Women's Carcassonne City Squash Open,
Carcassone, France
1st round:
[1] Lauren
Briggs (ENG) bt [Q] Kerri Shields (IRL) 9-5, 9-0, 9-4
[7] Celia
Allamargot (FRA) bt Dagmar Vermeulen (NED) 9-5, 6-9, 9-6, 9-7
[4] Tricia
Chuah (MAS) bt [Q] Faustine Gilles (FRA) 9-2, 9-6, 9-5
Vicky Hynes
(ENG) bt [5] Suzie Pierrepont (ENG) 2-9, 9-10, 9-6, 9-0, 9-7
[Q] Fiona
Moverley (ENG) bt [6] Elise Ng (HKG) 9-5, 9-6, 9-0
[3] Sarah
Kippax (ENG) bt Emma Chorley (ENG) 3-9, 9-5, 9-1, 9-10, 9-2
[8] Deon
Saffery (WAL) bt [Q] Lauren Selby (ENG) 9-7, 9-2, 9-7
[2] Line Hansen
(DEN) bt Maud Duplomb (FRA) 9-0, 9-3, 9-2
Quarter-finals:
[1] Lauren
Briggs (ENG) bt [7] Celia Allamargot (FRA) 9-0, 9-3, 9-6
Vicky Hynes
(ENG) bt [4] Tricia Chuah (MAS) 9-6, 9-3, 9-3
[3] Sarah
Kippax (ENG) bt [Q] Fiona Moverley (ENG) 9-5, 9-7, 9-4
[2] Line Hansen
(DEN) bt [8] Deon Saffery (WAL) 9-1, 9-2, 9-3
Semi-finals:
[1] Lauren
Briggs (ENG) bt Vicky Hynes (ENG) 6-9, 9-5, 9-0, 9-6
[2] Line Hansen
(DEN) bt [3] Sarah Kippax (ENG) 9-5, 10-9, 9-1
Final:
[1] Lauren Briggs (ENG) bt [2] Line Hansen (DEN) 9-6, 9-6, 9-3 (59m)
Briggs Captures
Carcassonne Crown
Lauren Briggs
beat
Denmark's Line Hansen in the final of the Women's Carcassonne City
Open to become the second successive English winner of the $11,000 WISPA
World Tour squash title in its ninth year at the Acacia Club in the
French medieval city of Carcassonne.
Briggs, the top seed from London, had to beat compatriot Vicky Hynes in
the semi-finals after the unseeded 27-year-old from Birmingham - winner of the
title seven years ago - upset two seeds to reach the last four.
Second seed Hansen put paid to an all-English final when she beat third seed
Sarah Kippax in the other semi.
The final was a close-fought affair, with no more than a point between the pair
until the end of the first two games.
By the third, Hansen was showing signs of wear, and Briggs stepped up the pace
to claim her 9-6, 9-6, 9-3 in one minute short of an hour.
"I am very, very, very, pleased," said Briggs later. "I always knew it was
going to be tough. For the last few months I have not been playing very well so
this win is a real confidence booster," added the 28-year-old, who now
celebrates her fourth WISPA Tour title, but the first for more than two years.
Runner-up Hansen said: "I was happy for patches of the match - but I lose
concentration after a bad shot and I lose a few more. I cannot afford that. It
was disappointing not to win a game but she kept picking up the ball and putting
me under pressure," explained the 25-year-old from Odense after her first Tour
final appearance of the year.