18/12/2011
CROCODILE CHALLENGE CUP 2011
Max Makes It Two In A Row In Hong Kong
Crocodile Challenge Cup 2011
Men's Draw
13-18 Dec, Hong Kong, $10k |
Round One
15 Dec |
Quarters
16 Dec |
Semis
17 Dec |
Final
18 Dec |
[1] Max Lee (Hkg)
11/5, 11/5, 14/12 (22m)
Fred Reid (Can) |
Max Lee
11/8, 11/2, 10/12, 11/7 (47m)
Mahesh Mangoankar |
Max Lee
11/0, 11/3, 11/7 (28m)Dick Lau |
Max Lee
8/11, 11/7, 11/2,
11/3 (48m)
Muhd Asyraf Azan |
Lucas Serme (Fra)
11/5, 11/4, 11/9
[Q] Mahesh Mangoankar (Ind) |
Elvinn Keo (Mas)
6/11, 11/7, 11/8, 11/8 (41m)
Tank Cheuk-Yan (Hkg) |
Elvinn Keo
11/9, 11/6, 11/7 (37m)
Dick Lau |
Harinderpal Sandhu (Ind)
11/9, 13/11, 13/11 (50m)
[4] Dick Lau (Hkg) |
[3] Muhd Asyraf Azan (Mas)
9/11, 11/8, 11/9, 11/9 (42m)
[Q] Ravi Dixit (Ind) |
Muhd Asyraf Azan
5/11, 11/6, 11/8, 11/8 (42m)
Bader Al Hussaini |
Muhd Asyraf Azan
12/10, 7/11, 9/11, 11/4, 10/6 rtd
(101m)Ivan Yuen |
Bader Al Hussaini (Kuw)
11/7, 11/4, 11/8 (17m)
[Q] Choong Kam-Hing (Mas) |
Ivan Yuen (Mas)
11/6, 12/10, 6/11 14/12 (80m)
Leo Au (Hkg) |
Ivan Yuen
7/11, 11/7, 11/7, 4/11 11/5 (60m)
Matthew Karwalski |
[Q] Ammar Al-Tamimi (Kuw)
11/2, 11/3, 11/7 (24m)
[2] Matthew Karwalski (Aus) |
Crocodile Challenge Cup 2011
Women's Draw
13-18 Dec, Hong Kong, $16k |
Round One
15 Dec |
Quarters
16 Dec |
Semis
17 Dec |
Final
18 Dec |
[1] Donna Urquhart (Aus)
11/1, 11/3, 12/10 (19m)
[Q] Pansy Chan (Hkg) |
Donna Urquhart
11/3, 11/3, 11/6 (16m)
Lee Ka-Yi |
Donna Urquhart
11/6, 12/10, 11/9 (31m)
Joey Chan |
Joey Chan
10/12, 11/8, 10/12, 11/8, 14/12
(60m)
Dipika Pallikal |
[6] Kylie Lindsay (Nzl)
9/11, 11/4, 11/9, 11/7 (28m)
[Q] Lee Ka-Yi (Hkg) |
[4] Joey Chan (Hkg)
11/2, 11/6, 11/2 (30m)
Sarah Cardwell (Aus) |
Joey Chan
11/4, 11/4, 11/5 (19m)
Coline Aumard |
[8] Ahn Eun Chan (Kor)
11/3, 11/8, 11/6 (26m)
Coline Aumard (Fra) |
[5] Siti Munirah Jusoh (Mas)
11/7, 11/6, 5/11, 8/11, 11/8 (47m)
[Q] Ho Tze-Lok (Hkg) |
Siti Munirah Jusoh
11/5, 11/6, 11/1 (21m)
[3] Dipika Pallikal |
Dipika Pallikal
11/6, 11/3, 11/6 (29m)Sarah Kippax |
Liu Tsz-Ling (Hkg)
11/7, 11/5, 6/11, 11/3 (35m)
[3] Dipika Pallikal (Ind) |
[Q] Pushppa Devi (Mas)
11/4, 11/4, 11/7 (25m)
[7] Orla Noom (Ned) |
Orla Noom
11/5, 4/11, 12/10, 11/3 (49m)
Sarah Kippax |
Carmen Lee (Hkg)
11/6, 11/4, 11/9 (24m)
[2] Sarah Kippax (Eng) |
Max
Makes It Two In A Row In Hong Kong
Local
hero Max Lee successfully retained his Crocodile Challenge Cup
title when he beat Malaysian Muhd Asyraf Azan in today's final of
the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event at the Hong Kong
Squash Centre.
The
Hong Kong national champion had to overcome compatriot Dick Lau,
the 2009 champion, in the semi-finals before reaching the second
Crocodile final and the seventh Tour final of his career.
The
other semi was also a battle between two nationals - in which third seed
Azan finally prevailed in a 101-minute marathon when unseeded Malaysian
Ivan Yuen was forced to retire at match-ball down in the fifth
with severe cramp.
Showing no signs of his ordeal 24 hours earlier, 23-year-old Azan took
the opening game in the final.
But
Lee, also 23 but ranked more than 20 places higher than his opponent,
took control from the second - and after 48 minutes secured his 8-11,
11-7, 11-2, 11-3 title triumph.
The
win marks the fifth PSA Tour title of Lee's career.
Lee & Lau Ensure Home Finalist In Hong Kong
Home
heroes Max Lee and Dick Lau ensured that there will be
Hong Kong interest in the Crocodile Challenge Cup final for
the sixth successive year when they both eased through today's
quarter-finals of the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event
at the Hong Kong Squash Centre.
Favourite Lee, the defending champion, was taken to four games by
Mahesh Mangaonkar before beating the qualifier from India 11-8,
11-2, 10-12, 11-7 in 47 minutes.
Lee
will now meet Lau, the Hong Kong number two, for a place in the final.
The 25-year-old fourth seed, winner of the title in 2009, recorded his
second successive straight games win in the event by beating Malaysian
Elvinn Keo 11-9, 11-6, 11-7.
But
there was a substantial upset contrived by a Malaysian in the other half
of the draw when Ivan Yuen ousted Matthew Karwalski, the
second seed from Australia.
The
21-year-old from Kuala Lumpur became the only unseeded player to make
the last four after battling for 60 minutes to defeat Karwalski, ranked
almost 20 places higher, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7, 4-11, 11-5.
In an
all-Malaysian semi, Yuen will face Muhd Asyraf Azan, the
Selangor-born third seed who beat Kuwait's Bader Al Hussaini
5-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8.
Lee & Lau Lift Home Spirits In Hong Kong
To
the delight of the crowd at the Hong Kong Squash Centre, the
country's top two ranked players Max Lee and Dick Lau
secured places in the quarter-finals of the Crocodile Challenge Cup
after straight games wins in today's opening round of the PSA World
Tour Challenger 10 squash event.
Top
seed Lee, the Hong Kong national champion ranked 43 in the world, raced
to an 11-5, 11-5, 14-12 victory over Canadian Fred Reid in just
22 minutes.
Lau,
the fourth seed and the Hong Kong No2, survived two tie-break games
against determined opponent Harinder Pal Sandhu before ultimately
prevailing 11-9, 13-11, 13-11 over the Indian in 50 minutes to earn his
anticipated place in the last eight.
But
there was unexpected Indian success when Mahesh Mangaonkar became
the only qualifier to survive the first round after beating
higher-ranked Frenchman Lucas Serme 11-5, 11-4, 11-9.
The
17-year-old from Mumbai's reward is a quarter-final clash with home
favourite Max Lee.
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