21/03/2009
NSC SERIES No. 4
Mehboob & Kitchen Win NSC Titles
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NSC
Series NO. 4 2009
Men's Draw
16-21 Mar, Kuala Lumpur, $10k |
Round One
18 Mar |
Quarters
19 Mar |
Semis
20 Mar |
Final
21 Mar |
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[1]
Renan Lavigne (Fra)
11/8,11/9,11/4 (27m)
[Q] Elvinn Keo (Mas)r |
Renan Lavigne
10/12, 11/5, 11/8, 13/11 (60m)
Waqar Mehboob |
Waqar Mehboob
11-8, 14-12, 6-11, 4-11, 11-9 (77m)
Clinton Leeuw |
Waqar Mehboob
6-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 12-10 (56m)
Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan |
[5]
Mathieu Castagnet (Fra)
8/11,11/8,11/9,11/9 (49m)
[Q] Waqar Mehboob (Pak) |
[3]
Shahid Zaman (Pak)
11/5,11/4,11/4 (16m)
Clinton Leeuw (Rsa) |
Clinton Leeuw
11/9, 11/5, 7/11, 8/11, 12/10 (50m)
Shamsul Islam Khan |
[7]
Shamsul Islam Khan (Pak)
11/9,11/8,3/11,11/9 (25m)
Nafzahizam Adnan (Mas) |
[Q] Ivan Yuen (Mas)
6/11,11/7,11/9,11/6 (39m)
[8] Matthew Karwalski (Aus) |
Ivan Yuen
6/11, 12/10, 11/13, 11/9, 11/5 (96m)
[4] Ryan Cuskelly |
Ivan Yuen
11-4, 11-4, 7-11, 11-8 (57m)
Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan |
[Q] Aqif Hanif (Pak)
15/13,11/6,11/8 (39m)
[4] Ryan Cuskelly (Aus) |
Zac Alexander (Aus)
13/11,15/13,9/11,11/6 (58m)
[6] Muhd Asyraf Azan (Mas) |
Zac Alexander
11/8, 11/6, 11/13, 11/6 (40m)
Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan |
Kamran Khan (Mas)
11/13,7/11,13/11,11/3,11/3 (64m)
[2] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas) |
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NSC
Series NO. 4 2009
Women's Draw
16-21 Mar, Kuala Lumpur, $16k |
Round One
18 Mar |
Quarters
19 Mar |
Semis
20 Mar |
Final
21 Mar |
[1]
Vanessa Atkinson (Ned)
11/3,11/8,8/11,11/6 (45m)
[Q] Lauren Siddall (Eng) |
Vanessa Atkinson
11/9, 11/8, 6/11, 11/4 (37m)
Donna Urquhart |
Vanessa Atkinson
11-4, 11-1, 11-7 (29m)
Tania Bailey |
Vanessa Atkinson
8-11, 2-11, 13-11, 14-12, 13-11 (63m)
Shelley Kitchen |
[7]
Donna Urquhart (Aus)
6/11,7/11,11/9,11/8,11/5 (56m)
Alana Miller (Can) |
[3]
Tania Bailey (Eng)
11/5,11/1,11/9 (25m)
Low Wee Wern (Mas) |
Tania Bailey
12/10, 11/4, 11/4 (31m)
Delia Arnold |
[5]
Delia Arnold (Mas)
15/13,11/7,16/18,11/6 (67m)
Lisa Camilleri (Aus) |
Sitih Munirah Jusoh (Mas)
10/12,11/2,11/4,11/6 (39m)
[6] Sarah Kippax (Eng) |
Sarah Kippax
11/7, 11/3, 11/7 (36m)
Dominique Lloyd-Walter |
Dominique Lloyd-Walter
11-7, 11-8, 11-8 (39m)
Shelley Kitchen |
[Q] Lim Woke Yah (Mas)
11/5,8/11,11/7,11/7 (47m)
[4] Dominique Lloyd-Walter (Eng) |
[Q] Joey Chan (Hkg)
11/5,11/6,11/7 (26m)
[8] Aisling Blake (Irl) |
Aisling Blake
11/5, 11/7, 11/3 (36m)
Shelley Kitchen |
[Q] Joelle King (Nzl)
11/4,11/6,11/7 (28m)
[2] Shelley Kitchen (Nzl) |
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Mehboob &
Kitchen Win NSC Titles
It took five games
for both Waqar Mehboob and Shelley Kitchen to lift the titles in
the NSC Series No4 Squash Championships after dramatic upsets in the
finals of the Tour events at the Bukit Jalil National Squash Centre in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
It was a fairy-tale
conclusion to the men's $10,000 PSA Tour event when Pakistan qualifier
Mehboob recorded his fourth successive upset to beat local star Mohd
Nafiizwan Adnan, the second seed, 6-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 12-10 in 56
minutes.
The 17-year-old
from Peshawar made his breakthrough in the quarter-finals where he beat top seed
Renan Lavigne.
The teenager's
shock win marks his maiden PSA Tour title success - and comes only a week after
Mehboob made his first appearance in a final - also in KL!
There was no less
drama in the final of the women's $16,000 WISPA World Tour event where
favourite Vanessa Atkinson, the former world champion from the
Netherlands, led by two games and was poised to beat second seed Shelley
Kitchen in straight games.
But the determined
Kiwi fought back - surviving three successive tie-break games to notch up an
incredible 8-11, 2-11, 13-11, 14-12, 13-11 victory after 63 minutes.
The win marks
Kitchen's third successive WISPA title win in Kuala Lumpur in a month - and the
15th of the Aucklander's glorious career.
Mehboob Makes
NSC Final In KL
After another
marathon encounter in the NSC Series No4 Squash Championships, Pakistan
qualifier Waqar Mehboob has now reached the final of the $10,000 PSA
Tour event after beating South African Clinton Leeuw in the
semi-finals at the Bukit Jalil National Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
The 17-year-old
from Peshawar made his breakthrough in the quarter-finals where he beat top seed
Renan Lavigne. Mehboob battled for 77 minutes to record his 11-8, 14-12,
6-11, 4-11, 11-9 victory over 26-year-old Leeuw, from Cape Town.
Now in his second
Tour final in Kuala Lumpur in a week, the promising Pakistani will face local
star Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan after the second seed from KL beat
up-and-coming compatriot Ivan Yuen, an 18-year-old qualifier, 11-4, 11-4,
7-11, 11-8.
Adnan is
celebrating his 10th PSA Tour final appearance – but his first for almost a
year.
Action in the
women's $16,000 WISPA World Tour event continued to progress according to
the seedings: Former world champion Vanessa Atkinson secured her
expected place in the final with a surprisingly straightforward 11-4, 11-1, 11-7
win over England's Tania Bailey, the third seed, in 29 minutes.
The Dutch
favourite, now in the 36th Tour final of her career, will face second seed
Shelley Kitchen. The Auckland-based New Zealander despatched England's
Dominique Lloyd-Walter, the fourth seed, 11-7, 11-8, 11-8, to notch up her
22nd WISPA final appearance, the third in KL this year.
Waqar Wipes Out
Top Seed Lavigne In KL
Pakistan teenager
Waqar Mehboob maintained his 'giant-killing' run in the NSC Series No4
Squash Championships after toppling top seed Renan Lavigne in the
quarter-finals of the $10,000 PSA Tour event at the Bukit Jalil
National Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
After ditching
fifth-seeded Frenchman Mathieu Castagnet in the first round, the
17-year-old qualifier celebrated the highest-ranked scalp of his career by
beating Lavigne, the world No32 from France, 10-12, 11-5, 11-8, 13-11 in exactly
an hour.
Mehboob, the world
No97 from Peshawar, would have expected to meet a fellow countryman in the
semi-finals – but a further shock in the men's event led to unseeded South
African Clinton Leeuw claiming an 11-9, 11-5, 7-11, 8-11, 12-10 victory
in 50 minutes over Shamsul Islam Khan, the No7 seed from Quetta.
The longest match
in the event also produced an unexpected outcome – and guaranteed the presence
of local interest in the final. Ivan Yuen, an 18-year-old qualifier from
Selangor, prevailed 6-11, 12-10, 11-13, 11-9, 11-5 against fourth-seeded
Australian Ryan Cuskelly in a 96-minute marathon.
The Asian junior
champion will now face fellow Malaysian Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan after the
second seed also got the better of an Australian, beating Zac Alexander
11-8, 11-6, 11-13, 11-6.
Action in the
women's $16,000 WISPA World Tour event continued to progress according to
the seedings, with former world champion Vanessa Atkinson leading the
drive through to the semi-finals. The Dutch favourite beat Donna
Urquhart, the No7 seed from Australia 11-9, 11-8, 6-11, 11-4 and will now
meet England's Tania Bailey for a place in the final.
The third seed from
England ended Malaysian interest in the event with a 12-10, 11-4, 11-4 win over
rising star Delia Arnold. Bailey will be hoping to avenge the straight
games defeat by Atkinson she suffered in their last meeting a year ago – also in
KL!
Revenge was in the
air when England's Dominique Lloyd-Walter beat sixth seed Sarah Kippax
11-7, 11-3, 11-7 – only a month after losing to her lower-ranked compatriot in
the British National Championship.
Fourth seed
Lloyd-Walter will now take on Shelley Kitchen following the second-seeded
Kiwi's 11-5, 11-7, 11-3 win over Ireland's Aisling
Blake.
Seeds Slump In
KL Championships
Half of the men's
seeds failed to make the last eight of the NSC Series No4 Squash
Championships after being beaten by lower-ranked players in today's
(Wednesday) first round of the $10,000 PSA Tour event at the Bukit
Jalil National Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Shahid Zaman
was the highest seed to fall. The third seed from Pakistan was beaten 11-5,
11-4, 11-4 in just 16 minutes by unseeded South African Clinton Leeuw.
But there was
unexpected Pakistani success at the top of the draw where 17-year-old qualifier
Waqar Mehboob recovered from a game behind to upset fifth-seeded
Frenchman Mathieu Castagnet 8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9. The Peshawar
teenager will now face favourite Renan Lavigne, the world No32
from France who despatched local player Elvinn Keo, a qualifier, 11-8,
11-9, 11-4.
Second seed Mohd
Nafiizwan Adnan leads local interest in the men's event. But the
22-year-old from KL needed 64 minutes to overcome 19-year-old compatriot
Kamran Khan, ranked more than 70 places lower in the world, 11-13, 7-11,
13-11, 11-3, 11-3.
Former world
champion Vanessa Atkinson, from the Netherlands, is favourite to
win the women's $16,000 WISPA World Tour event title. The UK-based
33-year-old defeated Pontefract club-mate Lauren Siddall, a qualifier,
11-3, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6 and will now take on Australian Donna Urquhart for
a place in the last four.
In contrast to the
men's event, all eight seeds sauntered through to the quarter-finals – with
local player Delia Arnold taking the longest route. The KL-born
23-year-old took 67 minutes to get past Australian Lisa Camilleri 15-13,
11-7, 16-18, 11-6.
The fifth seed will
now face England's Tania Bailey for a place in the semi-finals.
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