22/04/2012
BULER CHALLENGE CUP (Women) 2012
Chan Topples Grinham in Buler Challenge Cup
Buler
Challenge Cup 2012
Women's Draw
17-22 Apr, Hong Kong, $15k |
Round One
19 Apr from 17.00 |
Quarters
20 Apr |
Semis
21 Apr |
Final
22 Apr |
[1] Rachael Grinham (Aus)
11-4, 11-7, 9-11, 11-3 (37m)
[Q] Tong Tsz-Wing (Hkg) |
Rachael Grinham
11/7, 6/11, 11/3, 11/5 (35m)
Joshna Chinappa |
Rachael Grinham
11-4, 11-3, 11-5 (21m)
Ho Tze Lok |
Rachael Grinham
11-7, 4-11, 11-9, 10-12. 11,9 (51m)
Joey Chan |
[6] Joshna Chinappa (Ind)
11-9, 11-6, 11-3 (21m)
Karman Siu (Hkg) |
[3] Siyoli Waters (Rsa)
11-5, 9-11, 11-9, 11-6 (30m)
[Q] Ho Tze Lok (Hkg) |
Ho Tze Lok
9/11, 9/11, 13/11, 11/7, 11/8 (68m)
Olga Ertlova |
[7] Olga Ertlova (Cze)
11-3, 11-7, 11-6 (39m)
Carmen Lee (Hkg) |
[Q] Harshit Kaur Jawanda (Ind)
11-3, 11-3, 11-7 (19m)
[5] Siti Munirah Jusoh (Mas) |
Siti Munirah Jusoh
4/11, 8/11, 11/8, 14/12, 11/6 (65m)
Misaki Kobayashi |
Siti Munirah Jusoh
11-4, 11-5, 11-9 (26m)Joey Chan |
Sarah Cardwell (Aus)
11-8, 11-6, 11-4 (23m)
[4] Misaki Kobayashi (Jpn) |
Coline Aumard (Fra)
11-8, 11-9, 11-9 (39m)
[8] Liu Tsz-Ling (Hkg) |
Coline Aumard
11/6, 12/10, 11/6 (24m)
Joey Chan |
[Q] Pansy Chan (Hkg)
11-5, 7-11, 11-1, 11-2 (24m)
[2] Joey Chan (Hkg) |
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Chan
Topples Grinham in Buler Challenge Cup
Joey
Chan pulled
off a famous home-victory in the Buler Squash Challenge Cup final last
weekend, after beating number one seed Rachael Grinham in five games.
The top seeded players seemed to struggle early on in the WSA World Tour
$15K event, as both eventual finalists were forced to four games in round
one. Former world no1 Grinham, defeated local qualifier Tong Tsz-Wing followed
by Joshna Chinappa of India, whilst Chan bested Pansy Chan Pui-Hei and Coline
Aumard en-route to the semi’s.
Local qualifier Ho Tze-Lok dismissed the challenges of third and seventh
seeds Siyoli Walters and Olga Ertlova to set up an unlikely
semi-final clash against the experienced Australian international, but was
unable to continue her streak as Grinham took little over 20-minutes to book her
final spot.
Chan then beat Malaysian fifth seed Siti Munirah Jusoh in straight-games
to oppose Grinham in her 60th WSA World Tour final.
In a close, cat-and-mouse battle last 51-minutes, the young Hong Kong
international closed out a gruelling 5-game win in front of her home crowd,
making it her fifth WSA title in seven final appearances.
Both players will travel to London, England next month for the first British
Open held since Grinham won the title back in 2009.
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