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release - day three results
Howard
Harding, WSF Press officer, reports on day three.
All content © 2001 Squashtalk
by Howard Harding, London,
17 July 2001
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2001 Squashtalk
TOP STARS DAVID & KAWY IN FINE FORM IN PENANG
While top seeds Nicol David, the Malaysian title-holder, and Omneya Abdel
Kawy, from Egypt, swept through to the last sixteen of the individual
event in the Women's World Junior Squash Championships in Malaysia, only
England can boast all four of their team members surviving today's (Tuesday
17 July) third round of the biennial competition being staged this year
in Penang.
With massive support from her hometown fans in Penang, Nicol David beat Egypt's British U-17 Junior Open champion Sara Badr 9-2 9-0 9-0, and will now face England's Tina Rix, who took out Germany's Jessica Reese 3-9 10-8 10-9 9-7 - the only English girl to be taken beyond three games. David, the 17-year-old who is seeking to become the first player to successfully defend the world junior title since the competition began in 1985, has only conceded three points in two matches - and triumphed today in just 18 minutes. Second seed Omneya Abdel Kawy crushed team-mate Hind Osama 9-1 9-4 9-1 to earn a fourth round meeting with Australia's Georgina Davis.
The unseeded Australian No4 upset team-mate Amelia Pittock, a 9/16 seed in the individual event and No2 in the Australian junior squad, 2-9 9-5 10-8 9-6. European Junior champion Jenny Duncalf led the England contingent through to the fourth round. The third seed beat Guyana's Nicolette Fernandes 9-2 9-1 9-1 in just 21 minutes.
When asked about the shortness of the match, she responded: "Perfect. I'm sharp so I don't need long matches. I like the courts here too and I'm feeling relaxed." Duncalf will next face India's unseeded Vaidehi Reddy who beat Australian Felicity Goodall 9-5 9-7 9-4. England's Laura-Jane Lengthorn, the 5/8 seed who beat Duncalf in March's final of the British Junior National Championships, defeated Mexico's Diana Huerta Acosta 9-4 9-3 9-3 in 26 minutes, while England No3 Alison Waters crushed the USA No2 Amy Gross 9-1 9-0 9-2.
The English-born American coach Aiden Harrison had mixed emotions about the match, but described Waters' performance - in which she dismissed Gross in a mere 15 minutes - as 'unbelievable'!
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