A Bevy of Unexpected Results
Oct 16, 2004, By Ray Chan A Sue, SquashTalk Independent News Service © 2004;

[Calgary Open Main Draw/Results]

South Korean Star Makes Her Mark, Teran Continues Comeback

Lee Hai Kyung beats Margriet Huisman (photo © 2004 Gerry Gibson)

South Korea is one of the hotbeds of squash growth, and first made some noises about the quality of their play with a medal performance in the last Asian Games, played in Korea.

Now Qualifier Lee Hai Kyung of Korea has become the big story of the first round of 2004 Airdrie Chrysler Calgary Open. The major surprise of the night came when Qualifier Lee Hai Kyung , playing in her first WISPA event beat Margriet Huisman(NED) who is ranked close to a hundred places above her.

Lee Hai Kyung dominated the T area with consistently punishing length and brilliant drop shots in beating Husiman three games to love.

Hai Kyung will play number one seed from England Lauren Briggs in the quarter-finals on Saturday morning. Briggs advanced easily with a three set win over Canadian #1 Junior Ashley Clackson.

BLAKE SURVIVES FOUR MATCH BALLS
Aisling Blake advanced in five tough games against Tara Mullins after saving four match balls in the fourth game and then squandered a lead in the fifth to pull out the match 10-8.

Blake will play Canadian Katie Patrick tomorrow who had a fairly easy time in dispatching Georgina Stoker(ENG). Local wildcard Leona Grigg lost to three time Canadian national champion in front of a large hometown crowd.

Unseeded Mexican Samantha Teran, several months into a comeback from injury, scored an upset in the Women's Airdre Chrysler Calgary Squash Open when she defeated home hero Alana Miller, the No2 seed, in the first round in Canada's Alberta capital.

Teran, the 23-year-old Pan American champion from Mexico City, defeated the Canadian National champion 9-0 9-5 2-9 9-2 in 56 minutes - and now meets another Canadian Melanie Jans Burke for a place in the last four.

RESULTS: Women's Airdre Chrysler Calgary Squash Open, Calgary, Canada

1st round:
[1] Lauren Briggs (ENG) bt Ashley Clackson (CAN) 9-1, 9-0, 9-2 (21m)
[Q] Lee Hai-Kyung (KOR) bt [8] Margriet Huisman (NED) 9-5, 10-8, 9-5 (45m)
[4] Katie Patrick (CAN) bt Georgina Stoker (ENG) 9-3, 9-3, 2-9, 9-0 (36m)
[6] Aisling Blake (IRL) bt Tara Mullins (CAN) 10-9, 2-9, 3-9, 10-9, 10-8 (74m)
[7] Marnie Baizley (CAN) bt Elise Ng (HKG) 9-2, 9-3, 9-1
[3] Sarah Kippax (ENG) bt [Q] Gemma Hall (ENG) 9-4, 9-1, 9-1 (23m)
[5] Melanie Jans Burke (CAN) bt Leona Grigg (CAN) 9-4, 9-1, 9-1 (25m)
Samantha Teran (MEX) bt [2] Alana Miller (CAN) 9-0, 9-5, 2-9, 9-2 (56m)

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