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Victorian Open
Squash Championships, Melbourne, Australia
Men's 1st round:
[1] Mike Corren
(AUS) bt Brent Dunkley (AUS) 11-4, 11-5, 11-7
[7] Alex Grayson
(NZL) bt Peter Taylor (AUS) 11-8, 5-11, 11-2, 4-11, 11-7
[4] Steven Robinson
(AUS) bt [Q] Juan Pablo Roude (ARG) 11-2, 11-9, 11-6
[5] Nathan
Stevenson (AUS) bt [Q] Cameron White (AUS) 11-7, 11-8, 5-11, 12-10
[8] Rex Hedrick
(AUS) bt [Q] Evan Williams (NZL) 9-11, 11-9, 11-4, 5-11, 11-3
Luke Forster (AUS)
bt [3] Justin Beard (AUS) 11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7
[Q] Jacob Alexander
(AUS) bt [6] Josh Cardwell (AUS) 11-1, 12-10, 3-11, 11-7
[2] Graeme Wilson
(NZL) bt Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) 9-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-7
Quarter-finals:
[1] Mike Corren
(AUS) bt [7] Alex Grayson (NZL) 11-5, 11-5, 11-8
[5] Nathan
Stevenson (AUS) bt [4] Steven Robinson (AUS) 9-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-0, 11-8
[8] Rex Hedrick
(AUS) bt Luke Forster (AUS) 9-11, 11-4, 5-11, 11-6, 11-3
[2] Graeme Wilson (NZL)
bt [Q] Jacob Alexander (AUS) 6-11, 11-5, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6
Semi-finals:
[1] Mike Corren
(AUS) bt [5] Nathan Stevenson (AUS) 10-12, 11-6, 11-7, 11-7
[8] Rex Hedrick
(AUS) bt [2] Graeme Wilson (NZL) 11-8, 11-1, 9-11, 11-8
Final:
[1] Mike Corren
(AUS) bt [8] Rex Hedrick (AUS) 11-5, 11-5, 11-5
Women's 1st round:
[1] Joelle King (NZL)
bt Ines Callahan (AUS) 11-5, 11-6, 11-3
Jane Kennedy (ENG)
bt [5] Zoe Petrovansky (AUS) 3-11, 11-4, 13-11, 13-11
[3] Melody Francis
(AUS) bt Sarah Dennehy (AUS) 11-2, 11-3, 11-9
[6] Sarah Cardwell
(AUS) bt Grazia Guida (AUS) 11-3, 11-7, 11-1
[7] Samantha Davies
(AUS) bt Alma Kushartanti (AUS) 12-10, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9
[4] Amanda Cranston
(NZL) bt Rochelle Shaw (AUS) 11-5, 11-4, 11-3
Vanessa Pickerd
(AUS) bt [8] Selena Shaikh (AUS) 11-5, 11-5, 11-9
[2] Amelia Pittock
(AUS) bt Sarah Fitz-Gerald (AUS) w/o
Quarter-finals:
[1] Joelle King (NZL)
bt Jane Kennedy (ENG) 11-9, 11-5, 11-8
[3] Melody Francis
(AUS) bt [6] Sarah Cardwell (AUS) 11-7, 12-10, 11-4
[4] Amanda Cranston
(NZL) bt [7] Samantha Davies (AUS) 7-11, 14-12, 11-8, 11-8
[2] Amelia Pittock
(AUS) bt Vanessa Pickerd (AUS) 11-8, 11-4, 12-10
Semi-finals:
[1] Joelle King (NZL)
bt [3] Melody Francis (AUS) 11-5, 11-7, 11-5
[2] Amelia Pittock
(AUS) bt [4] Amanda Cranston (NZL) 12-10, 3-11, 11-1, 12-10
Final:
[1] Joelle King (NZL)
bt [2] Amelia Pittock (AUS) 11-8, 11-4, 11-7
Corren & King
Triumph Again In Australia
Australia's Mike
Corren and New Zealander Joelle King claimed their second
international squash tour titles in a week in Australia after success in the
Victorian Open at Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre in Melbourne.
Corren, from South
Australia, became the equal second highest tournament winner on the PSA World
Tour when he beat Rex Hedrick in the men's Satellite event final.
Appearing in the
35th Tour final of his career, 35-year-old Corren won his 22nd title overall and
his fourth of the year when he downed Hedrick in straight games 11-5, 11-5,
11-5.
He now sits
alongside Egypt’s three times World Open champion Amr Shabana and
behind only fellow countryman David Palmer, who has 25 titles, on the
current players' list of Tour title winners.
Corren reached the
final with a 10-12, 11-6, 11-7, 11-7 win over compatriot Nathan Stevenson,
while the eighth-seeded Hedrick produced a major upset to oust second-seeded
Kiwi Graeme Wilson 11-8, 11-1, 9-11, 11-8.
The 20-year-old
Hedrick, from Melbourne, is renowned for his speed around the court but he had
no answer to the far more experienced South Australian.
Corren has now won
four tournaments in succession, with Sunday’s win following successes in the
PSA International Golden Open and NSW Open in Australia and the
ASB North Island Championship in New Zealand.
He said it was an
honour to add his name to a trophy that features former winners such as Geoff
Hunt, Rodney Martin and Chris Dittmar.
"I’ve been trying
to win the Victorian Open for quite a few years now so it feels great," he
said. "I just hope the next generation of players put as much importance on the
state opens as I have."
Earlier, New
Zealand’s Joelle King turned in a dominant performance to take the
women’s title with an 11-8, 11-4, 11-7 win over second-seeded Australian
Amelia Pittock.
Pittock, who won
the Victorian Open in 2005, could not match the New Zealander, who, like Corren,
added the Victorian title to the NSW Open she won last week
King has improved
immensely over the last 12 months and she highlighted that rise with the ease of
her win over the more experienced Pittock.
A number of the
former winners of the Victorian Open women’s trophy were special guests for
Sunday’s final and King said she felt honoured to win the tournament in front of
players such as Vicki Cardwell, Sarah Fitz-Gerald, Margaret
Zacharia and Anne Smith.
"There are some
great names on the trophy," she said. "Hopefully I can achieve some of the
great things they did."
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