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Women's Marsh
Apawamis Squash Open,
Apawamis Club, Rye,
NY, USA
05-Feb, Final:
[1] Nicol David
(MAS) bt [2] Natalie Grinham (AUS) 9-1, 9-6, 6-6 ret. (45m)
Nicol David Wins Apawamis
Title
The latest
display in the long-standing rivalry between the world's top
two women squash players provided a victory for world number
one Nicol David - but it was a disappointing climax to
the Women's Marsh
Apawamis Open when world number two Natalie
Grinham was forced to retire injured in the third game of
the final of the first WISPA World Tour Gold event of
the year at the Apawamis
Club in Rye in the US state of New York.
Malaysian David,
competing in her first event of the New Year, was keen to
carry on where she left off in 2007, when she won her final
two events, the Qatar Classic and the Hong Kong Open.
And the
24-year-old from Penang soon built up a two-game lead in the
Rye final.
But Grinham, the
29-year-old Australian keen to reduce the gap in the pair's
10-6 head-to-head record, forced her way back into the match
in the third. But at six-all, Grinham Natalie slipped over
and injured her right foot.
After attempting
to play on for a few minutes, the Queenslander was forced to
retire and concede the match to the favourite.
The win takes
David's career WISPA World Tour title tally to 25 - and
strengthens her grip on the coveted world number one ranking.
Apawamis
Open 2008
New York, Usa, 30 Jan - 04 Feb, $60k |
Round One
01 Feb |
Quarters
02 Feb |
Semis
03 Feb |
Final
04 Feb |
[1] Nicol David (Mas)
9/4, 9/3, 9/1 (33m)
[Q] Engy Kheirallah (Egy) |
Nicol David
3/9, 9/7, 9/4, 9/5 (68m)
Laura Lengthorn-Massaro |
Nicol David
9/7, 9/4, 9/5 (35m)
Natalie Grainger |
Nicol David
Natalie Grinham |
[6] Vicky Botwright
(Eng)
9/6, 4/9, 9/5, 9/6 (55m)
Laura Lengthorn-Massaro (Eng) |
[4] Natalie Grainger
(Usa)
9/2, 9/4, 9/4 (30m)
Madeline Perry (Irl) |
Natalie Grainger
7/9, 2/9, 9/1, 9/6, 9/6 (53m)
Vanessa Atkinson |
[8] Vanessa Atkinson
(Ned)
9/3, 9/1, 9/1 (20m)
[Q] Samantha Teran (Mex) |
Omneya Abdel Kawy (Egy)
9/5, 9/3, 9/7 (35m)
[7] Jenny Duncalf (Eng) |
Omneya Abdel Kawy
4/9, 9/3, 10/8, 9/6 (46m)
Rachael Grinham |
Omneya Abdel Kawy
9/5, 9/4, 9/2 (26m)
Natalie Grinham |
Shelley Kitchen (Nzl)
9/5, 10/8, 9/2 (39m)
[3] Rachael Grinham (Aus) |
[Q] Kasey Brown (Aus)
10/9, 9/0, 9/6 (49m)
[5] Tania Bailey (Eng) |
Tania Bailey
9/6, 9/5, 9/2 (35m)
Natalie Grinham |
[Q] Latasha Khan (Usa)
9/3, 9/4, 9/8
[2] Natalie Grinham (Aus) |
31-Jan,
Qualifying Finals:
Kasey Brown (Aus) bt
Annelize Naude (Ned)
9/5, 8/10, 9/4, 9/2 (68m)
Latasha Khan (Usa) bt
Jaclyn Hawkes (Nzl)
6/9, 8/10, 9/2, 9/3, 9/6 (77m)
Samantha Teran (Mex) bt Dominique L/Walter (Eng) 5/9, 6/9,
9/5, 9/2, 9/0 (70m)
Engy Kheirallah (Egy) bt Raneem El Weleily (Egy)
5/9, 9/3, 9/3, 10/9 (53m)
30-Jan,
Qualifying Round One:
Kasey Brown (Aus) bt Lauren Briggs (Eng)
9/3, 9/3, 9/1 (34m)
Annelize Naude (Ned) bt Suzie Pierrepont (Eng)
9/2, 9/6, 9/0 (29m)
Jaclyn Hawkes (Nzl) bt Natasha Kingshott (Usa)
9/2, 9/1, 9/4 (18m)
Latasha Khan (Usa) bt Lauren Siddall (Eng)
9/4, 4/9, 9/2, 7/9, 9/1 (60m)
Samantha Teran (Mex) bt Catherine Mcleod (Nzl)
9/1, 9/0, 9/3 (20m)
Dominique Lloyd-Walter (Eng) v Manuela Manetta (Ita)
10/9, 9/7, 4/9, 9/2 (66m)
Raneem El Weleily (Egy) bt Amelia Pittock (Aus)
9/6, 9/2, 9/5 (28m)
Engy Kheirallah (Egy) bt Louise Crome (Nzl)
9/3, 4/9, 9/0, 9/1 (38m)
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