02/08/2007
WOMEN'S WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPS
Raneem El Weleily Celebrates World Double In Hong Kong
Hoe Hin
White Flower Ointment World Junior Women's Squash Championships, Hong Kong
Round by Round Results
Raneem El
Weleily Celebrates World Double In Hong Kong
Egypt's Raneem El Weleily
successful defended her title in today's (Monday) final of the Hoe Hin
White Flower Ointment World Junior Women's Squash Championship in
Hong Kong
to become only the second woman in
history to win the prestigious World Squash Federation title twice.
But the 18-year-old event favourite
from Alexandria had the toughest battle of her campaign - and conceded her
first game of the tournament - before overcoming France's No2 seed Camille
Serme 9-2, 9-4, 5-9, 9-3 in 41 minutes to repeat her maiden title victory
in Belgium two years ago.
"I am very, very glad to win this
title again - I really hoped I'd be the second one to win it twice," said the
new champion, who has followed in the distinguished footsteps of Malaysia's
reigning world number Nicol David, who won the title in 1999 and 2001.
"But it was the most difficult match of the whole week - the pressure to win
this title is unbelievable, nothing I can say but pressure.
"In the third game, I just lost my
concentration and I had to fight really hard to get the fourth," explained the
teenager who has already climbed to 23 in the WISPA World Rankings.
It was bitter disappointment for
Serme, the 18-year-old two-times European Junior Champion from Creteil who had
extended the Egyptian to five games in the British Junior Open final in
England in January.
The attention now turns to the
World Junior Team Championship, in which
Egypt
have been named as favourites for
the third successive time.
Winners of the title for the first
time in 2003, Egypt's hopes of a double were dashed by
Hong Kong
in the 2005 final in Brussels.
"Now we have to move on to the team
event," added El Weleily. "We have a good chance, but we have to really fight
for it!"
S/F Report
Raneem & Camille To Contest
World Junior Final In Hong Kong
Egypt's
defending champion Raneem El Weleily and France's Camille Serme,
the event's top two seeds, will contest the final of the Hoe Hin White Flower
Ointment World Junior Women's Squash Championships after straight games wins
in today's (Sunday) semi-finals of the biennial World Squash Federation
event in Hong Kong.
Both players
have reached the climax without dropping games - favourite El Weleily having her
toughest test in the event so far to overcome New Zealand's Joelle King
9-4, 9-7, 9-2 in 34 minutes.
The 18-year-old
from Alexandria is now only one match away from becoming only the second girl in
history - the first being Malaysia's current world number one Nicol David
- to win the coveted world junior crown twice.
Second seed
Camille Serme disappointed local followers of the game by ending the run of Hong
Kong's 3/4 seed Annie Au. The European Junior Champion from France
defeated the Asian Junior Champion 9-2, 9-2, 9-4 in 29 minutes to make the final
for the first time.
Q/F Report
Top Seeds Through To World Junior Semi-Finals In Hong Kong
For the first
time for ten years, players from four different countries will contest the
semi-finals of the Hoe Hin White Flower Ointment World Junior Women's Squash
Championships after the top four seeds survived today's (Saturday)
quarter-finals of the biennial World Squash Federation event in Hong
Kong.
New Zealand's
Joelle King pulled off a sensational come-back - fighting back from two
games down to secure her anticipated place in the last four.
The 18-year-old
kiwi number one,a 3/4 seed, defeated Egypt's 5/8 seed Heba El Torky 6-9,
8-10, 9-2, 9-5, 9-1 in a 73-minute marathon to set up a clash with another
Egyptian - event favourite Raneem El Weleily.
The 18-year-old
defending champion
from
Alexandria, who is expected to become only the second girl in history to win the
world junior crown twice, comfortably beat compatriot Nour Bahgat 9-4,
9-2, 9-1.
Annie Au
continues to single-handedly spearhead local interest in the event after making
it to the semi-finals for the first time. The 18-year-old 3/4
seed
from Hong Kong defeated England's Victoria Lust 9-2, 9-0, 9-6.
Au's semi-final
opponent also ousted an English player to reach the last four. No2 seed
Camille Serme, the European Junior Champion from France, ended the
giant-killing run of Sarah-Jane Perry, beating the surprise
quarter-finalist from Warwickshire who was a 17/32 seed, 9-6, 9-0, 10-9.
England's Perry Powers Into
World Junior Quarter-Finals In Hong Kong
England's
Sarah-Jane Perry, a 17-year-old from Warwickshire who was only expected to
reach the last 32, she powered her way into the quarter-finals of the Hoe Hin
White Flower Ointment World Junior Women's Squash Championships after
upsetting Germany's Sina Wall in the fourth round of the biennial
World Squash Federation event in Hong Kong.
The Kenilworth
teenager made it to the last sixteen after an unexpected victory over Hong
Kong's Shin Nga Leung, a 9/16 seed. Perry, a 17/32 seed, then despatched
Wall 9-4, 9-7, 7-9, 9-7 in 50 minutes.
Perry now faces
second seed Camille Serme for a place in the semi-finals. Serme, the
two-times European Junior Champion, defeated New Zealand's Kerry Wickett
9-1, 9-1, 9-6.
The last match
of the day saw Perry joined in the last eight by England team-mate Victoria
Lust after the British Junior Champion from Bedfordshire - a 5/8 seed - beat
Egypt's Alia Balbaa 9-3, 9-6, 7-9, 9-5.
Another fourth
round upset in Hong Kong means that Egypt will be represented by three players
on the fourth day of the competition. Nour Bahgat. a 9/16 seed, beat
Malaysia's 5/8 seed Low Wee Wern 9-6, 8-10, 9-6, 9-7 to claim a shock
quarter-final slot after 71 minutes.
Bahgat will be
joined by Egyptian team-mates Heba El Torky, a 5/8 seed, and event
favourite Raneem El Weleily - the 18-year-old from Alexandria who is
expected to become only the second girl in history to win the world junior crown
twice.
Quarter-final
line-up:
[1] Raneem El
Weleily (EGY) v [9/16] Nour Bahgat (EGY)
[3/4] Joelle
King (NZL) v [5/8] Heba El Torky (EGY)
[3/4] Annie Au
(HKG) v [5/8] Victoria Lust (ENG)
[2] Camille Serme
(FRA) v [17/32] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)
Egyptians Surge Into Last
Sixteen In Hong Kong
While 3/4 seed
Annie Au leads a sole local challenge into the last sixteen of the Hoe
Hin White Flower Ointment World Junior Women's Squash Championships, four
Egyptians survived the third round of the biennial World Squash Federation
event in Hong Kong.
Annie Au, the
18-year-old Asian Junior Champion from Hong Kong, beat South Korea's
Sun-Mi Song 9-2, 9-3, 9-6 and will now face Japan's 17/32 seed Misaki
Kobayashi for a place in the quarter-finals.
Egypt's top
seed Raneem El Weleily successfully began her defence of the title with
two wins today, the second of which saw her beat Hong Kong's 17/32 seed Tsz
Ling Liu 9-0, 9-0, 9-6 in 17 minutes.
The 18-year-old
from Alexandria - who is expected to become only the second girl in history to
win the world junior crown twice - now faces unseeded Malaysian Nessrine
Ariffin.
El Weleily will
be joined by three Egyptian team-mates in the last sixteen - 9/16 seeds Nour
Bahgat and Alia Balbaa, together with 5/8 seed Heba El Torky.
England's Kimberley Hay became
the second unseeded player to reach the last sixteen when she beat France's
Faustine Gilles 9-5, 8-10, 9-3, 9-0. The 15-year-old from
Newcastle-upon-Tyne will be joined by compatriots Victoria Lust and
Sarah-Jane Perry after a good day for England on the second day of the
championships.
Seeds Suffer In Early World Exchanges
The
first round action in the Hoe Hin White Flower Ointment World Junior Women's
Squash Championships produced some early upsets and a number of hasty exits
in Hong Kong.
The crowd had
barely settled into their seats before USA's Natasha Kingshott claimed
her second round slot after beating Zimbabwe's Michelle Williams 9-0,
9-0, 9-0 in just 7 minutes.
The 16-year-old
from Greenwich may need to spend longer on court in her second round encounter
with Astrid Kern, a 17/32 seed from Germany who needed 34 minutes to end
local girl Szeto Ka Hei's hopes in a 9-3, 3-9, 9-7, 9-1 defeat.
Barbados's sole
entry Cheri-Ann Parris will be flying her country's flag for another
round after crushing China's Xiu Chen 9-0, 9-0, 9-1 in just 9 minutes.
She will now face New Zealand's 9/16 seed Kerry Wickett for a place in
the third round.
South Africa's
Robyn Baptiste battled for five games to upset France's 17/32 seed
Gabrielle de Lavison 2-9, 10-8, 9-5, 3-9, 9-5 in 43 minutes. The
15-year-old will now meet fellow non-seed Nessrine Ariffin after the
Malaysian defeated Canada's Jennifer Gemmell 9-0, 5-9, 9-1, 9-2.
Canadian
Sarah Parsons was another seed to fall, beaten 9-7, 9-7, 9-3 by Scotland's
Lisa Aitken - who will now play namesake Lisa Marie Sedlmeier,
from Germany, in the second round.
Almost 24 years
after her famous mother Vicki Cardwell won the senior World title for the
only time in her illustrious career, Sarah Cardwell began her pursuit of
the world junior crown with a 9-4, 9-1, 9-3 win over Dutch opponent Ilona
Lagerweij. The unseeded Australian teenager will now take on Japan's 17/32
seed Misaki Kobayashi for a place in the last 32.
Semi-finals:
[1] Raneem El
Weleily (EGY) bt [3/4] Joelle King (NZL) 9-4, 9-7, 9-2 (34m)
[2] Camille Serme
(FRA) bt [3/4] Annie Au (HKG) 9-2, 9-2, 9-4 (29m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Raneem El
Weleily (EGY) bt [9/16] Nour Bahgat (EGY) 9-4, 9-2, 9-1 (23m)
[3/4] Joelle
King (NZL) bt [5/8] Heba El Torky (EGY) 6-9, 8-10, 9-2, 9-5, 9-1 (73m)
[3/4] Annie Au
(HKG) bt [5/8] Victoria Lust (ENG) 9-2, 9-0, 9-6 (32m)
[2] Camille Serme
(FRA) bt [17/32] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) 9-6, 9-0, 10-9 (33m)
4th round:
[1] Raneem El
Weleily (EGY) bt Nessrine Ariffin (MAS) 9-0, 9-3, 9-1 (18m)
[9/16] Nour
Bahgat (EGY) bt [5/8] Low Wee Wern (MAS) 9-6, 8-10, 9-6, 9-7 (71m)
[5/8] Heba El
Torky (EGY) bt Kimberley Hay (ENG) 9-6, 9-3, 10-8 (36m)
[3/4] Joelle
King (NZL) bt [9/16] Laura Gemmell (CAN) 9-3, 9-2, 9-6 (39m)
[3/4] Annie Au
(HKG) bt [17/32] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) 9-4, 10-9, 9-0 (33m)
[5/8] Victoria
Lust (ENG) bt [9/16] Alia Balbaa (EGY) 9-3, 9-6, 7-9, 9-5 (39m)
[17/32]
Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) bt [5/8] Sina Wall (GER) 9-4, 9-7, 7-9, 9-7 (50m)
[2] Camille
Serme (FRA) bt [9/16] Kerry Wickett (NZL) 9-1, 9-1, 9-6 (23m)
3rd round:
[1] Raneem El
Weleily (EGY) bt [17/32] Tsz Ling Liu (HKG) 9-0, 9-0, 9-6 (17m)
Nessrine
Ariffin (MAS) bt [9/16] Melody Francis (AUS) 10-8, 5-9, 4-9, 9-5, 9-3 (41m)
[9/16] Nour
Bahgat (EGY) bt [17/32] Victoria Bell (ENG) 9-2, 9-3, 9-0 (39m)
[5/8] Low Wee
Wern (MAS) bt [17/32] Nouran El Torky (EGY) 9-4, 9-0, 9-6 (36m)
[5/8] Heba El
Torky (EGY) bt Lisa Marie Sedlmeier (GER) 9-7, 9-5, 9-1 (28m)
Kimberley Hay
(ENG) bt Faustine Gilles (FRA) 9-5, 8-10, 9-3, 9-0 (29m)
[9/16] Laura
Gemmell (CAN) bt Tong Tsz Wing (HKG) 9-4, 8-10, 3-9, 9-4, 9-0 (80m)
[3/4] Joelle
King (NZL) bt [17/32] Milnay Louw (RSA) 9-2, 9-2, 9-1 (20m)
[3/4] Annie Au
(HKG) bt [17/32] Sun-Mi Song (KOR) 9-2, 9-3, 9-6 (32m)
[17/32]
Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) bt [9/16] Dipika Pallikal (IND) 3-9, 9-7, 9-4, 3-9,
9-7 (46m)
[9/16] Alia
Balbaa (EGY) bt [17/32] Astrid Kern (GER) 9-1, 9-7, 5-9, 9-7 (48m)
[5/8]
Victoria Lust (ENG) bt [17/32] Low Wee Nee (MAS) 7-9, 9-1, 9-1, 9-3 (26m)
[5/8] Sina
Wall (GER) bt Alana Sincock (NZL) 9-1, 9-4, 9-6 (18m)
[17/32]
Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) bt [9/16] Shin Nga Leung (HKG) 9-3, 6-9, 10-8, 9-10,
9-6 (68m)
[9/16] Kerry
Wickett (NZL) bt [17/32] Melissa Meulenbelt (NED) 9-4, 9-5, 9-0 (25m)
[2] Camille
Serme (FRA) bt Maggy Marshall (AUS) 9-1, 9-4, 9-1 (21m)
2nd round:
[1] Raneem El
Weleily (EGY) bt Dorothy Ko (HKG) 9-0, 9-1, 9-1 (16m)
[17/32] Tsz
Ling Liu (HKG) bt Surbhi Misra (IND) 10-9, 6-9, 9-5, 10-9 (43m)
Nessrine
Ariffin (MAS) bt Robyn Baptiste (RSA) 9-5, 9-2, 9-6 (24m)
[9/16] Melody
Francis (AUS) bt Stacey Plenderleith (ZIM) 9-1, 9-0, 9-1 (9m)
[9/16] Nour
Bahgat (EGY) bt Anne Madeira (USA) 9-1, 9-1, 9-0 (15m)
[17/32]
Victoria Bell (ENG) bt Siu Ka Man (HKG) 9-1, 9-3, 9-0 (17m)
[17/32] Nouran
El Torky (EGY) bt Jackie Moss (CAN) 10-8, 10-8, 9-7 (35m)
[5/8] Low Wee
Wern (MAS) bt Emma Miller (NZL) 9-2, 9-0, 9-1 (18m)
[5/8] Heba El
Torky (EGY) bt Cheyna Tucker (RSA) 9-1, 9-1, 9-3 (18m)
Lisa Marie
Sedlmeier (GER) bt Lisa Aitken (SCO) 2-9, 9-1, 9-2, 9-7 (34m)
Kimberley Hay
(ENG) bt [17/32] Kimberley Bessell (AUS) 9-3, 9-2, 7-9, 6-9, 10-9 (37m)
Faustine Gilles
(FRA) bt [9/16] Logan Greer (USA) 10-8, 9-0, 9-10, 7-9, 9-6 (55m)
[9/16] Laura
Gemmell (CAN) bt Nicole Chua (SIN) 9-1, 9-4, 9-0 (16m)
Tong Tsz Wing (HKG)
bt Catherine McTaggart (ZIM) 9-0, 9-0, 9-1 (16m)
[17/32] Milnay
Louw (RSA) bt Sarah Toomey (USA) 10-8, 9-1, 9-6 (23m)
[3/4] Joelle
King (NZL) bt Salma Hany (EGY) 9-3, 9-1, 9-6 (24m)
[3/4] Annie Au
(HKG) bt Farah Momen (EGY) 6-9, 9-4, 9-2, 9-4 (40m)
[17/32] Sun-Mi
Song (KOR) bt Chan Wing Hei (HKG) 9-2, 9-1, 9-6 (27m)
[17/32] Misaki
Kobayashi (JPN) bt Sarah Cardwell (AUS) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2 (16m)
[9/16] Dipika
Pallikal (IND) bt Lana Harrison (NZL) 9-4, 9-5, 10-9 (31m)
[9/16] Alia Balbaa
(EGY) bt Coline Aumard (FRA) 9-3, 9-2, 7-9, 9-7 (41m)
[17/32] Astrid
Kern (GER) bt Natasha Kingshott (USA) 9-3, 9-5, 9-2 (26m)
[17/32] Low Wee
Nee (MAS) bt Amanda Cranston (NZL) 9-5, 9-10, 5-9, 9-6, 9-3 (51m)
[5/8] Victoria
Lust (ENG) bt Carmen Lee (HKG) 9-4, 9-7, 9-2 (27m)
[5/8] Sina Wall
(GER) bt Pushppa Devi (MAS) 9-1, 9-2, 9-5 (24m)
Alana Sincock (NZL)
bt [17/32] Jasmin Ballman (SUI) 1-9, 1-9, 9-7, 9-7, 9-5 (48m)
[17/32]
Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) bt Nour El Tayeb (EGY) 4-9, 6-9, 9-6, 9-1, 9-5 (55m)
[9/16] Shin Nga
Leung (HKG) bt Olivia Blatchford (USA) 3-9, 9-6, 9-4, 9-6 (36m)
[9/16] Kerry
Wickett (NZL) bt Cheri-Ann Parris (BAR) 9-1, 9-0, 9-6 (17m)
[17/32] Melissa
Meulenbelt (NED) bt Alushca Botha (RSA) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2 (31m)
Maggy Marshall
(AUS) bt [17/32] Emily Park (USA) 9-6, 4-9, 5-9, 9-4, 9-4 (61m)
[2] Camille Serme
(FRA) bt Salma Nassar (EGY) 9-2, 9-1, 9-3 (23m)
1st round:
[1] Raneem El
Weleily (EGY) bye
Dorothy Ko (HKG)
bt Aliesha Watene (NZL) 7-9, 9-5, 9-2, 9-4 (41m)
Surbhi Misra (IND)
bt Stephanie Muller (GER) 9-0, 6-9, 9-3, 10-8 (47m)
[17 32] Tsz Ling
Liu (HKG) bt Julie Cerullo (USA) 9-6, 9-1, 7-9, 9-3 (32m)
Robyn Baptiste
(RSA) bt [17 32] Gabrielle de Lavison (FRA) 2-9, 10-8, 9-5, 3-9, 9-5 (43m)
Nessrine
Ariffin (MAS) bt Jennifer Gemmell (CAN) 9-0, 5-9, 9-1, 9-2 (26m)
Stacey
Plenderleith (ZIM) bt Ding Yating (CHN) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2 (10m)
[9 16] Melody
Francis (AUS) bye
[9 16] Nour
Bahgat (EGY) bye
Anne Madeira (USA)
bt Ikuko Tao (JPN) 9-0, 9-4, 9-1 (23m)
Siu Ka Man (HKG)
bt Ji-Hyun Lee (KOR) 7-9, 9-1, 8-10, 9-4, 9-0 (47m)
[17 32]
Victoria Bell (ENG) bye
[17 32] Nouran
El Torky (EGY) bt Robyn Hodgson (SCO) 9-3, 9-1, 9-4 (27m)
Jackie Moss
(CAN) bt Harita Omprakash (IND) 9-5, 9-5, 9-2 (28m)
Emma Miller (NZL)
bt Kimberly Chew Lin (SIN) 9-2, 9-1, 9-0 (9m)
[5 8] Low Wee
Wern (MAS) bye
[5 8] Heba El
Torky (EGY) bye
Cheyna Tucker
(RSA) bt Caroline Bachem (SUI) 9-2, 9-2, 6-9, 9-2 (25m)
Lisa Marie
Sedlmeier (GER) bt Maria Toor Pakay (PAK) w o
Lisa Aitken
(SCO) bt [17 32] Sarah Parsons (CAN) 9-7, 9-7, 9-3 (31m)
[17 32]
Kimberley Bessell (AUS) bye
Kimberley Hay
(ENG) bt Karla Chong (HKG) 9-4, 10-8, 9-5 (37m)
Faustine Gilles
(FRA) bt Sarah Gilmore (NZL) 9-2, 9-0, 9-0 (13m)
[9 16] Logan Greer
(USA) bye
[9 16] Laura
Gemmell (CAN) bye
Nicole Chua (SIN)
bt Sarah Dennehy (AUS) 9-3, 9-1, 9-2 (31m)
Catherine
McTaggart (ZIM) bt Shivangi Paranjpe (IND) w o
Tong Tsz Wing
(HKG) bt [17 32] Milou van der Heijden (NED) 9-2, 9-3, 9-0 (25m)
[17 32] Milnay
Louw (RSA) bye
Sarah Toomey
(USA) bt Kwon Sung-Eun (KOR) 4-9, 9-3, 9-0, 9-0 (24m)
Salma Hany
(EGY) bt Tan Yan Xin (MAS) 9-4, 9-1, 9-5 (29m)
[3 4] Joelle
King (NZL) bye
[3 4] Annie Au
(HKG) bye
Farah Momen
(EGY) bye
Chan Wing Hei
(HKG) bt Lizane Vlok (RSA) 9-4, 3-9, 4-9, 9-3, 9-1 (43m)
[17 32] Sun-Mi
Song (KOR) bt Roisin Brennan (IRL) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0 (19m)
[17 32] Misaki
Kobayashi (JPN) bye
Sarah Cardwell
(AUS) bt Ilona Lagerweij (NED) 9-4, 9-1, 9-3 (27m)
Lana Harrison
(NZL) bt Hannah Conant (USA) 9-0, 9-1, 9-3 (22m)
[9 16] Dipika
Pallikal (IND) bye
[9 16] Alia Balbaa
(EGY) bye
Coline Aumard
(FRA) bt Qian Jiayi (CHN) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 (9m)
Natasha
Kingshott (USA) bt Michelle Williams (ZIM) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 (7m)
[17 32] Astrid
Kern (GER) bt Szeto Ka Hei (HKG) 9-3, 3-9, 9-7, 9-1 (34m)
[17 32] Low Wee
Nee (MAS) bye
Amanda Cranston
(NZL) bt Agapi Kazamia (SUI) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 (17m)
Carmen Lee (HKG)
bt Jillian Lye (SIN) 9-0, 9-3, 9-2 (14m)
[5 8] Victoria
Lust (ENG) bye
[5 8] Sina Wall
(GER) bye
Pushppa Devi
(MAS) bt Cigany Sierveld (NED) 9-0, 9-1, 9-5 (22m)
Alana Sincock (NZL)
bt Yang Youn-Soo (KOR) 3-9, 9-5, 9-6, 4-9, 9-4 (60m)
[17 32] Jasmin
Ballman (SUI) bt Bianca Cohen (ZIM) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 (12m)
[17 32]
Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) bye
Nour El Tayeb (EGY)
bt Laura Stock (AUS) 9-0, 9-6, 2-9, 9-1 (25m)
Olivia
Blatchford (USA) bt Anwesha Reddy (IND) 9-0, 7-9, 10-8, 3-9, 9-2 (34m)
[9 16] Shin Nga
Leung (HKG) bye
[9 16] Kerry
Wickett (NZL) bye
Cheri-Ann
Parris (BAR) bt Xiu Chen (CHN) 9-0, 9-0, 9-1 (9m)
Alushca Botha (RSA)
bt Mayu Yamazaki (JPN) 9-0, 9-2, 9-1 (17m)
[17 32] Melissa
Meulenbelt (NED) bye
[17 32] Emily
Park (USA) bt Samantha Cornett (CAN) 10-8, 9-4, 7-9, 8-10, 9-7 (55m)
Maggy Marshall
(AUS) bt Mao Shi Hui (SIN) 9-4, 9-5, 9-2 (16m)
Salma Nassar (EGY)
bt Anthea Yung (HKG) 9-7, 9-2, 10-8 (27m)
[2] Camille
Serme (FRA) bye
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