Final:
England's world No1 Cassie Campion celebrated her first WISPA World Tour
title of the new millennium when she stormed to a 9-3 4-9 9-2 9-2 victory
over great rival Leilani Joyce, the world No2 from New Zealand, in the 49-minute final.
It was a dazzling display from the world's top two women players in the
climax of the debut Dallas Open. The 27-year-old world champion from Norfolk
registered her second win over the New Zealander in a month - after losing to
Joyce, 26, from Hamilton, in last December's British Open final in Scotland.
The pair are seeded to meet again in the USA in a week's time - in the final
of the Bright Lights Las Vegas Open on Sunday 14th May.
Semi-Finals:
Cassie Campion and Leilani Joyce will meet in the expected
final, but both had to work hard to assure their final places.
Campion lost a tight first game to Linda
Charman, 10-9, but reasserted herself to take the next three, 9-3 9-6
9-1. Leilani also lost the first game - 0-9 to Natalie Grainger. She
also took the next three, 9-6 9-2 and 10-8. The final will be their
second meeting since Leilani took the British
Open in December - Cassie gaining revenge for that defeat with a
3-2 win in the Grand Prix Finals
last month.
Quarter-Finals:
England's world No1 and world champion Cassie Campion beat compatriot
Stephanie Brind 9-5 9-7 9-4 to become the only player to survive the
quarter-finals without conceding a game.
The Yorkshire-based 27-year-old from Norfolk, the top seed, now faces
England team-mate Linda Charman, her third successive British opponent,
in the semi-finals. Charman, the 3rd seed from Sussex, overcame
stiff resistance from Germany's world No8 Sabine Schoene before winning
9-2 8-10 10-8 9-7.
New Zealand's British Open champion Leilani Joyce stands in the way of
an all-English final. The 26-year-old second seed from Hamilton defeated
Australia's Rachael Grinham 9-7 9-2 3-9 9-3 and now faces England's
world No5 Natalie Grainger after the Nottingham-based 22-year-old's 9-5
9-3 1-9 9-5 quarter-final victory over compatriot Jenny Tranfield.
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