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12/07/2009
CROCODILE CUP
Au & Lau Now Crocodile Challenge Champions In Hong Kong
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 Men's
Draw
Crocodile
Cup 2009
08-12 Jul, Hong Kong, $6k |
Round One
09 Jul |
Quarters
10 Jul |
Semis
11 Jul |
Final
12 Jul |
[1] Bradley Hindle (Aus)
11-7, 11-5, 11-7
[Q] Mohamed Abouelgar (Egy) |
Bradley Hindle
11-6, 11-7, 11-3
Wai Hang Wong |
Bradley Hindle
11-9, 11-5, 11-7
Leo Au |
Bradley Hindle
12-10, 11-7, 11-4
Dick Lau |
[5]
Tyler Hamilton (Can)
13-11, 0-11, 11-8, 11-6
Wai Hang Wong (Hkg) |
[4]
Siddarth Suchde (Ind)
9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 6-11, 11-4
[Q] Ali Farag (Egy) |
Ali Farag
9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-7
Leo Au |
[8]
Graeme Wilson (Nzl)
11-9, 11-3, 11-6
[Q] Leo Au (Hkg) |
Basem Makram (Egy)
11-6, 11-5, 11-7
[6] Tom Pashley (Eng) |
[6] Tom Pashley
11-3, 11-5, 11-5
Max Lee |
Max Lee
10-12, 11-9, 11-5, 12-10
Dick Lau |
Cheng Yao Huang (Tpe)
13-15, 11-8, 11-2, 11-9
[3] Max Lee (Hkg) |
[Q] Tsukue Shinnosuke (Jpn)
11-9, 9-11, 11-5, 11-8
[7] Anson Kwong (Hkg) |
Anson Kwong
11-4, 11-5, 13-11, 11-3
Dick Lau |
Hon
Fun Kwong (Hkg)
11-4, 11-6, 11-6
[2] Dick Lau (Hkg) |
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Women's
Draw
Crocodile
Cup 2009
08-12 Jul, Hong Kong, $16k |
Round One
09
Jul |
Quarters
10 Jul |
Semis
11 Jul |
Final
12 Jul |
[1]
Rebecca Chiu (Hkg)
11-5, 11-4, 11-5
Miwa Maekawa (Jpn) |
Rebecca Chiu
11-7, 11-4, 11-4
Song Sun-Mi |
Rebecca Chiu
12-10, 9-11, 11-9, 8-11, 12-10
Joey Chan |
Rebecca Chiu
7-11, 11-4, 11-1, 11-7
Annie Au |
[7]
Song Sun-Mi (Kor)
11-4, 11-5, 11-2
[Q] Lee Ka Yi (Hkg) |
[4]
Joey Chan (Hkg)
11-1, 11-3, 11-6
[Q] Carmen Lee (Hkg) |
Joey Chan
11-2, 11-6, 11-7
Liu Tsz-Ling |
[8]
Birgit Coufal (Aut)
7-11, 11-2, 11-0, 11-4
Liu Tsz-Ling (Hkg) |
Leung Shin-Nga (Hkg)
11-9, 11-9, 4-11, 13-15, 11-9
[6] Olga Ertlova (Cze) |
Olga Ertlova
11-5, 11-6, 11-7
Chinatsu Matsui |
Chinatsu Matsui
11-5, 11-6, 11-8
Annie Au |
Chinatsu Matsui (Jpn)
11-4, 10-12, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9
[3] Christina Mak (Hkg) |
Jenna Gates (Eng)
11-6, 11-2, 11-9
[5] Elise Ng (Hkg) |
Elise Ng
11-3, 11-4, 11-5
Annie Au |
Josefa Bertilsson (Swe)
11-4, 11-5, 11-4
[2] Annie Au (Hkg) |
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Au & Lau Now
Crocodile Challenge Champions In Hong Kong
Annie Au
and Dick Lau, both second seeds, celebrated a notable Hong Kong double in
the Crocodile Challenge Cup at the Hong Kong Squash Centre in
Hong Kong.
In the climax of
the women's $16,000 WISPA World Tour event, 20-year-old Au upset her
senior compatriot Rebecca Chiu, the top seed, 7-11, 11-4, 11-1, 11-7.
It was the second
successive time that Au had beaten her higher-ranked fellow countrywoman on the
Tour - in a victory which takes her WISPA title tally to five.
It was also an
all-Hong Kong battle in the final of the men's $6,000 PSA World Tour
Super Satellite event.
Dick Lau had
reached the climax after despatching fellow countryman Max Lee, the No3
seed, in the semis - while his opponent Leo Au, a qualifier, had produced
one of the performances of his life to quash Australia's top seed Bradley
Hindle in straight games.
But Au was unable
to extend his run in the final, where Lau celebrated a 12-10, 11-7, 11-4 victory
to notch up the second PSA Tour title of his career.
Chinatsu Charges
On In Hong Kong Challenge
Japan's unseeded
Chinatsu Matsui continued her charge in the Women's Crocodile
Challenge Cup when she upset sixth seed Olga Ertlova to reach the
semi-finals of the $16,000 WISPA World Tour squash event at the Hong
Kong Squash Centre in Hong Kong - becoming the only non-local player
to make the last four.
The 31-year-old
from Kawasaki - who made her breakthrough in the first round where she ousted
local star Christina Mak, the third seed - beat higher-ranked Ertlova,
from the Czech Republic, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7.
Matsui will now
face rising star Annie Au for a place in the final. Second seed Au
defeated fellow Hong Kong player Elise Ng 11-3, 11-4, 11-5.
Top seed Rebecca
Chiu and fourth seed Joey Chan will meet in an all-Hong Kong semi
after straightforward quarter-final wins. Former Asian Games gold medallist
Chiu beat South Korea's Song Sun-Mi 11-7, 11-4, 11-4 - while Chan
celebrated an 11-2, 11-6, 11-7 victory over unseeded compatriot Liu Tsz-Ling.
Australian
Bradley Hindle stands in the way of an all Hong Kong line-up in the final of
the men's $6,000 PSA World Tour Super Satellite event.
The 28-year-old top
seed beat Hong Kong's Wai Hang Wong 11-6, 11-7, 11-3 and will now face a
second local player Leo Au for a place in the final. Au beat fellow
qualifier Ali Farag, of Egypt, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-7.
The other men's
semi is the one predicted by the seedings - a domestic clash between second seed
Dick Lau and third seed Max Lee.
Mixed Fortunes
For Local Players In Hong Kong
There were mixed
fortunes for local players in the Women's Crocodile Challenge Cup
when unseeded Liu Tsz-Ling won an unexpected in the quarter-finals, but
third seed Christina Mak crashed out of the $16,000 WISPA World Tour
squash event at the Hong Kong Squash Centre in Hong Kong.
Liu Tsz-Ling, aged
17, recovered from a game down to beat eighth-seeded Austrian Birgit Coufal
7-11, 11-2, 11-0, 11-4.
It was Japan's
Chinatsu Matsui that caused Christina Mak's downfall - the 31-year-old from
Kawasaki upsetting the world No44 11-4, 10-12, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9.
Two Hong Kong
players also boosted local interest in the last eight of the men's $6,000 Super
Satellite event.
Unseeded Wai
Hang Wong beat Canada's No5 seed Tyler Hamilton 13-11, 0-11, 11-8,
11-6 and will now face top-seeded Australian Bradley Hindle for a place
in the semis.
Leo Au
became one of two qualifiers to reach the last eight unexpectedly when he upset
eighth seed Graeme Wilson, from New Zealand, 11-9, 11-3, 11-6
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