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Bright
Lights
Open
2004
20-23 May, Las Vegas, USA, $19k
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23-May,
Final:
Tranfield Doubles up
in Las Vegas ...
Jenny Tranfield collected her second WISPA title in a week when she beat
compatriot Jenny Duncalf 9/5, 9/0, 0/9, 9/4 in the 53-minute final at
the Club Sport Green Valley in Nevada, the tenth, and biggest, WISPA
title of her career.
Just a week ago, the 29-year-old world No17 from Milton Keynes upset
three higher-ranked players en-route to winning the
Squashworks Open trophy in Salt
Lake City.
Tranfield's Las Vegas success also featured three upsets, including wins
over world No12 Duncalf, Egypt's world No10 Omneya Abdel Kawy and a
semi-final victory over world No14 Shelley Kitchen - which avenged the
straight games loss to the New Zealander two weeks ago in the
Hyder Open in New York.
Yorkshire-born Tranfield has enjoyed an illustrious squash career which
includes British National Junior titles at U14 and U16, British Junior
Open titles at U16 and U19, and the World Universities title in her
second appearance in the final. She also boasts a formidable WISPA
record, having only lost in two of her 12 final appearances since her
first in March 1997.
22-May: Two
Jennies in Bright Lights Final
21-May:
Kitchen spoils English party
20-May:
Seeds tested in first round
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Tranfield in action in Qatar |
Bright Lights
Open
2004 |
1st Round
Thu 20th |
Quarters
Fri 21st |
Semis
Sat 22nd |
Final
Sun 23rd |
[1] Rebecca
Macree (Eng)
9/0, 9/6, 5/9, 9/5
[Q] Tamsyn Leevey (Nzl) |
Rebecca Macree
9/1, 10/9, 9/5
Stephanie Brind |
Rebecca Macree
9/3, 3/9, 6/9,
9/5, 9/4
Jenny Duncalf |
Jenny Duncalf
9/5, 9/0, 0/9, 9/4
Jenny Tranfield |
[6] Stephanie
Brind (Eng)
9/1, 9/7, 9/4
Engy Kheirallah (Egy) |
[4] Jenny Duncalf (Eng)
9/4, 6/9, 9/0, 9/3
[Q] Vicky Lankester (Eng) |
Jenny Duncalf
4/9, 9/7, 5/9, 9/5, 9/3
Madeline Perry |
[7] Madeline
Perry (Irl)
9/6, 9/2, 9/4
[Q] Melissa Martin (Aus) |
Tania Bailey
(Eng)
9/6, 9/4, 10/8
[5] Shelley Kitchen (Nzl) |
Shelley Kitchen
8/10, 9/4, 9/2, 9/1
Vicky Botwright |
Shelley Kitchen
9/3, 9/4, 6/9, 9/4
Jenny Tranfield |
[Q] Tegwen
Malik (Wal)
5/9, 7/9, 9/3, 9/7, 10/8
[3] Vicky Botwright (Eng) |
Sharon Wee (Mas)
9/1, 9/2, 9/1
[8] Jenny Tranfield (Eng) |
Jenny Tranfield
9/0, 9/3, 9/2
Omneya Abdel Kawy |
Alison Waters
(Eng)
9/3, 2/9, 6/9, 9/6, 9/7
[2] Omneya Abdel Kawy (Egy) |
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Qualifying:
Qualifying Finals (Wed 19th):
Tegwen Malik (Wal) bt
Melanie Jans (Can) 9/2, 9/5, 10/8
Melissa Martin (Aus) bt Tara Mullins (Aus) 9/3, 9/0, 9/4
Vicky Lankester (Eng) bt
Katie Patrick (Can) 9/3, 9/5, 9/6
Tamsyn Leevey (Nzl) bt Alana Miller (Can) 9/1, 4/9, 9/3, 9/7
First Round:
Melanie Jans (Can) bt Alejandra Mendoza Mercado (Mex) 9/2,
9/0, 9/2
Tara Mullins (Aus) bt
Shabana Khan (Usa) 9/2, 9/3, 1/9, 2/9, 9/4
Katie Patrick (Can) bt Lily Lorentzen (Usa) 9/6, 9/0, 9/3
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Reports |
22-May,
Semi-finals:
Jenny take Two in
Bright Lights Final
Jenny Duncalf and Jenny Tranfield will meet in a surprise
all-English final of the 'Bright Lights' Open after pulling off notable
upsets in the semi-finals at the Club Sport Green Valley in Nevada.
Duncalf, the 21-year-old fourth seed from Harrogate in Yorkshire, was
1/2 down to top seed and compatriot Rebecca Macree - but maintained her
focus and powered to a 9-3 3-9 6-9 9-5 9-4 victory over the world No9 to
reach only the second WISPA World Tour final of her short career.
Tranfield, the more experienced eighth seed, was in devastating form in
her battle against fifth-seeded New Zealander Shelley Kitchen. Only days
after winning the Squashworks Open
title against the odds in Salt Lake City, Tranfield claimed her second
successive upset in Las Vegas to sink Kitchen 9-3 9-4 6-9 9-4 in a
90-minute marathon.
The 29-year-old world No17 from Milton Keynes is celebrating her 12th
appearance in a WISPA final.
21-May,
Quarter-finals:
Kitchen spoils
English party
It was almost an English clean sweep in the quarter-finals of the Bright
Lights Open in Las Vegas, but Shelley Kitchen had other ideas.
Top seed Rebecca Macree won her all-English clash with Stephanie
Brind 3-0, and will face Jenny Duncalf in the semi-finals after
Duncalf, the fourth seed, recovered from 2-1 down to beat Ireland's
Madeline Perry.
England's third semi-final representative is Jenny Tranfield, the
eighth seed who defeated Egypt's second-seeded Omneya Abdel Kay for the
loss of just five points.
But the prospect of all-English semi-finals faded as New Zealand's
Shelley Kitchen beat third seed Vicky Botwright 3-1 to set up a
meeting with Tranfield.
20-May, First Round:
Seeds tested in Las Vegas
The
top four seeds survived the first round of the 'Bright Lights' Las Vegas
Open - but all were tested by lower-ranked opposition on the opening day
of this popular event on the WISPA World Tour in Nevada, USA, now in its
eighth year.
England's unseeded Alison Waters led 2/1 against second seed Omneya
Abdel Kawy, but the 18-year-old Egyptian, ranked ten in the world,
fought back to win 9-3 2-9 6-9 9-6 9-7 to take her anticipated place in
the quarter-finals.
Welsh qualifier Tegwen Malik forged a 2/0 lead over fellow Briton Vicky
Botwright, but the third seed from England maintained her focus to come
through 5-9 7-9 9-3 9-7 10-8.
England's Rebecca Macree is seeded to win the title for the first time.
The world No9 from London needed four games to overcome New Zealand
qualifier Tamsyn Leevey 9-0 9-6 5-9 9-5, and now faces compatriot
Stephanie Brind after the sixth seed beat Egypt's Engy Kheirallah 9-1
9-7 9-4.
English
Arrive
in force in LA
The Las Vegas Bright Lights Open features a strong English contingent
for 2004, with top seed Rebecca Macree joined in the main draw by seven
compatriots.
Qualifying finals saw Tegwen Malik, Tamsyn
Leevey, Melissa Martin and Vicky Lankester claim places in the main
draw.
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Bright Lights Open Hall of Fame
1997 Sarah Fitz-Gerald bt Liz Irving 9/3,
9/1, 9/4
1998 Sarah Fitz-Gerald bt Stephanie Brind 9/0, 9/3, 9/3
1999 Leilani Joyce bt Linda Charman 10/8, 9/7, 9/0
2000 Cassie Campion bt Leilani Joyce 9/5, 9/5, 6/9, 1/9, 9/3
2001 Fiona Geaves bt Cassie Campion 5/9, 9/4, 9/6, 9/5
2002 Sarah Fitz-Gerald bt Vanessa Atkinson 9/4, 9/2, 9/0
2003 Cassie Jackman bt Linda Charman 9/1, 9/5,
10/9
2004
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