27/01/2008
HARROW GREENWICH OPEN
Kitchen Prevails In Greenwich Open Final
WISPA Harrow Greenwich
Open 2008
Greenwich, Connecticut,
22nd-27th
Jan |
Round One
24 Jan |
Quarters
25 Jan |
Semis
26 Jan |
Final
27 Jan |
[1] Natalie Grainger (USA)
9-4, 9-3, 9-4 (23m)
Latasha Khan (USA) |
Natalie Grainger
9-0, 5-9, 4-9, 9-7, 9-0 (60m)
Laura Lengthorn-Massaro |
Laura Lengthorn-Massaro
9-4, 9-0, 4-9, 9-4 (60m)
Alison Waters
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Alison Waters
4-9, 10-9, 9-10, 9-3, 9-2 (80m)
Shelley Kitchen
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[6] Laura Lengthorn-Massaro
(ENG)
9-5, 9-2, 9-6 (47m)
Samantha Teran (MEX) |
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[3] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY)
9-0, 9-2, 6-2 ret. (23m)
[Q] Lauren Briggs (ENG) |
Omneya Abdel Kawy
7-9, 9-7, 10-8, 4-9, 9-4 (70m)
Alison Waters |
[5] Alison Waters (ENG)
9-5, 9-4, 9-6 (41m)
Raneem El Weleily (EGY) |
[8] Annelize Naude (NED)
5-9, 9-3, 9-1, 9-7
Manuela Manetta (ITA) |
Annelize Naude
9-5, 9-2, 9-5 (33m)
Shelley Kitchen |
Shelley Kitchen
9-0, 9-6, 0-9, 9-4 (50m)
Vanessa Atkinson |
[4] Shelley Kitchen (NZL)
9-5, 9-1, 9-6
[Q]Aisling Blake (IRL) |
[7] Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL)
9-8, 9-5, 6-9, 9-1
[Q] Lauren Siddall (ENG) |
Jaclyn Hawkes
9-6, 9-4, 5-9, 9-2 (47m)
Vanessa Atkinson
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[2] Vanessa Atkinson (NED)
9-0, 7-9, 9-1, 9-0
[Q] Suzie Pierrepont (ENG) |
Kitchen Prevails In Greenwich Open Final
In a
gripping climax to the Women's Harrow Greenwich Open, New Zealander
Shelley Kitchen prevailed in 80 minutes to beat England's Alison
Waters to win the WISPA World Tour Silver 30 squash title in
Greenwich in the US state of Connecticut.
Fourth seed Kitchen claimed her unexpected place in the final after
upsetting second seed Vanessa Atkinson in the semis - while Waters,
the fifth seed from London, defeated England team-mate Laura
Lengthorn-Massaro, the No6 seed who was an earlier shock winner over
US favourite Natalie Grainger.
In a final in which the lead changed too many times to count, it was the
28-year-old from Auckland who came back from a game down to triumph 4-9,
10-9, 9-10, 9-3, 9-2 to claim the 12th WISPA World Tour title
of her career.
Waters & Kitchen In Shock Greenwich Open
Final
England's
Alison Waters and New Zealander Shelley Kitchen will meet in
a surprise final of the Women's Harrow Greenwich Open after
four-game defeats in the semi-finals of the WISPA World Tour Silver 30
squash event in Greenwich in the US state of Connecticut.
Waters, the fifth seed from London, needed 60 minutes to overcome her
sixth-seeded England team-mate Laura Lengthorn-Massaro 9-4, 9-0,
4-9, 9-4. In the previous round, the 24-year-old from Lancashire claimed
one of the biggest scalps of her career when she despatched USA's top seed
Natalie Grainger.
Waters, the 23-year-old world number 12, will celebrate her fourth
WISPA World Tour final against Kitchen.
The 28-year-old from Auckland caused a significant upset when she ousted
Vanessa Atkinson, the second seed from the Netherlands, 9-0, 9-6,
0-9, 9-4 in 50 minutes.
World No10 Kitchen is now in her 18th Tour final.
Laura & Alison Set Up Shock All-English
Semi in Greenwich
Laura Lengthorn-Massaro
and Alison Waters set up a surprise all-English semi-final in the
Women's Harrow Greenwich Open after overcoming higher-seeded opponents in
the WISPA World Tour Silver 30 squash event in Greenwich in the US
state of Connecticut.
Lengthorn-Massaro, the sixth seed from Preston in Lancashire, claimed one of the
biggest scalps of her career when she despatched top seed Natalie Grainger
- fighting back from 1/2 down to defeat the world number four, winner of five
Tour titles last year, 9-0, 5-9, 4-9, 9-7, 9-0 in exactly one hour.
Londoner Waters also survived a marathon, coming through 7-9, 9-7, 10-8, 4-9,
9-4 in 70 minutes to oust Egypt's third seed Omneya Abdel Kawy from her
first international event of the year.
Order was restored in the lower half of the draw where second seed Vanessa
Atkinson beat New Zealand's Jaclyn Hawkes to set up a semi-final
clash with another Kiwi, fourth seed Shelley Kitchen who defeated Dutch
opponent Annelize Naude 9-5, 9-2, 9-5.
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