Malaysian Tour Circuit No10 2014 Kelantan, Malaysia, $5
Craig Marks WSA Century With Title Triumph
New Zealand's Megan Craig had to overcome a trio of
Malaysians en-route to winning the Malaysian Tour Squash Circuit
No10, the WSA Tour 5 event at the Explore Fit Squash &
Fitness Centre in Kota Bharu in the Malaysian state of
Kelantan.
The 21-year-old from Blenheim reached her first WSA Tour final since
becoming the New Zealand national champion for the first time in
August when she beat No4 seed Zulhijjah Binti Azan.
Her opponent Rachel Arnold defeated higher-ranked fellow
Malaysian Vanessa Raj in the other semi, also in straight
games.
Third seed Arnold took the opening game in the final, but favourite
Craig came bouncing back to take the next three to close out the
match 8-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-3.
The final marked Craig's 100th match on the WSA World Tour - and the
win took her title haul to six over the last three years.
Craig now moves onto Penang where she is the fourth seed in the
WSA Penang Open.
RESULTS: Malaysian Tour Squash Circuit No10, Kota Bharu,
Kelantan, Malaysia
1st round:
[6] Zoe Foo (MAS) bt Siti Nur Fadilah (MAS) 11-4,
11-3, 11-1
[7] Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS) bt Nur Syazwani Atikah
(MAS) 11-6, 11-7, 12-10 Satomi Watanabe (JPN) bt [8] Noor Shadira (MAS) 12-10,
9-11, 12-10, 11-8
[5] Teh Min Jie (MAS) bt Nur Syazreen (MAS) 11-5,
11-4, 11-2
