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Forbes
Open
2004
11-14 Mar, Southport, USA, $10k
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14-Mar, Final:
[1] Vicky Botwright (Eng) bt Runa Reta (Can) 9/0, 9/4,
9/6
Botwright serves up a first
WISPA title in Southport |
Vicky finally gets
her first title
A year after reaching her first WISPA World
Tour final in Southport, Connecticut, England's Vicky Botwright has
marked her return to the US city by claiming her maiden title after
beating Canada's Reta Runa in the final.
Botwright, the top seed from Manchester, reached the final without
dropping a game and in commanding style wrapped up the first game
against her unseeded opponent without conceding a point.
Reta, the 23-year-old world No41 from Ottawa who upset both the second
and third seeds on the way to her second WISPA final in a week, regained
her confidence in the second game - but world No11 Botwright was too
strong as she marched to her historic victory.
Botwright followed her Forbes breakthrough in January last year by
reaching three further WISPA finals over the rest of the year. But this
long-awaited trophy success is sure to push the Lancashire lass back
into the world's top ten before too long.
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Runa Reta |
Forbes Open
2004
11-14 Mar, Southport, USA, $10k |
1st Round
Thu 11th |
Quarters
Fri 12th |
Semis
Sat 13th |
Final
Sun 14th |
[1] Vicky Botwright (Eng)
9-1, 9-1, 9-4
Alana Miller (Can) |
Vicky Botwright
9-2, 9-2, 9-4
Kate Roe |
Vicky Botwright
9-5, 9-1, 9-5Marnie Baizley |
Vicky Botwright
9/0, 9/4, 9/6
Runa
Reta |
[5] Kate Roe (Eng)
3-9, 9-3, 9-0, 9-4
Olga Puigdemont Sola (Esp) |
[4] Heidi Mather (Aus)
7-9, 9-0, 9-1, 9-3
Marnie Baizley (Can) |
Marnie Baizley
9-7, 10-8, 6-9,
2-9, 9-7
Melissa Martin |
[6] Melissa Martin (Aus)
9-1, 9-1, 9-3
[Q] Tara Mullins (Can) |
Eman
El Amir (Egy)
10-8, 9-6, 9-1
[8] Melanie Jans (Can) |
Eman
El Amir
9-4, 6-9, 9-1, 9-5
Pamela Nimmo |
Pamela Nimmo
9-4, 9-10, 0-9,
9-5, 9-7Runa
Reta |
[Q] Narelle Krizek (Aus)
9-1, 9-4, 9-1
[3] Pamela Nimmo (Sco) |
Runa
Reta (Can)
9-4, 9-0, 9-2
[7] Karen Kronemeyer (Ned) |
Runa
Reta
9-10, 9-4, 9-4, 9-6
Stephanie Brind |
Meredith Quick (Usa)
9-6, 9-3, 9-6
[2] Stephanie Brind (Eng) |
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Qualifying (Wed
10th):
2nd round:
Narelle Krizek (Aus) bt Hope Prockop (Usa) 9-4, 9-3, 9-3
Tara Mullins (Can) bt Carlin Wing (Usa) 9-2, 9-3, 9-1
1st round:
Hope Prockop (Usa) bye
Narelle Krizek (Aus) bt Kelly Fowler (Aus) 3-9, 8-10, 10-9, 9-0, 9-1
Tara Mullins (Can) bt Susan Darymple (Sco) 9-7, 9-3, 9-5
Carlin Wing (Usa) bye
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Reports |
Runa Reaches
Another Final
The seeds keep on falling in the Forbes Open
in Southport, Usa. While England's top seed Vicky Botwright
remains on course for her maiden WISPA title, Canada's Runa Reta
continued her recent fine form.
Botwright took advantage of a tired Canadian champion Marnie Baizley,
who survived a marathon quarter-final against tournament organiser
Melissa Martin, winning 9/5, 9/1, 9/5. Botwright reached her first final
here in Southport last year, and has since reached a further three but
is still seeking her first title.
Reta, who moved from College squash to the WISPA tour this season,
went 2/1 down against third seed Pamela Nimmo, but recovered to win 9/4,
9/10, 0/9, 9/5, 9/7, reaching her second WISPA final in a week (and in
her career).
12-Mar, Quarters:
Canadians Gatecrash
Forbes Semis
The quarter-finals of the Forbes Open in
Southport, USA, produced more upsets, with two Canadians gatecrashing
the semi-finals.
Top seed Vicky Botwright had little trouble in beating fellow
Englishwoman Kate Roe, and meets Canadian Marnie Baizley in the
semi-finals. Baizley ruined tournament organiser and sixth seed
Melissa Martin's day, foiling the Australian's comeback to win 9-7 in
the fifth.
Scotland's third seed Pamela Nimmo beat last week's Ontario
winner Eman El Amir in four games, but second seed Stephanie Brind
crashed out to in-form Canadian Runa Reta, runner-up in
Ontario.
11-Mar, First Round:
Canadians Force Forbes Upsets
Canadians featured in a trio of upsets in the
first round of the Women's Forbes Squash Open in Southport, USA.
National champion Marnie Baizley was a game down against fourth seed
Heidi Mather, but fought back to beat the Australian 7-9 9-0 9-1 9-3.
The unseeded 28-year-old former world No30 from Winnipeg now faces
another Australian in the quarter-finals, after sixth seed Melissa
Martin crushed Canadian qualifier 9-1 9-1 9-3.
Canada's unseeded Runa Reta also made it through to the last eight after
upsetting Karen Kronemeyer, the seventh seed from the Netherlands, 9-4
9-0 9-2. A surprise finalist in last week's Ontario Open in her hometown
Ottawa, Reta now meets England's No2 seed Stephanie Brind, a 9-6 9-3 9-6
winner over American Meredeth Quick.
Melanie Jans, however, suffered her second successive early exit from a
WISPA World Tour event this month. The two-times Canadian National
champion, seeded eight, went down 10-8 9-6 9-1 to Egypt's unseeded Eman
El Amir.
Preview:
Vicky's Quest Continues
England's world number 11 Vicky Botwright, the 2003 runner-up
here, continues the quest for her first WISPA title, and is top
seed for the $10k Forbes Open in Southport, USA.
The seedings predict an all-English final, where Stephanie Brind
would be hoping to repeat her 3-2 victory over Botwright in last week's
Washington Summit, while Botwright would hope to emulate last year's
semi-final victory over her compatriot.
Australia's Melissa Martin, the 6th seed, will be doubling up as
tournament organiser.
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