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Open des Bretzels 2023
Women's Draw
03 - 07 May
Mulhouse, France, $6k |
Final:
[9/16] Ingy Hammouda (EGY) v [9/16] Lauren Baltayan (FRA)
Semi-finals:
[9/16] Ingy Hammouda (EGY) bt [4] Léa Barbeau (FRA) 12-10, 11-8,
11-5 (26m)
[9/16] Lauren Baltayan (FRA) bt [1] Élise Romba (FRA) 11-8, 11-7, 11-9
(25m)
Quarter-finals:
[9/16] Ingy Hammouda (EGY) bt [2] Ambre Allinckx (SUI) 8-11, 11-5,
11-7, 11-5 (30m)
[4] Léa Barbeau (FRA) bt [9/16] Ninon Lemarchand (FRA) 11-6, 8-11, 11-0,
11-4 (28m)
[9/16] Lauren Baltayan (FRA) bt [3] Asia Harris (ENG) 11-7, 4-11, 11-8,
11-6 (36m)
[1] Élise Romba (FRA) bt [8] Ella Galova (FRA) 11-7, 11-8, 11-4 (23m)
2nd round:
[2] Ambre Allinckx (SUI) bt [9/16] Juliette Permentier (NED) 11-3,
11-4, 11-4 (17m)
[9/16] Ingy Hammouda (EGY) bt [5] Celine Walser (SUI) 11-6, 11-5, 11-7
(20m)
[9/16] Ninon Lemarchand (FRA) bt [6] Taba Taghavi (FRA) 4-11, 15-13,
11-9, 7-11, 11-9 (50m)
[4] Léa Barbeau (FRA) bt [9/16] Catarina Nunes (POR) 9-11, 11-6, 11-4,
11-3
[3] Asia Harris (ENG) bt [9/16] Ona Blasco (ESP) 8-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-7
(20m)
[9/16] Lauren Baltayan (FRA) bt [7] Nour Ramy (EGY) 11-6, 11-9, 11-8
(29m)
[8] Ella Galova (FRA) bt [9/16] Sofia Aveiro Pita (POR) 11-5, 11-4, 11-6
(17m)
[1] Élise Romba (FRA) bt [9/16] Chloe Foster (WAL) 11-9, 11-7, 7-11,
15-13 (32m)
1st round:
[2] Ambre Allinckx (SUI) bye
[9/16] Juliette Permentier (NED) bt [WC] Elfi Markus (NED) 12-10, 11-7,
11-3 (20m)
[9/16] Ingy Hammouda (EGY) bt Emma Hodapp (FRA) 11-2, 11-5, 11-2 (15m)
[5] Celine Walser (SUI) bye
[6] Taba Taghavi (FRA) bye
[9/16] Ninon Lemarchand (FRA) bt Olivia Besant (ENG) 9-11, 11-9, 11-7,
11-4 (25m)
[9/16] Catarina Nunes (POR) bt Lilou-Brévard Belliot (FRA) 11-3, 11-3,
11-6 (18m)
[4] Léa Barbeau (FRA) bye
[3] Asia Harris (ENG) bye
[9/16] Ona Blasco (ESP) bt [WC] Inès Guyot (FRA) 11-3, 11-8, 11-6 (25m)
[9/16] Lauren Baltayan (FRA) bt [WC] Rose Lucas-Marcuzzo (FRA) 11-7,
11-6, 11-5 (20m)
[7] Nour Ramy (EGY) bye
[8] Ella Galova (FRA) bye
[9/16] Sofia Aveiro Pita (POR) bt [WC] Sara Bonmalais (FRA) 11-7, 11-7,
11-5 (20m)
[9/16] Chloe Foster (WAL) bt Alina Poessl (SUI) 7-11, 11-6, 11-8, 4-11,
11-7 (32m)
[1] Élise Romba (FRA) bye |
Final
Baltayan Claims Maiden Title On Home Soil
Lauren Baltayan (right) with the Open des Bretzels
trophy
France’s Lauren Baltayan secured her first Tour title, as she defeated
Egypt’s Ingy Hammouda in the final of the Open des Bretzels.
Baltayan came into the Challenger 5 level women’s competition unseeded,
and she as featuring in just her third tournament on the Tour.
The Frenchwoman, who resides in Cairo, started her week with
back-to-back straight games victories. She got the better of wildcard
Rose Lucas Marcuzzo in the opening round, before then downing No.7 seed
Nour Ramy in under half an hour to reach the quarter finals.
In the last eight, she came up against No.3 seed Asia Harris, and
celebrated her 16th birthday with a win. She had lost to the
Englishwoman in the final of the European U19 Team Championships a month
earlier, but got revenge for that defeat. Baltayan downed Harris in four
games to book her semi-final spot.
She followed that with a win in an all-French clash, beating Elise Romba.
Romba was the top seed for the tournament, but the 16-year-old downed
her compatriot in straight games. That set up a clash with Egypt’s Ingy
Hammouda in the final.
Hammouda was also unseeded, and had defeated three of the top five seeds
to make the final. It was Baltayan in control throughout though, as she
won the opening two games. She lost the third 11-3, but bounced back
brilliantly to reverse that scoreline in the fourth, to claim her maiden
Tour title. |
Preview
Elise Romba, pictured at the Open de France de Squash in September
The only event taking place on European soil this week on Tour will be
the Open des Bretzels, which kicks off on Wednesday in France.
Espace Squash 3000 in Mulhouse will play host to the Challenger 5 level
women’s competition, which returns to the calendar for the first time
since 2021. Frenchwoman Enora Villard defeated Hungarian Hannah Chukwu
in the final two years ago, and there will be several home hopes aiming
to keep the trophy in France this week.
There will be four French women among the top eight seeds. Elise Romba
will be the top seed for the competition this week in Mulhouse. She will
be joined by compatriots Lea Barbeau, Taba Taghavi and Ella Galova in
that top eight bracket.
There will be a further six home hopes in action this week. Lauren
Baltayan, who featured at the Black Ball Squash Open earlier this year,
will be among them. Ninon Lemarchand, Lilou Brevard-Belliot and the
wildcard trio of Ines Guyot, Sara Bonmalais and Rose Lucas Marcuzzo will
all feature.
The Swiss duo of Ambre Allinckx and Celine Walser, along with England’s
Asia Harris, and Egypt’s Nour Ramy will make up the rest of the top
eight seeds for the Challenger 5 level draw. The Netherlands, Portugal
and Spain will be the other three nations represented in this week’s
event.
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