Millie Tomlinson
11/7, 11/4, 11/6 (30m) Sam Cornett
[Q] Nayelly Hernandez (Mex)
11/2, 11/3, 11/9 [2] Sam Cornett(Can)
Cornett
Crowned Delaware Open Champion
Canada'sSamantha
Cornettclaimed the
biggestWSA World Tourtitle
of her life when she beat Pakistan'sMaria
Toorpakai Wazirin the
final of theCSC Delaware
Open, theWSA
Challenger 10squash
event in its fifth year atVicmead
Hunt ClubinWilmingtonin
the US state of Delaware.
Second seed Cornett, the world No.32 from
Ottawa, secured her anticipated in the final without dropping a game -
overcoming third-seeded New ZealanderAmanda
Landers-Murphyin the
semi-finals to reach the 11th Tour final of her career, and her third in
Delaware.
By contrast, Toronto-based Wazir battled
through the qualifiers before beginning a sensational giant-killing run
through the event after scalpingTesni
Evans, the top seed from Wales, in the opening round.
The powerful 24-year-old from Peshawar
went on to take out Egypt's fifth seedNouran El Torky, then Welsh
opponentDeon Saffery,
the No.4 seed, to earn her second shock appearance in a WSA Tour final
this year!
After Cornett took the first game, Wazir
quickly opened up an 8-2 lead in the second before closing out the game
to draw level.
24-year-old Cornett reclaimed the lead
after taking a hard-fought third game.
"In the fourth,
Cornett looked like a woman possessed,"said
tournament promoterRay Chan-A-Sue."She
came out and kept the pressure up from the previous game, really moving
Toorpakai and pouncing on anything loose.
"A tiring Toorpakai had finally run out
of tricks and was done and dusted. Cornett closed out the game and
clinched her first Delaware title on her third try."
Cornett was delighted
with her fifth and biggest WSA Tour title:"I
really enjoyed the match today, and felt quite calm and in control of
myself. This helped me a lot especially as points started rolling away
from me and toward her.
"I was able to focus
on what was important in the moment, which was a combination of strategy
and managing my energy levels,"continued
the Canadian number one.
"In the second game she made me do a lot
of work, and I knew that was not how I would win the match, so I turned
around in the third and fourth and did that right back to her - an
adjustment I'm proud of!
"Maria and I both had a big week of
squash and I'm pleased to have finished the week on such a solid note.
"This whole week has been so enjoyable,
from the Vicmead Hunt Club atmosphere, to my beautiful billet family,
the Wards, to the great squash I've played. One of my very favourite
tournaments!! Right up there with Cayman Islands, even though it's the
dead of winter here, it's that good!!"