07/07/2007
WOMEN'S ROYAL GLENORA OPEN
Miller Celebrates Maiden Tour Triumph In Edmonton
Women's Royal Glenora Club Squash Open,
Edmonton, Canada
Final:
[3] Alana Miller
(CAN) bt [2] Runa Reta (CAN) 9-0, 10-8, 4-9, 9-1 (55m)
Semi-finals:
[3] Alana Miller
(CAN) bt [1] Latasha Khan (USA) 2-9, 9-7, 4-9, 9-3, 9-3 (63m)
[2] Runa Reta
(CAN) bt [4] Orla Noom (NED) 9-7, 9-4, 9-4 (48m)
Quarter-finals:
[1]
Latasha Khan (USA) bt [6] Sarah Parsons (CAN) 9-3, 9-0, 9-1
[3] Alana
Miller (CAN) bt [7] Rebecca Hazell (CAN) 9-3, 9-1, 9-1
[4] Orla
Noom (NED) bt [5] Milja Dorenbos (NED) 9-2, 9-1, 9-7
[2] Runa
Reta (CAN) bt Jackie Moss (CAN) 9-6, 9-3, 9-4
1st round:
[1] Latasha Khan (USA) bt [Q] Jamie Laird
(CAN) 9-1, 9-0, 9-1
[6] Sarah Parsons (CAN) bt [Q] Jennifer
Cranston (CAN) 9-0, 9-1, 9-2
[3] Alana Miller (CAN) bt Samantha Cornett
(CAN) 9-0, 9-0, 9-6
[7] Rebecca Hazell (CAN) bt [Q] Erika Dort
(CAN) 9-7, 9-7, 5-9, 5-9, 9-5
[5] Milja Dorenbos (NED) bt Stephanie
Edmison (CAN) 9-4, 9-0, 9-5
[4] Orla Noom (NED) bt Imelda Salazar
Martinez (MEX) 9-0, 9-2, 9-2
Jackie Moss (CAN) bt [8] Milou van der
Heijden (NED) 9-2, 9-2, 9-6
[2] Runa Reta (CAN) bt [Q] Kyla Grigg (CAN)
9-0, 9-3, 9-6
Miller Celebrates Maiden
Tour Triumph In Edmonton
Canadian
national champion Alana Miller battled for almost an hour to
overcome compatriot Runa Reta in the final of the Women's Royal
Glenora Club Squash Open to claim her maiden WISPA World Tour
title triumph in Edmonton, Canada.
It was sixth time
lucky for the 26-year-old from Winnipeg, who reached her first WISPA Tour final
in the USA in November 2004 - then reached five further before earning her first
trophy,
After racing to a
whitewash first game win in the final, third seed Miller was taken to a
tie-break in the second - then dropped the third before re-establishing her
authority over Reta, the No2 seed, to win 9-0, 10-8, 4-9, 9-1 in 55 minutes.
"This tournament
was created by Squash Canada - I would like to take this opportunity to thank
Squash Canada for the sponsorship and their initiative to make this tournament
happen," said tournament organiser Jeff Williams., the Royal Glenora Club
Squash Professional.
"I would also
like to thank the Royal Glenora Club, Squash Alberta and the Edmonton Squash
League for their contributions as well. Thanks also to Tournament Referee Wes
Barlow and all of the refs for their time during the tournament. Finally I
would like to thank the players that travelled both internationally and
nationally to come to compete."
Miller Sets Up All-Canadian
Royal Glenora Club Final
Alana Miller
twice came from behind to topple top seed Latasha Khan in a five-game
semi-final marathon in the Women's Royal Glenora Club Squash Open to set
up a surprise all-Canadian final of the inaugural
WISPA World Tour
event in the city of
Edmonton in Canada.
Third seed Miller, the reigning
Canadian Nationals champion, beat her higher-ranked opponent 2-9, 9-7,
4-9, 9-3, 9-3 in 63 minutes to notch up her sixth appearance in a WISPA final.
It was appropriate revenge on
home soil for the 26-year-old from Winnipeg - who had lost to Khan, the
seven-times US champion from Seattle, in their three previous Tour meetings.
The other
semi-final went according to the seedings - with Runa Reta, the second
seed from Ottawa, beating fourth seed Orla Noom, from the Netherlands,
9-7, 9-4, 9-4 in 48 minutes to reach her fifth final.
The climax will mark Miller and
Reta's first meeting on the WISPA Tour, though the pair contested the Canadian
Nationals finals in 2004 and 2007 - with Miller, yet to win a Tour trophy,
victorious on both occasions.
Reta Removes Moss To Earn
Edmonton Semi
The
giant-killing home run of teenager Jackie Moss came to an abrupt
end in the Canadian city of Edmonton when the 17-year-old from
Calgary went down to compatriot Runa Reta in the quarter-finals of
the Women's Royal Glenora Club Squash Open.
Moss,
appearing in her maiden WISPA World Tour event, upset eighth seed
Milou van der Heijden in the first round. But Reta,
the world No32 from Ottawa, was far too strong for the youngster in the
next round, winning 9-6, 9-3, 9-4.
Reta will
now face fourth seed Orla Noom - while the other semi-final will
feature top-seeded American Latasha Khan and Canada's No3 seed
Alana Miller.
Semi-final
line-up:
[1] Latasha
Khan (USA) v [3] Alana Miller (CAN)
[2] Runa
Reta (CAN) v [4] Orla Noom (NED)
Debutante Moss Motors Into Edmonton
Quarters
Canadian teenager Jackie Moss
claimed a significant upset in her maiden appearance in a WISPA World
Tour event when she beat eighth seed Milou van der Heijden in
the first round of the Women's Royal Glenora Club Squash Open to
claim an unlikely quarter-final place in this new Tour event in
Edmonton, Canada.
The 17-year-old from Calgary swept to a
9-2, 9-2, 9-6 victory over her Dutch opponent to line up a clash with
compatriot Runa Reta, the No2 seed.
Reta, the world No32 from Ottawa who
defeated Canadian qualifier Kyla Grigg 9-0, 9-3, 9-6, is expected
to meet top-seeded American Latasha Khan in Monday's final.
Quarter-final line-up:
[1] Latasha Khan (USA) v [6] Sarah Parsons
(CAN)
[3] Alana Miller (CAN) v [7] Rebecca Hazell
(CAN)
[4] Orla Noom (NED) v [5] Milja Dorenbos
(NED)
[2] Runa Reta (CAN) v Jackie Moss (CAN)
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