11/10/2007
LONDON OPEN
Khan & Lloyd-Walter Take London Open Titles
Anscombe
& Ringland London
Open 2007
09-14 Oct Cumberland
Club |
Round One
Oct 11 |
Quarters
Oct 12 |
Semis
Oct 13 |
Final
Oct 14 |
[1]
Bradley Ball (Eng)
11-7, 11-5, 11-9
[Q] Majid Khan (Pak) |
Majid Khan
11-7,
10-11 (0-2), 11-6, 11-8
Tom Hoevenaars |
Majid Khan
8-11, 10-11
(2-4), 11-3, 11-5, 11-4
Scott Handley |
Majid Khan
11-8,
9-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-7
Alex Stait |
[6] Tom Hoevenaars (Ned)
11-3, 11-7, 9-11,
11-3
[Q] Tom Pashley (Eng) |
[3] Scott Handley (Eng)
11-6, 11-6, 11-0
Jansher Khan (Pak) |
Scott Handley
8-11, 11-4,
11-8, 7-11, 11-2
Mathieu Castagnet |
[7] Mathieu Castagnet (Fra)
11-10 (6-4), 11-7,
11-2
[Q] Joe Lee (Eng) |
Jesse Engelbrecht (Rsa)
11-9, 11-9, 11-10
(2-0)
[8] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas) |
Jesse Engelbrecht
10-11 (0-2),
11-8, 11-8, 11-7
Ben Ford |
Jesse Engelbrecht
7-11, 11-3, 11-3,
11-10 (3-1)
Alex Stait
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[Q] Ben Ford (Eng)
9-11, 11-8, 11-9,
11-10 (7-5)
[4] Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind) |
Alex Stait (Eng)
11-7, 11-6, 11-10
(4-2)
[5] Adil Maqbool (Pak) |
Alex Stait
11-6, 11-6, 11-10 (2-0)
John Rooney |
John Rooney (Irl)
11-5, 11-5, 11-6
[2] Shahid Zaman (Pak) |
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10-Oct Qualifying
Finals:
Majid Khan (Pak) bt
Jason Barry (Rsa) 11/9, 11/7, 11/3
Tom Pashley (Eng) bt Philip Nightingale (Eng) 11/5, 11/9, 11/2
Joe Lee (Eng) bt Neil Hitchens (Eng) 11/5, 11/5, 11/7
Ben Ford (Eng) bt Adrian Waller (Eng) 11/4, 11/8, 11/8
Round One, 09-Oct:
Majid Khan (Pak) bt Rory Pennell (Eng) 11/6, 11/4, 11/2
Jason Barry (Rsa) bt Chris Tasker-Grindley (Eng) 11/4,
11/7, 11/6
Philip Nightingale (Eng) bt Ryan Thompson (Nam) 11/9,
11/8, 11/9
Tom Pashley (Eng) bt Obaid Jahan (Pak) 11/9, 11/7, 11/7
Joe Lee (Eng) bt Issa Kamara (Eng) 12/10, 11/7, 11/1
Neil Hitchens (Eng) bt Alex Ingham (Eng) 5/11, 11/6, 11/9, 8/11, 11/3
Adrian Waller (Eng) bt Rene Mijs (Ned) 11/6, 11/9, 15/13
Ben Ford (Eng) bt Adam Fuller (Eng) 11/3, 11/5, 11/4
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London
Open 2007
09-14 Oct Cumberland
Club |
Round One
Oct 11 |
Quarters
Oct 12 |
Semis
Oct 13 |
Final
Oct 14 |
[1]
Dominique
Lloyd-Walter (Eng)
9-4, 9-0, 9-4
[Q] Victoria Lust (Eng) |
Dominique Lloyd-Walter
9-7, 9-4, 9-5
Joshna Chinappa1 |
Dominique Lloyd-Walter
9-4, 9-4, 9-0
Carla Khan |
Dominique Lloyd-Walter
9-0, 9-2, 4-9,
3-9, 9-4
Camille Serme |
[5]
Joshna Chinappa
(Ind)
9-7, 9-3, 9-4
[Q] Rachel Willmott (Eng) |
[3]
Sarah Kippax(Eng)
9-3, 9-0, 9-1
[Q] Celia Allamargot (Fra) |
Sarah Kippax
10-9, 9-5, 9-4
Carla Khan |
[7]
Carla Khan (Pak)
9-1, 9-0, 9-3
Adel Weir (Rsa) |
Deon Saffery
(Eng)
4-9, 6-9, 9-2, 9-5, 9-4
[LL] Kerri Shields (Irl) |
Deon Saffery
9-3, 9-1, 9-1
Camille Serme |
Camille Serme
9-5, 0-9, 0-9,
10-9, 9-6
Rebecca Botwright |
Camille Serme
(Fra)
9-5, 9-2, 9-1
[4] Tenille Swartz (Rsa) |
Soraya Renai (Fra)
9-3, 9-5, 9-1
[6] Laura Mylotte (Irl) |
Laura Mylotte
9-5, 5-9, 9-3, 9-6
Rebecca Botwright |
[Q] Heba El Torky (Egy)
6-9, 9-2, 9-3, 9-0
[2] Rebecca Botwright (Eng) |
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10-Oct, Qualifying Finals:
Celia Allamargot (Fra) bt Leonie Holt (Eng) 9/1, 3/9, 9/6, 9/4
Heba El Torky (Egy) bt
Kerri Shields (Irl) 9/4, 9/5, 9/6
Victoria Lust (Eng) bt Carrie Hastings (Eng) 9/1, 9/3, 9/4
Rachel Willmott (Eng) bt
Anna Batool Kardar (Pak) 9/0, 9/0, 9/1
10-Oct,
Qualifying:
Celia Allamargot (Fra) bt Xisela Aranda Nunez (Esp) 9/3, 9/4, 5/9, 10/9
Leonie Holt (Eng) w/o
Kerri Shields (Irl) bt Luz Etchechoury (Arg) 9/7, 9/0, 9/3
Heba El Torky (Egy) bt Belen Etchechoury (Arg) 9/1, 9/0, 9/2
Victoria Lust (Eng) bt Sarah-Jane Perry (Eng) 9/4, 3/9, 9/3, 9/6
Carrie Hastings (Eng) bt Tracy Parker (Eng) 3/9, 10/8, 9/7, 9/7
Anna Batool Kardar
(Pak) w/o
Rachel Willmott (Eng) bt Lotte Eriksen (Nor) 8/10, 10/8, 9/5,
9/1 |
Khan
& Lloyd-Walter Take
London
Open Titles
It
took five-game finals to settle the outcome of both titles in the
inaugural Anscombe & Ringland London Squash Open - with Pakistani
qualifier Majid Khan fighting back from 1/2 down to take the men's
PSA Tour crown and England's top seed Dominique Lloyd-Walter
triumphing in the women's WISPA World Tour climax at the
Cumberland Club in London.
With all eyes on the opening day on the comeback endeavours of retired
Pakistan squash legend Jansher Khan - hoping to notch up the 100th
Tour title of his career - it was perhaps remarkable that namesake
Majid Kahn, from the same city of Peshawar, should ultimately prevail
to win his maiden PSA Tour title.
The 23-year-old, ranked 108 in the world, made his breakthrough in the
opening round when he upset top-seeded Englishman Bradley Ball.
Khan went on to collect the scalp of sixth seed Tom Hoevenaars
before quashing Jansher's conqueror Scott Handley, the No3 seed, in
the semi-finals.
In a dramatic final against Alex Stait, an unseeded Englishman from
Manchester, Majid triumphed 11-8, 9-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-7 to win the trophy
in his first PSA final since joining the Professional Squash
Association exactly seven years ago!
Dominique Lloyd-Walter extended a distinguished record when she beat
France's Camille Serme in the women's final. The 26-year-old from
Harrow now boasts a 100% success rate in the four WISPA finals in which
she has competed after defeating the European Junior champion 9-0, 9-2,
4-9, 3-9, 9-4.
Majid
Makes It Into
London
Final
Exactly seven years after first becoming a member of the Professional
Squash Association,
Pakistan's Majid Khan is celebrating
his maiden appearance in a PSA Tour event final after upsetting
England's Scott Handley in the semi-finals of the Anscombe &
Ringland London Open at the Cumberland Club in
London.
The
23-year-old qualifier from
Peshawar fought back from two games down to beat Handley - the third seed
from Oxfordshire who defeated Pakistan squash legend Jansher Khan
in his comeback appearance in the first round - 8-11, 10-11 (2-4), 11-3,
11-5, 11-4.
Kahn
now faces unseeded Englishman Alex Stait, the Manchester-based
27-year-old from Gloucestershire who recovered from a game behind to beat
South African Jesse Engelbrecht 7-11, 11-3, 11-3, 11-10 (3-1) to
reach his eighth PSA final.
The women's WISPA World Tour event also produced a remarkable upset
when
France's unseeded Camille Serme recovered from losing two whitewash
games to beat England's No2 seed Rebecca Botwright 9-5, 0-9, 0-9,
10-9, 9-6.
In
her second appearance in a Tour final, the European Junior champion from
Creteil now faces her third successive English opponent in a showdown with
top seed Dominique Lloyd-Walter.
The
26-year-old from Harrow - who boasts a 100% success rate in the three
WISPA finals in which she has competed so far - despatched Pakistan's
Carla Khan 9-4, 9-4, 9-0 in the other semi-final.
Scott
Soldiers On In
London
Open
England's Scott Handley continued to
make progress in the Anscombe & Ringland London Open after his
triumph over squash legend Jansher Khan in the first round of the
inaugural Tour event at the Cumberland Club in
London.
The
third seed from Oxfordshire battled for five games to overcome
France's No7 seed Mathieu Castagnet 8-11, 11-4, 11-8, 7-11, 11-2.
Handley will now face a second Khan from Pakistan - qualifier Majid
Khan, who continued his giant-killing run in the event by beating
sixth-seeded Dutchman Tom Hoevenaars 11-7, 10-11 (0-2), 11-6,
11-8. The 23-year-old from
Peshawar upset top seed Bradley Ball in the first round.
A
Khan also made waves in the women's event when Carla Khan -
grand-daughter of the great Azam Khan - upset
England's third seed Sarah Kippax 10-9, 9-5, 9-4. The 26-year-old
UK-based Pakistani will now face top-seeded Englishwoman Dominique
Lloyd-Walter, who beat India's No5 seed Joshna Chinappa 9-7,
9-4, 9-5.
Handley Handles Squash
Legend Jansher In London Open
In probably the
most testing match of his career, England's Scott Handley faced - and
beat - Pakistan squash legend Jansher Khan in the first round of the
Anscombe & Ringland London Open at the Cumberland Club in London.
Jansher Khan, the former world number one and record eight times world champion,
was making a much-touted comeback - playing in his first event in London since
winning the Super Series Finals in March 1998, the last of his 99 career
PSA Tour titles.
Khan showed signs of his former brilliance as he took the opening game, much to
the delight of the capacity crowd.
But the lack of match fitness soon began to show on the 38-year-old who retired
shortly after losing the 1998 British Open final to British rival
Peter Nicol.
Third seed Handley, the world No54 from Oxfordshire with eight PSA titles to his
name, soon regained the upper hand and ultimately clinched a 9-11, 11-6, 11-6,
11-0 victory.
“I am very happy with the way I played, but three weeks is not enough training,”
Jansher said, "I need two or three months."
Handley summed up his feeling afterwards succinctly: “Relieved,” said the
32-year-old, who now becomes the highest seed in the event following the
surprise exits of the top two seeds.
There were further English successes in the men's event when Kent qualifier
Ben Ford beat India's No4 seed Ritwik Bhattacharya 9-11, 11-8, 11-9,
11-10 (7-5) and Gloucestershire's unseeded Alex Stait defeated
fifth-seeded Pakistani Khawaja Adil Maqbool 11-7, 11-6, 11-10 (4-2).
Dominique Lloyd-Walter
leads home interest in the women's event. The top seed from Harrow beat
Bedfordshire qualifier Victoria Lust 9-4, 9-0, 9-4 and will now face
India's fifth seed Joshna Chinappa for a place in the semi-finals.
Home
Interest Boosted In Inaugural
London
Open
Domestic interest in the Anscombe & Ringland London Squash Open
will be boosted by a further five English players who came through the
qualifying finals of the inaugural Tour event at the Cumberland Club
in
London.
Tom
Pashley,
Joe Lee and Ben Ford overcame compatriots Philip
Nightingale, Neil Hitchens and Adrian Waller,
respectively, to earn places in the main draw of the 1-star PSA Tour
men's event. Pashley, 19, from
Sussex, will face Dutchman Tom Hoevenaars, the No6 seed, while Lee,
the 18-year-old from Surrey who was runner-up in the European Junior
Championships this year, will take on France's seventh seed Mathieu
Castagnet.
Ben
Ford, 32, from Welling in
Kent, earns a clash with India's fourth seed Ritwik Bhattacharya.
In
the women's WISPA World Tour event, 2006 British Junior National
champion Rachel Willmott, from Sussex, despatched Pakistan's
Anna Batool Kardar 9-0, 9-0, 9-1 and will now meet Joshna Chinappa,
the fifth seed from India.
Willmott's successor, the reigning British Junior champion Victoria
Lust, from Bedfordshire, beat compatriot Carrie Hastings and
will now face top-seeded English woman Dominique Lloyd-Walter, the
world No19 from Harrow.
All eyes,
however, will be on the first round men's match between England's Scott
Handley, the third seed from Oxfordshire, and Pakistan's Jansher Khan
- the former world No1 and record eight-time world champion who is making his
first appearance in London since March 1998.
Victory by the retired squash legend, now aged 38, would bring Khan's career
PSA Tour title tally to 100.
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