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33rd Sigma
Swiss Open
2006
Geneva, Switzerland, 03-05 Mar, $4k+$4k |
05-Mar, Finals:
TITLE AT LAST FOR LAUREN, OMAR TOPS JESSE
Bob Lincoln reports from Geneva
 After
reaching the quarter finals in 2003, the semi finals in 2004
and losing out in last year's final, England's top-seeded
Lauren Briggs went one better again to claim the 2006
title in Geneva.
The 20-year-old up-and-coming Orla Noom stormed into
the lead taking the first game 9/1 after a nervous shaky
start from the top seed, but Lauren pulled her game together
stopped the errors and took the title.
In the men's final Omar Abdel Aziz continued his fine
run, taking out top seed Jesse Engelbrecht in
straight games.
The Egyptian never really allowed Jesse to get a foothold in
the final, playing a fast error free match.
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Finals:
[7] Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy) bt [1] Jesse Engelbrecht (Zim)
11/6, 11/2, 11/4
[1] Lauren Briggs (Eng) bt
[5] Orla Noom (Ned)
1/9, 9/2, 9/6, 9/1
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"I was pleased to reach the final
not feeling tired
as I felt I had a tough draw to reach the final. I tried to keep the
pace fast keeping Jesse under pressure and my short game was working
well."
(formerly known as
El Iraky Omar Abd El Aziz) |
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04-Mar, Semis:
Top Seed Survives
Bob Lincoln reports from
Geneva
Men's top seed Jesse Engelbrecht fought off a
great challenge from the adventurous Italian Andrea Capella
to earn his place in the Swiss Open Final. Always behind,
Andrea never gave up and pushed Jesse all the way.
El Iraky Omar Abd El Aziz won a very fast paced match
against fellow Egyptian Ali Anwar Reda, who was unable to
find his shots, to earn a deserved place in the final.
A special match is anticipated tomorrow between the
different styles ...
Reverse angles reverse
the seeding ...
 Orla
Noom's unusual use of the reverse angle upset the number
two seed Sarah Kippax in a thrilling five game match
in front of a packed audience at Geneva Squash Club.
Each player took it in turn to win a game comfortably until
a tight decider where the angles of Noom, the fifth seed
from the Netherlands, proved to be decisive.
Top seed Lauren Briggs of England proved too strong
for Ireland's Aisling Blake, who up to this stage had
not dropped a game.
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Men's Semis:
Jesse Engelbrecht bt
Andrea Capella
11/8,9/11,11/3,10/12,11/5
Omar Abdel Aziz bt
Ali Anwar Reda bt
11/9, 11/6, 11/5 |
Women's Semis:
Lauren Briggs bt
Aisling Blake 9/2, 9/1, 9/6
Orla Noom bt
Sarah Kippax
9/4, 5/9, 9/3, 3/9, 9/7 |
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04-Mar, Quarters:
Egyptian Finalist
Guaranteed in Geneva
Top seed Jesse Engelbrecht squeezed past last French
hope, Romain Tenant, with a very close fought 3/0
victory, and meets Italy's Andrea Capella in the
semi-finals.
 Nick
Wall started strongly against Capella but had to give too
much physically to keep up the pace for more than two games
as the Italian took the last two games with something to
spare.
An Egyptian finalist is assured, as Mohd Ali Anwar Reda,
the British Junior Open U17 champion, beat Welsh hopeful
Ricky Davies, who was playing in his first PSA event. An
unfortunate incident sent Ricky to hospital for three
stitches over his eye in the first game but he bravely
returned to finish the match.
El Iraky put an end to Jonathan Hartford's run with a
straight games win to set up tonight's meeting with Reda.
Unexpected
opposition for
top two in Geneva ...
  The
top two seeds, England's Lauren Briggs and Sarah
Kippax, moved comfortably through to the semi finals of
the 33 Swiss Open in Geneva, but both will face unexpected
opposition.
 Seventh
seed Aisling Blake of Ireland took out third seed
Karen Kronemeyer to set up a meeting with Briggs. Karen
fought hard in the first two games but seemed to lose
control after losing the second 10/9.
The Netherlands' sixth seed Orla Noom seed beat
fifth seed Charlie De Ryke. Charlie took the risk of 'set
one' in the second game, which probably cost her the match. |
MEN'S
DRAW
Men's Quarters:
Jesse Engelbrecht bt Romain Tenant
12/10, 11/8, 11/9
Andrea Capella bt Nick Wall 14/12, 9/11, 11/3, 11/0
Ali Anwar Reda bt Ricky Davies 11/8, 11/6, 10/12, 11/8
Omar Abdel Aziz bt Jonny Harford 11/8, 11/3, 11/5 |
Women's Quarters:
Lauren Briggs bt
Jenna Gates 9/1, 9/3, 9/1
Aisling Blake bt Karen Kronemeyer 9/7, 10/9, 9/1
Orla Noom bt Charlie De Rycke 9/1, 9/8, 9/5
Sarah Kippax bt Daniela Schumann 9/3, 9/5, 9/3 |
WOMEN'S DRAW
Over 35 event |
Hi Framboise,
 News
from Switzerland. Here, all is fine for me. All the
other French have lost, and they all left. I'm playing
Jesse in 40 minutes, and I hope that all the training
we did with Julien Balbo will come handy!
Speak with you soon ...
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Harford
Shocks Sam
The ever-popular Swiss Open is under way in Geneva, for the
33rd running of the event, with Friday's play witnessing a
major upset as Jonny Harford took out second seed Sam
Miller in the second round of the men's event.
 Harford
came from 2/1 down to oust his club mate, and now meets
Egypt's El Iraky Aziz for a place in the semi-finals.
Top seed Jesse Engelbrecht came through the first
day's play unscathed, recording two 3/0 victories on his way
to a quarter-final clash with Frenchman Romain Tenant - the
only one of the top four seeds to reach that stage. |
Hi Framboise,
 I
just wanted to give a bit of news from Geneva.
I lost 3/0 against Jenna Gates. It was a rather close match. I was up 7/2
in the 1st, and I was surprised to lead and to dominate, so I started to
want to win the rally too soon, and made some unforced errors. I totally
changed my game…
In the second, I made some “dumb” errors, got a bit better in the third by
playing back to the basics (thanks Joan for the little coaching), but it
wasn’t enough. With experience and perseverance, I guess I’ll get there!
Otherwise, I’m sure you’ve got the other results, and the girls, Joan and
Romain will send you news soon.
Speak with you soon ...
Celia Allamargot
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 Sigma
Swiss Open
2006
Geneva, Switzerland, 03-05 Mar, $4k |
Round One/Two
Mar 03 |
Quarters
Mar 04 |
Semis
Mar 04 |
Final
Mar 05 |
Jesse
Engelbrecht (Zim)
11/4, 11/7, 11/6
Neil Hitchens (Eng) |
Jesse Engelbrecht
11/3, 11/9, 11/5
Stuart Crawford
Romain
Tenant
11/3, 11/7, 11/7
Thomas Phipps |
Jesse Engelbrecht
12/10, 11/8, 11/9
Romain Tenant
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Jesse Engelbrecht
11/8, 9/11, 11/3, 10/12, 11/5
Andrea Capella
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Jesse Engelbrecht
11/6, 11/2, 11/4
Omar Abdel Aziz |
Stuart
Crawford (Sco)
9/11, 11/9, 11/5, 11/5
Sam Atkins (Nzl) |
Romain Tenant (Fra)
9/11, 11/4, 11/9, 11/6
Yves Tastet (Fra) |
Thomas
Phipps (Eng)
11/8, 10/11, 11/5, 11/8
Benjamin Fischer (Sui) |
Andreas
Fuchs (Aut)
11/7, 11/6, 7/11, 11/5
Joan Lezaud (Fra) |
Andreas Fuchs
11/6, 11/5, 11/1
Andrea Capella
Petros Tzamaloukos
11/10, 11/7, 11/4
Nick Wall |
Andrea Capella
14/12, 9/11, 11/3, 11/0
Nick Wall (Eng)
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Philip
Nightingale (Eng)
11/7, 11/9, 11/5
Andrea Capella (Ita) |
Petros
Tzamaloukos (Gre)
11/8, 11/10, 11/1
Paul Rawden (Eng) |
Jason
Barry (Rsa)
11/8, 11/8, 11/10
Nick Wall (Eng) |
Aqeel Rehman (Aut)
11/5, 11/9, 11/3
Reiko Peter (Sui) |
Aqeel Rehman
11/8, 11/6, 15/13
Ali Anwar Reda
Ricky Davies
9/11, 10/12, 14/12, 11/6, 11/4
Fabian Kalaitzis |
Ali Anwar Reda
11/8, 11/6, 10/12, 11/8
Ricky Davies |
Ali Anwar Reda
11/9, 11/6, 11/5
Omar Abdel Aziz |
Ali Anwar Reda (Egy)
11/7, 11/4, 11/2
Sebastein Victor (Swe) |
Rik Smet
(Bel)
11/7, 11/9, 11/10
Ricky Davies (Wal) |
Fabian
Kalaitzis (Gre)
11/8, 11/8, 11/10
Shaun Le Roux (Eng) |
Chris Ryder (Eng)
11/3, 11/4, 11/1
Ahmed Gamal Swaify (Egy) |
Chris Ryder
7/11, 5/11, 11/5, 11/9, 12/10
Omar Abdel AzizJonny Harford
11/8, 10/11, 11/9, 2/11, 11/4
Sam Miller
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Omar Abdel Aziz
11/8, 11/3, 11/5
Jonny Harford |
Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy)
11/10, 11/6, 11/9
Matias Tuomi (Fin) |
Nicolas
Mueller (Sui)
11/4, 11/9, 11/4
Jonny Harford (Eng) |
Sam
Miller (Eng)
7/11, 11/1, 11/6, 11/8
Galen Le Cheminant (Eng) |
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Men's first round results |
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 Sigma
Swiss Open
2006
Geneva, Switzerland, 03-05 Mar, $4k |
Round One
Mar 03 |
Quarters
Mar 04 |
Semis
Mar 04 |
Final
Mar 05 |
[1] Lauren
Briggs (Eng)
9/4, 9/3, 9/5
[Q] Milja Dorenbos (Ned) |
Lauren
Briggs
9/1, 9/3, 9/1
Jenna Gates
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Lauren
Briggs
9/2, 9/1, 9/6
Aisling Blake |
Lauren
Briggs
1/9, 9/2, 9/6, 9/1
Orla Noom
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[6] Jenna
Gates (Eng)
9/7, 9/4, 9/7
Celia Allamargot (Fra) |
[3] Karen
Kronemeyer (Ned)
9/0, 9/0, 9/0
Soraya Renai (Fra) |
Karen Kronemeyer
9/7, 10/9, 9/1
Aisling Blake |
[7]
Aisling Blake (Irl)
9/0, 9/4, 9/2
[Q] Jenny Wright (Wal) |
[Q] Laura Mylotte (Irl)
6/9, 9/4, 9/3, 9/2
[5] Orla Noom (Ned) |
Orla Noom
9/1, 9/8, 9/5
Charlie De Rycke |
Orla Noom
9/4, 5/9, 9/3, 3/9, 9/7
Sarah Kippax |
Sara
Guebey (Sui)
9/2, 9/5, 9/0
[4] Charlie De Rycke (Bel) |
Danela Schumann (Ger)
9/5, 9/6, 10/8
[8] Camille Serme (Fra) |
Danela Schumann
9/3, 9/5, 9/3
Sarah Kippax
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[Q]
Susannah King (Eng)
9/4, 9/0, 9/7
[2] Sarah Kippax (Eng) |
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Qualifying Finals (03-Mar):
Jenny Wright (Wal) bt Laurence Bois (Fra)
9/1, 9/4, 9/3
Laura Mylotte (Irl) bt Maud Duplomb (Fra) 9/4, 9/4, 9/1
Milja Dorenbos (Ned) bt Anna-Carin Forstadius (Swe) 9/3, 9/2, 9/2
Susannah King (Eng) bt Charlotte Delsinne (Fra) 10/8, 9/6, 9/1
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