RESULTS: Zack Women's Swedish Squash Open, Linköping, Sweden
1st round:
[1] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) bt [Q] Saara Valtola (FIN) 11-2, 11-4, 11-1
Laura Pomportes (FRA) bt [6] Anna-Carin Forstadius (SWE) 11-2, 12-10, 11-4
[4] Lucie Fialova (CZE) bt Josefa Bertilsson (SWE) 11-7, 9-11, 11-2, 11-3
[7] Nicolette Fernandes (GUY) bt Veronika Koukalova (CZE) 11-3, 11-6, 11-7
[8] Maud Duplomb (FRA) bt Carrie Ramsey (ENG) 7-11, 11-3, 11-2, 10-12, 11-9
[3] Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Lovisa Forstadius (SWE) 11-1, 11-1, 11-0
Sina Wall (GER) bt [5] Lotte Eriksen (NOR) 10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9
[2] Annelize Naude (NED) bt [Q] Emily Whitlock (ENG) 6-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8
Quarter-finals:
[1] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) bt Laura Pomportes (FRA) 11-2, 11-5, 11-9
[7] Nicolette Fernandes (GUY) bt [4] Lucie Fialova (CZE) 9-11, 15-13, 11-7, 12-10
[3] Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt [8] Maud Duplomb (FRA) 11-4, 11-4, 11-9
[2] Annelize Naude (NED) bt Sina Wall (GER) 11-7, 11-9, 11-7
Semi-finals:
[1] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) bt [7] Nicolette Fernandes (GUY) 12-10, 11-5, 11-1 (28m)
[2] Annelize Naude (NED) bt [3] Dipika Pallikal (IND) 11-9, 11-8, 14-12 (30m)
Final:
[1] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) bt [2] Annelize Naude (NED) 9-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6 (30m)
Top seed Vanessa Atkinson beat compatriot Annelize Naude in all-Dutch final of the Zack Women's Swedish Open to lift the $6,200 WISPA World Tour squash title at Linköping Sporthall in Linköping for the first time.
The UK-based former world champion reached the final without dropping a game - but long-time rival Naude, the second seed from Amsterdam, took the opening game in their first meeting since contesting the Dutch National Championship final exactly a year ago.
But world No10 Atkinson, now ranked more than 30 places higher than her fellow countrywoman, upped her game and wrapped up a 9-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6 victory after 30 minutes.
The success marks the 22nd Tour title of Atkinson's career, but her first for more than a year.
