Sarah Kippax* has completed a back-to-back title swoop after winning the *WSA
Tour 15 Squash On Fire* event in Washington D.C.
Last week the 29-year-old won the Hampton Squash Week event in New York as
top seed, and yesterday completed the double as she toppled No.1 seed *Samantha
Teran* in Washington.
Seeded second for the event, the Englishwoman had beaten qualifier *Salma
Hany* and *Kanzy Emad El-Defrawy* in the opening two rounds, before
reaching the final with a straight games win over *Lucie Fialova*.
There she faced Teran of Mexico who, having dispatched qualifier *Celia
Allamargot* in round one, then laboured through two five-game battles
against* Misaki Kobayashi* and unseeded *Farah Abdel Meguid* to reach the
final.
In a very cat-and-mouse final, Kippax led after the first game, but was
immediately pegged back by the Mexican. The pair were tightly contested
throughout, with the Englishwoman again taking the lead after the third but
Teran forced the fifth and final game as the contest ticked past the hour
mark.
In a final that couldn’t have been any closer, Teran held match-ball but
was unable to convert as Kippax claimed the tie-break win to record her
ninth WSA World Tour title, and second in as many weeks.
There were notable performances from Lucie Fialova and Farah Abdel Meguid
as the Czech player beat No4 seed *Aisling Blake* in the quarter-finals,
whilst Meguid stunned her opposition by beating not only No.5 seed* Yathreb
Adel* in round one, but also No.3 seed* Latasha Khan* in the quarters.
*Final:*
[2] Sarah Kippax (Eng) bt [1] Samantha Teran (Mex) 11/8, 6/11, 11/9,
8/11, 12/10 (80m)
*Semi-finals:*
[1] Samantha Teran (MEX) bt Farah Abdel Meguid (EGY) 11-7, 9-11,
11-2, 6-11, 11-8 (60mins)
[2] Sarah Kippax (ENG) bt [7] Lucie Fialova (CZE) 11-6, 11-9, 11-1
(35mins)
*Quarter-finals:*
[1] Samantha Teran (MEX) bt [6] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) 11-7, 10-12,
11-7, 10-12, 11-6 (66m)
Farah Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt [3] Latasha Khan (USA) 4-11, 12-10, 12-10,
11-9 (47m)
[7] Lucie Fialova (CZE) bt [4] Aisling Blake (IRL) 1-11, 11-7, 11-7, 9-11,
11-8 (65m)
[2] Sarah Kippax (ENG) bt [8] Kanzy Emad El-Defrawy (EGY) 10-12, 11-7,
11-7, 11-6
*1st round:*
[1] Samantha Teran (MEX) bt [Q] Celia Allamargot (FRA) 11-9, 11-4,
11-2 (30m)
[6] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) bt Kristen Lange (USA) 11-4, 11-3, 11-2
(16m)
[3] Latasha Khan (USA) bt Camille Lanier (USA) 9-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-5 (32m)
Farah Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt [5] Yathreb Adel (EGY) 11-7, 11-9, 6-11,
11-8 (36m)
[7] Lucie Fialova (CZE) bt [Q] Sabrina Sobhy (USA) 9-11, 11-7,
12-10, 11-7 (40m)
[4] Aisling Blake (IRL) bt [Q] Nicolette Fernandes (GUY) 11-8,
11-8, 11-3 (47m)
[8] Kanzy Emad El-Defrawy (EGY) bt Maud Duplomb (FRA) 11-1, 11-7, 11-3
(26m)
[2] Sarah Kippax (ENG) bt [Q] Salma Hany (EGY) 11-4, 11-7, 11-8
(28m)
