13/10/2007
WOMEN'S COLUMBO OPEN
Beddoes Beats Favourite Chuah For Colombo Title
Colombo Open 2007
12 - 14 Oct,
Lisbon, $6k |
Round One
Oct
12 |
Quarters
Oct 13 |
Semis
Oct 13 |
Final
Oct 14 |
[1] Tricia Chuah (Mas)
9/0, 9/1, 9/1 (21m)
Kira Peterson (Den) |
Tricia Chuah
9-2, 9-1, 9-5 (37m)
Lucie Fialova |
Tricia Chuah
7-9, 10-9, 9-1, 7-9, 9-1 (48m)
Fiona Moverley |
Tricia Chuah
9-7, 9-5, 9-5 (43m)
Emma Beddoes |
[8] Lucie Fialova (Cze)
9/4, 7/9, 9/6, 9/5 (45m)
Maud Duplomb (Fra) |
[3] Milou Van Der Heijden (Ned)
9/0, 9/4, 9/5 (24m)
Irena Critchley (Eng) |
Milou Van Der Heijden
8-10, 9-7, 9-1, 9-2 (41m)
Fiona Moverley |
[7] Lauren Selby (Eng)
9/2, 9/7, 9/5 (32m)
Fiona Moverley (Eng) |
Linda Hruzikova (Svk)
9/4, 9/2, 9/0 (29m)
[6] Karen Kronemeyer (Ned) |
Karen Kronemeyer
9-2, 9-2, 9-4 (27m)
Birgit Coufal |
Karen Kronemeyer
9-5, 5-9, 9-5, 9-6 (63m)
Emma Beddoes |
Coline Aumard (Fra)
9/5, 9/5, 9/1 (26m)
[4] Birgit Coufal (Aut) |
Claire Kidd (Sco)
9/6, 9/1, 9/5 (30m)
[5] Daniela Schumann (Ger) |
Daniela Schumann
9-1, 9-7, 9-4 (28m)
Emma Beddoes |
Emma Chorley (Eng)
9/2, 9/0, 9/1 (27m)
[2] Emma Beddoes (Eng) |
Beddoes Beats Favourite Chuah For Colombo
Title
England's Emma Beddoes upset
top-seeded Malaysian Tricia Chuah in the final of the Women's
Colombo Open in Lisbon to win her maiden Tour title in
the first WISPA World Tour squash event to be held in Portugal.
The 22-year-old second seed from Leamington Spa in Warwickshire - who was
struck down by a kidney infection only weeks before the event - dropped
only one game en-route to her second Tour final in two months.
Displaying the same composure and rhythm that had characterised her
semi-final win over experienced Dutch opponent Karen Kronemeyer,
Beddoes despatched the Malaysian favourite - ranked 38 places higher in
the world - 9-7, 9-5, 9-5 in 43 minutes.
"I’m speechless," said former British National Junior champion Beddoes
afterwards. "I didn’t come to Lisbon with any expectations after my
illness.
"The game last night was hard and I did wake up a little tired but I
thought that this was the last match left so I should try and push through
it……….Now my legs feel like lead!"
Top Seeds In Lisbon Final
The top two seeds will fight out the final of the Women's Colombo Open
in Lisbon after prevailing over unexpected opponents in the
semi-finals of the first WISPA World Tour squash event to be
held in Portugal.
Malaysian favourite Tricia Chuah faced unseeded English opponent
Fiona Moverley, who earlier in the day had upset third seed Milou
van der Heijden. A second upset looked on the cards as the
20-year-old from Hull took the first game and forced the second into a
tie-break.
After 48 minutes, however, Chuah survived 7-9, 10-9, 9-1, 7-9, 9-1 to
reach her fourth WISPA final - but her first since September 2005.
Chuah will face another English opponent Emma Beddoes - the second
seed from Leamington Spa who battled for 63 minutes to overcome Karen
Kronemeyer, the sixth seed from the Netherlands, 9-5, 5-9, 9-5, 9-6 to
reach the second Tour final of her career.
Moverley Moves Through In Lisbon Opener
England's unseeded Fiona Moverley caused the only upset in the
first round of the Women's Colombo Open in Lisbon when she
beat seventh-seeded compatriot Lauren Selby in the first WISPA
World Tour squash event to be held in Portugal.
In a setting befitting a major championship, the WISPA players took to the
glass court in this new event - the second in the WISPA Premiere Series
which encourage new events in new countries. The ASB court, complete with
glass floor, was sited in the Central Plaza of the Centro Colombo,
immediately surrounded by seating stands and more than 400 stores.
Moverley, 20, from Hull, despatched Selby 9-2, 9-7, 9-5 in 32 minutes and
will now face Milou van der Heijden, the third seed from the
Netherlands who beat England's Irena Critchley 9-0, 9-4, 9-5.
Austrian champion Birgit Coufal, the fourth seed, defeated France's
Coline Aumard 9-5, 9-5, 9-1 and will now play sixth seed Karen
Kronemeyer, from the Netherlands, in the quarter-finals.
Aumard, an 18-year-old from Paris, summed up the reaction of several of
the players after she exited the see-through court. "The floor was an
especially new thing for me, as I was unused to the grip. But it was
really nice to play in a big arena for the first time and I had great
fun."
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