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 Tournament
WSF WORLD DOUBLES SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIPS,
Melbourne, Australia
Men's
final:
[1] Anthony Ricketts &
Stewart Boswell (AUS) bt [2] Dan Jenson & Joseph Kneipp (AUS) 7-9, 4-9, 9-4,
9-7, 9-5
Third place play-off:
Campbell Grayson & Martin
Knight (NZL) bt [3/4] Cameron White & Cameron Pilley (AUS) 9-1, 9-5, 1-9,
8-10, 9-7
Women's final:
[3/4] Shelley Kitchen &
Tamsyn Leevey (NZL) bt [5/8] Robyn Cooper & Sarah Fitz-Gerald (AUS) 9-6,
10-8, 9-6
Third place play-off:
[2] Lara Heta & Louise Crome
(NZL) bt [1] Rachael Grinham & Amanda Hopps (AUS) 4-9, 10-12, 10-8, 9-4, 9-5
Mixed
final:
[1] Rachael Grinham & Joseph
Kneipp (AUS) bt [5/8] Amelia Pittock & Cameron Pilley (AUS) 9-6, 9-1, 5-9,
9-4
Third place play-off:
[5/8] Lara Heta & Callum
O'Brien (NZL) bt [2] Shelley Kitchen & Daniel Sharplin (NZL) w/o
5th Day Report
Australia & New Zealand
Share World Doubles Spoils
New Zealanders Shelley
Kitchen and Tamsyn Leevey denied a clean sweep of gold medals for
the hosts in the 3rd WSF World Doubles Squash Championships when they
beat Australians Robyn Cooper & Sarah Fitz-Gerald in today's
(Friday) Women's final at the Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre in
Australia.
The second-seeded Kiwi pair
struck gold when they overcame the giant-killers of the tournament,
five-times World Open champion Sarah Fitz-Gerald and former
Australian international Robyn Cooper, seeded in the 5/8 group,
9-6 10-8 9-6.
Australia won both gold and
silver in the Mixed event with Australian Open champion Rachael
Grinham and former world No10 Joseph Kneipp outgunning Aussie
youngsters Amelia Pittock and Cameron Pilley 9-6 9-1 5-9 9-4,
although former world No1 Grinham was required to leave the court at 7-4 in
the final game with a leg injury.
After considering their
options following a lengthy break, the No1 seeds carried on to take the next
two points to clinch the world mixed title.
Australia made it a double
gold championship when top-seeded Anthony Ricketts and Stewart
Boswell recovered from two games down to defeat fellow Aussies Dan
Jenson and Joseph Kneipp, the second seeds, 7-9 4-9 9-4 9-7 9-5
to take the Men’s Doubles crown.
Men's semi-finals:
[1] Anthony Ricketts &
Stewart Boswell (AUS) bt Campbell Grayson & Martin Knight (NZL) 9-4, 9-7,
9-7
[2] Dan Jenson & Joseph
Kneipp (AUS) bt [3/4] Cameron White & Cameron Pilley (AUS) 7-9, 9-7, 5-9,
11-9, 9-4
Women's semi-finals:
[5/8] Robyn Cooper & Sarah
Fitz-Gerald (AUS) bt [1] Rachael Grinham & Amanda Hopps (AUS) 6-9, 12-10,
9-5, 4-9, 9-6
[3/4] Shelley Kitchen &
Tamsyn Leevey (NZL) bt [2] Lara Heta & Louise Crome (NZL) 9-6, 11-9, 7-9,
1-9, 9-7
Mixed semi-finals:
[1] Rachael Grinham & Joseph
Kneipp (AUS) bt [5/8] Lara Heta & Callum O'Brien (NZL) 10-8, 15-13, 9-6
[5/8] Amelia Pittock &
Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt [2] Shelley Kitchen & Daniel Sharplin (NZL) 11-9,
7-9, 10-12, 9-6, 9-6
4th Day Report
Aussie Veterans Cause World
Doubles Upset
Commonwealth Games
singles gold medallist
Sarah Fitz-Gerald and former Aussie international Robyn Cooper
staged the biggest upset on semi-finals day of the 3rd WSF World Doubles
Squash Championships when they removed the top-seeded Aussie duo of
Rachael Grinham and Amanda Hopps in an enthralling five-game
Women's Doubles encounter.
The Aussie veterans won 6-9
12-10 9-5 4-9 9-6 and will now take on New Zealanders Shelley Kitchen
and Tamsyn Leevey in a surprise final. The third-seeded pair who
caused a mini upset by defeating fellow Kiwis Lara Heta and Louise
Crome, the second seeds, 9-6 11-9 7-9 1-9 9-7.
Australian Open
singles champion Rachael
Grinham made up for the disappointment of losing her Women's Doubles title
by reaching the Mixed Doubles final, with doubles specialist Joseph
Kneipp. The pair proved too powerful for the young Kiwi duo Lara
Heta and Callum O’Brien, winning 10-8 15-13 9-6 to set up an
all-Aussie final. In the other semi-final, Amelia Pittock and
Cameron Pilley ousted the NZ pairing of Shelley Kitchen and
Danny Sharplin – standing in for Glen Wilson, who had withdrawn
with a hamstring injury – in an 11-9 7-9 10-12 9-6 9-6 scoreline
Joseph Kneipp becomes the
only player going for two gold medals. The 30-year-old former world No10
from Brisbane partnered Dan Jenson into the Men's Doubles final, with
a 7-9 9-7 5-9 11-9 9-4 win over fellow Aussies Cameron White &
Cameron Pilley.
In the second all-Australian
final, Kneipp and Jenson will face favourites Anthony Ricketts &
Stewart Boswell, who ended the run of New Zealand giant-killers
Campbell Grayson & Martin Knight 9-4 9-7 9-7.
3rd Day Report
Aussies & Kiwis Dominate World Doubles
Tasman neighbours
Australia
and
New Zealand
dominated the quarter-finals day at the 3rd WSF World
Doubles Squash Championships with the two countries claiming all twelve
semi-finals berths at the Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre in
Melbourne, Australia
The highlight of the day was the historic encounter between
Kiwis Campbell Grayson and Martin Knight and the South African
pair Rodney Durbach and Adrian Hansen. Organisers have been
advised that this gruelling two-hour-and-thirty-six-minute contest is the
longest doubles match ever played at a major international championship.
The unseeded New Zealand youngsters prevailed 9-5 9-6 6-9 13-15 9-6 to set
up a semi-final against Men's Doubles favourites Anthony Ricketts &
Stewart Boswell, of Australia.
Australian Open
singles champion Rachael Grinham maintained her
defence of both the Women's and Mixed titles she won in India in 2004. With
fellow Aussie Amanda Hopps, she demolished the Aussie duo of Lisa
Camilleri and Kelly Fowler 9-1 9-6 9-3 in the women's event –
and, partnering Joseph Kneipp, took out compatriots Melissa Martin
& Dan Jenson 9-1 9-5 9-3 in the Mixed quarter-finals.
The major upset of the day was contrived by five times
World Open champion Sarah Fitz-Gerald who teamed with former
Australian international Robyn Cooper to oust third-seeded Australian
pair Amelia Pittock and Melissa Martin 9-4 9-5 9-5 to set up a
semi-final clash with the top seeds Grinham and Hopps.
Men's quarter-finals:
[1] Anthony Ricketts & Stewart Boswell (AUS) bt [5/8] Paul
Price & Timothy Manning (AUS)
9-3, 9-5, 9-5
Campbell Grayson & Martin Knight (NZL) bt [5/8] Rodney
Durbach & Adrian Hansen (RSA)
9-5, 9-6, 6-9, 13-15, 9-6
[3/4] Cameron White & Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt [5/8] John
White & Harry Leitch (SCO)
9-3, 7-9, 9-1, 9-2
[2] Dan Jenson & Joseph Kneipp (AUS) bt [5/8] Daniel Sharplin
& Kashif Shuja (NZL)
9-7, 9-3, 6-9, 9-5
Women's quarter-finals:
[1] Rachael Grinham & Amanda Hopps (AUS) bt Lisa Camilleri &
Kelly Fowler (AUS)
9-1, 9-6, 9-3
[5/8] Robyn Cooper & Sarah Fitz-Gerald (AUS) bt [3/4] Amelia
Pittock & Melissa Martin (AUS)
9-4, 9-5, 9-5
[3/4] Shelley Kitchen & Tamsyn Leevey (NZL) bt [5/8] Kasey
Brown & Dianne Desira (AUS)
7-9, 11-9, 6-9, 9-2, 10-8
[2] Lara Heta & Louise Crome (NZL) bt Diana Argyle & Tenille
Swartz (RSA)
5-9, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5
Mixed quarter-finals:
[1] Rachael Grinham & Joseph Kneipp (AUS) bt [3/4] Melissa
Martin & Dan Jenson (AUS)
9-1, 9-5, 9-3
[5/8] Lara Heta & Callum O'Brien (NZL) bt [5/8] Kasey Brown &
Paul Price (AUS)
4-9, 9-2, 9-4, 9-4
[5/8] Amelia Pittock & Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt [5/8] Diana
Argyle & Craig van der Wath (RSA)
5-9, 10-8, 9-5, 9-6
[2] Shelley Kitchen & Glen Wilson (NZL) bt [3/4] Dianne
Desira & Cameron White (AUS)
11-9, 9-7, 9-7
2nd Day Qualifying Report
Aussies & Kiwis Dominate World Doubles
Following the completion of the pools qualification rounds in
the 3rd World Doubles Squash Championships in
Melbourne,
hosts
Australia
are well-positioned to claim
all three titles at the Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre.
Last week's Australian Open singles champions
Anthony Ricketts and Rachael Grinham - the top seeds in their
respective doubles events - are leading
Australia’s
charge as the hosts have claimed 50% of the places in the quarter-finals.
Ricketts and first-time partner Stewart Boswell have
drawn the dangerous Aussie pairing of
Paul
Price
and Timothy Manning,
who earlier ousted third-seeded Indians Ritwik Bhattacharya and
Saurav Ghosal, the 2004 runners-up.
In the bottom half of the
draw, second-seeded Aussies Dan Jenson and Joseph Kneipp,
unbeaten in the pool rounds, take on the highly-fancied Kiwi duo of
Daniel Sharplin and Kashif Shuja.
Aussie pairings also
dominate the women’s event, with a place in the final already assured. Top
seeds Rachael Grinham and Amanda Hopps take on Aussie
youngsters Lisa Camilleri and Kelly Fowler.
Interestingly, five times
World Open Singles Champion Sarah Fitz-Gerald, who is playing in her
first International Open event for three years, is partnering former Aussie
international Robyn Cooper. Although they come up against the
highly-rated pairing of Amelia Pittock and Melissa Martin,
their experience should see them through to Thursday's semi-finals.
In the Mixed event, Grinham
is partnered by fellow Queenslander Joseph Kneipp and also seeded to
reach Friday's finals. New Zealanders Shelley Kitchen and Glen
Wilson – the latter the reigning Commonwealth Games Mixed Doubles
gold medallist – will, however, undoubtedly offer stiff competition.
2nd
qualifying rounds: Men
Men's - Pool A
[1] Anthony Ricketts &
Stewart Boswell (AUS) bt Shane Doherty & Jeff Bond (AUS)
9-5, 9-7, 5-9, 9-2
[5/8] John White & Harry
Leitch (SCO) bt Martin Wissner & Gunal Gunsav (GER)
9-1, 9-2, 9-4
Pool B
[2] Dan Jenson & Joseph
Kneipp (AUS) bt Jamie Crombie & Michael Puertas (USA)
9-3, 9-6, 9-7
[5/8] Rodney Durbach &
Adrian Hansen (RSA) bt Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan
& Nafzahizam Adnan (MAS)
9-6, 9-6, 9-6
Pool C
Campbell Grayson & Martin
Knight (NZL) bt [3/4] Ritwik Bhattacharya & Saurav Ghosal (IND)
9-3, 9-6, 9-7
Craig Rowland & Bradley Freeme (AUS) bt [5/8]
Paul
Price & Timothy Manning (AUS)
9-6, 8-10, 9-7, 9-2
Pool D
[3/4] Cameron White &
Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt [5/8] Daniel Sharplin & Kashif Shuja (NZL)
10-8, 11-9, 9-1
[3/4] Cameron White &
Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt Craig van der Wath & Clinton Leeuw (RSA)
9-2, 9-6, 9-3
[5/8] Daniel Sharplin &
Kashif Shuja (NZL) bt Neil Nesbit & Mike Burns (ZIM)
9-3, 9-1, 9-0
Women's
- Pool A:
[1] Rachael Grinham & Amanda
Hopps (AUS) bt Louise Philip & Frania Gillen-Buchert (SCO)
9-3, 9-2, 9-4
Pool B
[2] Lara Heta & Louise Crome
(NZL) bt
Kimberley Bessell & Skye Millar (AUS)
9-7, 9-7, 9-0
[5/8] Robyn Cooper & Sarah
Fitz-Gerald (AUS) bt Kylie Doherty &
Georgina Davis (AUS)
9-5, 9-4, 12-10
Kylie Doherty & Georgina
Davis (AUS) bt
Kimberley Bessell & Skye Millar (AUS)
9-7, 9-7, 4-9, 9-4
Pool C
[5/8] Tricia Chuah & Delia
Arnold (MAS) bt Vanessa Pickerd & Jemma Saxby (AUS)
9-4, 9-4, 9-6
[3/4] Amelia Pittock &
Melissa Martin (AUS) bt Diana Argyle & Tenille Swartz (RSA)
9-2, 9-7, 9-5
Diana Argyle & Tenille
Swartz (RSA) bt Vanessa Pickerd & Jemma Saxby (AUS)
9-4, 9-3, 9-4
Pool D
[5/8] Louisa Hall & Meredeth
Quick (USA) bt Peta Hughes & Rachel Smith (AUS)
10-8, 3-9, 9-5, 9-4
Lisa Camilleri & Kelly
Fowler (AUS) bt Peta Hughes & Rachel Smith (AUS)
9-5, 9-5, 4-9, 1-9, 9-4
[3/4] Shelley Kitchen &
Tamsyn Leevey (NZL) bt [5/8] Louisa Hall & Meredeth Quick (USA)
9-7, 9-3, 9-4
Mixed - Pool A:
[5/8] Diana Argyle & Craig
van der Wath (RSA) bt Delia Arnold & Nafzahizam Adnan (MAS)
9-6, 9-3, 7-9, 6-9, 9-6
[1] Rachael Grinham & Joseph
Kneipp (AUS) bt Delia Arnold & Nafzahizam Adnan (MAS)
9-3, 9-3, 9-3
[1] Rachael Grinham & Joseph
Kneipp (AUS) bt [5/8] Diana Argyle & Craig van der Wath (RSA)
9-2, 9-4, 9-5
Pool B
[5/8] Kasey Brown &
Paul
Price (AUS) bt Louisa Hall & Michael Puertas (USA)
9-3, 9-6, 10-8
[2] Shelley Kitchen & Glen
Wilson (NZL) bt Tanya Owens & Steve Richardson (IRL)
9-1, 9-5, 9-5
[2] Shelley Kitchen & Glen
Wilson (NZL) bt Louisa Hall & Michael Puertas (USA)
9-4, 9-4, 9-5
[5/8] Kasey Brown &
Paul
Price (AUS) bt Tanya Owens & Steve Richardson (IRL)
9-3, 9-4, 9-1
[2] Shelley Kitchen & Glen Wilson (NZL) bt [5/8] Kasey Brown
&
Paul
Price (AUS)
6-9, 9-4, 9-4, 9-3
Louisa Hall & Michael
Puertas (USA) bt Tanya Owens & Steve Richardson (IRL)
9-3, 9-6, 9-4
Pool C
[3/4] Dianne Desira &
Cameron White (AUS) bt Tricia Chuah & Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS)
9-4, 9-2, 1-9, 7-9, 9-4
[5/8] Amelia Pittock &
Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt Tenille Swartz & Clinton Leeuw (RSA)
9-3, 9-5, 9-3
[3/4] Dianne Desira &
Cameron White (AUS) bt Tenille Swartz & Clinton Leeuw (RSA)
9-6, 9-3, 9-4
[5/8] Amelia Pittock &
Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt Tricia Chuah & Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS)
9-7, 5-9, 9-7, 9-3
[5/8] Amelia Pittock &
Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt [3/4] Dianne Desira & Cameron White (AUS)
9-5, 10-8, 9-6
Tenille Swartz & Clinton Leeuw (RSA) bt
Tricia Chuah & Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS)
4-9, 9-7, 9-6, 9-7
Pool D
[3/4] Melissa Martin & Dan
Jenson (AUS) bt Amanda Hopps & Timothy Manning (AUS)
12-10, 8-10, 9-5, 9-7
[5/8] Lara Heta & Callum O'Brien (NZL) bt Meredeth Quick &
Jamie Crombie (USA)
9-3, 9-2, 9-3
[3/4] Melissa Martin & Dan
Jenson (AUS) bt Amanda Hopps & Timothy Manning (AUS)
12-10, 8-10, 9-5, 9-7
[5/8] Lara Heta & Callum
O'Brien (NZL) bt Amanda Hopps & Timothy Manning (AUS)
9-7, 9-3, 9-4
[3/4] Melissa Martin & Dan Jenson (AUS) bt Meredeth Quick &
Jamie Crombie (USA)
5-9, 9-6, 9-4, 15-13
[5/8] Lara Heta & Callum
O'Brien (NZL) bt [3/4] Melissa Martin & Dan Jenson (AUS)
3-9, 9-7, 12-10, 9-1
Amanda Hopps & Timothy Manning (AUS) bt Meredeth Quick &
Jamie Crombie (USA)
7-9, 10-8, 9-7, 12-14, 9-7
1st Day
Qual Report
Price & Manning Lift Home
Hopes In World Doubles Championships
Paul Price
and Timothy Manning pulled off a significant upset in first
qualifying round of the 3rd World Doubles Squash Championships in
Melbourne, Australia. The Australian pair defeated the 2004 silver
medallists Ritwik Bhattacharya and Saurav Ghosal, from India,
9-4 9-6 5-9 9-6 in their second Men's Doubles match of the day in Pool C.
Top-seeded Australians Anthony Ricketts - winner of the Australian
Open title last week - and Stewart Boswell opened proceedings at
the Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre with a resounding 9-0 9-3 9-2
victory over German combination Martin Wissner and Gunal Gunsav.
Later the pair beat 5/8 seeds John White and Harry Leitch, of
Scotland, 9-4 9-6 (ret).
The second-seeded Australian pairing of Dan Jenson and Joseph
Kneipp secured two victories in Pool B, first beating Malaysian brothers
Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan & Nafzahizam Adnan 9-2 5-9 9-5 9-2, then
South Africans Rodney Durbach & Adrian Hansen, seeded in the
5/8 group, 9-4 3-9 5-9 9-2 9-1.
In the Women's Doubles, two New Zealand pairs notched up two wins apiece on
the opening day. Second seeds Lara Heta & Louise Crome beat
home pair Kylie Doherty & Georgina Davis 9-3 9-4 9-3, then
defeated experienced Australians Robyn Cooper & Sarah Fitz-Gerald,
5/8 seeds, 9-5 12-10 12-10.
In Pool D, Shelley Kitchen and Tamsyn Leevey also overcame a
pair of Australian pairings – winning 8-10 9-3 9-2 9-2 against Peta
Hughes & Rachel Smith before overcoming Lisa Camilleri &
Kelly Fowler 12-10 4-9 9-5 9-6.
The World Doubles Championships have attracted capacity fields of 16 Teams
in each of the three Doubles events, i.e. Men’s, Women’s and Mixed, with the
current pools sections moving into the quarter-final stages on Wednesday,
culminating with finals of all events this Friday.
Men's 1st qualifying
rounds:
Pool A
[1] Anthony Ricketts & Stewart Boswell (AUS) bt Martin Wissner & Gunal
Gunsav (GER)
9-0, 9-3, 9-2
[5/8] John White & Harry Leitch (SCO) bt Shane Doherty & Jeff Bond (AUS)
9-3, 9-5, 11-9
[1] Anthony Ricketts & Stewart Boswell (AUS) bt [5/8] John White & Harry
Leitch (SCO)
9-4, 9-6 ret.
Shane Doherty & Jeff Bond (AUS) bt Martin Wissner & Gunal Gunsav (GER)
9-2, 9-1, 9-6
Pool B
[2] Dan Jenson & Joseph Kneipp (AUS) bt Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan & Nafzahizam
Adnan (MAS)
9-2, 5-9, 9-5, 9-2
[5/8] Rodney Durbach & Adrian Hansen (RSA) bt Jamie Crombie & Michael
Puertas (USA)
9-7, 5-9, 9-0, 6-9, 9-2
[2] Dan Jenson & Joseph Kneipp (AUS) bt [5/8] Rodney Durbach & Adrian Hansen
(RSA)
9-4, 3-9, 5-9, 9-2, 9-1
Jamie Crombie & Michael Puertas (USA) bt Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan & Nafzahizam
Adnan (MAS)
9-7, 7-9, 10-8, 8-10, 9-0
Pool C
[3/4] Ritwik Bhattacharya & Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt Craig Rowland & Bradley
Freeme (AUS)
9-2, 11-13, 9-3, 8-10, 9-5
Campbell Grayson & Martin Knight (NZL) bt [5/8] Paul Price & Timothy Manning
(AUS)
9-6, 6-9, 9-6, 6-9, 9-7
[5/8] Paul Price & Timothy Manning (AUS) bt [3/4] Ritwik Bhattacharya &
Saurav Ghosal (IND)
9-4, 9-6, 5-9, 9-6
Campbell Grayson & Martin Knight (NZL) bt Craig Rowland & Bradley Freeme
(AUS)
9-5, 11-9, 12-10
Pool D
[3/4] Cameron White & Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt Neil Nesbit & Mike Burns (ZIM)
9-1, 9-4, 9-2
[5/8] Daniel Sharplin & Kashif Shuja (NZL) bt Craig van der Wath & Clinton
Leeuw (RSA)
9-2, 9-6, 9-7
Craig van der Wath & Clinton Leeuw (RSA) bt Neil Nesbit & Mike Burns (ZIM)
9-5, 9-5, 5-9, 12-10
Women's:
Pool A
[5/8] Kasey Brown & Dianne Desira (AUS) bt Louise Philip & Frania Gillen-Buchert
(SCO)
9-2, 7-9, 9-7, 10-8
[1] Rachael Grinham & Amanda Hopps (AUS) bt [5/8] Kasey Brown & Dianne
Desira (AUS)
9-5, 5-9, 9-3, 9-4
Pool B
[5/8] Robyn Cooper & Sarah Fitz-Gerald (AUS) bt Kimberley Bessell & Skye
Millar (AUS)
9-0, 9-6, 9-6
[2] Lara Heta & Louise Crome (NZL) bt Kylie Doherty & Georgina Davis (AUS)
9-3, 9-4, 9-3
[2] Lara Heta & Louise Crome (NZL) bt [5/8] Robyn Cooper & Sarah Fitz-Gerald
(AUS)
9-5, 12-10, 12-10
Pool C
[3/4] Amelia Pittock & Melissa Martin (AUS) bt Vanessa Pickerd & Jemma Saxby
(AUS)
9-0, 9-2, 9-3
Diana Argyle & Tenille Swartz (RSA) bt [5/8] Tricia Chuah & Delia Arnold
(MAS)
9-7, 9-4, 7-9, 7-9, 9-3
[3/4] Amelia Pittock & Melissa Martin (AUS) bt [5/8] Tricia Chuah & Delia
Arnold (MAS)
9-4, 9-5, 9-3
Pool D
Lisa Camilleri & Kelly Fowler (AUS) bt [5/8] Louisa Hall & Meredeth Quick
(USA)
17-15, 9-5, 6-9, 9-6
[3/4] Shelley Kitchen & Tamsyn Leevey (NZL) bt Peta Hughes & Rachel Smith
(AUS)
8-10, 9-3, 9-2, 9-2
[3/4] Shelley Kitchen & Tamsyn Leevey (NZL) bt Lisa Camilleri & Kelly Fowler
(AUS)
12-10, 4-9, 9-5, 9-6 |
