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First Day Action in Cairo - Canadian Creates Upset
By Yasser El Halaby © 2003; all rights of reproduction reserved.
August 17, 2003 

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[Check full draw and results at World Junior Women's Website]

The world’s best female under 19 squash players gathered today at the squash complex at the Cairo stadium to play the first and second round of the women’s world juniors. All of the seeded players, except one, cruised through their matches to advance to the third round.

CANADIAN SUCCESS
Miranda Ranieri from Canada created the first major upset in the tournament when she outplayed and defeated the Spanish number one and the 5/8 seed Margaux Moros-Pitarch in the second round. Although the match looked like it was going to quickly end with the predicted one sided result, when Moros-Pitarch won the first game 9-0 with ease, the determined Canadian quickly turned the match to her favor. Ranieri won the next three games 9-5,9-3 and 9-7. The Canadian will now face Scotland’s Lauren Gray which will surely be an interesting match.

AMERICANS FALTER
The American team had five players in the draw but only one managed to get past the first day. Many unforced errors and perhaps lack of experience were the main cause of this. Claire Rein-Weston was the only American to advance to the third round. She played solid squash mixing basic play with occasional drop shot winners to beat Scotland’s Clair Kidd 3-0, then Malaysia’s Sally Looi.

Rein-Weston’s match with the Malaysian was a huge battle in which the American emerged victorious in five games, 10-8 in the fifth, proving how well she could keep her calm and play those drop shot winners under mental and physical pressure.

TINY WILLMOTT WINS
Perhaps the highlight of the day came from England’s Rachel Willmott who won both of her matches today and advanced to the third round. Wilmott has just turned fifteen and appears to be shorter than five inches, but the level of her squash is well beyond her age and size. In her first match she faced New Zealand’s McDonald. In a match that looked like a fight between David and Goliath. Wilmott was too good for McDonald who was almost three times her size and defeated her in straight games. Wimott produced the second upset of the day when she beat US’s number 1, Lorentzen in four games.

Loretzen lost the first the game but came back strong and looked like she was coming back to win when she won the second game 9-1. However, the talented English girl was more patient, and appeared to more fit than Loretzen, and won the third and fourth game 9-6 and 9-0. Wilmott is a future star and will surely be a main contender in the world juniors 2005. Wilmott’s match tomorrow with Egypt’s Nehal Yehia will surely be an interesting match with a high level of squash being played by both players.

The tournament’s first day has come to an end. Tomorrow the girls start again in the tournament’s third round. It will be a busy day at the Cairo Squash Center.

RESULTS: Women's World Junior Squash Championships, Cairo, Egypt

1st round:
Chiu Ka Kei (HKG) bt Alexandra Clark (SCO) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 (15m)
Supriya Balsekar (IND) bt Sarycarmen Diaz (MEX) 9-3, 9-5, 8-10, 9-3 (32m)
Lina El-Tannir (EGY) bt Zoe Barr (IRL) 9-2, 9-1, 9-0 (24m)
Wee Wern Low (MAS) bt Emma Ford (SCO) 9-5, 9-0, 9-2 (16m)
Joelle King (NZL) bt Lina El Sherif (EGY) 9-7, 9-1, 9-5 (22m)
Georgina Stoker (ENG) bt Christina Fast (USA) 9-0, 9-4, 10-8 (30m)
Jackie Laurensen (NZL) bt Alisha Mashruwala (IND) 5-9, 10-8, 3-9, 9-6, 9-0 (36m)
Lauren Polonich (CAN) bt Julia Schmalz (SUI) 9-6, 6-9, 9-4, 9-4 (45m)
Claire Rein-Weston (USA) bt Claire Kidd (SCO) 9-7, 9-2, 9-1 (31m)
Alicia Alvarez (ESP) bt Katie Wilson (IRL) 9-3, 9-4, 9-4 (34m)
Ashley Clackson (CAN) bt Rachel Green (WAL) 9-1, 9-1, 9-3 (22m)
Aliaa Balbaa (EGY) bt Nayelli Hernadez (MEX) 6-9, 9-6, 9-6, 9-2 (38m)
Priscilla Wildsmith (NZL) bt Audrey Duboc (USA) 9-2, 9-4, 9-7 (26m)
Leung Shin Nga (HKG) bt Claire O'Brien (IRL) 9-5, 8-10, 4-9, 9-4, 10-9 (37m)
Siti Munirah (MAS) bt Lauren McCrery (USA) 9-3, 9-3, 9-4 (24m)
Kirsty Craig (SCO) bt Rosalinda Santos (SUI) 9-1, 9-2, 9-4 (14m)
Annie Au Wing Chi (HKG) bt Tanya Owens (IRL) 2-9, 9-0, 9-3, 9-6 (45m)
Chantal Moros-Pitarch (ESP) bt Sandra Krueger (GER) 7-9, 9-2, 9-6, 9-4 (58m)
Shahenda Osama (EGY) bt Jo-Ann Jee (MAS) 9-3, 9-5, 9-4 (27m)
Miranda Ranieri (CAN) bt Aoife Kerrin (IRL) 9-0, 9-6, 9-2 (20m)
Beth Winstanley (WAL) bt Nour Bahgat (EGY) 2-9, 9-10, 10-9, 9-5, 10-8 (73m)
Rachel McLeod (NZL) bt Sonali Philip (IND) 9-4, 9-0, 9-1 (12m)
Imelda Salazar (MEX) bt Dipika Pallikal (IND) 9-2, 9-0, 9-5 (20m)
Rachel Willmott (ENG) bt Catherine McDonald (NZL) 9-5, 9-1, 9-2 (31m)

2nd round:
[1] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) bt Corinne Scarlato (SUI) 9-1, 9-1, 9-0 (15m)
Delia Arnold (MAS) bt Estela Carbonell (ESP) 9-1, 7-9, 9-6, 9-2 (35m)
Chiu Ka Kei (HKG) bt Kirsty McPhee (ENG) 9-0, 9-3, 9-1 (34m)
[9/16] Kyla Grigg (CAN) bt Supriya Balsekar (IND) 9-0, 9-2, 9-5 (27m)
[9/16] Charlie de Rycke (Belgium) bt Lina El-Tannir (EGY) 9-3, 9-5, 9-1 (23m)
Stacey Preece (WAL) bt Wee Wern Low (MAS) 9-7, 5-9, 2-9, 9-0, 9-6 (36m)
Cherelle Kelley (AUS) bt Joelle King (NZL) 9-5, 9-6, 9-0 (27m)
[5/8] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt Georgina Stoker (ENG) 9-4, 9-7, 10-8 (42m)
[5/8] Sara Badr (EGY) bt Jackie Laurensen (NZL) 9-1, 9-0, 9-2 (16m)
Lauren Polonich (CAN) bt Pia Kaindl (GER) 9-3, 9-2, 9-6 (27m)
Claire Rein-Weston (USA) bt Sally Looi (MAS) 6-9, 9-7, 9-4, 1-9, 10-8 (63m)
[9/16] Peta Hughes (AUS) bt Deon Saffery (ENG) 9-1, 9-0, 9-2 (18m)
[9/16] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) bt Alicia Alvarez (ESP) 9-2, 9-0, 9-2 (17m)
Ashley Clackson (CAN) bt Georgina Davis (AUS) 4-9, 9-10, 9-4, 10-8, 9-1 (62m)
Ho Ling Joey Chan (HKG) bt Aliaa Balbaa (EGY) 5-9, 9-2, 9-4, 9-4 (40m)
[3/4] Suzie Pierrepont (ENG) bt Priscilla Wildsmith (NZL) 9-3, 9-2, 9-3 (23m)
[3/4] Amnah El Trabolsy (EGY) bt Leung Shin Nga (HKG) 9-0, 9-6, 9-1 (14m)
Sarah Bowles (ENG) bt Siti Munirah (MAS) 9-6, 9-6, 9-3 (25m)
Jennifer Blumberg (CAN) bt Lauren Garza (MEX) 9-2, 9-4, 9-2 (18m)
[9/16] Donna Urquhart (AUS) bt Jessica Bevan (WAL) 9-5, 9-2, 9-4 (21m)
[9/16] Catherine McLeod (NZL) bt Kirsty Craig (SCO) 9-0, 9-2, 9-2 (22m)
Hend Osama (EGY) bt Annie Au Wing Chi (HKG) 9-5, 9-7, 9-2 (26m)
Vaidehi Reddy (IND) bt Chantal Moros-Pitarch (ESP) 9-4, 9-6, 9-1 (26m)
[5/8] Emma Beddoes (ENG) bt Shahenda Osama (EGY) 9-7, 9-3, 9-6 (43m)
Miranda Ranieri (CAN) bt [5/8] Margaux Moros-Pitarch (ESP) 0-9, 9-5, 9-3, 9-7 (40m)
Lauren Gray (SCO) bt Beth Winstanley (WAL) 9-5, 9-6, 9-5 (36m)
Birgit Coufal (AUT) bt Pamela Hathway (GER) 9-5, 9-2, 9-6 (27m)
[9/16] Lauren Siddall (ENG) bt Rachel McLeod (NZL) 9-1, 9-1, 9-1 (17m)
[9/16] Nehal Yehia (EGY) bt Imelda Salazar (MEX) 9-1, 9-4, 9-2 (25m)
Rachel Willmott (ENG) bt Lily Lorentzen (USA) 9-2, 1-9, 9-6, 9-0 (48m)
Lim Yoke Wah (MAS) bt Vanessa Isola (SUI) 9-5, 9-0, 9-1 (17m)
[2] Kasey Brown (AUS) bt Engy El Sherif (EGY) 9-1, 9-5, 9-1 (24m)

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