04/11/2009
MEADOWOOD PHARMACY OPEN
Khan Canters To Canadian Success
Meadowood
Pharmacy Open 2009
27 Oct - 01 Nov, Winnipeg, Canada, $11k |
Round One
29 Oct |
Quarters
30 Oct |
Semis
31 Oct |
Final
01 Nov |
[1] Latasha Khan (Usa)
11-1, 11-3, 11-7
Genevieve Lessard (Can) |
Latasha Khan
11-13, 11-7, 11-8, 11-8
Victoria Lust |
Latasha Khan
11-5, 6-11, 11-9, 11-8
Lisa Camilleri |
Latasha Khan
1-7, 11-2, 6-11, 11-9
Emma Beddoes |
[5] Victoria Lust (Eng)
11-3, 11-5, 11-7
[Q] Imelda Salazar (Mex) |
[5] Lisa Camilleri (Aus)
11-3, 11-5, 11-
Samantha Cornett (Can) |
Lisa Camilleri
7-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-6
Alexandra Norman |
[6] Alexandra Norman (Can)
6-11, 11-6, 11-9, 12-10
Leonie Holt (Eng) |
[Q] Tara Chawla
11-6, 11-5, 11-8
[8] Olivia Blatchford (Usa) |
Olivia Blatchford
11-3, 11-3, 11-8
Alana Miller |
Alana Miller
11-6, 3-11, 11-8, 11-6
Emma Beddoes |
[Q] Nikki Todd (Can)
11-5, 11-5, 11-7
[4] Alana Miller (Can) |
[Q] Suzie King (Eng)
11-9,5-11,11-8,11-6
[7] Carolyn Russell (Can) |
Suzie King
11-6, 11-4, 11-4
Emma Beddoes |
Milou Van Der Heijden (Ned)
11-8, 11-7, 11-4
[2] Emma Beddoes (Eng) |
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Khan Canters To Canadian Success
US squash star Latasha Khan recorded her fourth WISPA
World Tour title success of the year when she beat England's Emma Beddoes
in the final of the Women's Meadowood Pharmacy Open, the $11,100 WISPA
event at Winnipeg Winter Club in Winnipeg, Canada.
Beddoes, the second seed from Nottingham, reached the final after
dismissing local player Alana Miller, the fourth seed and tournament
organiser from Winnipeg.
But favourite Khan, the seven-time US champion from Seattle, was
too strong for Beddoes in the final, winning 11-7, 11-2, 6-11, 11-9 to notch up
the sixth title of her career.
Winnipeg Wonder Miller Waltzes Into Meadowood Semis
Local star Alana Miller coasted into the semi-finals of
the Women's Meadowood Pharmacy Open after despatching USA's Olivia
Blatchford in straight games in the quarter-finals of the $11,100 WISPA
World Tour squash event at Winnipeg Winter Club in Winnipeg,
Canada.
Based at the club and one of the organisers of the inaugural
WISPA event, fourth seed Miller was continuing her comeback from a leg injury
and overcame some nervousness to beat her eighth-seeded opponent 11-3, 11-3,
11-8.
"I was nervous going in because I was playing in front of my
hometown crowd," said Miller, the Canadian champion in 2007 and 2008. "That
hasn’t happened a lot in the last few years. But once I got out there I felt I
was in control because my pace was really pushing her to the back to the court."
Miller has been hampered by a calf injury this season and spent
most of the summer in rehabilitation.
"I tore my calf before the Canadian championships (in May)," she
said. "My first tournament back was in August and I felt a little rusty. It’s
taking time to get back to where I was but this week I’m feeling pretty good."
Miller goes on to face second seed Emma Beddoes, who beat
English compatriot Susannah King, a qualifier, 11-6, 11-4, 11-4.
There was no similar Canadian success for Alexandra Norman,
the sixth seed from Montreal who lost her quarter-final to fifth seed Lisa
Camilleri of Australia in four games. Camilleri meets top-seed Latasha
Khan of the USA in the other semi-final.
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