23/01/2008
WOMEN'S BULER CHALLENGE
Lee & Chiu In Home Double In Hong Kong
Buler
Challenge Cup 2008
16-20 Jan, Hong Kong |
Round One
17 Jan |
Quarters
18 Jan |
Semis
19 Jan |
Final
20 Jan |
[1] Madeline Perry (Irl)
9/2, 9/0, 9/0 (24m)
[Q] Leung Shin Nga (Hkg) |
Madeline Perry
9/1, 9/3, 9/2 (20m)
[8] Lim Woke Yah |
Madeline Perry
9/7, 9/5, 9/6 (42m
Christina Mak |
Madeline Perry
10/8, 9/4, 9/1 (42m)
Rebecca Chiu
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[8] Lim Woke Yah (Mas)
9/5, 9/2, 9/4 (30m)
Siti Munirah Jusoh (Mas) |
[3] Christina Mak (Hkg)
9/7, 9/9, 3/9, 9/5, 9/6 (82m)
Eun Ok Park (Kor) |
Christina Mak
9/4, 9/6, 10/8 (48m)
[5] Elise Ng |
[5] Elise Ng (Hkg)
10/9, 9/2, 9/3 (35m)
[Q] Song Sun-mi (Kor) |
Chinatsu Matsui (Jpn)
5/9, 9/7, 9/6, 9/7 (51m)
[6] Joshna Chinappa (Ind) |
Joshna Chinappa
9/6, 9/4, 9/0 (25m)
Sarah Kippax |
Sarah Kippax
9/0, 9/5, 9/2 (33m)
Rebecca Chiu
|
[Q] Liu Tsz Ling (Hkg)
10/8, 9/1, 9/2 (32m)
[4] Sarah Kippax (Eng) |
Annie Au (Hkg)
9/6, 9/6, 9/1 (47m)
[7] Delia Arnold (Mas) |
Annie Au
7/9, 9/7, 9/3, 9/6 (60m)
Rebecca Chiu |
[Q] Joey Chan (Hkg)
9/5, 9/1, 9/3 (27m)
[2] Rebecca Chiu (Hkg) |
Lee &
Chiu In Home Double In
Hong
Kong
Max Lee
and Rebecca Chiu pulled off unexpected victories over top-seeded
opponents in the finals of the Buler Squash Challenge Cup at the
Hong Kong Squash Centre to win produce a home double in
Hong
Kong.
Chiu faced women's favourite Madeline Perry, the former world No6
from
Ireland playing in her first WISPA World Tour event since
recovering from a serious head injury sustained last October.
Perry, currently ranked 13 in the world, raced to an 8-4 lead in the first
game, but Chiu fought back to take the game. The 29-year-old world No14
went on to win the match 10-8, 9-4, 9-1 in 42 minutes.
"This was my first tournament of 2008 so I am very happy to start with a
win," said Chiu after her second successive win and fourth appearance in a
row in the final. "If I can win the Hangzhou Open this week too it will
be a really happy Chinese new year for me!"
Perry confirmed that she is now feeling perfectly well again: "I really
wanted to play well on my first event back - but put myself under too much
pressure to win. It's going to take me a few more matches to be right
back, I guess."
An all-Hong Kong final brought the men's PSA Tour event to a
climax, with top seed Dick Lau taking the opening game which went
to a tie-break. But second seed Max Lee, aged just 20, came back
to beat his more experienced local rival 10-11 (1-3), 11-2, 11-1, 11-9 in
50 minutes to win the first Tour title of his career.
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