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 Open
de la Cité
2004
22-24 May, Carcassone,
France, $5k
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24-May:
Final:
Corinne Castets (Fra) bt Charlie De Rycke (Bel)
9/3, 9/1, 9/2
Castets wins second
WISPA title in Carcassonne
France's Corinne Castets denied
Belgium's 17-year-old European Junior Champion Charlie de Rycke a first
WISPA title, as the 39-year-old heroine of France's third-placed
European Championships team repeated her Rennes win over de Rycke to
claim a second career tour title in Carcassonne.
"I'm delighted about the victory, and
really surprised as I received so many congratulations," said Castets.
"But funnily enough, people over here haven't stopped talking about the
semi-final against Amnah [El Trabolsy], the amazing 15 years old
Egyptian girl. It was really an amazing match, we both gave it all, and
I won because I was just that little fitter! The momentum from that
match helped carry me through the final."
Castets, who amassed a record 160 caps in 20 consecutive European Team
Championship appearances for France, and was French number one for
fifteen consecutive years, announced her international retirement during
an emotional presentation ceremony in Rennes, will feature in the next
issue of the Squash Player Magazine as Player of the Month ...
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Castets beats De Rycke
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Final:
Corinne Castets (Fra) bt Charlie De Rycke (Bel) 9/3,
9/1, 9/2
Semi-Finals:
Charlie De Rycke (Bel) bt [4] Amnah El Trabolsy (Egy) 9/4,
7/9, 9/4, 9/4
Corinne Castets (Fra) bt [3] Raneem El Weleily (Egt) 9/5, 10/8,
5/9, 4/9, 9/3
Quarters:
Charlie De Rycke (Bel) bt Judith Casbolt (Nzl) 9/2, 9/4, 9/0
[4] Amnah El Trabolsy (Egy) bt [7] Kim Hannes-Teunen (Bel) 9/7,
9/5, 3/9, 3/9, 9/4
[3] Raneem El Weleily (Egy) bt [5] Line Hansen (Den) 9/4, 9/8, 9/6
Corinne Castets (Fra) bt [2] Karen Kronemeyer (Ned) 7/9, 9/4, 9/0,
9/1
First Round:
Charlie de Rycke (Bel) bt [1] Kate Roe (Eng) 9/5, 9/4, 10/8
Judith Casbolt (Nzl) bt
[8] Margriet Huisman (Ned)
9/4, 7/9, 9/4, 6/9, 9/6
[4] Amnah El Trabolsy (Egy) bt Chinatsu Matsui (Jpn)
9/6, 9/7, 6/9, 8/10, 10/8
[7] Kim Hannes-Teunen (Bel) bt Evelyn Panizzi (Ita)
9/1, 9/1, 9/0
[5] Line Hansen (Den) bt Catherine Bignotti (Fra)
5/9, 5/9, 9/6, 9/2, 9/3
[3] Raneem El Weleily (Egy) bt Laurence Bois (Fra)
9/1, 9/1, 9/1
Corinne Castets (Fra) bt
[6] Suzie Pierrepont (Eng)
9/6, 9/6, 8/10, 9/6
[2] Karen Kronemeyer (Ned) v Celia Allamargot (Fra)
9/3, 9/0, 9/6
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23-May:
Castets & De Rycke
in Rennes Replay
The final of the Open de la Cité in Carcassonne will feature two
unseeded players in a replay of their European Team Championships clash
earlier this month in Rennes.
Belgium's European Junior Champion Charlie de Rycke ousted top
seed Kate Roe in the first round, and moved into the final with a 3-1
victory over Egypt's fourth seed Amnah El Trabolsy.
France's Corinne Castets had already beaten the sixth and second
seeds to reach the semi-finals, and continued her fine form with a 3-2
win over third-seeded Raneem El Weleily, the 15-year-old Egyptian.
"She is full of potential and promises," said Castets. "Her level is
amazingly high for somebody of that age! In the first game, I was down
5/1, but fought hard to win 9/5. The second was even closer. I was down
3/8, and I clawed back to win 10/8! I lost the next two, but in the
fifth, I really made my mark and eventually won the match".
The final pitches the 39-year-old Frenchwoman against the 17-year-old
Belgian in a repeat of the opening match of the European Team
Championships third place play-off in Rennes, which Castets won to
propel France to its best ever finish.
Castets, with one WISPA title to her name, will be aiming to double her
tally in the twilight of her career, while De Rycke, widely tipped as
one of the top players in the near future, will be seeking her first
WISPA title ...
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