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Mortgage
Choice
 South Australian Open 2004
30 Jul - 01 Aug,
Australia, $10k
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Galifi & Martin Claim
Tour Title Debuts
France's Stephane Galifi and
Australia's Melissa Martin both claimed their maiden Tour titles in the
Mortgage Choice South Australian Open Squash Championships in Somerton
Park.
Unseeded Galifi, who also upset the seedings in last month's PNG
International in Papua New Guinea to reach the semi-finals, despatched
favourite Cameron White in the semi-finals, then beat second-seeded
Australian Raj Nanda 15-11 12-15 15-14 15-2 in the final.
It was only the 25-year-old from Rouen's second ever appearance in a PSA
Tour final after finishing as runner-up in the Rocafort Open in Spain in
January 2000. Whilst Galifi first joined the PSA in 1997, he spent more
than two years away from the international circuit before rejoining in
May this year.
Like the Frenchman, Melissa Martin is discovering a new vein of form
after first joining the WISPA World Tour in 1993. The second-seeded
former Miss Vacca, now married to ex-international Brett Martin and
based in the US, swept through to the final, only dropping a game in the
semi-finals against Japan's Mami Nishio. In the final, the 28-year-old
from Adelaide crushed fourth-seeded compatriot Kasey Brown 9-7 9-0 9-0
to secure her first WISPA Tour title in her third final.
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MEN'S RESULTS |
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South Australian
Open 2004
30 Jul - 01 Aug,
Australia, $5k
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First Round,
Fri 30th |
Quarters,
Sat 31st |
Semis,
Sat 31st |
Final,
Sun 1st |
[1] Dianne
Desira (Aus)
9/1, 9/2, 9/0
Rachel Smith (Aus) |
Dianne Desira
9/3, 9/1, 9/0
Lisa Camilleri |
Dianne Desira
9/7, 9/0, 10/9
Kasey Brown |
Kasey Brown
9/7, 9/0, 9/0
Melissa Martin |
[7] Lisa
Camilleri (Aus)
9/6, 9/1, 9/1
Daniela Schuman (Ger) |
[4] Kasey
Brown (Aus)
9/1, 9/0, 9/4
Jemma Saxby (Aus) |
Kasey Brown
9/0, 9/0, 9/0
Aisling Blake |
[8] Aisling
Blake (Irl)
9/2, 9/4, 2/9, 9/7
Laura Keating (Aus) |
Mami Nishio
(Jpn)
9/7, 9/4, 9/4
[5] Jacklyn Hawkes (Nzl) |
Mami Nishio
6/9, 9/3, 10/8, 9/3
Karen Kronemeyer |
Mami Nishio
9/2, 3/9, 9/3, 9/0
Melissa Martin |
Kylie Lindsay
(Nzl)
9/3, 5/9, 7/9, 9/4, 9/6
[3] Karen Kronemeyer (Ned) |
[Q] Kylie
Doherty (Aus)
6/9, 9/7, 4/9, 9/4, 9/6
[8] Danielle Davis (Aus) |
Kylie Doherty
9/1, 9/2, 9/0
Melissa Martin |
Lisa Gray
(Aus)
9/1, 9/2, 9/0
[2] Melissa Martin (Aus) |
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Results |
Men's Final:
Stephane Galifi (FRA) bt [2] Raj Nanda (AUS) 15-11, 12-15, 15-14,
15-2
Semi-finals:
Stephane Galifi (FRA) bt [1] Cameron White (AUS) 15-4, 15-8, 7-15,
14-15, 15-10
[2] Raj Nanda (AUS) bt [3] Timothy Manning (AUS) 15-11, 15-10, 15-10
Quarter-finals:
[1] Cameron White (AUS) bt [5] Aaron Frankcomb (AUS) 15-3, 13-15,
15-12, 15-8
Stephane Galifi (FRA) bt [Q] Jason Mudge (AUS) 15-7, 15-5, 15-7
[3] Timothy Manning (AUS) bt [Q] Steve Finitsis (AUS) 15-17, 15-9,
17-16, 8-15, 15-9
[2] Raj Nanda (AUS) bt Bradley Hindle (AUS) 15-9, 15-8, 15-12
Men's 1st round:
[1] Cameron White (AUS) bt [Q] James Stout (BER) 15-13, 15-1, 15-8
[5] Aaron Frankcomb (AUS) bt Tom Hoevenaars (NED) 5-15, 15-10, 15-3,
13-15, 15-3
Stephane Galifi (FRA) bt [4] Peter Hughes (AUS) 15-9, 15-8, 15-5
[Q] Jason Mudge (AUS) bt [6] Wade Johnstone (AUS) 15-8, 15-6, 15-13
[Q] Steve Finitsis (AUS) bt [8] Mark Price (AUS) 15-8, 17-15, 15-11
[3] Timothy Manning (AUS) bt [Q] Takehide Hota (JPN) 15-9, 15-14,
15-11
Bradley Hindle (AUS) bt [7] Paul Davis (AUS) 17-14, 14-15, 12-15,
17-14, 15-11
[2] Raj Nanda (AUS) bt Simon Carruthers (AUS) 15-11, 15-13, 14-15,
15-11
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