18/12/2007
WOMEN'S HILLEGOM FLOWERBULB OPEN
Kronemeyer Keeps Flowerbulb Crown In Dutch Hands
Squash
Hillegom Flowerbulb Open 2007
Netherlands, 14-16 Dec |
Round One
14 Dec |
Quarters
15 Dec |
Semis
15 Dec |
Final
16 Dec |
[1] Orla Noom (Ned)
9/1, 9/5, 9/0 (22 min)
Laura Alonso Perez (Esp) |
Orla Noom
9-0, 2-9, 7-9, 9-6, 9-1 (63 min)
Eun Chan Ahn |
Orla Noom
9-7, 10-8, 9-4 (52 min)
Karen Kronemeyer
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Karen Kronemeyer
17.00
Vicky Hynes |
[8] Lotte Eriksen
(Nor)
9/4, 10/9, 9/4 (44 min)
Eun Chan Ahn (Kor) |
[3] Karen Kronemeyer
(Ned)
9/1, 9/0,rtd (7 min)
Linda Hruzikova (Svk) |
Karen Kronemeyer
9-2, 9-5, 9-3 (31 min)
Emma Chorley |
[7] Emma Chorley (Eng)
9/1, 9/0, 9/3 (33 min)
Fiona Moverley (Eng) |
Melissa Meulenbelt
(Ned)
9/6, 9/2, 7/9, 10/9 (61 min)
[5] Milou Van der Heijden (Ned) |
Milou Van der Heijden
3-9, 10-9, 9-1, 9-6 (57 min)
Lucie Fialova |
Lucie Fialova
9-7, 9-7, 9-3 (39 min)
Vicky Hynes |
Lucie Fialova (Cze)
9/4, 2/9, 9/2, 9/3 (47 min)
[4] Dagmar Vermuelen (Ned) |
Maud Duplomb (Fra)
9/3, 10/9, 9/2 (36 min)
[6] Vicky Hynes (Eng) |
Vicky Hynes
9-5, 9-1, 9-7 (32 min)
Milja Dorenbos |
Katherine Quarterman (Eg)
Vicky Hynes
[2] Milja Dorenbos (Ned) |
Kronemeyer Keeps Flowerbulb Crown In Dutch
Hands
In a surprise final of the Women's Squash Hillegom Flowerbulb Open,
third seed Karen Kronemeyer defeated England's Vicky Hynes
to keep the WISPA World Tour title in its second year at Squash
Hillegom, in the Netherlands city of Hillegom, in Dutch hands.
The former Australian got off to a good start against Hynes, taking the
first game 9-4. However, the sixth seed from England fought back to level
the match. From that point onwards, 26-year-old Kronemeyer started
controlling the T, racing to a 2/1 lead and match ball in the fourth at
8-2.
Hynes was not to be denied, however. The 26-year-old former British
Junior champion from Birmingham staged a mini comeback to come within two
points of her opponent - saving four match balls in the process. The
third seeded Dutch girl finally capitalised on her fifth attempt to close
out the match, to win 9-4, 3-9, 9-3, 9-6 in 44 minutes - much to the
delight of the vocal home crowd.
"A successful tournament ended with a worthy final and a great champion!"
said tournament organiser Tommy Berden.
The victory stretched Kronemeyer's unbeaten run on the WISPA World Tour to
eight matches and two tournaments - and also keeps the trophy in Dutch
hands after Annelize Naude won the inaugural event in 2006. A
month ago, Kronemeyer also proved the strongest during the Didacticum
Rotterdam Open 2007.
Hynes' appearance in the Tour final marked her first since winning the
Carcassone City Open in France in 2001.
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