08/07/2008
HARROW MEXICAN OPEN
It's High Five For Teran In Homeland
Harrow Mexican
Open 2008
Silver Squash, Pachuca, 01-06 Jul, $16k |
Round One
03 Jun |
Quarters
04 Jun |
Semis
05
Jun |
Final
06 Jun |
[1] Samantha Teran
(Mex)
9/0, 9/0, 9/2 (16m)
[Q] Karina Heredia Gonzalez (Mex) |
Samantha Teran
9-0, 9-0, 9-1 (13m)
Deon Saffery |
Samantha Teran
9-5, 9-2, 9-3 (26m)
Donna Urquhart |
Samantha Teran
9-4, 10-8, 9-2 (45m)
Louise Crome |
[7] Deon Saffery (Wal)
7/9, 9/7, 9/3, 1/9, 9/7 (51m)
[Q] Ivonne Diaz (Mex) |
[4] Donna Urquhart
(Aus)
9/2, 9/7, 10/9 (38m)
Mami Nishio (Jpn) |
Donna Urquhart
10-9, 9-4, 10-8 (31m)
Georgina Stoker |
[6] Georgina Stoker
(Eng)
9/2, 6/9, 2/9, 9/7, 9/4 (49m)
[Q] Graciela Lopez Perez (Mex) |
Heba El Torky
(Egy)
9/4, 9/1, 9/0 (18m)
[8] Karina Hererra Zuniga (Mex) |
Heba El Torky
9-2, 10-8, 9-5 (33m)
Louise Crome |
Louise Crome
1-9, 9-3, 9-0, 9-1 (33m)
Karen Kronemeyer |
Eman El Amir (Egy)
9/1, 7/9, 9/5, 9/3 (41m)
[3] Louise Crome (Nzl) |
Nayelly Hernandez (Mex)
9/5, 9/1, 9/5 (23m)
[5] Karen Kronemeyer (Ned) |
Karen Kronemeyer
9-7, 9-7, 9-0 (29m)
Latasha Khan |
[Q] Sarycarmen Diaz
(Mex)
9/2, 9/1, 9/2 (24m)
[2] Latasha Khan (Usa) |
It's High Five For Teran In Homeland
Mexican squash star Samantha Teran stormed to victory in the
Women's Harrow Mexican Open to notch up her fifth Tour title in a row
this year in the maiden $16,000 WISPA World Tour event at Silver
Squash in Pachuca, Mexico.
The 27-year-old top seed was facing New Zealander Louise Crome, the
third seed, for the second time in seven days in a Tour final. And Teran
came out firing in the opening game - building up a 7-0 lead before Crome
was able to make her mark.
The favourite again had the better start in the second, moving 7-2 up.
But the Kiwi started to change her game and settled down, slowing down the
pace before moving ahead to game-ball at 8-7.
But Teran fought back to reclaim the advantage and take the game.
And the world No18 from Mexico City maintained the upper hand to clinch
the match 9-4, 10-8, 9-2 after 45 minutes.
Now with 12 titles from only 14 appearances in WISPA Tour finals, Teran
has extended her final 'success rate' to 86% - putting into the shade her
nearest Tour rivals Nicol David, the world No1 from Malaysia at
67%; Dutch star Vanessa Atkinson (61%) and Australian Rachael
Grinham (59%).
Teran & Crome Line Up Again In Mexican Open
Final
Just seven days after contesting the Los Angeles Open final in the
USA, Samantha Teran and Louise Crome will meet again in the
climax of the Women's Harrow Mexican Open after successes in the
semi-finals of the maiden $16,000 WISPA World Tour squash event at
Silver Squash in Pachuca,
Mexico.
Favourite Teran, the 27-year-old Mexican number one who inspired this
inaugural event some 90 kilometres east of Mexico City, continued her
powerful run with a 9-5, 9-2, 9-3 defeat of Australian Donna Urquhart,
the fourth seed, in 26 minutes.
The scoreline belies the true picture of the match - it was a
closely-contested battle the whole way through. In the end it was the
Aussie's many errors and the constant pressure from the home heroine that
cost her the match and gave Teran a place in her fifth WISPA final of the
year.
"This was a great game - it’s always harder to play a lefty!" said the
victorious Mexican afterwards. "She played very well - it was good
experience for me to play her last week in LA to understand her game. I
am very happy she came to Mexico and hope that she comes back for more!"
After an impressive upset in the previous round over second seed
Latasha Khan, fifth-seeded Dutch player Karen Kronemeyer went
into her match against New Zealand's Louise Crome, the third seed, with
her confidence soaring - and stormed to a 9-1 victory in the first game.
The Kiwi, having looked nervous in the first, started the second a
different player. The 30-year-old from Auckland picked up the pace,
sending Kronemeyer to all the corners of the court and soon levelled the
match.
The third and fourth were very much a repeat of the second - the Dutch
player unable to keep up with the pace as Crome powered to a 1-9, 9-3,
9-0, 9-1 victory in 33 minutes.
"I’m really pleased to win that one," said the New Zealander, now in the
13th Tour final of her career.
"Karen played exceptionally well in the first game, and I was really
struggling to get into the game. For the rest of the match I was hitting
better length and taking control of the rallies. It’s been great here in
Mexico. It’s like one big family… everyone is so friendly."
Kronemeyer Conquers Khan In Pachuca
Fifth seed
Karen Kronemeyer claimed an unexpected place in the semi-finals of the
Women's Harrow Mexican Open after upsetting Latasha Khan, the second
seed, in the quarter-finals of the maiden $16,000 WISPA World Tour squash
event at Silver Squash in Pachuca, some 90 kilometres east of
Mexico City.
Kahn, the seven times US national champion from Seattle, led 7-1 in the first
game and 7-2 in the second. But both times, Dutch star Kronemeyer battled back
to clinch the games before Khan capitulated with eight successive errors in the
third to hand the match 9-7, 9-7, 9-0 to the 27-year-old from The Hague.
"I played well," Kronemeyer admitted afterwards. "I felt like I caught her out
of position which meant I didn’t have to do as much running. I found it
difficult to breathe and didn’t want to run, so I was shouting a lot," added the
winner, alluding to the altitude.
Kronemeyer faces Louise Crome for a place in the final. The third seed
from New Zealand ended the brave run of Heba El Torky, beating the
unseeded 17-year-old Egyptian 9-2, 10-8, 9-5.
Favourite Samantha Teran, the 27-year-old Mexican number one who inspired
this inaugural event in Pachuca, took just 13 minutes to despatch Deon
Saffery, the seventh seed from Wales who was struggling with a twisted ankle
sustained earlier in the event.
The 9-0, 9-0, 9-1 victory tales Teran through to the other semi-final where she
will meet Australian Donna Urquhart, the fourth seed from Queensland who
beat England's Georgina Stoker 10-9, 9-4, 10-8.
El Torky Overturns Seedings In Mexican Open
Egyptian
teenager Heba El Torky produced the only upset on the opening day
of action in the Women's Harrow Mexican Open, the maiden WISPA
World Tour squash event at Silver Squash in Pachuca,
some 90 kilometres east of Mexico City.
Unaffected by the altitude (2,400m), the 17-year-old from Alexandria
dismissed eighth-seeded Mexican Karina Herrera Zuniga 9-4, 9-1, 9-0
in just 18 minutes.
With Mexicans claiming all four qualifications places - and three local
players already through to the main draw - seven Mexicans started the
first round of the inaugural $16,000 event which had been initiated by
Samantha Teran, the country's number one player and top seed.
Not surprisingly, the five-court Silver Squash centre in Pachuca was full
of family, friends and enthusiasts. But they only really had something to
cheer about when Graciela Lopez Perez reached two-all with
Georgina Stoker, the sixth seed from Merseyside in England.
The 17-year-old Mexican, in her first year on the WISPA Tour, already has
a great touch to combine with her strength - and that, along with the
altitude, certainly levelled up affairs. Stoker admitted that she noticed
the affect of the height, and was relieved to get past Perez 9-2, 6-9,
2-9, 9-7, 9-4 after 49 minutes.
Welsh international Deon Saffery only squeezed into the
quarter-finals after a tussle with Ivonne Diaz. Tentative at first
on an ankle that she had turned in practice the day before, seventh seed
Saffery eventually prevailed - and now faces home favourite Samantha
Teran.
The combination of results leaves eight different nationalities in the
last eight - so, from seven Mexicans at the start of the day, only top
seed Teran survived and remains on course to win the title that she was
instrumental in putting together.
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