26/05/2008
TEXAS OPEN
Grainger Grabs Texas Open Title
Texas
Open 2008
Downtown Club,
Houston, 20-25 May, $27k |
Round One
22 May |
Quarters
23 May |
Semis
24 May |
Final
25 May |
[1] Natalie Grainger
(Usa)
9/2, 9/2, 9/5
[Q] Alana Miller (Can) |
Natalie Grainger
9/0, 9/0, 9/7
Dominique Lloyd-Walter |
Natalie Grainger
10-8,
9-1, 9-5
Isabelle Stoehr
|
Natalie Grainger
9-2, 9-5, 9-6
Laura Lengthorn-Massaro |
[6] Dominique
Lloyd-Walter (Eng)
8/10, 9/6, 9/3, 9/4
[Q] Georgina Stoker (Eng) |
[4] Samantha Teran
(Mex)
9/2, 9/5, 10/8
[Q] Joelle King (Nzl) |
Samantha Teran
9/5, 4/9, 5/9, 9/2, 9/2
Isabelle Stoehr |
[7] Isabelle Stoehr (Fra)
9/0, 9/1, 9/5
Tricia Chuah (Mas) |
Suzie Pierrepont (Eng)
9/6, 3/9, 9/2, 9/7
[5] Sharon Wee (Mas) |
Sharon Wee
9/0, 9/0, 9/0
Laura Lengthorn-Massaro
|
Laura Lengthorn-Massaro
6-9,
1-9, 9-0, 9-1, 9-2
Shelley Kitchen |
[Q] Karen Kronemeyer
(Ned)
9/3, 10/8, 10/8
[3] Laura Lengthorn-Massaro(Eng) |
Joshna Chinappa (Ind)
9/3, 96/9, 9/3, 9/7
[8] Latasha Khan (Usa) |
Latasha Khan
9/3, 9/2, 9/4
Shelley Kitchen |
Line Hansen (Den)
9/3, 9/1, 9/0
[2] Shelley Kitchen (Nzl) |
Grainger Grabs Texas Open Title
US squash star Natalie Grainger successfully defended her
Women's Central Bank Texas Open title when she beat England's Laura
Lengthorn-Massaro in straight games in the final of the $27,600
WISPA World Tour event at Downtown Club at the Met in
Houston, USA.
After claiming an unexpected place in the final following her upset over
third-seeded New Zealander Shelley Kitchen in the previous round,
third seed Lengthorn-Massaro put in a feisty performance against the
favourite from Washington DC.
There were many long exchanges in the second and third games that forced
Grainger to remain focused, but in the end the 30-year-old world number
four cranked it up a notch to win 9-2, 9-5, 9-6 and secure the crown for
the second year in a row.
The win marks Grainger's 18th WISPA Tour title - and the
seventh on her new 'home soil' since becoming a US citizen in February
2007.
Laura Outlasts Shelley In Texas Upset
England's
Laura Lengthorn-Massaro recovered from two games down to upset
second seed Shelley Kitchen in the semi-finals of the Women's
Central Bank Texas Open to claim an unexpected place in the final of
the $27,600 WISPA World Tour squash event at Downtown Club at
the Met in Houston, USA.
Though ranked five places lower than the New Zealander in the world top
20, third seed Lengthorn-Massaro marked up her fourth successive Tour win
over Kitchen as she battled to the 6-9, 1-9, 9-0, 9-1, 9-2 victory which
secured her ninth appearance in a WISPA final.
The 24-year-old from Lancashire will face strong favourite Natalie
Grainger, the US and Pan American Games champion from
Washington DC who ended Isabelle Stoehr's brave run when she beat
the seventh seed from France 10-8, 9-1, 9-5.
Grainger, a former world number one, is celebrating her 36th
final appearance on the WISPA Tour.
Stoehr Startles Teran In Texas
France's
seventh seed Isabelle Stoehr pulled off a notable upset in the
Women's Central Bank Texas Open when she defeated fourth-seeded
Mexican Samantha Teran to reach the semi-finals of the $27,600
WISPA World Tour squash event at Downtown Club at the Met in
Houston, USA.
Teran led 2/1, but the 28-year-old from Montpellier - who reached the
semi-finals of the British Open earlier this month as a qualifier -
fought back to record an impressive 9-5, 4-9, 5-9, 9-2, 9-2 win.
Stoehr now faces favourite Natalie Grainger, the US number one who
despatched England's sixth seed Dominique Lloyd-Walter 9-0, 9-0,
9-7.
There will be English interest in the other semi-final after third seed
Laura Lengthorn-Massaro crushed fifth-seeded Malaysian Sharon Wee
9-0, 9-0, 9-0.
The 24-year-old from Lancashire will now take on New Zealand's Shelley
Kitchen after the second seed from Auckland beat former US National
champion Latasha Khan 9-3, 9-2, 9-4.
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