RESULTS: Women's Alexandria Sporting Club Squash Open, Alexandria, Egypt
1st round: [1] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt [Q] Amnah El Trabolsy (EGY) 9-0, 9-4, 9-1 [5] Tricia Chuah (MAS) bt Dagmar Vermeulen (NED) 9-1, 9-2, 9-0 [4] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) bt Lauren Siddall (ENG) 9-2, 9-3, 9-4 [6] Tenille Swartz (RSA) bt Dipika Pallikal (IND) 9-2, 9-4, 9-0 [7] Orla Noom (NED) bt Georgina Stoker (ENG) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2 [3] Isabelle Stoehr (FRA) bt [Q] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) 10-9, 4-9, 9-7, 9-4 [Q] Maria Toor Pakay (PAK) bt [8] Laura Mylotte (IRL) 4-9, 9-5, 0-9, 9-3, 9-7 [2] Engy Kheirallah (EGY) bt [Q] Nour Bahgat (EGY) 9-4, 8-10, 9-1, 9-0
in five games at the Alexandria Sporting Club in Alexandria.
Mylotte, the 32-year-old from Galway who this month celebrated a career-high world No 46 ranking, twice led in the match against qualifier Pakay. But the novice teenager kept fighting back before finally celebrating her historic 4-9, 9-5, 0-9, 9-3, 9-7 win - and a place in the quarter-finals.
The recently-crowned Pakistan women's national champion will now face local star Engy Kheirallah, the Alexandria-based No2 seed who faced a stern test against compatriot Nour Bahgat - playing in her first Tour event since helping Egypt to victory in the Women's World Junior Team Championship in Hong Kong - before winning 9-4, 8-10, 9-1, 9-0.
Kheirallah, winner of the title in 2005, is seeded to reach Wednesday's final, where she is expected to face top seed Rachael Grinham. The Cairo-based Australian cruised to victory in her first round match, beating Egyptian qualifier Amnah El Trabolsy 9-0, 9-4, 9-1.
Quarter-final line-up: [1] Rachael Grinham (AUS) v [5] Tricia Chuah (MAS) [4] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) v [6] Tenille Swartz (RSA) [3] Isabelle Stoehr (FRA) v [7] Orla Noom (NED) [2] Engy Kheirallah (EGY) v [Q] Maria Toor Pakay (PAK)
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Issued by Howard Harding on behalf of WISPA Women’s International Squash Players' Association Tel: (+44) 1737-243333; Mobile: (+44) 7773-325130; Email: [email protected] WISPA: Tel: (+44) 20 7222 1667; Email: [email protected] WSQ 4024 20 August 2007 |