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Southwest Open,
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Southwest Open
Leads To Norman Conquest
Canada's
Alexandra Norman celebrated her maiden WISPA World Tour squash title
success when she beat top seed Latasha Khan in the final of the $6,600
Women's Southwest Open at Life Time Fitness in Phoenix
in the US state of Arizona.
Second seed
Norman, ranked outside the world top 60, was facing world No26 Khan for the
third time on the Tour in almost two years - and looking for her first win.
And the
England-born 27-year-old from Montreal took the first two games before the
experienced Khan, a former world No18 from Seattle, battled back to draw level.
But Norman
held her nerve to close out the match 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 9-11, 11-5 to claim her
first Tour win in only her 18th event since joining WISPA some two and a half
years ago.
1st round:
[1] Latasha Khan (USA) bt [Q] Shona Kerr (ENG) 11-2, 11-3, 11-2
[5] Adel Weir-Nunan (RSA) bt Ivonne Diaz (MEX) 6-11, 11-7, 14-12,
13-11
[4] Victoria Lust (ENG) bt [Q] Susan Lawrence (ENG) 11-2, 11-8,
11-4
[6] Samantha Cornett (CAN) bt Catalina Pelaez (COL) 12-10, 11-6,
6-11, 11-4
[8] Leonie Holt (ENG) bt [Q] Shabana Khan (USA) 11-5, 11-9, 11-5
[3] Pamela Chua (SIN) bt Elpiniki Clement (USA) 11-5, 11-3, 11-8
[Q] Larissa Stephenson (NZL) bt [7] Genevieve Lessard (CAN) 11-3,
12-10, 11-3
[2] Alexandra Norman (CAN) bt Imelda Salazar Martinez (MEX) 11-6,
11-7, 11-7
Quarter-finals:
[1] Latasha Khan (USA) bt [5] Adel Weir-Nunan (RSA) 11-7, 11-8,
11-7
[4] Victoria Lust (ENG) bt [6] Samantha Cornett (CAN) 11-4, 11-8,
11-4
[8] Leonie Holt (ENG) bt [3] Pamela Chua (SIN) 9-11, 7-11, 11-6,
11-4, 11-3
[2] Alexandra Norman (CAN) bt [Q] Larissa Stephenson (NZL) 13-11,
11-7, 11-7
Semi-finals:
[1] Latasha Khan (USA) bt [4] Victoria Lust (ENG) 11-8, 12-10,
10-12, 11-8
[2] Alexandra Norman (CAN) bt [8] Leonie Holt (ENG) 11-7, 7-11,
11-4, 8-11, 11-9
Final:
[2] Alexandra Norman (CAN) bt [1] Latasha Khan (USA) 11-9, 11-9,
6-11, 9-11, 11-5
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