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NEW COMPETITION
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HONG
KONG OPEN 2007
5th-11th November 2007 |
Semi Final and Final
Hong Kong Hat-Tricks For Shabana & David
World number ones Amr Shabana and Nicol David secured
their third successive titles in
Hong Kong with victories over the second seeds the finals of the
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open Squash Championships.
Shabana beat
Australia's world champion David Palmer in the semi-finals of
the men's $120,000 PSA Super Series Platinum event. And,
after winning back-to-back titles over the past two weeks at the
Saudi International and Qatar Classic, the 28-year-old
from Cairo extended his winning streak to 15 matches with a 10-11
(1-3), 11-3, 11-6, 11-10 (3-1) victory in 61 minutes over Gregory
Gaultier, the world No3 from France.
"I'm very happy to win here in
Hong Kong for
the third time. It was a tough match, Greg is a great player and he
never gives up," Shabana said afterwards.
"I'm very happy with the way I'm playing now, I think I'm at my
peak, I just hope I carry on playing as good for the worlds later
this month."
Nicol David continued the form which she showed last week by
winning the Qatar Classic in
Doha - putting behind her the disappointment of a second round exit
in the World Open in Madrid. The 24-year-old from Malaysia
defeated England 'giant-killer' Vicky Botwright in the
semi-finals - then stormed to a 9-3, 9-5, 10-8 win over Australian
Tour rival Natalie Grinham in a 58-minute final.
"It's just nice at the moment to be getting the results again," said
David. "I've felt good all this week and last, and I just went in
today to play my best. This is my last tournament of the year so I
went in hoping for a good finish, especially after winning in
Qatar last week.
"Three-nil doesn't show how intense the match was, Natalie's a
strong fighter, you just have to keep going and hope to get the
win."
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Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open 2007
Men's Draw $120k
05-11 Nov
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Round One
Nov 07 |
Round Two
Nov 08 |
Quarters
Nov 09 |
Semis
Nov 10 |
Final
Nov 11 |
[1] Amr Shabana (Egy)
11/9, 11/6, 11/4 (35m)
Alister Walker (Eng) |
Amr
Shabana
11-5, 11-6, 11-8
(34m)
Ong Beng Hee |
Amr
Shabana
7-11, 11-7, 11-8,
11-7 (50m)
Wael El
Hindi |
Amr
Shabana
11-5, 11-5, 10-11
(0-2), 11-10 (3-1) (67m)
David
Palmer |
Amr
Shabana
10-11 (1-3), 11-3,
11-6, 11-10 (3-1) (61m)
Gregory Gaultier |
[12] Ong Beng Hee (Mas)
11/7, 8/11, 11/9, 11/3 (52m)
[Q] Dylan Bennett (Ned) |
[8] Wael El Hindi (Egy)
7/11, 11/4, 11/8, 11/6 (60m)
Renan Lavigne (Fra) |
Wael El
Hindi
11-8, 11-7, 10-11
(4-6), 11-9 (96m)
Joey Barrington |
[15] Cameron Pilley
(Aus)
11/6, 4/11, 11/6, 11/8 (68m)
Joey Barrington (Eng) |
[3] David Palmer
(Aus)
11/4, 11/3, 11/4 (27m)
[Q] Saurav Ghosal (Ind) |
David
Palmer
11-8, 11-5, 11-2
(39m)
Borja Golan |
David
Palmer
11-4, 11-7, 11-6
(38m)
Karim
Darwish |
[13] Borja Golan (Esp)
11/5, 11/8, 11/1 (40m)
Stacey Ross (Eng) |
[5] Karim Darwish (Egy)
w/o
Jonathan Kemp (Eng) |
Karim
Darwish
11-9, 11-6, 11-4
(37m)
Peter Barker |
[10] Peter Barker
(Eng)
11/3, 11/8, 11/4 (39m)
[Q] Aaron Frankcomb (Aus) |
[Q] Mark Krajcsak
(Hun)
9/11, 11/7, 11/6, 11/2 (40m)
[16] Hisham Ashour (Egy) |
Hisham
Ashour
11-5, 11-6, 11-2
(21m)
Lee Beachill |
Lee Beachill
11-8, 11-9, 11-4
(42m)
Thierry Lincou |
Thierry Lincou
9-11, 11-7, 11-10
(3-1), 11-9 (70m)
Gregory Gaultier |
[Q] Max Lee (Hkg)
11/2, 13/11, 11/7 (42m)
[7] Lee Beachill (Eng) |
[Q] Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy)
11/4, 11/6, 11/5 (34m)
[11] Azlan Iskandar (Mas) |
Azlan
Iskandar
11-7, 11-4, 11-5
(38m)
Thierry Lincou |
Bradley Ball (Eng)
11/5, 11/8, 11/3 (33m)
[4] Thierry Lincou (Fra) |
[Q] Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind)
11/6, 6/11, 9/11, 11/8, 11/5 (53m)
[14] Adrian Grant (Eng) |
Adrian Grant
11-8, 11-9, 11-10
(3-1) (80m)
Nick Matthew |
Nick Matthew
8-11, 11-4, 8-11,
11-2, 11-10 (2-0) (80m)
Gregory Gaultier |
Dick Lau (Hkg)
11/5, 11/7, 11/3 (32m)
[6] Nick Matthew (Eng) |
Kashif Shuja (Nzl)
11/8, 11/7, 11/8 (29m)
[9] Stewart Boswell (Aus) |
Stewart
Boswell
10-11 (0-2), 11-4,
11-4, 10-11 (2-4), 11-5 (72m)
Gregory Gaultier |
[Q] Chris Ryder (Eng)
11/7, 11/8, 11/8 (31m)
[2] Gregory Gaultier (Fra) |
Qualifying Finals, 6th Nov:
Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy) bt Steve Finitsis (Aus) 10/12, 11/7, 11/3, 11/3 (38m)
Mark Krajcsak (Hun) bt Jan Koukal (Cze) 12/10, 11/8, 10/12, 11/8 (72m)
Saurav Ghosal (Ind) bt Jesse Engelbrecht (Rsa) 11/5, 11/9, 11/5 (30m)
Max Lee (Hkg) bt Ali Anwar Reda (Egy) 11/8, 2/11, 5/11, 11/6, 11/7 (72m)
Aaron Frankcomb (Aus) bt Bradley Hindle (Aus) 11/6, 11/8, 11/7 (48m)
Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind) bt Chris Simpson (Eng) 4/11, 12/10, 11/7, 11/4 (42m)
Chris Ryder (Eng) bt Simon Rosner (Ger) 14/12, 11/5, 11/7 (45m)
Dylan Bennett (Ned) bt Adil Maqbool (Pak) 11/7, 7/11, 11/5,
11/1 (34m)
Qualifying 5th Nov:
Omar Abdel Aziz
(Egy) bt Roger Ngan (Hkg) 11/0, 11/6, 11/5 (18m)
Steve Finitsis (Aus) bt Wong King Ngo (Hkg) 11/2, 11/3, 11/4 (15m)
Mark Krajcsak (Hun) bt Fung Ngo Long (Hkg) 11/1, 11/3, 11/2 (18m)
Jan Koukal (Cze) bt Leo Au (Hkg) 11/7, 11/9, 11/1 (24m)
Saurav Ghosal (Ind) bt Choy Kit Lun (Hkg) 11/4, 11/3, 11/6 (18m)
Jesse Engelbrecht (Rsa) bt Chris Gordon (Usa) 11/4,
8/11, 11/1, 11/4 (34m)
Ali Anwar Reda (Egy) bt Fung Ji Yang (Hkg) 11/4, 11/3, 11/4 (16m)
Max Lee (Hkg) bt Sherif Kamel (Hkg) 11/8, 11/9, 3/11, 15/13 (69m)
Bradley Hindle (Aus) bt Yip Tsun Yuen (Hkg) 11/4, 11/4, 11/3 (16m)
Aaron Frankcomb (Aus) bt Hwang Joong-Won (Kor) 11/3,
11/3, 11/0 (21m)
Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind) bt Anson Kong (Hkg) 11/6, 11/8, 11/6 (27m)
Chris Simpson (Eng) bt Wong Hon Fung (Hkg) 11/3, 11/5, 11/7 (17m)
Simon Rosner (Ger) bt Wong Wai Hang (Hkg) 11/2, 11/9, 11/4 (34m)
Chris Ryder (Eng) bt Kwok Chun Lok (Hkg) 11/3, 11/3, 11/4 (19m)
Adil Maqbool (Pak) bt Nelson Chan (Hkg) 11/4, 11/7, 11/4 (22m)
Dylan Bennett (Ned) bt Chiu Ho Fai (Hkg) 11/4, 11/4, 11/2
(19m
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Cathay
Pacific Hong Kong Open 2007
Women's Draw $89k
05-11 Nov |
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Round One
Nov 07 |
Round Two
Nov 08 |
Quarters
Nov 09 |
Semis
Nov 10 |
Final
Nov 11 |
[1] Nicol David (Mas)
9/4, 9/0, 9/0 (19m)
Tricia Chuah (Mas) |
Nicol
David
9-5, 9-2, 9-4 (31m)
Annelize Naude |
Nicol
David
9-3, 9-2, 9-2 (24m)
Jenny Duncalf |
Nicol
David
3-9, 9-3, 9-5, 9-0
(53m)
Vicky
Botwright |
Nicol
David
9-3, 9-5, 10-8
(58m)
Natalie Grinham |
[16] Annelize Naude
(Ned)
4/9, 9/0, 10/9, 9/5 (58m)
[Q] Christina Mak (Hkg) |
[8] Vanessa Atkinson
(Ned)
9/3, 9/5, 9/1 (25m)
Elise Ng (Hkg) |
Vanessa
Atkinson
8-10, 9-4, 9-0, 9-1
(44m)
Jenny Duncalf |
[11] Jenny Duncalf
(Eng)
9/0, 9/5, 9/0 (30m)
[Q] Louise Crome (Nzl) |
[3] Rachael Grinham
(Aus)
9/4, 9/2, 9/1 (32m)
Lauren Briggs (Eng) |
Rachael
Grinham
9-5, 9-4, 10-8
(40m)
Laura Lengthorn-Massaro |
Rachael
Grinham
5-9, 9-6, 10-9, 9-4
(58m)
Vicky
Botwright |
[9] Laura
Lengthorn-Massaro (Eng)
9/4, 9/4, 9/5 (42m)
Raneem El Weleily (Egy) |
[6] Vicky Botwright
(Eng)
9/2, 9/7, 5/9, 9/1 (36m)
[Q] Peta Hughes (Aus) |
Vicky
Botwright
9-5, 9-4, 9-3 (32m)
Rebecca Chiu |
[13] Rebecca Chiu
(Hkg)
9/2, 9/10, 10/8, 9/4 (42m)
Annie Au (Hkg) |
Dominique Lloyd-Walter
(Eng)
9/3, 9/3, 9/0 (42m)
[10] Shelley Kitchen (Nzl) |
Shelley
Kitchen
3-9, 9-2, 2-9, 9-2,
9-2 (56m)
Natalie Grainger |
Natalie Grainger
9-5, 9-6, 9-5 (32m)
Alison
Waters |
Natalie Grainger
9-5, 9-3, 9-0 (27m)
Natalie Grinham |
Jaclyn Hawkes (Nzl)
9/5, 9/1, 9/5 (31m)
[5] Natalie Grainger (Usa) |
Sharon Wee (Mas)
9/3, 9/1, 9/2 (23m)
[13] Alison Waters (Eng) |
Alison
Waters
9-1, 9-2, 9-2 (25m)
Tenille Swartz |
[Q] Tenille Swartz
(Rsa)
w/o
[4] Tania Bailey (Eng) |
[Q] Amelia Pittock (Aus)
9/5, 9/2, 9/1 (35m)
[15] Kasey Brown (Aus) |
Kasey Brown
10-8, 9-10, 9-0, 3-9,
9-4 (68m)
Omneya Abdel Kawy |
Omneya Abdel Kawy
9-0, 9-3, 9-2 (26m)
Natalie Grinham |
[Q] Sarah Kippax (Eng)
9/7, 9/3, 9/3 (39m)
[7] Omneya Abdel Kawy (Egy) |
[Q] Manuela Manetta (Ita)
9/2, 9/10, 9/3, 9/0 (45m)
[14] Engy Kheirallah (Egy) |
Engy
Kheirallah
9-5, 9-7, 9-5 (40m)
Natalie Grinham |
[Q] Suzie Pierrepont
(Eng)
9/2, 9/3, 9/2 (20m)
[2] Natalie Grinham (Aus) |
Qualifying Finals, 6th Nov:
Louise Crome
(Nzl) bt Park Eun-Ok (Kor) 9/3, 9/6, 9/1 (29m)
Christina Mak (Hkg) bt Adel Weir (Rsa) 9/4, 9/2, 9/3 (25m)
Suzie Pierrepont (Eng) bt Line Hansen (Den) 9/4, 9/5, 9/5 (41m)
Amelia Pittock (Aus) bt Chiu Ka Kei (Hkg) 9/2, 9/0, 9/1 (15m)
Peta Hughes (Aus) bt Joey Chan (Hkg) 9/5, 10/8, 9/4 (49m)
Sarah Kippax (Eng) bt Joshna Chinappa (Ind) 9/3, 9/3, 9/4 (33m)
Tenille Swartz (Rsa) bt Aisling Blake (Irl) 4/9, 9/3, 9/7, 9/7
Manuela Manetta (Ita) bt Leung Shin-nga (Hkg) 9/5, 9/1, 9/5
(25m)
Qualifying, 5th Nov:
Park Eun-Ok (Kor) bt Carmen Lee (Hkg) 9/4, 9/1, 9/0 (21m)
Christina Mak (Hkg) bt Szeto Ka-Hei (Hkg) 9/1, 9/4, 9/1 (14m)
Adel Weir (Rsa) bt Karla Chong (Hkg) 9/0, 9/0, 8/10, 9/1 (28m)
Suzie Pierrepont (Eng) bt Tong Tsz-Wing (Hkg) 9/3, 9/2, 9/1 (26m)
Chiu Ka Kei (Hkg) bt Emma Pike (Aus) 9/2, 9/2, 9/0 (16m)
Joey Chan (Hkg) bt Ko Sin-Ting (Hkg) 9/6, 9/0, 9/2 (21m)
Joshna Chinappa (Ind) bt Karman Siu (Hkg) 9//1, 9/4, 9/5 (15m)
Aisling Blake (Irl) bt Liu Tsz-Ling (Hkg) 9/1, 9/0, 9/2 (16m)
Leung Shin-nga (Hkg) bt Chan Wing-Hei (Hkg) 9/7, 9/0, 9/4
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Reports
Q/Finals
Botwright Beats World Champion Grinham In
Hong Kong
England's Vicky Botwright produced the best performance of her career
in the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open Squash Championships to beat
Australia's recently-crowned World Open champion Rachael Grinham
to claim a place in the semi-finals of the $89,000 women's WISPA Platinum
event in Hong Kong.
Defending champion Amr Shabana led the top four seeds through to the
semi-finals of the men's $120,000 PSA Super Series Platinum
championship.
Botwright, the sixth seed from
Manchester, fought back from a game down to defeat third seed Grinham, who
is also the reigning British Open champion, 5-9, 9-6, 10-9, 9-4 in 58
minutes.
The
England number three now faces top seed Nicol David, the defending
champion from Malaysia who defeated Jenny Duncalf, the No11 seed from
England, 9-3, 9-2, 9-2.
The
standout match in the men's event saw second seed Gregory Gaultier,
the British Open champion from France, taken the full distance by
sixth seed Nick Matthew, the US Open champion from England, before
clinching an 8-11, 11-4, 8-11, 11-2, 11-10 (2-0) victory in 80 minutes.
Gaultier will face fellow Frenchman Thierry Lincou in the semi-finals
after the fourth seed beat
England's No7 seed Lee Beachill 11-8, 11-9, 11-4. The French pair go
into their third Tour meeting this year, with honours shared.
Second Round
Duncalf Ditches Atkinson In Hong Kong Upset
The only upset in the second round of the Cathay Pacific Hong
Kong Open Squash Championships came in the women's event when
England's Jenny Duncalf despatched former world champion
Vanessa Atkinson, the No8 seed, to take an unexpected
place in the quarter-finals of the $89,000 WISPA Platinum
event.
The top eight seeds secured their anticipated places in the last
eight of the men's $120,000 PSA Super Series Platinum event,
led by defending champion Amr Shabana with a straight games
win over
Malaysia's Ong Beng Hee.
Jenny Duncalf, the No11 seed who celebrates her 25th
birthday on Saturday, recovered from a game down to topple Atkinson
8-10, 9-4, 9-0, 9-1 in 44 minutes. The
England international from Harrogate in Yorkshire will now face top
seed Nicol David for a place in the semi-finals.
Defending champion David, the world number one, defeated Dutch
opponent Annelize Naude, the 16th seed, 9-5, 9-2,
9-4.
With successive victories in last month's Saudi International
and last week's Qatar Classic, Amr Shabana notched up his 12th
successive PSA Tour match win when he beat 12th seed Ong
Beng Hee 11-5, 11-6, 11-8 in 34 minutes to claim his quarter-final
berth. The event favourite will now face compatriot Wael El Hindi,
the No8 seed who ended Joey Barrington's run, beating the
unseeded Englishman 11-8, 11-7, 10-11 (4-6), 11-9 in 96 minutes.
Second seed Gregory Gaultier was taken the full distance by
ninth seed Stewart Boswell before beating the Australian
10-11 (0-2), 11-4, 11-4, 10-11 (2-4), 11-5 in 72 minutes.
1st Round
Joey Into Last Sixteen
In Hong Kong Open
England's Joey Barrington caused
the only upset on the opening day of main draw action in the
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open Squash Championships when he
defeated Australia's 15th seed Cameron Pilley in
the first round of the long-established men's $120,000 PSA Super
Series Platinum event in
Hong Kong.
Qualifier Tenille Swartz earned a surprise berth in the last
sixteen of the women's $89,000 WISPA Platinum event - but the
20-year-old South African was the lucky recipient of a walkover when
Tania Bailey, the fourth seed from
England, was advised to withdraw from the event by the England team
physiotherapist, as the result of an adductor strain.
True to form, Joey Barrington wore his Australian opponent down in a
marathon encounter, beating the 25-year-old from
New South Wales 6-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-8 in 68 minutes.
Barrington, the 27-year-old son of British squash legend Jonah
Barrington, the six-time British Open champion, now goes on to
face Egypt's Wael El Hindi for a place in the
quarter-finals. The eighth seed from Giza - who is also coached by
Barrington senior - defeated Frenchman Renan Lavigne 7-11,
11-4, 11-8, 11-6.
Defending champion Amr Shabana enjoyed a comfortable 11-9,
11-6, 11-4 first round win over
England's Alister Walker. The top seed from Egypt, who is
bidding to win his third PSA Super Series Platinum title in
as many weeks, will now face Malaysia's Ong Beng Hee after
the 12th seed beat Dutch qualifier Dylan Bennett
11-7, 8-11, 11-9, 11-3.
Favourite Nicol David earned the swiftest win in the women's
event. The 24-year-old world number one despatched unseeded
compatriot Tricia Chuah 9-4, 9-0, 9-0 in just 19 minutes.
The defending champion, winner of last week's Qatar Classic
in Doha, will now meet Dutch player Annelize Naude after the
16th seed beat Hong Kong qualifier Christina Mak
4-9, 9-0, 10-9, 9-5.
Max &
Mak Make
Hong Kong
Open Draws
Max
Lee
and Christina Mak delighted the local crowds at the Cathay Pacific
Hong Kong Open Squash Championships after securing places in the main
draw of the long-established World Tour event in
Hong
Kong.
Lee
became the lowest-ranked player to claim a place in the first round of the
men's $120,000 PSA Super Series Platinum event when he defeated
Mohd Ali Anwar Reda - fighting back from 1/2 down to beat the Egyptian
11-8, 2-11, 5-11, 11-6, 11-7 in 72 minutes.
Lee
will take on
England's seventh seed Lee Beachill - while India's Saurav Ghosal
earned his debut in the Super Series event when he beat South African
Jesse Engelbrecht 11-5, 11-9, 11-5 in the qualifying finals.
Gaurav,
who lines up against Australia's world champion David Palmer, will be
joined in the main draw by compatriot Ritwik Bhattacharya after the
28-year-old from New Delhi beat England's Chris Simpson 4-11, 11-10
(2-0), 11-7, 11-4.
Christina Mak's 9-4, 9-2, 9-3 victory over South Africa's Adel Weir
in the women's qualifying finals expands local interest in the $89,000
WISPA Platinum event to four players. Mak will meet Annelize Naude,
the 16th seed from the
Netherlands in the first round, while two Hong Kong compatriots Rebecca
Chiu and Annie Au will face each other for a place in the second
round.
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