Kitchen Powers To North Shore Title

RESULTS: Women's North Shore Squash Open, Takapuna, New Zealand

1st round:

[1] Shelley Kitchen (NZL) bt Amanda Cranston (NZL) 9-1, 9-1, 9-3 (22m)

[5] Eun Ok Park (KOR) bt [Q] Lisa Cowlard (ENG) 9-0, 10-8, 9-4 (24m)

[4] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) bt Lana Harrison (NZL) 9-6, 3-9, 9-1, 9-1 (47m)

[7] Joelle King (NZL) bt Trina Moore (NZL) 9-7, 4-9, 9-1, 9-0 (32m)

Kerry Wickett (NZL) bt [6] Sachiko Shinta (JPN) 9-4, 4-9, 9-5, 9-4 (35m)

[3] Lisa Camilleri (AUS) bt Jackie Laurenson (NZL) 9-1, 9-1, 9-2 (14m)

[8] Kylie Lindsay (NZL) bt Sun-Mi Song (KOR) 9-6, 9-0, 9-6 (23m)

[2] Louise Crome (NZL) bt [Q] Kathryn Austin (NZL) 9-2, 9-7, 9-4 (20m)

Quarter-finals:

[1] Shelley Kitchen (NZL) bt [5] Eun Ok Park (KOR) 9-5, 9-3, 9-2 (34m)

[4] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) bt [7] Joelle King (NZL) 9-6, 3-9, 9-6, 1-9, 10-8 (65m)

[3] Lisa Camilleri (AUS) bt Kerry Wickett (NZL) 9-0, 9-1, 9-2 (24m)

[2] Louise Crome (NZL) bt [8] Kylie Lindsay (NZL) 9-2, 9-6, 9-5 (26m)

Semi-finals:

[1] Shelley Kitchen (NZL) bt [4] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) 9-2, 9-0, 9-2

[2] Louise Crome (NZL) bt [3] Lisa Camilleri (AUS) 9-6, 6-9, 9-1, 3-9, 9-5

Final:

[1] Shelley Kitchen (NZL) bt [2] Louise Crome (NZL) 9-2, 9-2, 9-1 (20m)

The world number 13 demolished second-seeded fellow kiwi Louise Crome in the title decider, romping to a 9-2, 9-2, 9-1 victory inside 20 minutes.

The win will go some way towards making amends for Kitchen's surprise defeat to Australian Kasey Brown in the final of the Central Open a week ago.

Issued by Howard Harding on behalf of WISPA

Women’s International Squash Players' Association

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WSQ 3942 24 June 2007