The trick was on Michelle Martin this Halloween. Halloween afternoon, England's Cassie Campion confirmed her status as the current most in-form player on the WISPA World Squash Tour after beating Australia's world No. 1 Michelle Martin for the second successive time in a week in the final of the $36,000 Women's US Open in Connecticut.
Campion, the 26-year-old world No5 from Norfolk, beat Martin to lift the World Open title for the first time last week in Seattle. This time the England No1 took just four games to overcome the defending champion from Sydney, winning 9/4 9/4 4/9 9/3 to claim the prestigious US Open title for the third time since 1993.
Campion's current success follows a low period in her career at the end of last year when an ankle injury forced her to miss the 1998 World Open and World Team Championships in November in Germany. She marked her comeback in January by winning the Squash MS title in Chicago, which she followed by reclaiming the British National title in February.
The former Miss Jackman, now based in Halifax, Yorkshire, married former England international David Campion in July, and has now won more WISPA World Tour titles than she has lost - her Hartford triumph represents her 16th WISPA title in 31 final appearances. Her fifth tour title of the year also marks her 11th WISPA trophy success in the USA.
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