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Atkinson withstands David Flurry
Lara Petara takes out Sharon Wee
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March 22, 2003             

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Nicol David fell just short today in an exciting battle with Holland's Vanessa Atkinson. Atkinson, who's rise into the top ten is at least partially attributable to her decision two years ago to begin training with Amsterdam based former top tenner Liz Irving, had to face today a brand new student of Irving's.

It's probably too soon for Irving to have significantly impacted David's performance, but the twice world junior champion Nicol David only made her exit from the WISPA World Tour event after taking her second-seeded opponent Vanessa Atkinson the full distance.

David is playing in her first WISPA event since May last year - only two
weeks after beginning a new training regime in the Netherlands with
Australia's former world No2 Liz Irving, the Dutch national coach.

The 19-year-old from Penang twice pegged back the Dutch No1 in a
closely-contested tussle in Las Vegas, but Atkinson ultimately prevailed 9-6
8-10 9-1 8-10 9-2 to take her anticipated place in the last four.

Her semi-final opponent will be England's British champion Cassie Jackman,
the third seed from Norfolk who ended the run of Canadian qualifier Melanie
Jans in a 9-2 9-7 9-6 scoreline. Whilst Jackman is seeded below Atkinson,
the Englishwoman and former world champion has since risen above her opponent
to six in the latest world rankings.

Meanwhile, New Zealand's unseeded Lara Petera maintained her good form in the Bright Lights Women's Las Vegas Squash Open in the USA when she despatched
seventh-seeded Malaysian Sharon Wee in a four-game quarter-final at ClubSport
Green Valley in Nevada.

The 24-year-old from Auckland, who knocked out fourth seed Annelize Naude in
the opening round, beat Wee 3-9 9-7 9-4 9-4 and now meets England's top seed
Linda Charman in the semi-finals

Charman, the world No3 from Eastbourne in Sussex, defeated Hong Kong's Asian
Games champion Rebecca Chiu 9-4 9-0 9-6.

RESULTS: Bright Lights Women's Las Vegas Squash Open, Las Vegas, USA

Quarter-finals:
[1] Linda Charman (ENG) bt [6] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) 9-4, 9-0, 9-6
Lara Petera (NZL) bt [7] Sharon Wee (MAS) 3-9, 9-7, 9-4, 9-4
[3] Cassie Jackman (ENG) bt [Q] Melanie Jans (CAN) 9-2, 9-7, 9-6
[2] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) bt [8] Nicol David (MAS) 9-6, 8-10, 9-1, 8-10, 9-2

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