02/12/2008
MACAU OPEN
Pierrepont & Gaultier Win Macau Titles
Macau
Open
2008
Men's Draw
25-30 Nov,
Macau, $52k |
Round One
27
Nov |
Quarters
28 Nov |
Semis
29 Nov |
Final
30 Nov |
[1]
Gregory Gaultier (Fra)
11/8, 11/3, 11/5
[Q] Julian Illingworth (Usa) |
Gregory Gaultier
11/9, 11/2, 11/4
[8] Alister Walker |
Gregory Gaultier
11/2, 11/5, 11/4
Aamir Atlas Khan |
Gregory Gaultier
11/6, 11/9, 11/5
Karim Darwish |
[8]
Alister Walker (Eng)
9/11, 11/9, 11/4, 11/5
Jonathan Kemp (Eng) |
[3]
Nick Matthew (Eng)
11/4, 11/4, 11/6
Armando Amante (Mac) |
Nick Matthew
8/11, 18/16, 11/9, 11/5
Aamir Atlas Khan |
[5]
Azlan Iskandar (Mas)
11/7, 10/12, 11/1, 7/11, 11/7
[Q] Aamir Atlas Khan (Pak) |
[Q] Julien Balbo (Fra)
7/11, 11/8, 11/9, 12/10
[6] Olli Tuominen (Fin) |
Julien Balbo
11/8, 11/8, 11/4
Thierry Lincou |
Thierry Lincou
8/11, 13/11, 11/4, 11/3
Karim Darwish |
Renan Lavigne (Fra)
11/9, 11/7, 11/6
[4] Thierry Lincou (Fra) |
Chris Ryder (Eng)
6/11, 12/10, 11/8, 5/11, 11/5
[7] Cameron Pilley (Aus) |
Chris Ryder
11/3, 11/3, 11/5
Karim Darwish |
[Q] Saurav Ghosal (Ind)
11/3, 11/8, 11/5
[2] Karim Darwish (Egy) |
Macau
Open 2008
Women's Draw
26-30 Nov,
Macau, $16k |
Round One
27
Nov |
Quarters
28 Nov |
Semis
29 Nov |
Final
30 Nov |
[1]
Rebecca Chiu (Hkg)
11/4, 11/5, 11/4
Ahn Eun Chan (Kor) |
Rebecca Chiu
11/9, 14/12, 11/2
Dipika Pallikal |
Rebecca Chiu
11/7, 11/7, 8/11,
9/11, 11/5
Suzie Pierrepont |
Suzie Pierrepont
11/6, 7/11, 11/9, 9/11, 11/4
Samantha Teran |
[8]
Dipika Pallikal (Ind)
12/10, 11/8, 8/11, 4/11, 11/5
Song Sun-Mi (Kor) |
[3]
Line Hansen (Den)
12/10, 12/10, 11/7
Kylie Lindsay (Nzl) |
Line Hansen
6/11, 11/9, 11/6, 11/7
Suzie Pierrepont |
[6]
Suzie Pierrepont (Eng)
11/4, 10/12, 12/10, 11/7
[Q] Melody Francis (Aus) |
[Q] Birgit Coufal (Aut)
9/11, 11/8, 11/5, 11/8
[5] Christina Mak (Hkg) |
Christina Mak
9/11, 11/9, 11/3, 11/9
Latasha Khan |
Latasha Khan
8/11, 11/6, 11/8,
12/10
Samantha Teran |
Cheryl Vong (Mac)
11/3, 11/5, 11/2
[4] Latasha Khan (Usa) |
[Q] Lauren Selby (Eng)
11/7, 11/9, 11/8
[7] Elise Ng (Hkg) |
Lauren Selby
11/9, 11/0, 11/9
Samantha Teran |
Mami
Nishio (Jpn)
11/6, 11/5, 11/4
[2] Samantha Teran (Mex) |
Pierrepont & Gaultier Win
Macau Titles
England's Suzie
Pierrepont and Frenchman Gregory Gaultier secured the titles in
the 2008 Macau Open Squash Championships after contrasting finals
in Macau, the first European colony in China.
Top seed Gregory Gaultier, the world No3 from France, sailed through to
the final of the men's $52,500 5-star PSA Tour event without
dropping a game.
In the 30th PSA Tour final appearance of his career - and his fifth this
year - Gaultier faced tour rival Karim Darwish, the Egyptian who
succeeded him as world No2 in the Dunlop PSA rankings.
But it was Gaultier's day as the 25-year-old from Aix-en-Provence
despatched second seed Darwish 11-6, 11-9, 11-5 to win the 14th Tour title
of his career.
The final of the women's $16,000 WISPA World Tour event produced a
stunning upset as England's sixth seed Suzie Pierrepont overcame
her third higher-ranked opponent in three days.
The sixth seed from Sussex, who is now living in the USA, beat Hong Kong's
top seed Rebecca Chiu in the semi-finals - then faced second
seed Samantha Teran in the climax.
Belying the fact that almost 20 ranking positions separate the pair,
23-year-old Pierrepont battled for five games to beat her Mexican
opponent, the world No18, 11-6, 7-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4.
The victory earns Pierrepont the fourth - and biggest - Tour title of her
career.
Pierrepont Progresses Into
Macau Final
England's Suzie
Pierrepont battled to her first ever victory over Hong Kong's
Rebecca Chiu when she upset the top seed in the women's
semi-finals of the Macau Open Squash Championships in Macau,
the first European colony in China.
The sixth seed from Sussex, who is now living in the USA, stemmed a fight
back by the favourite in the $16,000 WISPA World Tour event to beat
Chiu 11-7, 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 11-5.
Pierrepont is celebrating her sixth - and biggest - WISPA World Tour final
appearance.
The 23-year-old world No37 will now face second seed Samantha Teran
after the 27-year-old Mexican recovered from a game down to beat USA's
fourth seed Latasha Khan 8-11, 11-6, 11-8, 12-10.
The final of the men's $52,500 5-star PSA Tour event will feature
the event's top two seeds.
French favourite Gregory Gaultier, the world No3 from France who has yet
to drop a game in the tournament, despatched Pakistan qualifier Aamir Atlas
Khan 11-2, 11-5, 11-4.
The 25-year-old from Aix-en-Provence is celebrating the 30th PSA Tour final
appearance of his career - and his fifth this year.
Gaultier will meet Egypt's Karim Darwish, winner of the Qatar Classic
last month. World No2 Darwish, who overtook the Frenchman in the rankings this
month, needed four games to overcome France's No4 seed Thierry Lincou
8-11, 13-11, 11-4, 11-3.
The 27-year-old from Cairo, runner-up in the World Open in October, is
celebrating his 23rd Tour final appearance.
Atlas Khan & Pierrepont Make Semis
In Macau
Aamir Atlas Khan
and Suzie Pierrepont upset the seedings on quarter-finals day in the
first Macau Open Squash Championships for seven years when they claimed
unexpected slots in the semi-finals of the Tour event in Macau, the first
European colony in China.
Atlas Khan, a qualifier from Pakistan, continued his giant-killing run in the
men's $52,500 5-star PSA Tour event after defeating Malaysia's fifth seed
Mohd Azlan Iskandar in the opening round.
In the quarters, the 18-year-old from Peshawar dropped the first game against
third seed Nick Matthew - but fought back to beat the former British
Open champion from England 8-11, 15-13, 11-9, 11-5.
The teenager will now face favourite Gregory Gaultier after the world No2
from France despatched Englishman Alister Walker 11-9, 11-2, 11-4.
Suzie Pierrepont, the sixth seed from England, also dropped the first game
against Line Hansen in the quarter-finals of the $16,000 WISPA World
Tour championship. But the US-based 23-year-old recovered to beat the third
seed from Denmark 6-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-7.
Pierrepont will now take on top seed Rebecca Chiu for a place in the
final.
Seeds Suffer In Macau Open
The first
Macau Open Squash Championships for seven years produced a flurry
of upsets when three seeds fell in the first round of the men's $52,500
5-star PSA Tour event and one women's seed failed to survive the
first hurdle in the $16,000 WISPA World Tour championship in
Macau, the first European colony in China.
Pakistan qualifier Aamir Atlas Khan scored the biggest scalp after
defeating Malaysia's Mohd Azlan Iskandar, the fifth seed, 11-7,
10-12, 11-1, 7-11, 11-7.
Later, fellow qualifier Julien Balbo beat Finland's sixth seed
Olli Tuominen 7-11, 11-8, 11-9, 12-10 to set up an all-French
quarter-final clash with Thierry Lincou, the fourth seed who had
already ousted fellow Frenchman Renan Lavigne 11-9, 11-7, 11-6.
Australia's seed Cameron Pilley also failed to survive the opening
men's round. The seventh seed from New South Wales took the opening game
against Chris Ryder - but the unseeded Englishman fought back to
win 6-11, 12-10, 11-8, 5-11, 11-5 to earn a surprise place in the last
eight.
It was a disappointing visit to Macau for near local Elise Ng when
the seventh seed from Hong Kong went down 11-7, 11-9, 11-8 in the women's
event to English qualifier Lauren Selby.
Selby, from Essex, will now face second seed Samantha Teran
after the Mexican beat Japan's Mami Nishio 11-6, 11-5, 11-4.
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