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RESULTS: Savcor Women's Finnish Open Squash Championship, Mikkeli, Finland
1st round:
[1] Carla Khan (PAK) bt Lauren Briggs (ENG) 9-0, 4-9, 10-9, 9-2
[5] Dianne Desira (AUS) bt [Q] Sara Badr (EGY) 3-9, 4-9, 9-1, 9-2, 9-0
[4] Salma Shabana (EGY) bt [Q] Amnah El Trabolsy (EGY) 7-9, 9-1, 9-3, 9-3
Katline Cauwels (BEL) bt [8] Frania Gillen-Buchert (SCO) 9-1, 9-4, 9-4
[6] Farrah Sterne (RSA) bt [Q] Nehal Yehia (EGY) 9-4, 9-7, 9-2
[3] Alison Waters (ENG) bt Dagmar Vermeulen (NED) 9-2, 9-2, 9-2
[7] Line Hansen (DEN) bt Tina Rix (ENG) 10-9, 0-9, 10-8, 7-9, 10-8
[2] Tegwen Malik (WAL) bt [Q] Margriet Huisman (NED) 9-1, 9-3, 9-0
Quarter-finals:
[1] Carla Khan (PAK) bt [5] Dianne Desira (AUS) 10-8, 9-5, 6-9, 9-7
[4] Salma Shabana (EGY) bt Katline Cauwels (BEL) 9-0, 7-9, 9-4, 10-8
[6] Farrah Sterne (RSA) bt [3] Alison Waters (ENG) 8-10, 6-9, 9-5, 9-5, 9-5
[2] Tegwen Malik (WAL) bt [7] Line Hansen (DEN) 9-2, 9-0, 9-0
Waters Gets Sterne Warning In Finnish Open
England's third seed Alison Waters let slip a two-game advantage to go down
to South African Farrah Sterne in the only upset in the quarter-finals of the
Savcor Women's Finnish Open Squash Championship in Mikkeli.
Sterne, the sixth seed, beat the Londoner 8-10 6-9 9-5 9-5 9-5 to earn an
unexpected semi-final meeting with Tegwen Malik, the No2 seed from Wales who
crushed Dane Line Hansen 9-2 9-0 9-0.
The other semi-final will feature top-seeded Pakistani Carla Khan and Egypt's
fourth seed Salma Shabana. Khan survived her second successive four-game
battle, beating Australia's fifth seed Dianne Desira 10-8 9-5 6-9 9-7, while
Shabana overcame Belgian Katline Cauwels 9-0 7-9 9-4 10-8.