19/02/2010
EBS DAYTON OPEN
Blatchford Progresses In Dayton
EBS
Dayton Open 2010
16-21 Feb, Ohio, USA, $21k |
Round One
18 Feb |
Quarters
19 Feb |
Semis
20 Feb |
Final
21 Feb |
[1] Kasey Brown (Aus)
11/5, 7/11, 11/6, 11/8 46
Miranda Ranieri (Can) |
Kasey Brown
v
Alana Miller |
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[6] Alana Miller (Aus)
11/9, 11/6, 12/10 39
Melody Francis (Aus) |
[4] Line Hansen (Den)
11/9, 11/6, 11/8 29
[Q] Imelda Salazar Martinez (Mex) |
Line Hansen
v
Joelle King |
[5] Joelle King (Nzl)
11/2, 11/8, 11/5 26
Alexandra Norman (Can) |
[Q] Genevieve Lessard (Can)
11/2, 11/3, 11/2 16
[7] Lisa Camilleri (Aus) |
Lisa Camilleri
v
Sarah Kippax |
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Elise Ng (Hkg)
12/10, 11/1, 11/6 21
[3] Sarah Kippax (Eng) |
[Q] Carolyn Russell (Can)
11/1, 8/11, 11/6, 12/10 44
[8] Miranda Ranieri (Can) |
Miranda Ranieri
v
Olivia Blatchford |
[Q] Olivia Blatchford (Usa)
11/3 rtd
[2] Latasha Khan (Usa) |
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Blatchford Progresses In Dayton
US teenager Olivia Blatchford progressed unexpectedly to
the quarter-finals of the Women's EBS Dayton Open - but the success was
at the expense of injured compatriot Latasha Khan in the first round of
the $21,350 WISPA World Tour squash event at Dayton Squash Centre
in Dayton, in the US state of Ohio.
"Feeling something had been wrong for a while with her upper left
leg - quadriceps area – Latasha thought it felt good enough to play our event
and not withdraw, but in the first game she knew something was seriously hurting
her and the feisty American qualifier Olivia Blatchford played hard to win the
first game 11- 3," said tournament organiser Charlie Johnson.
"Not wanting to disappoint the crowd, Latasha tried to continue
but it was just too painful. She retired after losing the first three points of
game two."
Blatchford, a 17-year-old qualifier from New York, will now face
Miranda Ranieri, the eighth seed from Canada who also overcame a fellow
countrywoman, qualifier Carolyn Russell, 11-1, 8-11, 11-6, 12-10.
In another national clash, top seed Kasey Brown was
stretched to four games before beating fellow Australian Amelia Pittock
11-5, 7-11, 11-6, 11-8.
The world No12 from New South Wales will now face Canadian
Alana Miller, the sixth seed, for a place in the last four.
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