Women's Germering Open Squash Championship, Germering, Germany

Finals: Rachel Grinham upsets Sabine Schoene in a closely-fought four games

Press Release 4.26.99 by WISPA

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WORLD SQUASH NEWS

RESULTS: Women's Germering Open Squash Championship, Germering, Germany

Australia's former world junior champion Rachael Grinham, the 22-year-old world No. 19 from Queensland, scored her second WISPA World Tour title this year when she upset Germany's world No8 and top seed Sabine Schoene 9/2 5/9 10/8 9/7 in the final of the Germering Open at the Squash Pit in Germering, Germany.

RESULTS: Women's Germering Open Squash Championship, Germering, Germany

1st round: [1] Sabine Schoene (GER) bt Maureen Sulman (GER) 9/2 9/3 9/0
Helen Easton (ENG) bt Eva Hindl (GER) 9/2 9/1 9/0
[4] Vicky Botwright (ENG) bt Carola Weiss (GER) 9/6 9/6 7/9 9/1
[8] Karin Beriere (GER) bt Petra Vihar (SLO) 9/1 9/2 9/1
Sandy Suck (GER) bt [7] Elin Blikra (NOR) 9/3 9/1 5/9 4/9 9/7
[3] Salma Shabana (EGY) bt Rachel Haigh (ENG) 9/4 9/3 9/7
Pamela Pancis (AUT) bt Susanne Hauser (GER) 9/1 9/1 9/2
[2] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt Selma Boztepe (GER) 9/0 9/1 9/2

Quarter-finals
[1] Sabine Schoene (GER) bt Helen Easton (ENG) 9/4 9/1 9/0
[4] Vicky Botwright (ENG) bt [8] Karin Beriere (GER) 9/2 9/0 9/0
[3] Salma Shabana (EGY) bt Sandy Suck (GER) 9/4 9/7 9/4
[2] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt Pamela Pancis (AUT) 9/5 9/1 9/5

Semi-finals
[1] Sabine Schoene (GER) bt [4] Vicky Botwright (ENG) 6/9 9/3 9/3 9/6
[2] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt [3] Salma Shabana (EGY) 9/5 9/0 9/2

FINAL:
[2] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt [1] Sabine Schoene (GER) 9/2 5/9 10/8 9/7

Issued on behalf of WISPA by Howard Harding

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26 April 1999


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