16/08/2009
NSC No: 8
Nicolas Mueller & Aisling Blake Triumph In KL
NSC
Series No. 8 2009
Women's Draw
10-15 Aug, Kuala Lumpur, $12k |
Round One
12
Aug |
Quarters
13 Aug |
Semis
14 Aug |
Final
15 Aug |
[1] Aisling Blake (Irl)
8-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5 (45m)
[Q] Misaki Kobayashi (Jpn) |
Aisling Blake
11-1, 11-8, 11-3 (25m)
Elise Ng |
Aisling Blake
9-11, 11-8, 9-11, 12-10, 11-8 (85m)
Low Wee Wern |
Aisling Blake
11-8, 11-9, 11-3 (40m)
Lauren Siddall |
[8]
Elise Ng (Hkg)
11-2, 11-7, 4-11, 11-8 (40m)
Olga Ertlova (Cze) |
[3] Low Wee Wern
(Mas)
11-2, 11-5, 11-7 (28m)
Pushppa Devi (Mas) |
Low Wee Wern
11-8, 11-5, 11-3 (30m)
Song Sun-Mi |
[7]
Christina Mak (Hkg)
9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 12-10 (50m)
Song Sun-Mi (Kor) |
[Q]
Sara El Noamany (Egy)
12-10, 11-8, 12-10 (45m)
Siti Munirah Jusoh (Mas) |
Siti Munirah Jusoh
12-14, 11-7, 10-12, 11-8, 12-10 (70m)
Emma Beddoes |
Siti Munirah Jusoh
11-4, 11-4, 7-11, 11-0 (32m)
Lauren Siddall |
Lucia Fialova (Cze)
13-15, 11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 12-10 (70
[4] Emma Beddoes (Eng) |
[Q] Low Wee Nee (Mas)
11-1, 11-9, 11-5 (30m)
[6] Lauren Siddall (Eng) |
Lauren Siddall
11-8, 10-12, 11-13, 13-11, 11-6
Sharon Wee |
Tan
Yan Xin (Mas)
11-7, 11-6, 11-6 (25m)
[2] Sharon Wee (Mas) |
NSC
Series No. 8 2009
Men's Draw
10-15 Aug Jul, Kuala Lumpur, $10k |
Round One
12 Aug |
Quarters
13 Aug |
Semis
14 Aug |
Final
15 Aug |
[1] Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy)
11-4, 12-10, 11-8 (33m)
Elvinn Keo (Mas) |
Omar Abdel Aziz
11-9, 15-13, 8-11, 6-11, 11-4 (80m)
Muhd Asyraf Azan |
Muhd Asyraf Azan
11-3, 11-13,
11-7, 13-11 (65m)
Nicolas Mueller |
Nicolas Mueller
11-8, 10-12, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7 (60m)
Steve Finitsis |
[7]
Muhd Asyraf Azan (Mas)
11-13, 14-12, 11-8, 11-8 (61m)
[Q] Kamran Khan (Mas) |
[3]
Nicolas Mueller (Sui)
11-7, 15-13, 11-7 (42m)
Nafzahizam Adnan (Mas) |
Nicolas Mueller
9-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 12-10 (68m)
Waqar Mehboob |
[6]
Waqar Mehboob (Pak)
4-11, 11-9, 11-6, 1-11, 11-5 (71m)
[Q] Danish Atlas Khan (Pak) |
Steve Finitsis (Aus)
11-6, 11-8, 11-1 (36m)
[8] Ivan Yuen (Mas) |
Steve Finitsis (Aus)
11-2, 11-3, 11-8 (55m)
Bradley Hindle |
Steve Finitsis
11-5, 7-11,
11-8, 11-8 (45m)
Karim Abdel Gawad |
Karim AGA Samy (Egy)
11-7, 14-12, 11-7 (49m)
[4] Bradley Hindle (Aus) |
[Q] Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy)
9-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-9 (50m)
[5] Adil Maqbool (Pak) |
Karim Abdel Gawad
17-15, 11-5, 14-12, 9-11, 11-9 (64m)
Yasir Butt |
[Q] Choong Kam Hing (Mas)
11-8, 11-6, 11-5 (31m)
[2] Yasir Butt (Pak) |
Nicolas Mueller & Aisling Blake Triumph In KL
Second
seed Aisling Blake and No3 seed Nicolas Mueller
triumphed in the NSC Series No8 Squash Championships
in Kuala Lumpur after contrasting finals in the Tour events
at the National Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil.
Blake,
the 28-year-old world No30 from Ireland, reached the final of the
women's $16,000 WISPA World Tour event after a tough
85-minute battle against fourth-seeded Malaysian Low Wee Wern.
Her
surprise opponent in the final was England's Lauren Siddall,
the fifth seed from Yorkshire ranked 12 places lower who stunned
favourite Sharon Wee in the quarter-finals before overcoming
another local player Siti Munirah Jusoh, the No8 seed from
Malaysia, in the next round.
But
Blake needed only three games to get the better of Siddall, winning
11-8, 11-9, 11-3 in 40 minutes to earn the third Tour title of her
career.
The
final of the men's $10,000 PSA World Tour event was an
hour-long affair which went the full distance.
Nicolas
Mueller faced Australian Steve Finitsis, the unseeded
26-year-old from Queensland who had taken out two seeds to earn his
place in the 10th PSA Tour final of his career.
Swiss
teenager Mueller made his breakthrough in the semi-finals, downing
local hero Muhd Asyraf Azan, the seventh seed from Malaysia
who removed Egyptian favourite Omar Abdel Aziz in the
previous round.
Mueller
twice led in the final - but both times Finitsis fought back to draw
level. But the 19-year from Hirzel, near Zurich, ultimately
prevailed 11-8, 10-12, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7 to win his second Tour title
in Kuala Lumpur.
But the
success also brings Mueller's Tour title triumphs in 2009 to four -
becoming only the second player to mark up four PSA titles this
year.
Shocks Shake NSC Series In KL
There
will be unexpected line-ups in the two finals of the NSC Series
No8 Squash Championships in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, after Ireland's Aisling Blake became the only top
seed to reach a finale of one of the Tour events at the National
Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil.
Blake,
second seed in the women's $16,000 WISPA World Tour event,
was made to battle for 85 minutes before overcoming fourth-seeded
Malaysian Low Wee Wern 9-11, 11-8, 9-11, 12-10, 11-8 to reach
the sixth final of her career.
Her
surprise opponent will be England's Lauren Siddall, the fifth
seed from Yorkshire who stunned favourite Sharon Wee in the
quarter-finals before ousting another local player Siti Munirah
Jusoh, the No8 seed from Malaysia, 11-4, 11-4, 7-11,
11-0.
The
24-year-old is celebrating her fifth WISPA final – and is one win
match away from her second Tour title this year.
Both
top seeds in the men's $10,000 PSA World Tour event bowed out
at the quarter-finals stage. Egyptian favourite Omar Abdel Aziz
crashed out in five games to local hero Muhd Asyraf Azan, the
seventh seed. But Azan was unable to follow up this success, going
out 11-3, 11-13, 11-7, 13-11 in the semi-finals to third seed
Nicolas Mueller.
Swiss
star Mueller is now in his seventh Tour final – and looking for his
fourth PSA title of the year!
Egyptian qualifier Karim Abdel Gawad downed Pakistan's No2
seed Yasir Butt in the quarters – but he was unable to match
Steve Finitsis in the semis as the unseeded Australian
battled to an 11-5, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8 win to notch up his 10th PSA
Tour final appearance. |
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