24/09/2012
SOUTHWEST OPEN 2012
Pakay Doubles Title Tally In Arizona
Pakay
Doubles Title Tally In Arizona
Maria Toor Pakay wins her second WSA World Tour
title of the season as she beat top seed Latasha Khan in the
Southwest Open.
The world
No.52, who has risen over 110 places in the WSA rankings so far in 2012,
beat local interest Kirsten Lange in four games in the first round,
followed by qualifier Celia Allamargot in the quarter-finals.
The 21-year-old from Bannu, Pakistan then faced second seed Lauren Selby
in close contest, featuring first and second game tiebreaks. In a match
that took just under an hour, Pakay came out on top in the three game
contest to make her fourth ever WSA final.
There she faced top seed Latasha Khan, who was just one match away from
back-to-back titles following her Orange County Open win earlier in
the month. The experienced world No.28 was yet to drop a game in the
competition, having moved past qualifier Antonella Falcione,
Nicolette Fernandes and third seed Amanda Landers-Murphy in
straight games.
The young Pakistani international started well in the final, moving to an
early 11-6 lead, but Khan got more of a foothold in the second game, forcing
a tie-break but not enough to prevent the deficit increasing as she went
down 13-11. The increased pressure from the American saw her take the third
game 11-4 to stake her claim on the match, but the fourth saw the younger
player re-establish her dominance to end the contest with an 11-9 win.
Both players will feature in the qualifying round of the Carol Weymuller
Open in New York later this week, and could even face each other again
should each make it through to the qualifying finals.
Final:
[4] Maria
Toor Pakay (PAK) bt [1] Latasha Khan (USA) 11-6, 13-11, 4-11, 11-9 (59m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Latasha
Khan (USA) bt [3] Amanda Landers-Murphy (NZL) 11-7, 11-9, 11-7 (40m)
[4] Maria
Toor Pakay (PAK) bt [2] Lauren Selby (ENG) 14-12, 17-15, 11-4 (57m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Latasha
Khan (USA) bt Nicolette Fernandes (GUY) 11-6, 11-9, 11-8 (41m)
[3] Amanda
Landers-Murphy (NZL) bt [6] Orla Noom (NED) 11-8, 8-11, 11-5, 11-8 (40m)
[4] Maria
Toor Pakay (PAK) bt [Q] Celia Allamargot (FRA) 11-6, 11-8, 11-5
(28m)
[2] Lauren
Selby (ENG) bt [8] Thaisa Serafini (BRA) 11-5, 12-10, 11-9 (30m)
1st
round:
[1] Latasha
Khan (USA) bt [Q] Antonella Falcione (ARG) 11-8, 11-8, 11-2 (24m)
Nicolette
Fernandes (GUY) bt [5] Victoria Lust (ENG) 11-7, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8
(75m)
[3] Amanda
Landers-Murphy (NZL) bt [Q] Mennat Nasser (EGY) 13-11, 6-11, 4-11,
11-6, 11-6 (62m)
[6] Orla
Noom (NED) bt [Q] Alex Clark (SCO) 11-5, 11-4, 11-4 (26m)
[Q] Celia
Allamargot (FRA) bt [7] Birgit Coufal (AUT) 6-11, 11-5, 13-11, 12-10
(39m)
[4] Maria
Toor Pakay (PAK) bt Kristen Lange (USA) 11-9, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9 (50m)
[8] Thaisa
Serafini (BRA) bt Carrie Ramsey (ENG) 13-11, 11-2, 11-8 (40m)
[2] Lauren
Selby (ENG) bt Ivonne Diaz (MEX) 11-7, 11-6, 11-4 (25m)
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