18/12/2005
WOMEN'S CANARY ISLANDS SQUASH OPEN
Duncalf Topples Title-Holder To Take Tenerife Title
Tournament
Prince Women's Canary Islands Squash Open, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Final:
[2] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) bt [1] Vicky Botwright (ENG) 9-4, 9-6, 9-4
Semi-finals:
[1] Vicky Botwright (ENG) bt [3] Laura-Jane Lengthorn (ENG) 9-6, 9-4, 6-9, 9-4
[2] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) bt [4] Pamela Nimmo (SCO) 9-4, 9-2, 9-4
1st round:
[1] Vicky Botwright (ENG) bt [Q] Orla Noom (NED) 9-3, 9-2, 9-6
[6] Dominique Lloyd-Walter (ENG) bt [Q] Lauren Siddall (ENG) 9-7, 4-9, 9-5, 9-6
[3] Laura-Jane Lengthorn (ENG) bt [Q] Nicolette Fernandes (GUY) 8-10, 9-5, 9-3, 9-2
[8] Lauren Briggs (ENG) bt Line Hansen (DEN) 9-3, 9-6, 9-4
[7] Rebecca Botwright (ENG) bt [Q] Sarah Kippax (ENG) 9-5, 4-9, 9-3, 9-3
[4] Pamela Nimmo (SCO) bt Chantal Moros-Pitarch (ESP) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) bt [5] Carla Khan (PAK) 9-7, 9-4, 9-5
[2] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) bt Jenna Gates (ENG) 9-0, 9-0, 9-1
Quarter-finals:
[1] Vicky Botwright (ENG) bt [6] Dominique Lloyd-Walter (ENG) 9-4, 9-4, 9-4
[3] Laura-Jane Lengthorn (ENG) bt [8] Lauren Briggs (ENG) 9-1, 9-2, 9-6
[4] Pamela Nimmo (SCO) bt [7] Rebecca Botwright (ENG) 9-6, 3-9, 9-4, 4-9, 9-3
[2] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) bt Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) 9-2, 9-0, 9-2
England's Jenny Duncalf rounded off her squash year in fine style when she upset compatriot Vicky Botwright, the top seed and defending champion, in the final of the Prince Women's Canary Islands Open to lift the last WISPA World Tour title of 2005 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
Duncalf, the world No8 from Harrogate in Yorkshire, was in sparkling form throughout the event and reached the final without dropping a game - conceding only 15 points in three rounds.
Botwright, the world No5 from Manchester, was celebrating her fifth WISPA final of the year and looking to retain the Tenerife title she won for the first time in 2004.
But Duncalf was on song from the outset, beating her higher-ranked England team-mate 9-4 9-6 9-4 to clinch the second WISPA crown of her career.
It was the pair's fifth WISPA meeting, but the 23-year-old from Yorkshire had only previously beaten her rival once – and that was in the final of the 2003 Atlanta Masters when Duncalf picked up her maiden Tour title.
Britons Excel In Canary Islands Open
Four Britons will contest the semi-finals of the Prince Women's Canary Islands Squash Open after beating lower-ranked opposition in the quarter-finals of the WISPA World Tour event in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
Defending champion and favourite Vicky Botwright defeated sixth-seeded compatriot Dominique Lloyd-Walter 9-4 9-4 9-4 to set up a meeting with Lancashire county team-mate Laura-Jane Lengthorn, the third seed who beat England’s Lauren Briggs 9-1 9-2 9-6.
Fourth seed Pamela Nimmo was the only player extended to more than three games before making it through to the last four. The Scot ultimately triumphed 9-6 3-9 9-4 4-9 9-3 over the top seed’s younger sister Rebecca Botwright to set up a clash with England’s Jenny Duncalf, the No2 seed.
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