20/12/2010
HILLEGOM FLOWERBULB OPEN
Briggs Breaks Dutch Hearts In Hillegom
Hillegom Flowerbulb
Open, Hillegom, Netherlands
Briggs Breaks Durch Hearts In Helligom
England's Lauren Briggs denied Annelize
Naude the perfect farewell when
she beat the local hero in the final of theWomen's Squash Hillegom Flowerbulb
Open, the $4,000 WISPA World
Tour event in its fifth year at Squash
Hillegom in the Dutch city of Hillegom.
Briggs, the
sixth seed beat Dutch international Naude, who will now retire from the WISPA
Tour, 10-12, 13-11, 11-5, 11-5.
The victory was
sweet for the former world number 18, who slipped down the WISPA World Rankings
this year, to her current position of 80, due to knee surgery to repair damaged
cartilage and ligaments.
The 31-year old
from Chingford demonstrated throughout the tournament that she is close to her
former level, showing beautiful movement and great ball placement en-route to a
well-deserved sixth career WISPA Tour title - beating Chloe
Mesic (France), second seed Orla
Noom (Netherlands), Maud
Duplomb (France) and top seed
Naudé along the way.
For runner-up
Naudé, the Flowerbulb Open 2010
was also a tournament to remember: The 33-year old from Amsterdam was playing
her last ever WISPA tournament and, despite losing, deservedly received a huge
ovation from the large audience who came to see her play her last competitive
professional match.
It was a
fitting end to a glittering career of the two-time Dutch champion, which took
her to 17 WISPA Tour finals, winning six of them. The South African-born Dutch
international also reached a highest World Ranking of 13 back in 2006.
1st round:
[1] Annelize Naude (NED)
bt Milja Dorenbos (NED)
11-2, 11-7, 11-6
[5] Leonie Holt (ENG)
bt Saara Valtola (FIN)
11-7, 11-5, 10-12, 11-4
[4] Birgit Coufal (AUT)
bt Julia Lecoq (FRA)
11-8, 11-8, 12-10
[Q] Margriet Huisman (NED)
bt [8] Lotte Eriksen (NOR)
11-9, 11-6, 12-10
[7] Maud Duplomb (FRA)
bt Cyrielle Peltier (FRA)
12-10, 11-4, 6-11, 11-9
[3] Sarah Cardwell (AUS)
bt [Q] Melissa Meulenbelt (NED)
12-10, 11-8, 11-8
[6] Lauren Briggs (ENG)
bt Chloe Mesic (FRA)
11-6, 11-4, 11-1
[2] Orla Noom (NED)
bt Sandra Polak (AUT)
11-4, 11-6, 11-4
Quarter-finals:
[1] Annelize Naude (NED)
bt [5] Leonie Holt (ENG)
6-11, 11-3, 11-0, 11-6
[4] Birgit Coufal (AUT)
bt [Q] Margriet Huisman (NED)
11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5
[7] Maud Duplomb (FRA)
bt [3] Sarah Cardwell (AUS)
11-9, 6-11, 12-10, 2-11, 11-7
[6] Lauren Briggs (ENG)
bt [2] Orla Noom (NED)
7-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-6
Semi-finals:
[1] Annelize Naude (NED)
bt [4] Birgit Coufal (AUT)
11-5, 11-7, 11-4
[6] Lauren Briggs (ENG)
bt [7] Maud Duplomb (FRA)
11-8, 11-5, 11-9
Final:
[6] Lauren Briggs (ENG)
bt [1] Annelize Naude (NED)
10-12, 13-11, 11-5, 11-5
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