27/10/2008
NIAGRA OPEN
Ranieri Wins Maiden Tour Title At Niagara Open
Pepsi Niagara Open
2008
Ontario, Canada, 24-26 Oct, $6k |
Round One
24-Oct |
Quarters
24-Oct |
Semis
25-Oct |
Final
26-Oct |
[1]
Karen Kronemeyer (Ned)
11/6, 11/5, 11/2 (22m)
Fernanda Rocha (Arg) |
Karen Kronemeyer
11/7, 11/7, 5/11, 13/11 (38m)
Larissa Stephenson |
Larissa Stephenson
11/3, 12/10, 6/11, 11/5
Miranda Ranieri |
Miranda
Ranieri
11/8, 14/12, 11/2
Leonie Holt |
[6]
Larissa Stephenson (Nzl)
11/7, 9/11, 11/5, 13/11 (48m)
Nour Baghat (Egy) |
[4]
Stephanie Edmison (Can)
11/2, 11/5, 11/4 (20m)
Jamie Laird (Can) |
Stephanie Edmison
11/5, 8/11, 11/9, 11/8 (32m)
Miranda Ranieri |
[7] Tina
Rix (Eng)
11/6, 11/7, 11/7 (22m)
Miranda Ranieri (Can) |
w/o
Laura Gemmell (Can) |
Laura Gemmell
11/6, 12/10, 11/9 (30m)
Georgina Stoker |
Laura Gemmell
8/11, 11/9, 11/5, 11/6
Leonie Holt |
Genevieve
Lessard (Can)
11/5, 11/4, 11/7 (24m)
[3] Georgina Stoker (Eng) |
Leonie
Holt (Eng)
11/9, 11/9, 11/9 (23m)
[5] Alexandra Norman (Eng) |
Leonie Holt
11/5, 11/8, 7/11, 6/11, 11/7 (50m)
Tara Mullins |
bye
[2] Tara Mullins (Can) |
Ranieri Wins Maiden Tour Title At Niagara Open
Unseeded
Canadian Miranda Ranieri completed a remarkable run at the Women's
Pepsi Niagara Open in Ontario, Canada,
to earn her maiden WISPA World Tour squash title in only her third
appearance in a Tour event .
The
Toronto-born 22-year-old defeated England's Leonie Holt in the
championship final at The Club at White Oaks in Niagara on the Lake
11-8, 14-12, 11-5. Ranieri had a terrible start, falling behind 0-5 in the
first game before rallying for the win. The second game was key as Ranieri
survived squandering a 9-3 lead and a controversial call late in the game that
didn’t go her way.
"Miranda was
absolutely thrilled - this was a big win for her," said her father Mike
Ranieri. "Her long game was absolutely fantastic; her opponent had trouble
digging the ball out of the corners. She was very nervous at the start but was
able to get her confidence back. And not letting that call in the second game
upset her was crucial."
Ranieri opened
the tournament eliminating seventh seed Tina Rix of England, then took
Canadian university champion and fourth seed Stephanie Edmison of Toronto
- and in the semi finals took out sixth seed Larissa Stephenson of New
Zealand. Stephenson had upset top-seed Karen Kronemeyer of the
Netherlands in the quarter-finals
The victory is
another feather in Ranieri’s cap for 2008. Back in March, she won a national US
College women’s singles title - only the third woman from Yale University
to achieve the feat. This week however, the biology student wasn’t expected to
be in the mix for the title!
The competition
was an event on the Canadian Squash Circuit for the 2008-09 season, as well as a
stop on the women's pro circuit.
The Canadian
Squash Circuit is a national tour consisting of Men’s PSA and Women’s WISPA
sanctioned events across Canada. Canadian players compete for points in the
Canadian Squash Circuit standings, which culminate with a year-end Grande
Finale between the highest point earners from the Men’s and Women’s Circuit.
The Canadian Squash Circuit’s goals are to provide Canadian squash players with
an opportunity to play at a high level of competition within Canada and to
increase the level of awareness of squash in Canada.
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