29/07/2008
SOUTH AUSTRALIA OPEN
Mike Corren & Amelia Pittock Celebrate South Australian Open Success
Men's Draw
South Australia Open
2008
Edwardstown, 23-27 Jul, $4k |
Round One
31-Jul |
Quarters
01-Aug |
Semis
02-Aug |
Final
03-Aug |
[1] Mike Corren (Aus)
11/6, 11/8, 12/10
[LL] Peter Taylor (Aus) |
Mike Corren
11/9, 13/11 rtd (43m)
Jason Mudge |
Mike Corren
11/7, 11/8, 11/6 (34m)
Justin Beard |
Mike Corren
11/7, 11/7, 12/10 (39m)
Zac Alexander |
[6] Josh Cardwell
(Aus)
11/2, 11/2, 11/2
[Q] Jason Mudge (Aus) |
[3] Steven Robinson
(Aus)
11/8, 14/12, 12/10
[Q] Nathan Stevenson (Aus) |
Steven Robinson
11/9, 12/14, 9/11, 11/9, 11/9 (68m)
Justin Beard |
[7] Justin Beard (Aus)
11/4, 11/8, 11/7
Neeraj Aggarwal (Aus) |
[Q] Tim Cowell (Aus)
11/9, 4/11, 11/6, 9/11, 11/7
[5] Carl Hampson (Rsa) |
Carl Hampson
7/11, 11/6, 11/9, 11/8 (45m)
Luke Forster |
Carl Hampson
5/11, 11/7, 8/11, 11/6, 11/3 (57m)
Zac Alexander |
Luke Forster (Aus)
11/5, 8/11, 6/11, 11/8, 11/6
[4] Joseph Desira (Aus) |
[Q] Nathan Kam (Aus)
11/8, 5/11, 8/11, 11/8 11/5
[8] Rex Hedrick (Aus) |
Rex Hedrick
11/4, 11/6, 11/6 (35m)
Zac Alexander |
Brent Dunkley (Aus)
11/2, 11/3, 11/6
[2] Zac Alexander (Aus) |
Women's Draw
South Australia Open
2008
Edwardstown, 23-27 Jul, $4k |
Round One
31 Jul |
Quarters
01 Aug |
Semis
02 Aug |
Final
03 Aug |
[1] Amelia Pittock
(Aus) |
Amelia Pittock
11/0, 11/3, 11/5 (23m)
Maggy Marshall |
Amelia Pittock
11/1, 11/4, 11/1 (21m)
Adel Weir |
Amelia Pittock
11/7, 11/9, 11/9 (35m)
Lisa Camilleri |
[5] Maggy Marshall
(Aus)
11/7, 12/10, 11/1
Paige Inia-McGarvey (Aus) |
[3] Adel Weir (Rsa)
11/1, 11/3, 14/12
Vicky Cardwell (Aus) |
Adel Weir
7/11, 11/7, 11/6, 11/4 (26m)
Kimberley Bessell |
[8] Kimberley Bessell
(Aus)
7/11, 11/8, 12/10, 11/8
Bonny Wu (Aus) |
Zoe Petrovansky
(Aus)
14/12, 11/9, 11/9
[7] Sarah Cardwell (Aus) |
Zoe Petrovansky
8/11, 11/4, 11/4, 11/7 (25m)
Jackie Laurensen |
Zoe Petrovansky
11/4, 11/3, 11/6 (23m)
Lisa Camilleri |
Alma Kushartanti (Aus)
11/7, 14/16, 3/11, 11/7, 16/14
[4] Jackie Laurensen (Nzl) |
Lyndal Morrison (Aus)
11/1, 11/5, 11/8
[6] Melody Francis (Aus) |
Melody Francis
13/11, 11/0, 11/8 (30m)
Lisa Camilleri |
[2] Lisa Camilleri (Aus) |
Mike Corren &
Amelia Pittock Celebrate South Australian Open Success
Australian favourite Mike Corren achieved another career milestone in
Edwardstown when he took out his home state’s squash title for the first
time with an 11-7, 11-7, 12-10 win over compatriot Zac Alexander in the
men's final of the South Australian Open.
The title was Corren’s 18th on the PSA Tour - but his first win in front
of his home fans at the SA Open.
The victory also takes the 34-year-old ahead of fellow countryman Stewart
Boswell in the number of Tour titles won - and up to second place in the
list of current Tour title-winning Australians led by David Palmer, the
two-time World Open champion who boasts 22 trophies.
In a good day for the top seeds as Australian Amelia Pittock won the
women’s final when she beat fellow countrywoman Lisa Camilleri 11-7, 11-9,
11-9.
Both winners will now head to the South Australian town of Clare for the
Australian Open, but Corren admitted he hadn’t been thinking that far
ahead.
"I have set myself for this one (the SA Open) for the past few months,"
said the new champion. "I wasn’t thinking about Clare - I’m originally
from here and I’ve always had a crack at this tournament but come off
second best.
"I thought this year I’d give it a go. I’ve been training four months for
this. I set myself for it at the start of the year before the dates even
came out."
Corren never looked in danger against Alexander, the 19-year-old
scholarship holder with the Australian Institute of Sport.
Corren had a bad run with injuries in 2007 and had to decide earlier this
year whether he wanted to continue on the tour. However, after moving to
Malaysia and putting in a period of solid training he knew he didn’t want
to quit just yet.
"I’m feeling as keen as I ever did," he said. "I know I’m heading into my
last few years on the circuit, but I think if I retired now I’d regret
it."
In the women’s WISPA World Tour event, Pittock looked very impressive as
she played almost faultless squash to defeat an in-form Camilleri and
retain the title she won last year.
The world number 35 won her second title of the year with the victory and
the fifth of her career, giving her a welcome confidence boost ahead of
the Australian Open.
"I was very nervous today and I don’t know why," said Camilleri, from
Queensland. "I couldn’t relax during the warm-up. She was the number one
seed so I had nothing to lose, but I just couldn’t relax."
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