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USA Stalwarts in Melbourne Masters
by Elspeth Burnside Oct 14, 2001 © 2001 Elspeth Burnside and Squashtalk
[last update was 16-oct-01 ]

Masters: USA players progress in Play Downunder.

Alger, Millman's, Elliot Make Good Showing in Melbourne

Melbourne, Oct 14 2001.

Five American-based players - Debbie Brown and Richard Elliot from California, Richard and Pat Millman from Mamaroneck NY, and Mark Alger from Alaska - took part in the World Masters during the first week of the fabulous three week Melbourne Squash Festival.

Pat had cause for celebration, reaching the third round of the 45-49 age-group before succumbing to one of the legends of the sport, Australia's former World Open champion Vicki Cardswell, who went on to win the title. In the men's 40-44, Richard (Pat's husband and co-owner of Westchester Squash) scored a 3-1 win over Australian David Mennie in his opening tie, but then went out 3-1 to another home country player, Wayne Johnson. Richard, who had a much stronger result in Sheffield last time the Masters was held, has been hamstrung by hip woes in the past year, and his progress, though disappoint to him, was still impressive.

Debbie lost in the first round of the 35-39 year-old section, going down in four games to England's Sue Williams.

And California pro Richard Elliot had a strong result, reaching the semi-final of the men's 35+ division, before losing to eventual winner and #1 seed, Craig van der Wath from South Africa.

But the most impressive appearance had to be Alaskan Mark Alger. Alger, who American hardball fans may remember as the shining star from Seattle in the mid-70s, one of the great coaching students of Jusef Khan (father of Latasha and Shabana Khan), is now residing in remote, rural Alaska and works as a pilot for Alaskan Airlines. His squash is limited to a small pool of players in Alaska and the odd game he can muster up in his travels as a pilot. He made the long trip to Melbourne and aquitted himself well in the over 40 division, winning one match before losing in straight games to the #1 seed, South African Trevor Wilkinson.