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 KWC
CPA Washington
Summit
2004
04-07 Mar, Washington, USA, $20k
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07-Mar, Final:
[1] Linda Charman (Eng) bt [2]
Rebecca Macree (Eng)
3/9, 9/2, 9/5, 9/2 (62m)
Charman on top of the Summit
Hunt Richardson and Meherji Madan
(match referee & marker) report from Washington
 Linda
Charman defeated Rebecca Macree in the final of the Inaugural
2004 KWC CPA Washington Summit. The match was physical from the
outset, with 63 appeals on interference.
The catlike Macree controlled the first game 9-2 with airtight
backhand drives, creampuff lobs and razor sharp drops into the nick.
Charman was off rhythm and unable to assert herself on the T. After
11 appeals, the Referee established control by issuing a conduct
warning first to Macree at 7-2 for unnecessary physical contact, and
then after the next rally to Charman for dissent on a let.
In game two, Charman found her stride and began to volley after
losing the first three rallies. Macree's length evaporated and in
two hands Charman had levelled the score to one game all.
Game three turned even more physical, with both players blocking
each other and making a total of 18 appeals to the Referee. Again
Macree controlled the initial rallies, but at 5-3 she began to tire
from having to retrieve Charman's deft cross court lobs and
punishing drives. Charman sensed her opponent's fatigue and sprinted
to win the next six rallies and take the game 9-5.
In the final game, Macree returned to the court early while Charman
was receiving encouragement from her corner. The appeals continued
to occur, with six lets in six hands. Charman punched through
doggedly to 8-1, during which time the Referee ruled on 10 more
appeals for blocking as both players struggled to hold the center of
the court. Macree dug in and saved three match balls at 8-1, but
tinned on the fourth one at 8-2, making Charman the winner and
Champion in four games.
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CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
Coverage from Washington
MEDIA WATCH:
A simple headline in the Washington Post of "27-0"
seemed to herald top-level coverage for squash, featuring Champion
Charman's first round demolition job.
Sadly the piece turned out to be about a local basketball team's
attempt to go through the regular season with a perfect 27 wins!
For the record, the Saint Joseph's Hawks "rolled to an 82-50
victory over St. Bonaventure to become the first team since UNLV in
1991 to finish the regular season undefeated." |
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1st Round
Thu 4th |
Quarters
Fri 5th |
Semis
Sat 6th |
Final
Sun 7th |
[1] Linda Charman (Eng)
9/0, 9/0, 9/0
[Q] Alana Miller (Can) |
Linda Charman
9/4, 9/1, 9/2
Pamela Nimmo |
Linda Charman
9/0, 9/3, 9/0
Stephanie Brind |
Linda Charman
3/9, 9/2, 9/5, 9/2
Rebecca Macree |
[7] Sharon Wee (Mas)
7/9, 9/2, 10/8, 9/2
Pamela Nimmo (Sco) |
[3] Vicky Botwright (Eng)
9/4, 9/6, 9/10, 9/4
Carla Khan (Pak) |
Vicky Botwright
2/9, 9/6, 8/10,
9/4, 9/0
Stephanie Brind |
[6] Stephanie Brind (Eng)
9/0, 5/9, 9/4, 9/4
[Q] Heidi Mather (Aus) |
[Q] Olga Puigdemont Sola (Esp)
6/9, 9/1, 9/5, 9/0
[8]
Latasha Khan (Usa) |
Latasha Khan
9/3, 9/5, 9/4
Omneya Abdel Kawy |
Omneya Abdel Kawy
9/2, 9/5, 9/7
Rebecca Macree |
[Q] Melissa Martin (Aus)
9/1, 9/6, 9/1
[4] Omneya Abdel Kawy (Egy) |
Engy Kheirallah (Egy)
9/4, 9/6, 9/6
[5] Jenny Duncalf (Eng) |
Engy Kheirallah
9/0, 9/6, 9/1
Rebecca Macree |
Alison Waters (Eng)
9/0, 9/1, 9/6
[2] Rebecca Macree (Eng) |
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Qualifying:
Qualifying Finals (Wed 3rd):
Melissa Martin (Aus) bt Kelly Fowler (Aus) 9/4, 4/9, 9/2, 9/2
Olga Puigdemont Sola (Esp) bt
Tara Mullins (Can) 9/3, 7/9, 9/5, 9/5
Alana Miller (Can) bt
Carlin Wing (Usa) 9/1, 9/1, 9/5
Heidi Mather (Aus) bt Katie Patrick (Can) 9/7, 9/1, 3/9, 9/5
Qualifying round one:
Tara Mullins (Can) bt Margaret Elias (Usa) 9/5, 9/1, 9/2
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Reports |
06-Mar, Semis:
Charman & Macree Reach
Washington Summit Summit
England's top two seeds Linda Charman and
Rebecca Macree will contest the final of the Women's KWC CPA
Washington Squash Summit after securing straight games successes in
the semi-finals in Washington DC, USA.
Favourite Charman, the 32-year-old world No7 from Eastbourne in
Sussex, dropped only three points as she cruised to a 9-0 9-3 9-0 win
over former England team-mate Stephanie Brind, the sixth seed who
reached the last four after a five-game upset over third seed Vicky
Botwright.
The other semi-final in the new $20,000 event on the WISPA World
Tour's growing US circuit was a harder-fought affair in which Macree,
the No2 seed from London, removed fourth-seeded Egyptian Omneya Abdel
Kawy 9-2 9-5 9-7.
05-Mar, Quarters:
English advance
England's Stephanie Brind pulled off one her
best wins in recent times when she upset compatriot Vicky Botwright, the
third seed, in the quarter-finals of the Women's Washington Squash
Summit in Washington DC, USA.
Sixth seed Brind, a former world No4 who is now at 15 in the WISPA world
rankings, was twice behind the world No11 from Manchester before
punishing her opponent in the fifth game to record a 2-9, 9-6, 8-10,
9-4, 9-0 victory.
The 26-year-old from Greenhithe in Kent now meets fellow countrywoman
Linda Charman, the top seed who ended unseeded Scot Pamela Nimmo's run
in a 9-4, 9-1, 9-2 scoreline.
The other semi-final will also provide English interest as Rebecca
Macree takes on Egypt's Omneya Abdel Kawy. Macree, the 2nd seed from
Essex, beat unseeded Egyptian Engy Kheirallah 9-0, 9-6, 9-1 while
fourth-seeded Kawy cruised to a 9-3, 9-5, 9-4 victory over local
favourite Latasha Khan, the eight seed from the USA.
04-Mar, First Round:
Ambassador Entertained
As the first round got under way in
Washington, the Egyptian Ambassador was on hand to see Omneya Abdel
Kawy and Engy Kheirallah progress to the quarter-finals. Kheirallah
made it a good night for the Egyptions, upsetting 5th seed Jenny
Duncalf.
There was also a delegation from the
Pakistan Embassy in support of Carla Khan, who couldn't deny Vicky
Botwright a place in the quarter-finals, but the English-based
Pakistan champion was visibly buoyed by their presence in the longest
and most dramatic match of the night.
Top seeds Linda Charman and Rebecca Macree cruised
through, Charman inflicting a whitewash on Canada's Alana Miller.
Preview:
Grainger takes a break
before Washington
Summit
The inaugural Washington Summit, to be held at Sports Club/LA in
Washington, features a $20k prize fund with the USA's Natalie
Grainger and England's Linda Charman initially seeded to contest the
final.
Top-seeded Grainger, due to compete in her home town,
rushed home from Doha on 26 Feb after crashing out of the Qatar
Airways Challenge. "I'm rushing home to recuperate as I don't want to
be beaten at home next week," said Grainger, who slipped to number
four in the March rankings.
However she has now decided that she needs to take a break from the
tour to full recover her health (full
story) with Rebecca Macree elevated to second seed in a
substantial redraw.
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