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10/05/2010
TOP END OPEN
Alexander & Camilleri Win Top End Titles In Darwin
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Top
End Open 2010
Men's Draw
07-09 Mar, Darwin, Australia, $7k |
Round Two
07 May |
Quarters
08 May |
Semis
08 May |
Final
09 May |
[1] Matthew Karwalski (AUS)
11-1, 11-5, 11-4
Jamie Mcervale (AUS) |
Matthew Karwalski
11-8, 11-9, 11-8
Justin Beard |
Matthew Karwalski
11-9, 11-9, 11-9
Zac Alexander |
Zac Alexander
11-6, 11-2, 11-5
Mike Corren |
[5] Justin Beard (AUS)
11-2, 11-4, 11-3
[11] Ben Werchon (AUS) |
[3] Zac Alexander (AUS)
11-0, 11-1, 11-2
Tim Cowell (AUS) |
Zac Alexander
11-3, 11-3, 11-5
Rex Hedrick |
[6] Rex Hedrick
(AUS)
11-3, 11-4, 14-16, 11-9
Chris Lloyd (NZL) |
[15] Sam Fife (AUS)
11-6, 11-9, 11-9
[8] Peter Taylor (AUS) |
Peter Taylor
11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 11-2
Nathan Stevenson |
Nathan Stevenson
11-7, 11-6, 11-6
Mike Corren |
[14] Hon Fung Wong (HKG)
9-11, 11-5, 11-9, 13-11
[4] Nathan Stevenson (AUS) |
[9] Alex Grayson (NZL)
13-15, 11-6, 11-9, 11-13, 11-9
[7] Jacob Alexander (AUS |
Jacob Alexander
11-5, 11-3, 11-8
Mike Corren |
[10] Cheng Yao Huang (TPE)
9-11, 11-5, 11-2, 9-11, 12-10
[2] Mike Corren (AUS) |
Top End Open 2010
Women's Draw
07-09 Mar, Darwin, Australia, $7k |
Round Two
07 May |
Quarters
08 May |
Semis
08 May |
Final
08 May |
[1] Lisa Camilleri (AUS)
11-6, 11-1, 11-0
Natalie Newton (AUS) |
Lisa Camilleri
7-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-2
Samantha Davies |
Lisa Camilleri
11-6, 11-5, 11-3
Melody Francis |
Lisa Camilleri
11-5, 11-5, 11-9
Amelia Pittock |
[7] Samantha Davies (AUS)
11-2, 11-3, 11-2
Challen Stowell (AUS) |
[3] Melody Francis (AUS)
11-1, 11-7, 11-2
Charmaine Mills (AUS) |
Melody Francis
5-11, 11-5, 11-6, 14-12
Zoe Petrovansky |
[5] Zoe Petrovansky (AUS)
11-3, 11-4, 11-3
Nicole Stoneham (AUS) |
[9] Tamika Saxby (AUS)
13-11, 11-8, 1-11, 12-10
[8] Maggy Marshall (AUS) |
Maggy Marshall
11-5, 11-9, 11-4
Amelia Pittock |
Amelia Pittock
11-9, 11-0, 11-3
Kylie Lindsay |
[11] Grazia Guida (AUS)
11-2, 11-2, 11-3
[4] Amelia Pittock (AUS) |
[10] Selena Shaikh (AUS)
12-10, 11-4, 11-2
[6] Sarah Cardwell (AUS) |
Sarah Cardwell
11-9, 11-5, 11-4
Kylie Lindsay |
[12] Bethany Brazier (AUS)
11-5, 11-8, 11-4
[2] Kylie Lindsay (NZL) |
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Alexander &
Camilleri Win Top End Titles In Darwin
Queensland duo
Zac Alexander and Lisa Camilleri claimed the honours in the Top
End Squash Open in Australia after successes in the finals at the Darwin
Squash Centre in Darwin.
Third seed
Alexander beat second-seeded South Australian Mike Corren 11-6, 11-2,
11-5 in the final of the $7,250 PSA World Tour event, while favourite
Camilleri downed Victorian Amelia Pittock, the fourth seed, 11-5, 11-5,
11-9 in the $6,100 women's WISPA World Tour event decider – with both
Corren and Pittock finishing as runners-up for the second year in a row.
The 21-year-old
Alexander, who has risen to a career-high world ranking of 78, looked in great
touch as he disposed of the more experienced Corren, 35, for the second time in
a Professional Squash Association final this year.
Alexander, who also
beat the South Australian to win the Australia Day Challenge in Brisbane
in January, said these were the matches he had to win for the sake of his
career.
"I’m on the way up
and am becoming more mature, and he’s gradually coming down – I think age is
finally catching up with him," Alexander said after his fifth PSA Tour title
success. "He’s been such a great player and he still has amazing racquet skills
– that’s why he can still beat 95 per cent of the players in the draw."
Alexander is now
based in New York and will now head back to the US for some more training before
returning to Australia for the Victorian Open in July and then the
Australian Open in Canberra.
Earlier Camilleri
put some recent poor form behind her as she stormed to her second Top End Open
squash title and her seventh on the world tour with her win over Pittock.
The 27-year-old
from Tully in Far North Queensland made her name on the world tour in 2008 when
she won five titles, including the Top End Open.
But she had a lean
2009, making just two finals, and had had a disappointing start to 2010 until
her win in Darwin.
"I’ve had a pretty
bad start to the year and lost a bit of confidence," she said. "I struggled in
some tournaments overseas so I decided to come back to Australia and do a lot of
training."
Camilleri has moved
to Melbourne and has been training under the watchful eye of former great
Vicki Cardwell, whose daughter Sarah is one of Australia’s most promising
players.
“She (Cardwell) is
so passionate about squash – if you want to get on the court at midnight she
will get out there with you and hit balls for you for two hours,” Camilleri
said. "It’s just a great atmosphere to train in."
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