Blatchford
Bags Maiden Tour Title
Olivia
Blatchford
became the second US junior in a week to win a WISPA World Tour title
when the 17-year-old from New York upset second seed Miranda Ranieri in
the final of the $4,000 Women's American Express FASSP SRC Open at
Southport Racquet Club in Southport, USA.
The third seed
made her breakthrough in the semi-finals where she overcame a two-game deficit
to trounce top-seeded English opponent Suzie Pierrepont 12-14, 3-11,
11-4, 11-7, 11-3.
Blatchford was
celebrating her third WISPA final appearance this year - while Ranieri, the
world No48 from Canada, was marking the fifth final of her career.
The new
Canadian national champion took the opening game, but Blatchford battled back to
win 10-12, 11-3, 11-9, 7-11, 14-12 to clinch her maiden Tour title.
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