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Australian
Open Doubles Championship,
Melbourne, Australia
Kasey
Celebrates Australian Doubles Double In Melbourne
Australia's
Kasey Brown boosted her chances of doubles squash medal success in next
month's Commonwealth Games in Delhi with two titles in the finals of the Australian Open Doubles Championships at the
Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre in Melbourne.
In an
all-Australian Women's Doubles final, the 25-year-old world No10 from New
South Wales partnered Donna Urquhart to an 11-8, 10-11, 11-5 victory over
Lisa Camilleri & Amelia Pittock.
Third seeds in
the Mixed Doubles event, she and Cameron Pilley despatched English
favourites James Willstrop & Jenny Duncalf 11-6, 11-3.
England denied
the hosts a clean sweep of titles when top seeds Nick Matthew & Adrian
Grant triumphed 11-10, 6-11, 11-8 in a tough battle against second-seeded
Australians David Palmer & Stewart Boswell in the Men's Doubles
final.
Results
Men's
semi-finals:
[1] Nick Matthew & Adrian Grant (ENG) bt [4] Cameron Pilley
& Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) 11-8, 8-11, 11-10
[2] David Palmer & Stewart Boswell (AUS) bt Peter Barker &
Daryl Selby (ENG) 11-6, 7-11, 11-7
Final:
[1] Nick Matthew & Adrian Grant (ENG) bt [2] David Palmer &
Stewart Boswell (AUS) 11-10, 6-11, 11-8
Third place
play-off:
Peter Barker & Daryl Selby (ENG) bt [4] Cameron Pilley &
Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) 11-5, 10-11, 11-7
Women's
semi-finals:
Lisa Camilleri & Amelia Pittock (AUS) bt [1] Jenny Duncalf
& Alison Waters (ENG) 11-8, 11-10
[2] Kasey Brown & Donna Urquhart (AUS) bt Jaclyn Hawkes &
Kylie Lindsay (NZL) 4-11, 11-4, 11-8
Final:
[2] Kasey Brown & Donna Urquhart (AUS) bt Lisa Camilleri &
Amelia Pittock (AUS) 11-8, 10-11, 11-5
Third place
play-off:
[1] Jenny Duncalf & Alison Waters (ENG) bt Jaclyn Hawkes &
Kylie Lindsay (NZL) 11-4, 11-10
Mixed
semi-finals:
[1] James Willstrop & Jenny Duncalf (ENG) bt Campbell Grayson
& Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) 11-10, 10-11, 11-5
[3] Cameron Pilley & Kasey Brown (AUS) bt Alan Clyne &
Frania Gillen-Buchert (SCO) 11-4, 11-4
Final:
[3] Cameron Pilley & Kasey Brown (AUS) bt [1] James Willstrop
& Jenny Duncalf (ENG) 11-6, 11-3
Third place
play-off:
Campbell Grayson & Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) bt Alan Clyne &
Frania Gillen-Buchert (SCO) 11-3, 11-8
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