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shows uncharacteristic Swiss emotion
NICOL DRAWS LARGE CROWDS
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All content © 2001 Squashtalk
By Lee Keng Fatt
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© 2001 Lee Keng Fatt,
New Straits Times, reprinted with permission
Fourth day reports: Martin Bronstein
TRICIA Chuah staged a magnificent comeback to beat hot-tempered young Swiss player Manuela Zehnder to join defending champion Nicol David in the quarterfinals of the World junior women's squash championships at the Penang International Squash Centre in Bukit Dumbar.
The fourth seeded Tricia lost
the first game 4-9 but confidently stormed back to level the score with
a 9-1 win. After Tricia won the third game 9-4, 
Manuela,
the two-time British Under-17 champion, was often seen questioning the
umpires' decisions and banging the court's glass pane with her racquet
in dismay. By then, she had seemingly lost her concentration. This enabled
Tricia, who at one time surrendered a five-point lead in the fourth game
to allow Manuela to level at 6-6, to wrap up a 9-6 win and set up a quarterfinal
clash with Australia's Kasey Brown.
The unseeded Kasey created an upset when she sent compatriot Lisa Camilleri, seeded 5-8, packing in a five-match duel, winning 7-9, 9-3, 3-9, 9-4, 9-6.
Tricia was nevertheless happy with her game which, according to national chief coach Mej (Rtd) S Maniam, was an acid test for her in the championships. "I am a bit stressed as Manuela came on at a furious pace at the start which bothered Tricia a bit," said Maniam. "Her charging manner often caught Tricia by surprise but I am glad Tricia managed to weather the storm and was home and dry after levelling the score in the second game."
Said Tricia: "I was not at my best in the first game and Manuela did give me a tough time out there. But I am glad I won."
The Swiss, when asked what made her throw her racquet on the floor as she emerged from the court after the last game, replied: "I can't say anything about the refereeing as they are always right ... after all, they are doing their job. "I am not disappointed about losing but disappointed about how I lost."
Top seed Nicol, who continued to draw the crowd to the centre, chalked up a relatively easy 9-1, 9-1, 9-1 win over England's 9-16 seed, Tina Rix. The petite Penangite, who thrilled the action-hungry crowd by cleverly producing fast and tricky shots which had Tina scrambling, took a mere 12 minutes to outplay her much bigger-sized opponent five minutes for the first game, four in the second, and three in the third. Nicol will meet 5-8 seed Kathrin Rohrmuller of Germany, who unlike the reigning champion, had to overcome a gallant Alison Waters in a five-game duel in the fourth round. Kathrin won the first game 9-7, but lost the next two, 9-10, 0-9, before hitting back 9-6, 9-6 in the fourth and fifth games for her hard-earned win.
Nicol said she merely played her normal game against Tina. "I kept my shots steady all the time and at times had to apply some pressure against Tina in order to play better," she said. As for her match against Kathrin, Nicol said she did not know much about the German as both have yet to meet each other.
Second seeded Omneya Abdel Kawy and third seed Jenny Duncalf expectedly cruised into the quarterfinals with easy wins. Omneya, now the sole Egpytian in the individual event, carved out an effortless win over Australia's unheralded Georgina Davis 9-0, 9-2, 9-1 while Jenny overwhelmed India's Vaidehi Reddy 9-4, 9-3, 9-0. Omneya will take on Michelle in a match which, like her previous matches, will see her sail through with ease to set up the much-awaited semifinal clash with Tricia. Jenny will meet fellow Briton LauraJane Lengthorn in the quarterfinal. Laura-Jane defeated Denmark's Line Hansen 9-7, 9-2, 9-0.
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