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US National Doubles: Pirnak & Millard Fall Short.
By Beth Rasin, US Squash, Mar 31, 2007    
Squashtalk Independent News; © 2007 SquashTalk LLC

Finals Set for US Doubles Squash Championships   [Rd 16/ Quarters report]

Tyler Millard and Michael Pirnak, the pair who improbably put favorites Gary Waite and Damian Mudge out of the competition in the first round, won't be around for final's day Sunday.

The were put out of the action by Preston Quick (USA) and John Russell (ENG), who eliminated the Canadian giant killing team of Tyler Millard and Michael Pirnak in four games, 15-12, 9-15, 17-15, 15-7. It will be Clive Leach (ENG) and Scott Butcher (AUS) who will face Quick and Russell tomorrow after a bruising semis.

Butcher and Leach made it into the finals of the Men’s Open at the Sotheby’s International Realty US Doubles Squash Championships by a margin of one point after two hours of play in their semifinal match at Merion Cricket Club in suburban Philadelphia against Ben Gould (AUS) and Willie Hosey (IRL), winning 15-11,9-15,15-4,5-15,18-17.

Gould, the top-ranked player on the International Squash Doubles Association tour and the 45-year-old Hosey were down 5-12 in the fifth and deciding game when Gould started blistering the ball and Hosey interspersed some winning drop shots to take the lead at 13-12. Leach and Butcher sent the match into a five point tiebreak when they tied the score at 13 all. This time it was the eventual winners who had to mount a mini-comeback. Down two match balls at 2-4 in the tiebreak, Leach and Butcher ran off the next three points to reach the final. They will play the fourth-seeded team of

McConnell Injured in Women's Semis

Quick’s sister Meredeth will be in the women’s finals with partner Fiona Geaves of England and for the first time in 12 years, Alicia McConnell’s name will not be engraved on the US Doubles Squash Championships trophy. In the opening game of their semifinal, 43-year-old McConnell and partner Jessica DiMauro of Canada found themselves in the midst of what was shaping up to be an epic squash match against Geaves and Quick. Down 12-13, McConnell, who had won 11 successive national doubles titles as well as five world doubles championship titles, pushed off to reach a ball in the front court and ruptured her Achilles tendon.  “It was exciting to be in the midst of such a great match, particularly with Alicia, who has been an inspiration to me and my generation of squash players,” the 27-year-old Quick said afterwards. “It was disappointing to have it end that way.”

Quick, a finalist at last year’s championships, and Geaves, will face top seeds Narelle Krizek of Australia and Stephanie Hewitt of Canada in the finals. Krizek and Hewitt, the reigning women’s world doubles champions, defeated twin sisters Berkeley Revenaugh and Mary McKee,15-12, 15-7, 15-12, in the other semifinal.

Results - US Doubles Squash Championships

Saturday, March 31 - Merion Cricket Club, Bala Cynwyd, PA USA

Men’s Open Semis
(4) P. Quick (MA)/J. Russell (ENG) def. T. Millard (CAN)/M. Pirnak (CAN) 15-12, 9-15, 17-15, 15-7  
(3) S. Butcher (AUS)/C. Leach (ENG) def. (2) B. Gould (AUS)/W. Hosey (IRL) 15-11, 9-15,15-4,5-15,18-17 

Women’s Open Semis
(1) S. Hewett (CAN)/N. Krizek (AUS) def. B. Revenaugh (CA)/M. McKee (MA) 15-12, 15-7,15-12
F. Geaves (ENG)/M. Quick (NY) def. (2) A. McConnell (COL)/J. DiMauro (CAN) 13-12 (ret.)

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