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Greater Bendigo International 2022 |
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Greater Bendigo International 2022
Men's Draw
30 Jun - 03 Jul
Victoria, Australia, $3k |
Final:
[9/16] Abhay Singh (IND) bt [2] Ivan Yuen (MAS) 13-11, 6-11, 11-5,
4-11, 13-11 (80m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Joseph White (AUS) v Andes Ling (HKG)
[2] Rhys Dowling (AUS) v [3] Bryan Lim Tze Kang (MAS)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Joseph White (AUS) bt [5] Laouenan Loaëc (FRA) 11-7, 9-11,
12-10, 11-1 (48m)
Andes Ling (HKG) bt [8] Ho Ka Hei (HKG) 13-15, 11-6, 11-9, 5-11, 11-7
(59m)
[3] Bryan Lim Tze Kang (MAS) bt Aaron Liang (SGP) 11-6, 6-11, 10-12,
12-10, 11-6 (55m)
[2] Rhys Dowling (AUS) bt Lam Shing Fung (HKG) 11-7, 5-11, 1-11, 11-8,
12-10 (35m)
1st round:
[1] Joseph White (AUS) bt Javed Ali (AUS) 11-7, 11-7, 11-1 (29m)
[5] Laouenan Loaëc (FRA) bt [WC] Tate Zak Norris (AUS) 12-10, 11-8,
4-11, 11-9 (50m)
[8] Ho Ka Hei (HKG) bt Dylan Molinaro (AUS) 11-9, 5-11, 11-8, 11-9 (50m)
Andes Ling (HKG) bt [4] Shady El Sherbiny (EGY) 11-8, 11-4, 11-4 (23m)
[3] Bryan Lim Tze Kang (MAS) bye
Aaron Liang (SGP) bt [6] Damon MacMillan (AUS) 11-1, 11-9, 11-7 (22m)
Lam Shing Fung (HKG) bt [7] Navaneeth Prabhu (IND) 11-5, 11-5, 11-2
(19m)
[2] Rhys Dowling (AUS) bt Benjamin Ratcliffe (AUS) 8-11, 11-0, 11-7,
11-8 (29m) |
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Greater Bendigo International 2022
Women's Draw
30 Jun - 03 Jul
Victoria, Australia, $3k |
Final:
[2] Akari Midorikawa (JPN) bt Mingyeong Heo (KOR) 10-12, 11-6, 11-5,
11-6 (33m)
Semi Finals:
Mingyeong Heo (HKG) bt [3] Wai Sze Wing (HKG) 3-2: 11-5, 11-7, 10-12,
5-11, 11-7 (41m)
[2] Akari Midorikawa (JPN) bt [8] Lam Po Ying (HKG) 3-1: 11-13, 11-8,
11-2, 12-10 (32m)
[2] Rana Ismail (EGY) bt [7] Asia Harris (ENG) 11-5, 12-10, 11-6
(31m)
[8] Zeina Zein (EGY) bt [4] Saran Nghiem (ENG) 11-9, 2-11, 11-2, 11-2
(30m)
[6] Menna Walid (EGY) bt [3] Cheng Nga Ching (HKG) 9-11, 11-9, 14-12,
7-11, 11-8 (57m)
[1] Torrie Malik (ENG) bt [5] Kiera Marshall (ENG) 11-8, 11-8, 11-3
(26m)
1st round:
[2] Rana Ismail (EGY) bt [WC] Isabel McCullough (ENG) 11-6, 9-11,
11-5, 11-6 (33m)
[7] Asia Harris (ENG) bt Emma Keane (BER) 11-5, 11-9, 11-7 (24m)
[8] Zeina Zein (EGY) bt Lowri Roberts (WAL) 7-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-5
(31m)
[4] Saran Nghiem (ENG) bt Sofia Aveiro Pita (POR) 11-5, 11-1, 11-4 (17m)
[3] Cheng Nga Ching (HKG) bt Megan van Drongelen (NED) 11-5, 11-8, 11-6
(20m)
[6] Menna Walid (EGY) bt Katie Cox (ENG) 11-8, 11-1, 10-12, 12-14, 11-7
(38m)
[5] Kiera Marshall (ENG) bt Phoebe Colman (ENG) 11-0, 11-2, 11-2 (17m)
[1] Torrie Malik (ENG) bt Siobhan Wilkins (ENG) 11-2, 11-7, 11-3 (23m) |
Kang And Midorikawa Successful
The City of Greater Bendigo International came to its conclusion on
Sunday at the Bendigo Squash Centre in Victoria, Australia, and it was
victory for Malaysia’s Bryan Lim Tze Kang and Japan’s Akari Midorikawa.
Kang came into the men’s Challenger 3 level event as the No.3 seed, but
he had two wins on Australian soil to his name in 2021, and was aiming
for a first win of this campaign. The Malaysian started with a walkover
through the first round, sending him straight through to the quarter
finals fo the competition.
There, the World No.361 defeated Singapore’s Aaron Liang in a five-game
battle which lasted almost an hour, one in which the Malaysian had to
come from being 2-1 behind, winning a fourth game tiebreak, before going
on to clinch the win in the decider. He then defeated No.2 seed Rhys
Dowling in straight games in the last four to make it through to the
final.
In the final on Sunday afternoon, Kang came up against the tournament’s
top seed, World No.124 Joseph White. The Malaysian had won two of their
previous three meetings on the Tour, and he took the first game
comfortably. A second game tie-break also went the way of the No.3 seed,
to double his lead, and essentially secure the title, as he cruised to
victory in the third, to claim the third title of his career.
The women’s event saw a second victory for Akari Midorikawa in the
2021-2022 season, after she came into the Challenger 3 level competition
as the No.2 seed. She received a bye through to the quarter finals in
Bendigo, before then defeating South Korea’s Yura Choe in four games.
The World No.131 then came from behind after losing the first game of
her semi-final clash with Hong Kong’s No.8 seed Lam Po Ying to win in
four, before seeing the final against south Korea’s Mingyeong Heo follow
the exact same pattern. She lost the first game on a tie-break, but
fought back to win the next three 11-6, 11-5, 11-6 to claim her second
victory of the season, following her win at the Aida Sekkei Greetings
Squash Championships.
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Hong
Kong’s Tse And Fung Cause Upsets
There were two surprise results in the semi-finals of the City of
Greater Shepparton International with a pair of Hongkongers, in Lam
Shing Fung and Toby Tse taking out higher seeded players to make it
through to the finals of the Challenger 3 level tournament.
Starting with Tse, who was the No.3 seed for the women’s draw coming in
to the tournament, and she took on No.2 seed Akari Midorikawa in the
last four of the competition. The Japanese No.2 had claimed victory in
Bendigo last week and was in great form, but Tse won out in four games
in just 29 minutes to book her spot in the just the second final of her
fledgling career.
Tse will take on top seed, Australia’s Sarah Cardwell, in the final on
Sunday afternoon in Shepparton, after the World No.80 downed No.4 seed
Wai Sze Wing in a contest that went all the way to a tie-break in the
deciding game. The Aussie, playing on home soil, found herself behind
after three games, but won the fourth to level the match, before then
eventually taking the fifth game 13-11 to book her spot in the final.
The men’s event also will see a surprise in the final, as No.8 seed Lam
Shing Fung defeated No.6 seed Ho Ka Hei in straight games. Fung had
already beaten No.2 seed Shady El Sherbiny to make the last four, and he
spent just 25 minutes on court in the semis, winning 11-8, 11-9, 11-4 to
punch his ticket through to the final.
He will take on the tournament’s tops seed, Malaysia’s Hafiz Zhafri, in
the final on Sunday after the World No.233 downed Hong Kong’s Andes Ling
in five games. Zhafri led by two games, but the Hongkonger fought back
to send the match into a decider. In a rapid fire contest, the Malaysian
regrouped to win the fifth game 11-7, with just 48 minutes on the clock.
The finals of the City of Greater Shepparton International will take
place on Sunday, July 10, with Hong Kong’s Lam Shing Fung and Toby Tse
taking on Malaysia’s Hafiz Zhafri and Aussie Sarah Cardwell,
respectively, for the Challenger 3 level titles. |
Kang And Midorikawa Successful
The City of Greater Bendigo International came to its conclusion on
Sunday at the Bendigo Squash Centre in Victoria, Australia, and it was
victory for Malaysia’s Bryan Lim Tze Kang and Japan’s Akari Midorikawa.
Kang came into the men’s Challenger 3 level event as the No.3 seed, but
he had two wins on Australian soil to his name in 2021, and was aiming
for a first win of this campaign. The Malaysian started with a walkover
through the first round, sending him straight through to the quarter
finals fo the competition.
There, the World No.361 defeated Singapore’s Aaron Liang in a five-game
battle which lasted almost an hour, one in which the Malaysian had to
come from being 2-1 behind, winning a fourth game tiebreak, before going
on to clinch the win in the decider. He then defeated No.2 seed Rhys
Dowling in straight games in the last four to make it through to the
final.
In the final on Sunday afternoon, Kang came up against the tournament’s
top seed, World No.124 Joseph White. The Malaysian had won two of their
previous three meetings on the Tour, and he took the first game
comfortably. A second game tie-break also went the way of the No.3 seed,
to double his lead, and essentially secure the title, as he cruised to
victory in the third, to claim the third title of his career.
The women’s event saw a second victory for Akari Midorikawa in the
2021-2022 season, after she came into the Challenger 3 level competition
as the No.2 seed. She received a bye through to the quarter finals in
Bendigo, before then defeating South Korea’s Yura Choe in four games.
The World No.131 then came from behind after losing the first game of
her semi-final clash with Hong Kong’s No.8 seed Lam Po Ying to win in
four, before seeing the final against south Korea’s Mingyeong Heo follow
the exact same pattern. She lost the first game on a tie-break, but
fought back to win the next three 11-6, 11-5, 11-6 to claim her second
victory of the season, following her win at the Aida Sekkei Greetings
Squash Championships.
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Unseeded Heo
Through To Final
The surprises keep on coming in Victoria, with the unseeded Mingyeong
Heo downing the tournament’s No.3 seed to move into the women’s final,
while Bryan Lim Tze Kang also caused a surprise to make the men’s final
at the Bendigo Squash Centre.
Heo came into the last four of the Challenger 3 having already defeated
Sarah Cardwell, the top seed for the competition, in the quarter finals.
In the semis, the South Korean took on No.3 seed Wai Sze Wing, and the
pair went the distance to decide who would make it through to the final.
The Korean took the first two games quite comfortably, dropping just
twelve points across the pair, but she then saw Wing take the third game
on a tie-break, before going on to win the fourth as well to send the
match into a deciding game. Heo would take it 11-7, regrouping after
losing those two games, to advance to the first final of her career.
She will face Japan’s Akari Midorikawa in the final on Sunday afternoon,
after the tournament’s No.2 seed defeated Hong Kong’s No.8 seed Lam Po
Ying in a four game battle. The Japanese No.2 lost the opening game on a
tie-break 13-11, but fought back to win the next three to advance to the
final in Bendigo.
The men’s final will see Malaysia’s Bryan Lim Tze Kang aim to take his
third victory in twelve months, as he takes on top seed Joseph White.
The Malaysian downed No.2 seed Rhys Dowling in his semi-final to make it
through, while White got the better of Hong Kong’s Andes Ling.
The finals of the City of Greater Bendigo International will take place
on Sunday, July 2 at the Bendigo Squash Centre, with Mingyeong Heo and
Akari Midorikawa doing battle in the women’s match, before Joseph White
and Bryan Lim Tze Kang go head-to-head in the men’s final.
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