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NSW Open 2022
- Alto Group Pennant Hills |
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NSW Open 2022
Men's Draw
25 - 28 Aug
Sydney, Australia, $3k |
Final:
[3] Abhay Singh (IND) bt [2] Robin Gadola (SUI) 15-13, 11-9, 1-11,
11-8 (55m)
Semi-finals:
[3] Abhay Singh (IND) bt [1] Yannick Wilhelmi (SUI) 2-11, 11-7,
11-9, 6-11, 11-7 (61m)
[2] Robin Gadola (SUI) bt [5] Rhys Dowling (AUS) 12-10, 8-11, 11-8, 11-5
(48m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Yannick Wilhelmi (SUI) bt [7] Matthew Lai (HKG) 11-3, 11-9, 11-7
(29m)
[3] Abhay Singh (IND) bt [8] Chung Yat Long (HKG) 11-7, 11-2, 11-6 (18m)
[5] Rhys Dowling (AUS) bt [4] Robert Andrew Garcia (PHI) 12-10, 11-5,
6-11, 11-8 (42m)
[2] Robin Gadola (SUI) bt [6] Harley Lam (HKG) 13-11, 11-3, 11-7 (30m)
1st round:
[1] Yannick Wilhelmi (SUI) bt Damon MacMillan (AUS) 11-7, 10-12, 11-5,
4-11, 11-7
[7] Matthew Lai (HKG) bt [WC] Rohan Toole (AUS) 11-2, 11-8, 11-6
[8] Chung Yat Long (HKG) bt Wailok To (HKG) 11-9, 4-11, 11-3, 9-11, 11-1
[3] Abhay Singh (IND) bt Joel Arscott (NZL) 11-6, 11-9, 11-7
[4] Robert Andrew Garcia (PHI) bt Amir Amirul (MAS) 11-7, 4-11, 11-5,
11-5
[5] Rhys Dowling (AUS) bt Manu Paquemar (FRA) 13-11, 11-3, 11-6
[6] Harley Lam (HKG) bt James Lloyd (AUS) 11-8, 11-3, 11-6
[2] Robin Gadola (SUI) bt Nicholas Calvert (AUS) 11-6, 11-7, 11-3 |
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NSW Open 2022
Women's Draw
25 - 28 Aug
Sydney, Australia, $3k |
Final:
[2] Yee Xin Ying (MAS) bt [1] Cheng Nga Ching (HKG) 11-7, 14-16,
9-11, 11-6, 11-3 (44m)
Semi-finals:
[2] Yee Xin Ying (MAS) bt [3] Aira Azman (MAS) 5-11, 7-11, 11-8,
12-10, 11-4 (35m)
[1] Cheng Nga Ching (HKG) bt [4] Celine Walser (SUI) 7-11, 6-11, 11-8,
11-4, 12-10 (43m)
Quarter-finals:
[2] Yee Xin Ying (MAS) bt [7] Ching Hei Fung (HKG) 5-11, 11-6, 11-5,
7-11, 11-7 (44m)
[3] Aira Azman (MAS) bt [5] Akari Midorikawa (JPN) 11-9, 13-11, 11-7
(27m)
[4] Celine Walser (SUI) bt [8] Urwashi Joshi (IND) 11-3, 11-9, 11-6
(17m)
[1] Cheng Nga Ching (HKG) bt [6] Sehveetrraa Kumar (MAS) 9-11, 13-11,
11-8, 11-4 (37m)
1st round:
[2] Yee Xin Ying (MAS) bye
[7] Ching Hei Fung (HKG) v [WC] Maggie Goodman (AUS)
[5] Akari Midorikawa (JPN) v Riffat Khan (PAK)
[3] Aira Azman (MAS) v Noor Ul Huda (PAK)
[4] Celine Walser (SUI) v Jennifer Condie (AUS)
[8] Urwashi Joshi (IND) v Sze Yu Lee (AUS)
[6] Sehveetrraa Kumar (MAS) v Aiman Shahbaz (PAK)
[1] Cheng Nga Ching (HKG) bye |
Singh
and Ying Victorious In Sydney
Yee Xin Ying
with the NSW Squash Open trophy
The Alto Group Pennant Hills NSW Squash Open came to its conclusion on
Sunday at the Thornleigh Squash Centre in Sydney, Australia, with
India’s Abhay Singh and Malaysian Yee Xin Ying taking home the
Challenger 3 level titles.
The young Malaysian, who remains a junior until November, received a bye
through the opening round in Sydney, before then going to five games in
her quarter final contest against Hong Kong’s Ching Hei Fung, dealing
with a comeback from the tournament’s No.7 seed to advance.
She then had to come from two games down to defeat compatriot and No.3
seed Aira Azman in the semi-finals. Azman held a two-game lead after
some decent squash in the opening exchanges, but Ying fought back, with
a tie-break victory in the fourth being crucial en route to the
completion of her comeback. That 12-10 win in kept the momentum in her
favour, and she went on to win the fifth 11-4 to book a spot in the
final.
The final saw the young Malaysian take on Hong Kong’s Cheng Nga Ching,
the tournament’s top seed, for the crown. She won the first, but saw
Ching take the second after a lengthy ie-break, 16-14. Ying then found
herself behind after three games, but regrouped to fight back, dropping
just nine points across the final two games of the competition, to win
in five and claim her maiden title on Tour.
In the men’s draw, India’s Abhay Singh started the week as the No.3
seed, and he dispatched New Zealand’s Joel Arscott in the opening round,
before then also getting the better of No.8 seed Chung Yat Long in
straight games to advance to the semi-finals of the event.
In the last four, he took on the tournament’s top seed, Switzerland’s
Yannick Wilhelmi, and went behind early after a fast start from the
Swiss star. The pair were level after four games, but it was Singh that
was able to up his game in the deciding game to advance through to
another final in 2022.
The final saw the Indian take on another man from Switzerland, in the
form of No.2 seed Robin Gadola. Singh took the first game 15-13, and
that was crucial for the contest, as he then also won a tight second
game. Gadola fought back to win the third, but it did not fluster Singh,
who regrouped to take the fourth, and with it, claim his third title of
the year.
Abhay Singh
with the trophy at the NSW Open
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Seeds All
Through Opening Day’s Play
The opening day of the Alto Group Pennant Hills NSW Squash Open took
place at the Thornleigh Squash Centre in Sydney, Australia on Thursday
afternoon, with all of the top seeds making their way into the quarter
finals of the competition.
14 matches were played on the opening day of the Challenger 3 level
tournament, which features both a men’s and women’s draw, with the top
two women’s seeds receiving byes through the opening day’s action.
The six women’s matches that took place on the opening day were all won
in straight games by the seeded players. No.3 seed Aira Azman, who is
actually the highest-ranked player in the tournament following her
maiden win on Tour last month, came through her first match of the
tournament against Pakistan’s Nour ul Huda with ease, dropping just six
points in an 11-1, 11-2, 11-3 victory.
Elsewhere, there were comfortable wins for Azman’s compatriot
Sehveetrraa Kumar, No.4 seed Celine Walser, Japan’s Akari Midorikawa,
India’s Urwashi Joshi and Hong Kong’s No.7 seed Ching Hei Fung.
The men’s first round saw some closer fixtures, with top seed Yannick
Wilhelmi being pushed all the way to five in his opening day clash with
Australia’s Damon MacMillan. Wilhelmi took the lead on two occasions
only to see the Aussie fight back to level the match. However, he was
able to come through in the end, winning the deciding game 11-7 to book
his place in the last eight.
Hong Kong’s Chung Yat Long, the No.8 seed for the men’s competition,
also had to go the distance in his first round contest, as he defeated
compatriot Wailok To in a fifth game. Filipino No.1 Robert Andrew Garcia
was the only other member of the top eight seeds to drop a game on
Thursday, in a four-game win over Malaysia’s Amir Amirul.
The quarter finals of the Alto Group Pennant Hills NSW Squash Open will
take place on Friday, August 26, with the top eight seeds in both draws
going head-to-head for places in the semi-finals of the Challenger 3
level tournament in Sydney, Australia.
For more information on the event, visit the tournament
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