10/09/2008
TAIWAN OPEN
Simpson & Au Celebrate Success In Maiden Taiwan Open
Taiwan
Open
2008
Men's Draw
NTU Squash Centre, Taiwan, 05-09 Sep, $14k |
Round One
06
Sep |
Quarters
07 Sep |
Semis
08 Sep |
Final
09 Sep |
[1] Jan Koukal (Cze)
9/11, 13/11, 11/3, 11/7 (45m)
Qualifier |
Jan Koukal
11/5, 11/7, 11/5 (41m)
Cheng Yao Huang |
Jan Koukal
11/3, 10/12, 11/5, 11/7 (67m)
Chris Simpson |
Chris Simpson
11/8, 12/10, 11/1 (45m)
Yasir Butt |
[8] Chris Truswell (Eng)
11/6, 7/11, 11/8, 11/6 (47m
Cheng Yao Huang (Tpe) |
[4] Chris Simpson
(Eng)
11/6, 11/6, 11/6 (28m
[Q] Ahmed Hawas (Egy) |
Chris Simpson
9/11, 11/5, 11/3, 11/8 (47m)
Matthew Karwalski |
[6] Matthew Karwalski
(Aus)
9/11, 9/11, 11/8, 11/9, 11/8 (68m)
[Q] Anson Kwong (Hkg) |
[Q] Kristian Frost
Olesen (Den)
11/8, 13/11, 11/9 (43m)
[7] James Snell (Eng) |
James Snell
13/11, 14/12, 11/8 (53m)
Dick Lau |
Dick Lau
7/11, 11/7, 8/11, 11/6 (56m)
Yasir Butt |
Colin Ramasra (Tri)
11/3, 11/5, 11/3 (26m)
[3] Dick Lau (Hkg) |
Steven Robinson (Aus)
11/9, 11/7, 11/8 (28m)
[5] Max Lee (Hkg) |
Max Lee
11/9, 6/11, 11/9 (50m)
Yasir Butt |
Aqeel Rehman (Aut)
11/8, 3/0 rtd
[2] Yasir Butt (Pak) |
Taiwan
Open
2008
Women's Draw
NTU Squash Centre, Taiwan, 05-09 Sep, $11k |
Round One
07 Sep |
Quarters
08 Sep |
Semis
08 Sep |
Final
09 Sep |
[1] Sharon Wee (Mas)
11/8, 11/5, 10/12, 11/3 (29m)
Song Sun-Mi (Kor) |
Sharon Wee
11/9, 12/10, 11/4 (40m)
Chinatsu Matsui |
Sharon Wee
11/7, 7/11, 11/6, 11/2 (21m)
Joey Chan |
Sharon Wee
11/6, 11/8, 11/3 (25m)
Annie Au |
[7] Chinatsu
Matsui (Jpn)
11/2, 11/0, 11/1 (17m)
[Q] Chun-Pin Li Jpn) |
[4] Camille Serme
(Fra)
9/11, 11/7, 11/4, 11/8 (35m)
Joey Chan (Hkg) |
Joey Chan
11/3, 11/5, 11/9 (23m)
Mami Nishio |
Mami Nishio (Jpn)
11/7, 11/7, 12/10 (35m)
[8] Eun Ok Park (Kor) |
[Q] Miwa Maekawa (Jpn)
11/8, 11/8, 11/6 (20m)
[6] Dipika Pallikal (Ind) |
Dipika Pallikal
11/5, 14/12, 11/6 (30m)
Lisa Camilleri |
Lisa Camilleri
11/6, 11/3, 11/9 (34m)
Annie Au |
Coline Aumard (Fra)
11/2, 11/6, 11/7 (29m)
[3] Lisa Camilleri (Aus) |
Ahn Eun Chan (Kor)
11/6, 11/13, 11/9, 5/11, 11/8 (40m)
[5] Annie Au (Hkg) |
Annie Au
11/6, 11/9, 8/11, 8/11, 11/3 (45m)
Joshna Chinappa |
Faustine Gilles (Fra)
7/11, 11/3, 12/10, 11/5 (26m)
[2] Joshna Chinappa |
Simpson & Au Celebrate Success In Maiden
Taiwan Open
The first professional squash event to be held in Chinese Taipei ended in
surprise successes for both Englishman Chris Simpson and Hong Kong's
Annie Au in the Taiwan Open Championships at the National Taiwan
University Sports Centre in
Taipei.
Chris Simpson, fourth seed in the men's $14,750 PSA Tour event, made his
breakthrough in the semi-finals when he upset top-seeded Czech Jan Koukal
11-3, 10-12, 11-5, 11-7 in 67 minutes to reach the first PSA final of his
career.
The Guernsey-born 21-year-old - playing in his first Tour event since January -
then faced
Pakistan's Yasir Butt, the 20-year-old from Lahore celebrating his fourth
Tour final of the year, but looking for his maiden title.
But Yorkshire-based Simpson was too strong for the second seed, beating Butt
11-8, 12-10, 11-1 in 45 minutes to mark his first PSA Tour title triumph.
The final of the women's $10,900
WISPA World Tour
event saw Annie Au pull off her third successive upset in the championship - and
also win her third Tour title in two months against expectations.
The 19-year-old left-hander battled for five games to beat
India's second seed Joshna Chinappa in the quarter-finals before
continuing her giant-killing run in the semis with a four-game victory over
third-seeded Australian Lisa Camilleri.
In the final - her fifth on the
WISPA Tour - Au despatched Malaysian favourite Sharon Wee 11-6, 11-8,
11-3 in just 25 minutes to record the fourth title success of her brief career.
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