Tong Takes Top End Trophy
Hong
Kong's Tong Tsz-Wing lived up to her top billing in the final of
the Women's Top End Open in Darwin, Australia, when she
beat Lotte Eriksen of Norway to claim her maiden title on the
Women's Squash Association World Tour.
The
21-year-old Hong Kong No4 dropped her first game in the championship
when she overcame third-seeded Australian Christine Nunn in the
semi-finals of the WSA Tour 5 event at Darwin Squash Centre
- a win which took Tong through to her fifth Tour final.
Eriksen, the Stavangar-born fourth seed, made her breakthrough in the
other semi when she upset Milou van der Heijden, the No2 seed
from the Netherlands, in four games to reach her third Tour final.
RESULTS: Women's Top End Open, Darwin, Australia
1st
round:
[13] Eloise O'Connor (AUS) bt Jasmine Chan (AUS) 8-11, 13-11, 4-11,
11-5, 11-8
[16] Kim A-Hyun (KOR) bt Samantha Calvert (AUS) 11-8, 11-7, 11-3
[14] Melissa Bonello (AUS) bt Yang Yeon-Soo (KOR) w/o
[15] Nicole Stoneham (AUS) bt Carin Clonda (EST) 11-8, 12-10, 9-11, 11-5
2nd round:
[1] Tong Tsz-Wing (HKG) bt [9] Lakeesha Rarere (AUS) 11-3, 11-6,
11-4
[5] Kim Ga-Hye (KOR) bt [13] Eloise O'Connor (AUS) 11-5, 11-9, 11-6
[3] Christine Nunn (AUS) bt [12] Liu Kwai Chi (MAC) 11-1, 11-3, 11-5
[8] Karman Siu (HKG) bt [16] Kim A-Hyun (KOR) 11-6, 11-5, 11-9
[6] Cheyna Tucker (RSA) bt [10] Natalie Newton (AUS) 11-3, 11-6, 11-6
[4] Lotte Eriksen (NOR) bt [11] Selena Shaikh (AUS) 11-6, 11-8, 11-5
[7] Jessica Turnbull (AUS) bt [14] Melissa Bonello (AUS) 11-3, 11-3,
11-7
[2] Milou van der Heijden (NED) bt [15] Nicole Stoneham (AUS) 11-3,
11-2, 11-5
Quarter-finals:
[1] Tong Tsz-Wing (HKG) bt [5] Kim Ga-Hye (KOR) 11-8, 11-7, 11-8
[3] Christine Nunn (AUS) bt [8] Karman Siu (HKG) 11-7, 11-6, 11-4
[4] Lotte Eriksen (NOR) bt [6] Cheyna Tucker (RSA) 11-8, 12-10, 8-11,
11-3
[2] Milou van der Heijden (NED) bt [7] Jessica Turnbull (AUS) 11-5,
11-9, 11-5
Semi-finals:
[1] Tong Tsz-Wing (HKG) bt [3] Christine Nunn (AUS) 11-5, 6-11,
11-7, 13-11
[4] Lotte Eriksen (NOR) bt [2] Milou van der Heijden (NED) 8-11, 11-3,
16-14, 11-8
Final:
[1] Tong Tsz-Wing (HKG) bt [4] Lotte Eriksen (NOR) 11-6, 11-4, 11-9
(39m)
But
Tong was too strong in the final, beating Eriksen 11-6, 11-4, 11-9 in 39
minutes to take her place on the winner's podium for the first time in
her career.
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