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Mark Cairns takes Grasshopper;
Vanessa Atkinson wins Deloitte Touche at Zurich Switzerland
by Howard Harding Nov 19 2001
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Atkinson and Cairns get big Wins
England's
Mark Cairns and Netherlands' English-born Vanessa Atkinson both celebrated
their second professional title successes with straight games final victories
in Zurich, Switzerland. Cairns, at 34 the second-oldest player in the
PSA top forty, claimed his first tour title since winning the Hungarian
Open in September 1995 - his maiden PSA success - when he dismissed Switzerland's
Lars Harms 15-8 15-9 15-4 in the final of the Prosperco Grasshopper Cup.
Local fans had much to celebrate, however, as fifth seed Harms was the first Swiss player to reach the Grasshopper Cup final for more than six years - just a week after upsetting the seedings in the USA to reach the final of the Tech Valley Open in New York. In the final of the Women's Deloitte & Touche Cup, second seed Vanessa Atkinson upset Australia's top seed Rachael Grinham 9-6 9-1 9-7 to claim the WISPA World Tour title exactly twelve months after registering her first, by winning the Bronxville Open in the USA.
ZURICH
RESULTS:
Prosperco Grasshopper Cup, Zurich,
Switzerland
Final: [1] Mark Cairns (ENG) bt [5]
Lars Harms (SUI) 15-8 15-9 15-4
Women's Deloitte & Touche Cup, Zurich,
Switzerland
Final: [2] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) bt [1] Rachael Grinham (AUS) 9-6 9-1
9-7
Men's Semi-finals:
[1] Mark Cairns (ENG) bt [Q] Ben Garner (ENG) 15-5 15-6 15-2
[5] Lars Harms (SUI) bt [6] Lee Drew (ENG) 15-11 15-13 15-13
Women's Semi-finals:
[1] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt [Q] Marnie Baizley (CAN) 9-1 9-5 9-0
[2] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) bt [5] Senga Macfie (SCO) 8-10 9-0 9-1 9-2
