RESULTS: NSC Squash Satellite No4, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Women's 1st round: [1] Christina Mak (HKG) bt Josefa Bertilsson (SWE) 9-3, 9-2, 9-2 (25m) [7] Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS) bt [Q] Nabilla Ariffin (MAS) 9-1, 8-10, 9-1, 9-4 (35m) [3] Delia Arnold (MAS) bt Tan Yan Xin (MAS) 9-4, 9-1, 9-4 (14m) [8] Joey Chan (HKG) bt Wee Wern Low (MAS) 10-9, 8-10, 9-3, 9-0 (50m) [6] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) bt [Q] Zulhijjah Binti Azan (MAS) 9-2, 9-0, 9-4 (24m) [4] Annie Au (HKG) bt Wee Nee Low (MAS) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0 (14m) [5] Lim Yoke Wah (MAS) bt [Q] Raja Nurul Sarah (MAS) 9-2, 9-0, 9-0 (10m) [2] Line Hansen (DEN) bt [Q] Nessrine Ariffin (MAS) 9-2, 9-0, 9-0 (15m) Quarter-finals: [1] Christina Mak (HKG) bt [7] Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS) 9-0, 9-3, 9-2 (33m) [3] Delia Arnold (MAS) bt [8] Joey Chan (HKG) 9-4, 9-6, 9-5 (36m) [4] Annie Au (HKG) bt [6] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) 9-6, 9-5, 9-4 (32m) [2] Line Hansen (DEN) bt [5] Lim Yoke Wah (MAS) 3-9, 9-1, 9-5, 9-0 (35m) Semi-finals: [3] Delia Arnold (MAS) bt [1] Christina Mak (HKG) 7-9, 5-9, 9-3, 9-0, 9-6 (81m) [2] Line Hansen (DEN) bt [4] Annie Au (HKG) 9-5, 9-6, 9-2 (46m) Final: [2] Line Hansen (DEN) bt [3] Delia Arnold (MAS) 9-1, 9-2, 9-10, 3-9, 9-7 (81m)
Line Hansen was taken the full distance by local heroine Delia Arnold in today's (Thursday) final of the women's NSC Squash Satellite No4 - but held her nerve to secure a magnificent victory after an 81-minute marathon at the National Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.
Arnold, the third seed who reached the final after upsetting top-seeded Hong Kong opponent Christina Mak in the semi-finals, fought back from two games down to level the match - then took a 4-0 lead in the decider.
But Hansen, the No2 seed from Denmark, regained her composure to make up the deficit before clinching her dramatic 9-1, 9-2, 9-10, 3-9, 9-7 victory.
The win brings to three the number of WISPA World Tour titles the Dane has now chalked up at the Bukit Jalil centre since May.
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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 3945 28 June 2007 |
