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	Youth vs Experience: Horner wins this round by Martin Bronstein © 2002
	March 31, 2002 © 2002 [Hurghada draw] A MATCH OF EXTREMES Strange things happen in squash: in Hurghada the best match of the day was provided by the oldest player on the circuit - 38 year old Suzanne Horner – and the youngest – 16 year old Omneya Abdel Kawy. This Kawy is developing at a very fast rate and is actually doing better among the big girls than the dazzling Nicole David, the Malaysian who won two world junior championships. Twice in Penang last year at the world junior championships David wiped the floor with the nervous young Egyptian. But in Hurghada, David was knocked out in the qualifying rounds by Pamela Nimmon while Kawy almost made the quarters, one point away from bringing off her second win against the experienced Horner. TOP OF THE BILL AND WORTH IT Horner and Kawy closed out the first round matches at the end of the evening and put on a spectacular match for the Egyptian spectators who greeted their young hope with roars and cheers. They got even more excited as Kawy, using her spectacular shots and typical Egyptian magical racket work, took the first two games and then continued her progress to serve for the match at 8-7. THE OLD HAND STAYS CALM But Suzanne Horner is from Yorkshire, a county in England known for the tough, gritty, no nonsense character of its natives. She hung in, got a let and was relieved to see a Kawy drop go into the tin. Horner seized this last-gasp chance and served straight through to take the game. She knew that if she stayed tight she could wear out the young Kawy ( and get revenge for her loss to her in Heliopolis last week). She accomplished just that and despite Kawy hitting five outright winners in the fifth Horner took the game to move forward to the quarters where she will meet Carol Owens. “I’d better start in the first rather than the third!” Horner said referring to her slow start against Kaway. “Omneya started to tire after the third; I jumped on it and she crumpled a bit. Hard and low cross court was the key,” she said. BRIND CALLS IN SICK The much anticipated meeting between Natalie Pohrer and Stephanie Brind was sadly called off when Brind was too weak from lack of food following stomach problems. Pohrer gets the walkover which is not good news for a player who is anxious for as much match play as she can to make up for her last sporadic year. SLOW STARTER, NICE FINISH Sometimes you wish Linda Charman-Smith would come on court swearing like a preacher’s kid, spitting fire, break several rackets over her opponent’s head and threaten the ref with a half-nelson. That’s another way of saying she is a slow starter and sometimes even a no-starter. She is a strong experienced player and she should be walking all over youngsters like New Zealander Shelley Kitchen. But she found herself 2-7 down in the first game before all her bits kicked in and found a semblance of length, but could only pull back to 7/6 before a couple of errors put Kitchen at game point, which she fluked home with the frame of her racket. All changed as the England’s top player settled into a rhythm and Kitchen was increasingly unable to deal with her penetrating deep hitting and tee domination, allowing Charman –Smith to win 6-9 9-0 9-5 9-1 in 41 minutes. OWENS TANS BAILEY Former world junior champion Tania Bailey won through in the qualification only to be drawn against top seed Carol Owens, who was relaxed and dominant, moving Bailey around relentlessly to win 9-1, 9-5, 9-6 in 40 minutes. THE QUARTER-FINALS This time round Pohrer is in the bottom half of the draw where she will have to face Owens in the semis, if they both win through. Last week Pohrer beat Campion to reach the final of the Heliopolis, where she lost to Owens. It will be interesting to what happens this week. Even more interesting if both Campion and Owens reach the final. A win for Campion would mark her comeback to full strength. A loss would harm her confidence in ever getting back to the top of the rankings again. Results: Hurghada First Round, Second Half: Natalie Pohrer (ENG) bt [5] Stephanie Brind (ENG) w/o [3] Linda Charman-Smith (ENG) bt [Q] Shelley Kitchen (NZL) 6-9, 9-0, 9-5, 9-1 (41m) [7] Suzanne Horner (ENG) bt Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) 6-9, 6-9, 10-8, 9-2, 9-5 (61m) [1] Carol Owens (NZL) bt [Q] Tania Bailey (ENG) 9-1, 9-5, 9-6 (40m)

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