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Aumard In Aussie Title Double
Coline Aumard completed a
Aussie double yesterday after clinching the NT Alice Springs Open,
her second victory in as many weeks.
Victorious in last week’s NT Open in Darwin, Aumard continued her
dominance as top seed in this weekend’s event at Alice Springs, where a
first round bye saw her through to round two.
There she faced South Korean Kim Ga Hye who was forced to retire
in the second game due to an injury. Continuing her run, the
Frenchwoman then dispatched compatriot Julia Lecoq in straight
games, before setting up a semi-final clash against local interest
Tamika Saxby.
The world No.43 proved too strong for the fifth seed, who beat last
week’s NT Open runner-up Carrie Ramsey in the quarter-final after
the Englishwoman was forced to retire injured.
Milou Van Der Heijden had fallen at the semi-final stage of last
week’s event but, seeded second for both events, the Dutchwoman was
determined to make up for her early exit this time around.
The world No.50 stormed through her early clashes against Natalie
Newton, Jessica Turnbull and Song Sun-Mi without
dropping a game. In the final she faced Aumard, ranked just seven
places higher than the Dutchwoman.
Early exchanges between the pair were closely fought, but the top seed
gained the advantage late on to take a first game lead. The second game
was a similar storyline, with the higher ranked player again doing just
enough to stave off her opponent to extend her advantage to 2-0.
The narrow margin between the pair continued into the third with very
little separating the finalists. Van Der Heijden was always hot on the
heals of the leading finalist, and she took her opportunities well to
signal her intent on fighting for the title. She did enough to close
out the game, and yet another deadlocked battle in game four saw the
players at loggerheads at a tiebreak, 10-all scoreline. Seven points
were dispersed between the pair before Aumard again found herself with a
championship-ball and was able to close out the contest 15-13 to claim
successive back-to-back titles in Australia.
Final:
[1] Coline Aumard (FRA)
bt [2] Milou Van Der Heijden 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 15-13
Semi-final:
[1] Coline Aumard (FRA)
bt [5] Tamika Saxby (AUS) 11-4, 14-12, 11-5
[2] Milou Van Der
Heijden bt Song Sun-Mi (KOR) 11-6, 11-6, 11-6
Quarter Finals:
[1] Coline Aumard (FRA)
bt Julia Lecoq (FRA) 11-3, 11-5, 11-5
[5] Tamika Saxby (AUS)
bt [3] Carrie Ramsey (ENG) 14-12, 11-6, 7-11, ret.
Song Sun-Mi (KOR) bt
[4] Christine Nunn (AUS) 11-7, 11-7, 11-3
[2] Milou Van Der
Heijden bt [7] Jessica Turnbull 12-10, 11-8, 11-6
Second Round:
[1] Coline Aumard (FRA)
bt Kim Ga HYE (KOR) 11-4, ret.
Julia Lecoq (FRA) bt
[8] Taylor Flavell (AUS) 7-11, 11-1, 11-2, 11-3
[3] Carrie Ramsey (ENG)
bt Carin Clonda (EST) 11-2, 11-2, 11-3
[5] Tamika Saxby (AUS)
bt Ar Huyn Kim (KOR) 11-3, 11-2, 11-4
Song Sun-Mi (KOR) bt
Eliose O'Connor (AUS) 11-5, 11-2, 11-1
[4] Christine Nunn
(AUS) bt Lakeesha Rarere (AUS) 11-6, 11-5, 11-5
[7] Jessica Turnbull bt
Nicole Stoneham 11-3, 11-13, 11-9, 11-4
[2] Milou Van Der
Heijden bt Natalie Newton 11-5, 11-7, 11-6
First Round:
[1] Coline Aumard (FRA)
vs BYE
Kim Ga HYE (KOR) bt
Ayla Stevens (AUS) 11-2, 11-5, 11-3
[8] Taylor Flavell
(AUS) vs BYE
Julia Lecoq (FRA) vs
BYE
[3] Carrie Ramsey (ENG)
vs BYE
Carin Clonda (EST) vs
BYE
[5] Tamika Saxby
(AU S) vs BYE
Ar Huyn Kim (KOR) bt
Lakshmi-Shruti Settipalli (IND) 11-5, 11-2, 11-6
Eliose O'Connor (AUS)
vs BYE
Song Sun-Mi (KOR) vs
BYE
Lakeesha Rarere (AUS)
vs BYE
[4] Christine Nunn
(AUS) vs BYE
Nicole Stoneham vs BYE
[7] Jessica Turnbull vs
BYE
Natalie Newton vs BYE
[2] Milou Van Der
Heijden vs BYE
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