top twenty this season.
Irish number three, Laura Mylotte from Galway has also
impressed on the women's tour in recent years and the current world
number 50 goes into this tournament seeded eighth. If both girls win
through round one, the home crowd could be treated to an all-Irish
quarter-final and the pair would face–off in a mouth-watering clash
for a place in the semi-final.
The Irish pair's main rivals are top seed Latasha Khan from
the United States, current world number 26, and England's Sarah
Kippax, world number 31. Blake faces Czech girl, Lucie Fialova
in round one next Thursday (2nd October) in Fitzwilliam LTC, Dublin,
while Mylotte faces a qualifier. Ulster's Kerri Shields faces
the tough task of battling her way through the qualifiers to join
them in the main draw.
In the men's draw, world number 92, John Rooney flies the
flag for Ireland. The Galway man, seeded 8th, has reached as high as
52 in the world in October 2004 and will need to find that form as
he faces a French onslaught in first round opponent Yann Perrin
and then potentially 5th seed Mathieu Castagnet for a place
in the semi-final. Ireland's other hopeful in the main draw is
Carlow's Arthur Gaskin. The world number 115 faces a tough
first round match in sixth seed Scott Handley from England.
Handley's compatriot, Chris Ryder is top seed and the world
number 40 is expected to face the wonderfully named Mexican,
Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira in the final.
John's brother, Niall Rooney will attempt to battle his way
through the qualifiers along with other Irish hopefuls, Rory
Byrne (Carlow), Keith Moran (Sligo) and Dermot
McNamara (Limerick).
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Entrance for this
year's event is free for every match and play starts at 17.00
on Tuesday 30th September in Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Appian
Way, Dublin 6.
The women's final takes place at 14.00 on Sunday the 5th of October
with the men's final directly after at 15.00.
Over 100 Irish league players from all over the country will also be
battling it out over the week in the lower divisions.
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