14/05/2007
WOMEN'S TEXAS OPEN
Grainger at a Canter
TOURNAMENT:
Women's Texas Open Squash Championship, Dallas, USA
RESULTS:
1st round:
[1] Natalie Grainger (USA) bt Kirsty McPhee (ENG) 9-2, 4-9, 9-5, 9-2
[6] Rebecca Botwright (ENG) bt [Q] Karina Herrera Zuniga (MEX) 9-5, 9-2, 9-0
[4] Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) bt Laura Mylotte (IRL) 9-0, 9-1, 9-1
[7] Runa Reta (CAN) bt Suzie Pierrepont (ENG) 9-5, 1-9, 6-9, 9-7, 9-5
[5] Samantha Teran (MEX) bt Alana Miller (CAN) 9-4, 7-9, 9-3, 9-0
[3] Dominique Lloyd-Walter (ENG) bt [Q] Tara Mullins (CAN) 9-0, 9-2, 9-3
[8] Louise Crome (NZL) bt [Q] Sachiko Shinta (JPN) 9-5, 9-5, 9-1
[2] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt [Q] Leona Grigg (CAN) 9-4, 9-0, 9-4
Quarter-finals:
[1] Natalie Grainger (USA) bt [6] Rebecca Botwright (ENG) 9-2, 9-1, 9-0
[4] Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) bt [7] Runa Reta (CAN) 9-7, 9-1, 9-4
[5] Samantha Teran (MEX) bt [3] Dominique Lloyd-Walter (ENG) 9-7, 9-0, 9-3
[2] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt [8] Louise Crome (NZL) 9-1, 5-9, 4-9, 10-8, 9-4
Semi-finals:
[1] Natalie Grainger (USA) bt [4] Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) 9-4, 9-0, 9-4
[2] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt [5] Samantha Teran (MEX) 9-3, 9-5, 9-1
Final:
[1] Natalie Grainger (USA) bt [2] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) 9-0, 9-1, 9-4
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REPORTS:
Semi & Final:
Grainger Cruises To Texas Title
US champion Natalie Grainger delighted the crowd at the Women's Texas Open
Squash Championship in Dallas when she cruised to victory in the final to
become the first home winner of the WISPA World Tour Silver event in its six
years in the US state of Texas.
The top seed from Washington DC burst into the final after beating New
Zealand's No4 seed Jaclyn Hawkes in straight games in the semi-finals.
Rebecca Chiu, the No2 seed from Hong Kong, despatched Mexican Samantha Teran,
the fifth seed, in the other semi.
But Grainger, in her 29th WISPA World Tour final, was too strong for the
former Asian Games champion, winning 9-0, 9-1, 9-4.
Grainger has enjoyed a highly successful three months on squash courts since
becoming a US citizen in February. The 29-year-old former world number one
followed her victory in the Burning River Cleveland Classic in March in Ohio
by winning the US National crown for the first time in Portland.
The Texas Open triumph brings Grainger's WISPA title total to 13.
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Quarter-finals:
Teran Takes Out Lloyd-Walter In Texa
Fifth seed Samantha Teran pulled off a notable upset in the quarter-finals
of the Women's Texas Open Squash Championship in Dallas when she upset
England's third seed Dominique Lloyd-Walter in straight games in the WISPA
Silver event in its sixth year in the US state of Texas.
The Mexican despatched Lloyd-Walter, the world No20, 9-7, 9-0, 9-3 and will
now face Rebecca Chiu for a place in the final. The second seed from Hong
Kong was taken the full distance by No8 seed Louise Crome before beating the
New Zealander 9-1, 5-9, 4-9, 10-8, 9-4.
Top seed Natalie Grainger faces New Zealand's No4 seed Jaclyn Hawkes in the
other semi-final after both players secured straightforward wins in their
quarter-final matches.
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1st Round:
Reta Tested In Texas
Canada's Runa Reta was taken the full distance by England's unseeded Suzie
Pierrepont in the first round of the Women's Texas Open Squash Championship
in Dallas before surviving to make the next round of the WISPA Silver event
which is in its sixth year in the US state of Texas.
In only her third Tour event since recovering from a heel injury sustained
during November's World Open in Belfast, Pierrepont forged a 2/1 lead
against the fifth seed ranked eight places higher in the world.
But Reta fought back to secure a 9-5, 1-9, 6-9, 9-7, 9-5 win and a place in
the last eight - where she will take on New Zealand's fourth seed Jaclyn
Hawkes, who beat Ireland's Laura Mylotte 9-0, 9-1, 9-1.
Top seed Natalie Grainger was one of only three players to drop games in the
first round. The 29-year-old US champion from Washington DC recovered from
losing the second game to beat England's Kirsty McPhee 9-2, 4-9, 9-5, 9-2.
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