14/09/2007
CROCODILE CHALLENGE CUP
Chiu & Corren Rise To The Crocodile Challenge
Crocodile Squash Challenge Cup,
Hong Kong
Chiu &
Corren Rise To The Crocodile Challenge
Top seeds
Mike Corren and Rebecca Chiu lifted the Crocodile Squash
Challenge Cup trophies after successes in the
Hong Kong
finals.
Hong Kong
number one Chiu faced second seed Sharon Wee in the final of the women's
WISPA World Tour 10 event - and the Malaysian took the opening game.
But
title-holder Chiu fought back to claim a 7-9, 9-4, 9-3, 9-2 victory in 34
minutes.
The win
marks Chiu's third consecutive Crocodile Challenge Cup success - and the 13th
WISPA title of her career.
An upset
in the all-Hong Kong men's semi-final between second seed Wai Hang
Wong and No4 seed Dick Lau meant that Australian favourite Mike
Corren faced surprise opponent Lau in the final.
But the
33-year-old, originally from Adelaide, showed no signs of the Achilles injury
which took him out of the game just over a year ago as he strode to a 11-10
(2-0), 11-10 (2-0), 11-9 victory in 43 minutes.
The
success marks Australian champion Corren's second PSA Tour title of the
year - and the 15th of his career.
Men's Crocodile
Challenge Cup 2007
12-16 Sep |
Round One
Sept 13 |
Quarters
Sept 14 |
Semis
Sept 15 |
Final
Sept 16 |
[1] Mike Corren (Aus)
13/11, 11/5, 11/9 (25m)
[Q] Choong Kam Hing (Mas) |
Mike Corren
11-8, 11-10 (4-2), 11-10 (5-3) (30m)
Yasunori Ishiwata |
Mike Corren
11-10 (2-0), 8-11, 11-7, 11-5
Kamran Khan |
Mike Corren
11-10 (2-0), 11-10 (2-0), 11-9 (43m)
Dick Lau |
[7] Joe Millman (Eng)
11/4, 11/3, 11/2 (33m)
Yasunori Ishiwata (Jpn) |
[3] Nafzahizam Adnan (Mas)
12/10, 1/11, 12/10, 11/9 (50m)
Roger Ngan (Hkg) |
Roger Ngan
11-7, 11-9, 11-8 (31m)
Kamran Khan |
[8] Kamran Khan (Mas)
11/6, 11/5, 11/6 (28m)
[Q] Chiu Ho Fai (Hkg) |
Muhammad Azfar Azan (Mas)
11/7, 13/11, 10/12, 9/11, 11/6 (54m)
[5] Elvinn Keo (Mas) |
Muhammad Azfar Azan
11-6, 11-7, 11-1 (28m)
Dick Lau |
Dick Lau
5-11, 6-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-10 (3-1) (69m)
Wai Hang Wong |
[Q] Yuta Fukui (Jpn)
11/3, 11/3, 11/9 (28m)
[4] Dick Lau (Hkg) |
[Q] Max Lee (Hkg)
13/11, 11/6, 8/11, 11/6 (46m)
[6] Muhd Asyraf Azan (Mas) |
Muhd Asyraf Azan
11-1, 11-8, 11-9 (28m)
Wai Hang Wong |
Anson Kwong (Hkg)
9/11, 11/5, 6/11, 11/6, 14/12 (49m)
[2] Wai Hang Wong (Hkg) |
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Qualifying Finals:
Choong Kam-Hing (Mas) bt Huang Cheng Yao (Tpe) 11/6,
11/9, 5/11, 11/4
Chiu Ho-Fai (Hkg) bt Mithran Selvaratnam (Mas) 11/8, 13/11, 11/5, 4/11, 11/4
Yuta Fukuki (Jpn) bt Valentino Bong (Mas) 11/6, 11/4, 6/11, 11/6
Max Lee (Hkg) bt Kim Dong Woo (Kor) 11/9, 12/14, 11/9, 11/6 |
Women's Crocodile
Challenge Cup 2007
12-16 Sep |
Round One
Sept 13 |
Quarters
Sept 14 |
Semis
Sept 15 |
Final
Sept 16 |
[1] Rebecca Chiu (Hkg)
9/3, 9/1, 9/1 (25m)
[Q] Siti Munirah Jusoh (Mas) |
Rebecca Chiu
9-0, 9-7, 9-2 (37m)
Elise Ng |
Rebecca Chiu
9-7, 9-5, 9-6 (36m)
Peta Hughes |
Rebecca Chiu
7-9, 9-4, 9-3, 9-2 (34m)
Sharon Wee |
[5] Elise Ng (Hkg)
9/5, 9/6, 9/2 (33m)
Sachiko Shinta (Jpn) |
[4] Peta Hughes (Aus)
9/2, 9/3, 9/2 (30m)
[Q] Tong Tsz-Wing (Hkg) |
Peta Hughes
9-7, 9-2, 1-9, 9-7 (40m)
Delia Arnold |
[6] Delia Arnold (Mas)
9/4, 9/4, 2/9, 7/9, 9/7 (56m)
[Q] Joey Chan (Hkg) |
Eun Ok Park (Kor)
9/2, 10/8, 2/9, 7/9, 9/0 (55m)
[7] Lim Yoke Wah (Mas) |
Lim Yoke Wah
9-5, 9-2, 9-3 (37m)
Christina Mak |
Christina Mak
9-6, 5-9, 10-9, 9-4 (41m)
Sharon Wee |
[Q] Song Sun-Mi (Kor)
9/6, 9/6, 9/4 (27m)
[3] Christina Mak (Hkg) |
Lisa Camilleri (Aus)
9/6, 5/9, 9/5, 9/5 (50m)
[8] Annie Au (Hkg) |
Annie Au
6-9, 10-8, 9-2, 6-9, 9-4 (66m)
Sharon Wee |
Mami Nishio (Jpn)
9/3, 9/6, 9/3 (27m)
[2] Sharon Wee (Mas) |
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Qualifying Finals:
Siti Munirah Jusoh (Mas) bt Leung Shin-Nga (Hkg) 3/9, 10/8, 9/7, 9/3
Tong Tsz-Wing (Hkg) bt Dorothy Ko (Hkg) 9/0, 4/9, 9/3, 9/4
Song Sun-Mi (Kor) bt Nabilla Ariffin (Mas) 9/4, 9/2, 9/2
Joey Chan (Hkg) bt Pushppa Devi (Mas) 9/1, 9/2, 9/4 |
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Seeds
Prevail In
Hong Kong
Local
players are poised to contest both the men's and women's finals in the
Crocodile Squash Challenge Cup after the top seeds prevailed in the
quarter-finals of the Tour event in
Hong Kong.
Rebecca
Chiu,
top seed in the women's
WISPA
World Tour 10
event,
despatched
Hong Kong
compatriot Elise Ng 9-0, 9-7, 9-2 and will now face Australian No4 seed
Peta Hughes for a place in the final.
An
all-Hong Kong women's final is on the cards as local player Christina Mak,
the third seed, takes on Sharon Wee, the second seed from
Malaysia.
In the quarters, Mak coasted to a 9-5, 9-2, 9-3 win over Malaysian Lim Yoke
Wah, while Wee was taken the full distance by Hong Kong's Annie Au
before beating the Asian Junior Champion 6-9, 10-8, 9-2, 6-9, 9-4 in 66 minutes.
Hong Kong
representation in the men's final is certain after both Dick Lau and
Wai Hang Wong survived 28-minute quarter-finals to set up their semi-final
clash. Lau, the No4 seed, defeated Malaysia's Muhammad Azfar Azan 11-6,
11-7, 11-1 while second seed Wong beat Muhammad's younger brother Muhd Asyraf
Azan 11-1, 11-8, 11-9,
Australian
Mike Corren is on course for his second
PSA Tour
title this
month after beating Japan's Yasunori Ishiwata 11-8, 11-10 (4-2), 11-10
(5-3). The top seed now faces Kamran Khan, the No8 seed from
Malaysia,
who beat Hong Kong's Roger Ngan 11-7, 11-9, 11-8,
Chiu Chases
Fifth Title Of The Year
Rebecca
Chiu
made a
confident start in her bid to win a fifth
WISPA
World Tour
title of
the year - and the second on home soil - when she dismissed Malaysian qualifier
Siti Munirah Jusoh in straight games in the first round of the
Crocodile Squash Challenge Cup in
Hong Kong.
The former
Asian Games champion's 9-3, 9-1, 9-1 win takes her into a quarter-finals clash
with compatriot Elise Ng, who beat Japan's Sachiko Shinta 9-5,
9-6, 9-2.
There will
be Hong Kong interest in two of the other three quarter-finals of the
WISPA Tour
10 event after No3 seed Christina Mak beat South Korean qualifier
Sun-Mi Song 9-6, 9-6, 9-4 and eighth seed Annie Au battled to a 9-6,
5-9, 9-5, 9-5 victory over Australian Lisa Camilleri.
There were
upsets aplenty in the men's Satellite event: Local star Roger Ngan
produced the biggest shock by defeating third-seeded Malaysian Nafzahizam
Adnan 11-10 (2-0), 1-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-9 in 50 minutes.
Malaysia's
No5 seed Elvinn Keo also made an early exit - beaten 11-7, 11-10 (3-1),
10-11 (0-2), 9-11, 11-6 by unseeded compatriot Muhammad Azfar Azan.
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