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Sports World Mexican Open 2004
02-05 Sep, Sports World De Valle, Mexico, $20k 

05-Sep:

Atkinson Cruises To Mexican Open Title

Final:
[1] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) bt [7] Annelize Naude (NED)
      9-4, 9-1, 9-2

Dutch star Vanessa Atkinson cruised to her third successive WISPA World Tour title when she beat compatriot Annelize Naude in the final in Mexico City.

Top seed Atkinson, the world No3 from The Hague, reached the final without dropping a game, then crushed surprise opponent Naude, the seventh seed, 9-4 9-1 9-2 to lift her fourth WISPA title of the year - and the 11th of her career.

With 12 consecutive match wins to her credit, 28-year-old Atkinson now travels to Bahrain to compete in the inaugural Women's Bahrain WISPA Classic. The $47,000 WISPA Gold event gets underway in capital Bandar Seri Begawan on 11th September, when third seed Atkinson takes on Egypt's Engy Kheirallah.
  

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Double Dutch
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9-4, 9-1, 9-2
 

Annelize Naude

Qualifying finals:
Olga Puigdemont Sola (ESP) bt Nayelli Hernandez (MEX) 9-0, 9-2, 9-0
Katie Patrick (CAN) bt Mariana De Reyes (COL) 9-0, 9-3, 9-5
Shabana Khan (USA) bt Sary Carmen Diaz (MEX) 9-2, 9-1, 9-3
Alana Miller (CAN) bt Marnie Baizley (CAN) 9-4, 2-9, 9-5, 9-1

Qualifying first round:
Olga Puigdemont Sola (Esp) bye
Nayelli Hernández (Méx) bt Alejandra Mendoza (Méx) 9/6, 9/4, 2/9, 9/0
Katie Patrick (Can) bye
Mariana de Reyes (Col) bt Laura Garza (Méx)  6/9, 9/4, 10/9, 1/9, 9/1
Sari Carmen Díaz (Méx) bt Karina Heredia (Méx)  3/9, 9/0, 9/1, 9/0
Shabana Khan (USA) bye
Marnie Baizley (Can) bt Imelda Salazar (Méx) 9/1, 9/1, 9/0
Alana Millar (Canada) bye

The players at the opening of the tournament

04-Sep:
Semi-finals:

[1] Vanessa Atkinson bt [4] Pamela Nimmo    9-3, 9-5, 9-0
[7] Annelize Naude bt [6] Carla Khan   9-1, 9-4, 4-9, 5-9, 9-2

Double Dutch Final
in Mexico City
 
The final of the Sports World Mexican Open will be an all-Dutch affair after Netherlands players Vanessa Atkinson, the top seed, and Annelize Naude, the seventh seed, triumphed in the semi-finals in Mexico City.

Naude ended the brave run of Pakistan's Carla Khan - though was stretched to five games by the English-born sixth seed who despatched the No2 seed Jenny Duncalf in the previous round.

Naude led 2/0, but Khan fought back to force the match into a fifth game decider.

The 27-year-old from Amsterdam maintained her focus, however, and romped to a 9-1 9-4 4-9 5-9 9-2 victory to reach her third WISPA World Tour final of the year.

Atkinson was in commanding form as she swept to her third successive straight games win the event, beating Scotland's fourth seed Pamela Nimmo 9-3 9-5 9-0.

Atkinson, 28, from The Hague, is one win away from her fourth WISPA title this year.

 

04-Sep:
Duncalf Hopes Dashed
In Mexico City ...

Pakistan's Carla Khan upset the form book in the quarter-finals of the Sports World Mexican Open when she triumphed in five games over England's second seed Jenny Duncalf in Mexico City.

English-born Khan fought back from a game down against her higher-ranked opponent to take a 2/1 lead. But Duncalf, the world No12 from Yorkshire who has just been selected to make her England debut in this month's World Team Championships in Amsterdam, reasserted her authority on the match to draw level.

In the closely-contested decider, sixth seed Khan edged ahead to claim her notable 4-9 9-4 9-6 3-9 9-7 victory - and a place in the semi-finals against seventh seed Annelize Naude, who also scored an upset over an English player when she beat third-seeded Stephanie Brind 8-10 9-6 10-8 9-7.

The other semi-final will be the encounter predicted by the seedings, when top seed Vanessa Atkinson takes on Scotland's fourth seed Pamela Nimmo. Atkinson, the world No3 from the Netherlands, beat fifth seed Latasha Khan, of the USA, 9-6 9-7 9-5, while Nimmo needed four games to overcome Egypt's eighth seed Engy Kheirallah 9-6 9-4 5-9 9-1.

03-Sep:
Teran Toppled In Mexican Opener
   
Local star Samantha Teran narrowly failed to pull off a significant upset on the opening day of action in the Sports World Mexican Open in Mexico City.

The unseeded Mexican No1, who was laid low after a serious knee injury last year, extended Egypt's Engy Kheirallah to four games, but eventually went down to the eighth seed 9-5 9-1 4-9 10-9.

Kheirallah now faces Scotland's fourth seed Pamela Nimmo, who cruised to a 9-1 9-0 9-2 win over Australia's US-based Melissa Martin.

Vanessa Atkinson, the Dutch No1 who is seeded to win her third successive WISPA title this year at the event in Mexico City, brushed aside Canadian qualifier Katie Patrick, winning 9-1 9-1 9-0 to set up a quarter-final clash with five-times US champion Latasha Khan.

Sports World Open
launched in Mexico City

Mexican soccer superstar and co-owner of Sports World, Luis “zague” Alves, today launched the Sports World Mexican Open at a press conference in Mexico City.

Mexico’s largest fitness club chain is bringing professional squash to Mexico City in “grand style”. The event, the “2004 Sports World Mexican Open” is a $20,000 USD Silver level WISPA tournament that aims at attracting some of the world’s top ranked players, with plans to move the event to an outdoor all-glass court in coming years.

Women's squash to be showcased in Mexico City