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Raneem Completes Fourth
Title Win In Greenwich Open
Rising Egyptian star
Raneem El Weleily continued her promising form on Sunday as she claimed
her first title of 2012, the WSA Greenwich Open 2012.
In the tenth WSA title of
her career, the 23-year-old claimed victory over Joelle King of New
Zealand, having already defeated No6 seed Natalie Grinham and Samantha
Teran of Mexico on the way to the final.
King herself was in fine
form going in to the final, having already dispatched the tournament
favourite, world No3 Madeline Perry in the quarters and ended the run of
surprise semi finalist Dipika Palikal.
The match was strongly
contested by the lesser seed King, but El Weleily’s array of attacking
shots and thoughtful defence proved tricky to break down and the
Egyptian took the first two games 11/8.
A lapse in concentration
from the young player, along with some effective counteractive measures
allowed King to seize an opportunity to get back into the match. She
took the third game 11/6 to reassert herself on the game but was unable
to keep her momentum as El Weleily regained composure to see out the
tie, 11/8, 11/8, 6/11, 11/4.
The Greenwich Open title
is the world No7’s fourth ever WSA title win and with it could see El
Weleily move up to No5 in the WSA World Rankings next month. The
Egyptian, along with King who also finished runner up in last years
competition, will both feature in next week's Cleveland Classic in
Ohio.
Final:
[4] Raneem El Weleily (EGY)
bt [8] Joelle King (NZL) 11/8, 11/8, 6/11, 11/4.
Semi final:
[8] Joelle King (NZL) bt
[Q] Dipika Pallikal (IND) 11/8, 8/11, 11/4, 11/9
[4] Raneem El Weleily (EGY)
bt Samantha Teran (MEX) 11/5, 11/4, 11/6
Quarter final results:
[Q] Dipika Pallikal (IND)
def Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) 7-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-6, 13-11
[4] Raneem El Weliely (EGY)
def [6] Natalie Grinham (NED) 12-10, 11-3, 6-11, 11-8
[8] Joelle King (NZL)
def [1] Madeline Perry (NIR) 11-7, 11-3, 5-11, 11-7
Samantha Teran def [2] Kasey Brown 7-11, 2-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8
Round1:
[1] Madeleine Perry (IRL)
def [Q] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) 10-12, 11-8, 11-7, 6-11, 11-9
[8] Joelle King (NZL) def Lily Lorentzen(USA) 11-1, 11-3, 11-6
[Q] Dipika Pallikal (IND) def [L] Line Hansen (DEN) 11-6, 11-5, 11-6
Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL)
def [5] Annie Au (HKG) 8-11, 11-7, 13-11, 11-5
[6] Natalie Grinham (AUS) def. [Q] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) 11-7, 11-7,
13-11
[4] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) def.
Donna Urquhart (AUS) 11-3, 11-4, 11-9
Samantha Teran (MEX) def. [7] Low Wee Wern (MAS) 11-9, 4-11, 11-3, 11-8
[2] Kasey Brown
(AUS) def. [Q] Amanda Sobhy (USA) 11-5, 11-6, 7-11, 9-11, 11-4
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