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Bega Open 2022
Men's Draw
31 Aug - 04 Sep
Bega, Australia, $10k |
ROUND TWO
01 SEP |
QUARTERS
02 SEP |
SEMIS
03 SEP |
FINAL
04 SEP |
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[1] Muhammad Asim Khan (PAK)
11-4, 1-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-9 (49m)
Chung Yat Long (HKG) |
Muhammad Asim Khan
5-11, 11-5, 11-4, 12-10 (51m)
Rex Hedrick |
Rex Hedrick
11-7, 4-11, 11-6, 11-9 (63m)
Ryunosuke Tsukue |
Rex Hedrick
11-8, 11-5, 11-8 (43m)
Tsz Kwan Lau |
[9/16] Rex Hedrick (AUS)
11-6, 11-5, 11-4 (29m)
[5] Lwamba Chileshe (NZL) |
[9/16] Ryunosuke Tsukue (JPN)
11-7, 11-2, 11-5 (35m)
[8] Yannick Wilhelmi (SUI) |
Ryunosuke Tsukue
13-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8 (74m)
Addeen Idrakie |
[4] Addeen Idrakie (MAS)
9-11, 3-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-7 (59m)
[9/16] Rhys Dowling (AUS) |
[3] Mohd Syafiq Kamal (MAS)
11-7, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9 (48m)
[9/16] Tang Ming Hong (HKG) |
Mohd Syafiq Kamal
11-13, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-4 (79m)
Darren Pragasam |
Mohd Syafiq Kamal
11-7, 11-6, 11-9 (33m)
Tsz Kwan Lau |
[7] Darren Pragasam (MAS)
7-11, 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9 (66m)
[9/16] Temwa Chileshe (NZL) |
[6] Chi Him Wong (HKG)
11-5, 11-2, 11-5 (32m)
[9/16] Ong Sai Hung (MAS) |
Chi Him Wong
11-7, 11-5, 11-4 (32m)
Tsz Kwan Lau |
[9/16] Robin Gadola (SUI)
8-11, 11-3, 11-9, 12-10 (41m)
[2] Tsz Kwan Lau (HKG) |
[1] Muhammad Asim Khan (PAK) bye
Chung Yat Long (HKG) bt [9/16] Robert Andrew Garcia (PHI) 11-7, 6-11,
7-11, 11-2, 11-9 (57m)
[9/16] Rex Hedrick (AUS) bt Harley Lam (HKG) 4-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-1
(43m)
[5] Lwamba Chileshe (NZL) bye
[8] Yannick Wilhelmi (SUI) bye
[9/16] Ryunosuke Tsukue (JPN) bt Wailok To (HKG) 11-4, 11-2, 11-4 (27m)
[9/16] Rhys Dowling (AUS) bt [WC] Tate Zak Norris (AUS) 11-9, 11-7,
6-11, 12-10 (42m)
[4] Addeen Idrakie (MAS) bye
[3] Mohd Syafiq Kamal (MAS) bye
[9/16] Tang Ming Hong (HKG) bt Nicholas Calvert (AUS) 5-11, 11-6, 11-3,
9-11, 11-8 (61m)
[9/16] Temwa Chileshe (NZL) bt [WC] Damon MacMillan (AUS) 11-2, 11-13,
11-4, 8-11, 11-3
[7] Darren Pragasam (MAS) bye
[6] Chi Him Wong (HKG) bye
[9/16] Ong Sai Hung (MAS) bt [WC] Rohan Toole (AUS) 11-5, 10-12, 11-3,
11-7 (36m)
[9/16] Robin Gadola (SUI) bt Manu Paquemar (FRA) 11-3, 11-6, 11-6 (29m)
[2] Tsz Kwan Lau (HKG) bye |
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Bega Open 2022
Women's Draw
31 Aug - 04 Sep
Bega, Australia, $10k |
ROUND TWO
01 SEP |
QUARTERS
02 SEP |
SEMIS
03 SEP |
FINAL
04 SEP |
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[1] Chan Sin Yuk (HKG)
11-5, 12-10, 11-5 (21m)
[9/16] Celine Walser (SUI) |
Chan Sin Yuk
11-4, 11-6, 11-7 (23m)
Cheng Nga Ching |
Chan Sin Yuk
11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6 (34m)
Chan Yiwen |
Chan Sin Yuk
11-7, 11-6, 11-3 (22m)
Yee Xin Ying |
[7] Cheng Nga Ching (HKG)
3-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-7 (34m)
[9/16] Sehveetrraa Kumar (MAS) |
[6] Jessica Turnbull (AUS)
11-8, 11-7, 11-8 (23m)
[9/16] Ooi Kah Yan (MAS) |
Jessica Turnbull
11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 12-10 (43m)
Chan Yiwen |
[3] Chan Yiwen (MAS)
11-6, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6 (36m)
[9/16] Rachael Grinham (AUS) |
Ching Hei Fung (HKG)
7-11, 12-10, 11-4, 11-9 (41m)
[4] Sarah Cardwell (AUS) |
Ching Hei Fung
11-5, 11-6, 9-11, 11-3 (35m)
Ainaa Amani |
Ainaa Amani
11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 0-11, 12-10 (45m)
Yee Xin Ying |
[9/16] Ainaa Amani (MAS)
11-7, 11-9, 11-8 (26m)
[5] Alex Haydon (AUS) |
[8] Yee Xin Ying (MAS)
11-7, 11-6, 11-5 (25m)
[9/16] Akari Midorikawa (JPN) |
Yee Xin Ying
9-11, 13-11, 11-9, 11-4 (37m)
Grace Gear |
[9/16] Aira Azman (MAS)
8-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6, 11-7 (47m)
[2] Grace Gear (ENG) |
[1] Chan Sin Yuk (HKG) bye
[9/16] Celine Walser (SUI) bt Riffat Khan (PAK) 11-0, 11-4, 11-1 (13m)
[9/16] Sehveetrraa Kumar (MAS) bt Tayla Mounter (ENG) 11-3, 11-5, 11-1
(13m)
[7] Cheng Nga Ching (HKG) bye
[6] Jessica Turnbull (AUS) bye
[9/16] Ooi Kah Yan (MAS) bt Noor Ul Huda (PAK) 11-9, 11-5, 11-0 (17m)
[9/16] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt Aiman Shahbaz (PAK) 11-5, 11-1, 11-4
(15m)
[3] Chan Yiwen (MAS) bye
[4] Sarah Cardwell (AUS) bye
Ching Hei Fung (HKG) bt [9/16] Au Yeong Wai Yhann (SGP) 11-9, 11-5, 11-9
(28m)
[9/16] Ainaa Amani (MAS) bt Urwashi Joshi (IND) 8-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-3
(25m)
[5] Alex Haydon (AUS) bye
[8] Yee Xin Ying (MAS) bye
[9/16] Akari Midorikawa (JPN) bt Madison Lyon (AUS) 11-5, 13-11, 12-10
(25m)
[9/16] Aira Azman (MAS) bt Erin Classen (AUS) 11-5, 11-5, 8-11, 11-2
(28m)
[2] Grace Gear (ENG) bye |
Yuk and Lau Secure Double Delight For Hong Kong
The Volkswagen Bega Open came to its conclusion on Sunday afternoon at
the Bega Country Club, with the Hong Kong duo of Chan Sin Yuk and Tsz
Kan Lau taking the victories on Australian soil.
Yuk has become the first two-time winner on Tour this season, following
her victory at the Costa North Coast Open last month. The World No.36
came into this event as the top seed for the women’s draw, and she
dropped just a single game en route to the title.
After receiving a bye through the opening day’s action, the Hongkonger
started her campaign in New South Wales against Switzerland’s Celine
Walser, winning in straight games. She then defeated compatriot Cheng
Nga Ching to make it through to the semi-finals.
In the last four, Yuk came up against Malaysia’s Chan Yiwen, and she
dropped the second game of that semi-final contest, but fought back to
win in four to advance to another final, where she came up against
Malaysia’s Yee Xin Ying. Both women were aiming for their second titles
of the season, but it was the World No.36 that took the win in he final
11-7, 11-6, 11-3 to become the first multiple-winner of the 2022-2023
campaign.
In the men’s event, it was another member of the Hong Kong squad that
took the victory, as No.2 seed Tsz Kwan Lau came through to win his
first event on Tour since the Perrier Squash Challenge Cup back in 2019.
He also started the week with a bye in the first round, before then
getting the better of Switzerland’s Robin Gadola in the last 16. Lau
then overcame compatriot Chi Him Wong in the quarter finals, beating his
fellow Hongkonger in straight games.
Lau, the World No.66, then came up against No.3 seed Mohammad Syafiq
Kamal in the semi-finals, and once again was able to win in straight
games, needing just 33 minutes to advance to the final. In that final,
the Hongkonger got the better of the unseeded Rex Hedrick, who had take
out the top seed earlier in the competition, to win his first Tour title
in over three years.
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Amani, Ying, Tsukue and Hedrick Gatecrash Semis
Of the eight semi-finalists across both the men’s and women’s draws at
the Volkswagen Bega Open, four of those, in Australia’s Rex Hedrick,
Japan’s Ryunosuke Tsukue and the Malaysian duo of Ainaa Amani and Yee
Xin Ying, took surprise wins in the quarter finals.
Hedrick, a former top 50 player in the men’s game, took on the
tournament’s top seed, Muhammad Asim Khan, for a place in the last four,
and he lost the first game of their contest convincingly. However, the
Aussie fought back to win the next three games, including the fourth on
a tie-break 12-10, to book his spot in the last four.
He will now face Japan’s Ryunosuke Tsukue, another of the unseeded
players to make it through to the semi-finals of the Challenger 10 level
competition. The Japanese player got the better of Malaysia’s No.4 seed
Addeen Idrakie, recovering from losing a second game tie-break 12-10 to
win in four in a tough 74-minute battle.
The other men’s semi-final will see No.2 seed Tsz Kwan Lau and No.3 seed
Mohammad Syafiq Kamal go head-to-head, after the pair got the better of
compatriots Chi Him Wong and Darren Rahul Pragasam in the last eight of
the competition, respectively.
Malaysia’s Ainaa Amani and Yee Xin Ying both caused upsets in the last
eight on Friday. The unseeded Amani downed Hong Kong’s Ching Hei Fung,
while Ying, who won her maiden Tour title last month, defeated the
women’s No.2 seed, England’s Grace Gear.
The other semi-final in the women’s draw will see the tournament’s top
seed, World No.36 Chan Sin Yuk, take on Malaysia’s Chan Yiwen for a
place in the final of the Challenger 10 level tournament.
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Unseeded
Quartet Make Last Eight
The surprises kept coming at the Volkswagen Bega Open on Thursday
afternoon, with fur unseeded players making it through to the quarter
finals of the Challenger 10 level tournament at the Bega Country Club in
New South Wales, Australia.
Hong Kong’s Ching Hei Fung caused one of those upsets, as she defeated
home favourite, and the women’s No.4 seed, Sarah Cardwell, in a
four-game battle. The Aussie won the first 11-7, but Fung fought back to
take the second on a tie-break, before then carrying the momentum
through the contest to reach the quarter finals with a surprise victory,
3-1.
She will now face another unseeded player in the last eight, in
Malaysia’s Ainaa Amani, after the 20-year-old got the better of another
Australian, in Alex Haydon. The young Malaysian was in complete control
against the tournament’s No.5 seed, winning in straight games in 26
minutes, to seal her spot in the quarters
Elsewhere, England’s No.2 seed Grace Gear scraped her way through, as
she had to go the distance to defeat young Malaysian star Aira Azman.
Gear had to come from behind twice to stay in the contest, before
eventually going on to win the fifth and move through to the quarter
finals.
There were also a couple of surprises in the men’s results in terms of
seeding in the second round, with Japan’s Ryunosuke Tsukue and Aussie
Rex Hedrick making it through. Tsukue got the better of Switzerland’s
No.8 seed Yannick Wilhelmi, while the home hope downed New Zealand’s
Lwamba Chileshe to advance.
The quarter finals of the Volkswagen Bega Open will take place on
Friday, September 2, with the last eight in both draws doing battle to
try and reach the semifinals of the Challenger 10 level tournament.
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Preview
The Volkswagen Bega Open takes place from Wednesday, August 31 to
Sunday, 4 September at the Bega Country Club.
The Challenger 10 level tournament will feature several members of the
world’s top 100 across both the men’s and women’s draws, and with three
players aiming to become the first two-time winner of the 2022-2023 PSA
World Tour campaign.
World No.36 Chan Sin Yuk will be the highest-ranked player in the
tournament, and one of those three, after her victory at the Costa North
Coast Open earlier this month. She will be joined in the women’s draw by
Malaysia’s Yee Xin Ying, who claimed her maiden title at the Alto Group
Pennant Hills NSW Squash Open last weekend.
England’s Grace Gear, Malaysia’s Chan Yiwen and Hong Kong’s Cheng Nga
Ching will be joined in the group of top eight seeds by the Australian
trio of Sarah Cardwell, Alex Haydon and Jessica Turnbull, who will all
be aiming to win on home soil this week.
Pakistan’s Muhammad Asim Khan will be the top seed for the men’s event,
with Hong Kong’s Tsz Kwan Lau and the Malaysian duo of Addeen Idrakie
and Mohammad Syafiq Kamal being the nearest contenders for the glory
come Sunday afternoon.
New Zealand’s Lwamba and Temwa Chileshe will be in action again this
week, with the latter aiming for his first title. Hong Kong’s Chi Him
Wong and Malaysia’s Darren Rahul Pragasam will also be seeded, alongside
Yannick Wilhelmi, one of two Swiss players in the draw, with NSW Open
finalist Robin Gadola being the other.
Rex Hedrick will be the leading Australian in the draw, and he will also
be the other player aiming to become the first two-time winner on Tour
this season, following his victory at the Costa North Coast Open,
alongside Chan Sin Yuk, at the start of August.
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