22/03/2012
ATWATER CUP 2012
Waters joins top seeds in Atwater semi’s
Waters joins top seeds in Atwater semi’s
Alison Waters continues her promising return from
injury as she joins the top three seeds in the semi finals of the Atwater
Cup in Montreal.
The former world No3 beat her English compatriot and no4 seed Emma
Beddoes in the first round of the event, as well as dispatching Aisling
Blake of Ireland in the quarters.
So far Waters has provided the only upsets in the competition. Tournament
favourite Kasey Brownwasted no time moving past unseeded Czech, Lucie
Fialova in round one and later No5 seed Line Hansen, both 3-0.
Sarah Kippax beat Pakistani qualifier Maria Toor Pakay in
three games, but was forced to five in the next round by No6 seed Latasha
Khan. Kippax struggled at times to halt the momentum of her opponent
but eventually got the better of the American, coming from 2-1 down to win
3-2.
Hong Kong international Joey Chan fought a deceptively close 3-0 win
against qualifier Miranda Ranieri in the first round in which she was
forced to a tie-break second game by the Canadian. The no2 seed then went
on to play the experienced Swiss, Gaby Huber in a match which could
have gone either way at one-all, but for some errors from Huber. Chan
seized the opportunity and scraped back two game-balls in the third, before
claiming the next two games to win 3-1.
Final
Alison Waters (Eng) bt [1] Kasey Brown (Aus) 7/11, 11/5, 9/11, 11/6,
11/3 (85m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Kasey
Brown (AUS) vs [3] Sarah Kippax (ENG)
Alison
Waters (ENG) vs [2] Joey Chan (HKG)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Kasey
Brown (AUS) bt [5] Line Hansen (DEN) 11-8, 11-7, 11-8
[3] Sarah
Kippax (ENG) bt [6] Latasha Khan (USA) 11-5, 8-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-6
Alison
Waters (ENG) bt [7] Aisling Blake (IRL) 11-2, 11-4, 11-5
[2] Joey
Chan (HKG) bt [8] Gaby Huber (SUI) 11-4, 5-11, 12-10, 11-7
1st
round:
[1] Kasey
Brown (AUS) bt Lucie Fialova (CZE) 11-7, 11-4, 11-3
[5] Line
Hansen (DEN) bt Siyoli Waters (RSA) 8-11, 11-8, 11-5, 6-11, 11-7
[3] Sarah
Kippax (ENG) bt [Q] Maria Toor Pakay (PAK) 11-7, 11-7, 11-4
[6] Latasha
Khan (USA) bt [Q] Samantha Cornett (CAN) 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 15-13
[7] Aisling
Blake (IRL) bt Alexandra Norman (CAN) 11-4, 11-0, 11-5
Alison
Waters (ENG) bt [4] Emma Beddoes (ENG) 10-12, 11-5, 11-9, 11-7
[8] Gaby
Huber (SUI) bt [Q] Sina Wall (GER) 6-11, 11-13, 11-7, 2-3 ret.
[2] Joey
Chan (HKG) bt [Q] Miranda Ranieri (CAN) 11-6, 12-10, 11-8
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