10/08/2007
WOMEN'S SUN & SURF JERICHO OPEN
Khan Captures Sun & Surf Crown In Vancouver
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Women's Sun & Surf
Jericho Squash
Open,
Vancouver, Canada
Final:
[1] Latasha Khan (USA) bt [6] Emma
Beddoes (ENG) 9-6, 9-1, 9-0 (37m)
Semi-finals:
[1]
Latasha Khan (USA) bt [3] Alana Miller (CAN) 9-2, 9-6, 10-9 (54m)
[6] Emma
Beddoes (ENG) bt [4] Carolyn Russell (CAN) 10-8, 9-1, 9-3 (45m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Latasha
Khan (USA) bt [Q] Emma Parke (ENG) 9-1, 9-2, 9-0
[3] Alana
Miller (CAN) bt [5] Tara Mullins (CAN) 9-1, 9-5, 9-1
[4] Carolyn
Russell (CAN) bt [8] Birgit Coufal (AUT) 6-9, 9-7, 9-0, 2-9, 9-2
[6] Emma
Beddoes (ENG) bt [2] Runa Reta (CAN) 6-9, 9-6, 8-10, 9-1, 9-7
1st round:
[1] Latasha Khan (USA) bt Rebecca Hazell
(CAN) 9-2, 9-0, 9-0
[Q] Emma Parke (ENG) bt [7] Karina Herrera
Zuniga (MEX) 7-9, 9-6, 9-3, 9-7
[3] Alana Miller (CAN) bt
[Q] Shabana Khan (USA) 9-1, 9-1, 9-2
[5] Tara Mullins (CAN) bt Leona Grigg (CAN)
9-2, 9-1, 9-1
[8] Birgit Coufal (AUT) bt Stephanie
Edmison (CAN) 9-4, 9-1, 7-9, 6-9, 9-5
[4] Carolyn Russell (CAN) bt [Q] Kyla Grigg
(CAN) 9-6, 9-2, 4-9, 9-3
[6] Emma Beddoes (ENG) bt [Q] Nicola Martin
(CAN) 9-1, 9-3, 9-0
[2] Runa Reta (CAN) bt Ashley Clackson
(CAN) 9-2, 9-2, 9-4
Khan Captures Sun & Surf
Crown In Vancouver
America's Latasha Khan
swept to victory in the Women's Sun & Surf Jericho Squash Open
after beating England's Emma Beddoes in the final of the
WISPA World Tour
event at the Jericho Tennis Club in
Vancouver,
Canada.
It was a match too far for
the 21-year-old sixth seed from Warwick, who had upset two higher-seeded
players to achieve her maiden appearance in a WISPA Tour final.
But top
seed Khan's experience shone through as she clinched her 9-6, 9-1, 9-0
victory in 37 minutes.
It was a case of 'third
time lucky' in North America this year for the 34-year-old from Seattle
who finished as runner-up in the Southport Open in the USA in
February and the Toronto Open in Canada in April.
The win marked Khan's
second career WISPA World Tour title, in her seventh final.
Beddoes Bursts Through In
Vancouver
Two successive stunning victories over
higher-ranked Canadians have taken England's Emma Beddoes into her
maiden WISPA World Tour final at the Women's Sun & Surf Jericho
Squash Open at the Jericho Tennis Club in Vancouver,
Canada.
The 21-year-old from Warwick, a student at
Nottingham University, made her breakthrough in the quarter-finals when
she twice came from behind to defeat experienced second seed Runa Reta
6-9, 9-6, 8-10, 9-1, 9-7.
Sixth seed Beddoes, a former British Junior
champion, stepped up her game in the semi-finals to overcome Carolyn
Russell, the No4 seed ranked more than 20 places higher in the world,
10-8, 9-1, 9-3 in 45 minutes.
Beddoes will meet Latasha Khan in
the final after the top seed from the USA battled back from 2-6 down in
the second and 3-6 behind in the third to beat Canadian National champion
Alana Miller, the third seed, 9-2, 9-6, 10-9 in 54 minutes
Parke Progresses In Vancouver
Celebrating her
illustrious older brother Simon Parke's 35th birthday in
fine style, English qualifier Emma Parke battled to a notable
victory in the first round of the Women's Sun & Surf Jericho Squash
Open when she upset No7 seed Karina Herrera Zuniga to claim an
unexpected place in the quarter-finals of the
WISPA World Tour
event at Jericho Tennis Club in Vancouver, Canada.
The 33-year-old from
Yorkshire, now a PE teacher in Vancouver, beat the Mexican 7-9, 9-6, 9-3,
9-7 and will now face top seed Latasha Khan for a place in the
semi-finals.
Khan, the seven-times US
national champion from Seattle, dismissed Canada's Rebecca Hazell
9-2, 9-0, 9-0.
There was a disappointing
return to WISPA Tour action after almost two years for Khan's sister,
however, when qualifier Shabana Khan went down 9-1, 9-1, 9-2 to
Canada's No3 seed Alana Miller.
Miller, in her first WISPA
event since securing a surprise silver medal in the Pan American Games
last month in Brazil, will face compatriot Tara Mullins in the next
round.
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