WORLD SQUASH NEWS

Winners: Carol Owens over Rachel Grinham, Anthony Ricketts beat Billy Haddrell

Australia ruled supreme in the YTL Open in Kuala Lumpur at the weekend, after Australians distinguished all Malaysian interest in the quarter-finals before going on to dominate both the men's and women's finals.

While Melbourne's top seed Carol Owens followed up last week's Kuala Lumpur Open success by capturing the women's title with a 4/9 9/3 9/4 9/5 win in the final over No2 seed Rachael Grinham, the men's event also went to the underdog, Anthony Ricketts, over Billy Haddrell.

Top-seeded compatriot Billy Haddrell duplicating his frustration in the Malaysian Open, losing to fifth seed Anthony Ricketts, 15/10 15/9 15/6.

First Round: Malaysia's Nicol Davis for second successive week advances in WISPA tourney

Within a week of reaching the final of a WISPA World Tour event as a qualifier, 15-year-old Malaysian schoolgirl Nicol David has qualified for the first round of the YTL Squash Open in Malaysia.

Today she dismissed Finland's 8th seed Kia Paasivirta 9/0 9/1 9/0 in Kuala Lumpur to become the only unseeded player through to the quarter-finals - where she will face top seed Carol Owens, the world No10 from Australia who beat her in last week's Kuala Lumpur Open final.

In the men's first round, qualifier Wael El Hindi, the 19-year-old world junior open finalist from Egypt, upset Hong Kong's 2nd seed Abdul Faheem Khan 15/8 15/10 15/12.

RESULTS: YTL Squash Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Men's Final:

[5] Anthony Ricketts (AUS) bt [1] Billy Haddrell (AUS) 15/10 15/9 15/6

Men's semi-finals:

[1] Billy Haddrell (AUS) bt [6] Olle Poutiainen (FIN) 8/15 10/15 15/12
15/10 17/14[5] Anthony Ricketts (AUS) bt [Q] Wael El Hindi (EGY) w/o

Quarter Final:

Billy Haddrell (Aus) bt Ong Beng Hee (Mas) 15-5, 13-15, 15-4, 15-11
Olle Poutiainen (Fin) bt Timo Tuominen (Fin) 10-15, 15-11, 10-15, 15-14, 15-5
Anthony Ricketts (Aus) bt Kenneth Low (Mas) 15-8, 15-9, 12-15, 15-12
Wael El Hindi (Egy) bt Ajaz Amat (Pak) 15-8, 15-8, 15-10.

1st round:

[1] Billy Haddrell (AUS) bt [Q] Peter Genever (ENG) 15/7 15/7 15/12
Ong Beng Hee (MAS) bt [8] Muhammad Hussain (PAK) 15/11 11/15 15/5 15/8
Timo Tuominen (FIN) bt [4] Mohamed Medhat Morsi (EGY) 13/15 15/13 15/8 15/11
[6] Olle Poutiainen (FIN) bt [Q] Mohamed Essam Hafiz (EGY) 15/9 15/1111/15 15/3
[5] Anthony Ricketts (AUS) bt [Q] Liam Kenny (AUS) 15/8 15/7 15/12
Kenneth Low (MAS) bt [3] Kashif Shuja (PAK) 15/8 11/15 15/11 15/5
[7] Ajaz Azmat (PAK) bt Cameron White (AUS) 17/16 15/5 15/10
[Q] Wael El Hindi (EGY) bt [2] Abdul Faheem Khan (HKG) 15/8 15/10 15/12

Women's Final:

[1] Carol Owens (AUS) bt [2] Rachael Grinham (AUS) 4/9 9/3 9/4 9/5

Women's semi-finals:[1] Carol Owens (AUS) bt [4] Liz Irving (AUS) 9/1 9/0 9/5
[2] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt [3] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) 9/2 9/1 2/9 9/10 9/4 Quarter final:

Carol Owens (Aus) bt Nicol David (Mas) 9-1, 9-0, 9-1
Liz Irving (Aus) bt Didi Harris (Aus) 9-4, 9-1, 9-1
Vanessa Atkinson (Ned) bt Kym Keevil (Aus) 10-8, 9-7, 9-1
Rachael Grinham (Aus) bt Senga MacFie (Sco) 9-5, 9-4, 10-8.

1st round:
[1] Carol Owens (AUS) bt Siu Lynn Leong (MAS) 9/0 9/0 9/1
[Q] Nicol David (MAS) bt [8] Kia Paasivirta (FIN) 9/0 9/1 9/0
[4] Liz Irving (AUS) bt Melissa Vacca (AUS) 9/6 9/3 9/6
[7] Didi Harris (AUS) bt Clare Cogan (ENG) 0/9 4/9 9/0 9/4 9/3
[6] Kym Keevil (AUS) bt Rebecca Chiu (HKG) 9/0 9/4 9/7
[3] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) bt Natalie Grinham (AUS) 9/4 10/8 9/6
[5] Senga Macfie (SCO) bt [Q] Wendy Maitland (SCO) 9/2 9/6 10/8
[2] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt [Q] Daphine Ting (MAS) 9/1 9/1 9/0

Issued on behalf of PSA by Howard Harding

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12 July 1999