PSA Masters and WISPA Grand Prix Finals 2002
Doha, Qatar, 23-28 April


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Fitz-Gerald and Power retain titles
Robert Edwards reports from Qatar  

Sun 28th - the Finals:

Sarah Fitz-Gerald bt Carol Owens
6-9, 5-9, 9-5, 9-7, 9-4  84m
Jonathon Power bt Stewart Boswell
15-10, 15-7, 8-15, 15-13  85m

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PSA Masters 2002, 23-28 Apr, $100k

1st round
23rd/24th April
2nd round
Thu 25th
Quarters
Fri 26th
Semi-Finals
Sat 27th
    Final    
Sun 28th
[1] Peter Nicol (Eng)
15-6, 15-10, 15-10  40m
Rodney Durbach (Rsa)
Peter Nicol
17-15, 15-12, 15-7  65m
Joseph Kneipp
Peter Nicol

15-7, 15-5, 15-14  43m

Karim Darwish

Peter Nicol
 

15-10, 15-13, 7-15, 12-15, 15-7  92m

Jonathon Power

Jonathon Power

 

15-10, 15-7, 8-15, 15-13  85m

 

Stewart
Boswell

[11] Chris Walker (Eng)
15-12, 15-12, 15-8  41m
Joseph Kneipp (Aus)
[7] Ong Beng Hee (Mas)
12-15, 15-8, 15-9, 15-8
Mohammed Abbas (Egy)
 Ong Beng Hee
3-15, 15-1, 15-11, 8-15, 15-6  67m
Karim Darwish
[16] Del Harris (Eng)
11-15, 15-12, 15-12, 15-11  75m
Karim Darwish (Egy)
[4] Jonathon Power (Can)
15-10, 17-16, 15-4 (47m)
Renan Lavigne (Fra)
Jonathon Power
15-12, 15-13, 15-2 (50m)
Paul Price
Jonathon Power

15-9, 15-13, 15-6  45m

Amr Shabana

[9] Paul Price (Aus)
15-7, 15-8, 15-12  (33m)
Tommy Berden (Ned)
[8] David Evans (Wal)
15-8, 15-14, 15-13 (53m)
Shahid Zaman (Pak)
Shahid Zaman
15-12, 15-8, 15-7  44m
Amr Shabana
[15] Paul Johnson (Eng)
13-15, 15-8, 15-12, 15-6 (69m)
Amr Shabana (Egy)
[13] Alex Gough (Wal)
15-11, 7-15, 15-13, 15-3  (52m)
Olli Tuominen (Fin)

Alex Gough
15-4, 7-0 ret (14m)
Stewart Boswell

Stewart Boswell

15-5, 14-17, 15-9, 15-6  80m

 Lee Beachill

Stewart Boswell

 

15-9, 15-10, 12-15, 15-4  75m

 

David Palmer

[6] Stewart Boswell (Aus)
15-10, 7-15, 15-6, 15-4 (85m)
Simon Parke (Eng)
[12] Lee Beachill (Eng)
15-9, 15-10, 15-9  (55m)
Graham Ryding (Can)
 Lee Beachill
13-15, 15-10, 15-13, 15-5 (69m)
John White
[3] John White (Sco)
15-9, 15-12, 15-12  (35m)
Stefan Casteleyn (Bel)
[14] Martin Heath (Sco)
12-15, 10-15, 15-9, 15-11, 15-4  82m
Nick Taylor (Eng)
Nick Taylor
15-6, 15-10, 15-4  48m
Thierry Lincou

Thierry Lincou

13-15, 15-12, 15-11, 12-15, 15-11  115m

David Palmer

[5] Thierry Lincou (Fra)
15-9, 15-13, 15-8  53m
Omar Elborolossy (Egy)
[10] Mark Chaloner (Eng)
3-15, 15-13, 15-11, 15-8  61m
John Williams (Aus)
Mark Chaloner
15-12, 17-14, 15-7  67m
David Palmer
[2] David Palmer (Aus)
10-15, 15-8, 15-10, 15-10  62m
Anthony Ricketts (Aus)
  

 

WISPA Grand Prix Finals 2002
24-28 April, Doha Qatar, $60k

FINAL
[1] Sarah Fitz-Gerald (Aus) bt[2] Carol Owens (Nzl)   6-9, 5-9, 9-5, 9-7, 9-4  84m

SEMI-FINALS
[1] Sarah Fitz-Gerald (Aus) bt  [3] Cassie Campion (Eng) 9-2, 6-9, 9-6, 7-9, 9-7  79m
[2] Carol Owens (Nzl) bt [4] Linda Charman-Smith (Eng) 9-1, 9-0, 9-2  30m

Pool A Pool B
[1] Sarah Fitz-Gerald (Aus)  P3 W3 [2] Carol Owens (Nzl)  P3 W3
[4] Linda Charman-Smith (Eng) P3 W2 [3] Cassie Campion (Eng)  P3 W2
[5] Stephanie Brind (Eng)  P3 W1 [7] Rachael Grinham (Aus)  P3 W1
[8] Suzanne Horner (Eng)  P3 W0 [6] Fiona Geaves (Eng)  P3 W0
 
Round Three:
Sarah Fitz-Gerald bt  Suzanne Horner  9-0, 9-4, 9-2  48m
Linda Charman-Smith bt Stephanie Brind  9-7, 9-3, 9-2  33m

Carol Owens bt Cassie Campion  9-3, 9-5, 9-3
Rachael Grinham bt Fiona Geaves  3-9, 9-4, 6-9, 9-7, 9-3  48m
Round Two:
Sarah Fitz-Gerald bt Linda Charman-Smith  9-6, 9-2, 9-3  40m
Stephanie Brind bt Suzanne Horner  9-1, 9-1, 5-9, 9-2

Cassie Campion bt Fiona Geaves 9-6, 9-0, 9-3  32m
Carol
Owens bt Rachael Grinham  9-0, 9-3, 4-9, 9-0 (26m)
Round One:
Sarah Fitz-Gerald bt Stephanie Brind  9-0, 9-4, 9-1  25m
Linda Charman-Smith bt Suzanne Horner  9-3, 9-1, 9-0  25m

Cassie Campion bt Rachael Grinham  9-3, 9-0, 9-7  35m
Carol Owens bt Fiona Geaves  9-1, 9-1, 9-3

 

NICOL AND FITZ-GERALD TOP SEEDS IN QATAR
Peter Nicol
and Sarah Fitz-Gerald swap the cool spring air of Manchester for the sunnier climes of Qatar next week for the PSA Masters and WISPA Grand Prix finals. 

Nicol slumped to a straight-games defeat to David Palmer in last year's PSA Masters quarter-finals in Hurghada. Palmer went on to beat Simon Parke in the semi-finals before losing in straight games to Jonathon Power in the final. Nicol hasn't lost to Palmer since then, and produced a battling display to beat him in the Qatar Classic final in October despite suffering from a dead-leg that left him unable to walk for a week afterwards.

Nicol has since reclaimed the No.1 slot that briefly returned to Power's hands before the tall, muscular Australian took over at the top for a spell. This year the Masters are being staged in Qatar and Nicol, fresh from his triumph in the British Open, is keen to enjoy another success in the Middle East sunshine. The event has a $100,000 prize money purse.

Interestingly, the seedings are based on the January rankings, which means that Palmer is seeded two, with John White promoted to three and Power placed at four. That means Power and Nicol are on course to meet in the semi-finals. Such is the standard of the men's game that there are tough battles all the way through from the first round onwards. If Nicol gets past South African No.1 Rodney Durbach in the first round, he faces the winner of Chris Walker (England) and Joe Kneipp (Australia), which is a tough one to call. Also in his quarter are Ong Beng Hee (7) and Del Harris (16) who face talented young Egyptians Mohammad Abbas and Karim Darwish.

Power's quarter contains David Evans (8), Paul Price (9) and Paul Johnson (15), but first the Canadian maestro must overcome talented Frenchman Renan Lavigne, who pushed Nicol all the way in the first round of the British Open at Lambs last week.

There are plenty of tough battles in the bottom half of the draw, with No.2 seed Palmer facing fellow Australian Anthony Ricketts. White meets Belgian Stefan Casteleyn in the first round, with Lee Beachill (12) or Graham Ryding in the second round. Alex Gough, fresh from his exciting run at the Open, meets Finland's Olli Tuominen in the first round with the winner lined up against Stewart Boswell (6) or Simon Parke. There are plenty of scores to settle from the Open. Omar Elborolossy will hope to do better against France's Thierry Lincou, while Martin Heath (14) who faces Nick Taylor, will also be hoping to gain revenge over the man from Marseilles after losing to him in the quarter-finals in Manchester.

The $60,000 women's Grand Prix Finals feature the top eight players competing in two groups of four, with the top two in each pool contesting the semi-finals. Fitz-Gerald is top seed in Pool A, followed by Linda Charman-Smith (4), Stephanie Brind (5) and Suzanne Horner (8). Carol Owens leads Group B, and will be keen to put some recent disappointing performances behind her. Cassie Campion (3) looks favourite to join her in the semi-finals, although this looks like being a much tighter group with Fiona Geaves (6) and Rachael Grinham (7) sure to fight hard.

It should be a great tournament. It's a shame, when so much investment has gone in to building Qatar into one of the top venues on the world tour, that the media are not invited. I'd love to be there.


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