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Jans Knock out US #1 Latasha
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Ron Beck © 2002 SquashTalk
May
10, 2002 © 2002
Canada outshines USA by the Bay
Bay Club, San Francisco. Thursday May 9 2002
Jans Jumps To San
Francisco Challenge
A week after losing her title in the Canadian National championships,
Melanie Jans, world # 35, rediscovered her form in the SportKit Women's
International Squash Challenge in San Francisco, USA, when she scored
a minor upset over world # 27 Latasha Khan, from Seattle, USA, 9-7 9-2
9-2 in the first round.
Jans, 28, from Toronto, now meets England's 4th seed Jenny Tranfield who defeated compatriot Vicky Lankester, a qualifier, 9-4 9-1 9-2.
Latasha, who also lost in the first round last week in Salt Lake City, now will be looking to regroup next week in Las Vegas, where she faces highly regarded Fiona Geaves in the first round. Khan will want to be on the upswing before her first of two appearances in her hometown, Seattle, where she will participate in the US Women's Selections after the upcoming WISPA event.
Top seed Sarah Fitz-Gerald, the four-times world champion from Australia, cruised to a 9-1 9-0 9-3 victory over English qualifier Jenny Duncalf to claim her 36th successive match victory on the WISPA World Tour since last being beaten in August last year. Meanwhile, in the other half of the draw, Tania Bailey and Stephanie Brind from England both advanced towards a likely semi-final meeting.
RESULTS: SportKit Women's
International Squash Challenge, San Francisco, USA 1st round: [1] Sarah
Fitzgerald (AUS) bt [Q] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) 9-1 9-0 9-3 [6] Maha Zein
(EGY) bt Shabana Khan (USA) 9-3 9-2 9-2 [4] Jenny Tranfield (ENG) bt [Q]
Vicky Lankester (ENG) 9-4 9-1 9-2 Melanie Jans (CAN) bt [8] Latasha Khan
(USA) 9-7 9-2 9-2 [7] Senga Macfie (SCO) bt [Q] Kate Allison (ENG) 9-2
9-5 9-3 [3] Tania Bailey (ENG) bt [Q] Carla Khan (PAK) 9-1 9-1 9-0 [5]
Annelize Naude (RSA) bt Wendy Maitland (SCO) 9-5 9-0 9-4 [2] Stephanie
Brind (ENG) bt Eman El Amir (EGY) 9-4 10-9 9-4
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