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and England win again
(
Martin Bronstein, Squashtalk reporter on the scene in Penang's
Squash Centre.
[also:
Team draws]
All content © 2001 Squashtalk
by Martin Bronstein, Penang,
23 July 2001 (updated 07/24/2001 6:19 AM)
All content ©
2001 Squashtalk. Photos © 2001 : Ho Kah Yeow for SquashTalk
NOT QUITE A GROSS MISCARRIAGE OF
JUSTICE BUT…
The US team of Princess Leilas took their second straight games victory
when they met Ireland, but there were a couple of question marks. For
instance, in the programme the Irish team listed Siobhan Parker at number
three. However they may have listed their team alphabetically. But the
fact is that the player that Michelle Quibell had to play at first string
was….Siobhan Parker. Well, Michelle had a few hiccups in the first game
which she won 9-5, but then cruised through quite comfortably to win the
next two without dropping a point.
ALI THE 16 YEAR OLD VET.
The number threes played next and up came Ali Pearson from Philadelphia,
where she is coached by Bryan Patterson, formerly of the Casino Heights
Club. Even though she's only 16 Ali is a bit of a veteran in international
squash, having played for the US two years ago in Antwerp. Her opponent,
Emma Toolan put up a bit more of a fight, but this was number three squash,
with not too much sophistication. The referee was Chas Evans, an experienced
New Zealander, who is also assessing the other refs. So there were no
bad decisions and Ali kept her cool to win in three as expected.
HAS THE REFEREE SEEN A GAME OF
SQUASH BEFORE?
Things were entirely different when Amy Gross took on the Ireland
number two Tanya Owens. First of all Owens was a much better player than
Parker, the Irish number one. Not slightly better - much better. The result
could have been (finally) a good tussle between two fairly equal players.
But the new referee gave out Strokes like a man with six arms and four
hands on the end of each arm. And most of them went against Gross. For
example, she hit a bad shot which came down her left side, quit close.
Had Owens had her racket ready to strike the ball, she would have got
a stroke. But she was facing the right wall, and her rack was toward s
the back wall. There was no way she could got the racket back in time
to touch the ball. The referee gave her a stroke. I was sitting next to
the assessor and from his furious writing, he saw this as one of many
atrocious decisions.
Gross took it all in her stride and simply kept on playing her game; she hits the ball very well indeed and when she strikes her two handed backhand, she reminds me of Peter Marshall…that ball just keeps to the wall like paint. She lost the first game, fairly I should add because Owens was picking up some great balls and her short game was intelligent. But once Gross really got going she was in charge. Time and time again her forehand cross court drives - she's a lefty - caught Owens going the wrong way. She also keeps low, bends her knee like your first coach told you to, and cracks that ball with authority. She won the next three games, shaking her head at some of the strokes against her, but getting straight back to business in the next rally. A solid performance.
AUSTRALIA KEEPS PACE
Australia, the US rivals for top of Pool D, also notched up their second
3/0, against Hong Kong to set up the decider for tomorrow. One Australian
coach, who is visiting on behalf of Greys rackets, says it will be a walkover
and actually fancies Australia to take the title. I said in my preview
that they were the dark horses, but more and more, it seems that England
may emerge with the title, due to their strength in depth. However in
Kasey Brown, Australi have a number three of equal strength.
ENGLAND CAP THE DUTCH
The England one and three raced through their matches in under 40 minutes
to firm the result leaving the entertaining Alison Walters to provide
the entertainment with her shot making - and the occasional truly awful
error. She beat Orla Noom (are you sure that is not an anagram?) 10-8
in the first game after leading 5-0 and then going walkies to allow Miss
Noom to not only catch up but get to game point. Walters got back into
the game to win it and then take the next two 9-2, 9-2. Like I said, it
ain't gonna get interesting until a couple of ties tomorrow and then the
real nailbiting starts on Thursday.
NO REST FOR KAWY OR DAVID
Both Malaysia and Egypt insisted on playing their number ones, rather
than resting them for the latter stages. This means that Nicol David has
played every day for a week. Now it is true that she has never spent more
than 20 minutes on court but the mental pressure is there.
Fortunately Malaysia have won their two matches and hence their pool and have no game on Tuesday and Wednesday is a rest day. David dropped six points to New Zealand's Kylie Lindsay, while Tricia Chuah, dropped just 11 points against Jacklyn Hawkes. Egypt also played Omneya Abdel Kawy again, but as they are in Pool C with three other teams, they have a further game tomorrow against Singapore, so she will only get one rest day.
SECOND POOL MATCHES RESULTS MONDAY
JULY 23
Playing order: 1-3-2.
POOL A
MALAYSIA 3 NEW ZEALAND 0
Nicol David bt Kylie Lindsay 9-1, 9-5, 9-0. Sally Looi bt Larissa Stephenson
9-4, 9-10, 9-6. Tricia Chuah bt Jaclyn Hawkes 9-7, 9-0, 9-4.
(Malaysia assured of advance to medal
round)
POOL B
ENGLAND 3 NETHERLANDS 0
Laura Jane Lengthorn bt Magriet Huisman 9-0, 9-1, 9-1. Tina Rix bt Shari
Marges 9-2, 9-2, 9-0. Alison Walters bt Orla Noom 10-8, 9-2, 9-2
(England and India assured of advance to medal round, Holland into consolation round)
POOL C
EGYPT 3 GERMANY 0
Omneya Abdel Kawy bt Kathrin Rohrmuller 9-6, 9-0, 9-0. Sara Bardr bt Sandra
Ziemolis 9-5, 9-4, 9-0. Amna El Tarabolsy bt Jennifer Post 9-0, 9-6, 4-9,
9-1.
SWITZERLAND 3 SINGAPORE 0
Manuela Zehnder bt Janice Wong 9-0, 9-4, 9-1. Rosalinda Santo bt Gooh
Mui-Yen 9-2, 9-6, 9-4. Melanie Scarlato bt Ten Pe-Qi 9-0, 3-9,9=3, 9-7.
(Egypt assured of advance to medal round, Singapore into consolation round)
POOL D USA 3 IRELAND 0 Michelle Quibell bt Siobhan Parker 9-5, 9-0, 9-0. Ali Pearson bt Emma Toolan 9-2, 9-6, 9-1. Amy Gross bt Tanya Owens 3-9, 9-1, 9-6, 9-2. AUSTRALIA 3 HONG KONG 0 Lisa Camilleri bt Frances Ho 9-0, 9-4, 9-4. Georgina David btg Natalie So 9-5, 9-7, 9-0. Kasey Brown bt Connie Choic 9-3, 9-3, 9-3.
(USA and Australia assured of advance to medal round, Ireland and Hong Kong into consolation round)
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