Tegwen Denies Khan Double In Seattle
The chance of US squash-playing sisters Latasha Khan and Shabana Khan competing alongside each other in the Women's PMI Seattle Open in their brother's club in Seattle have been dashed by Welsh champion Tegwen Malik in the qualifying finals for the Silver 25 WISPA World Tour event.
After staging a brave fight-back in the third game, elder sister Shabana went down 9-0 9-1 10-8 to Malik, who goes on to face third seed Nicol David, from Malaysia, in the first round.
There was another North American casualty in the qualifying finals when 's Melanie Jans Burke lost out to 's Alison Waters. The 9-2 9-4 9-3 win takes Waters through to a first round clash with team-mate Vicky Botwright, the seventh seed.
Meanwhile Latasha Khan, the six-times champion, leads domestic interest in the bottom half of the draw where she takes on second seed Vanessa Atkinson, the world champion from the Netherlands.
Fifth seed Natalie Grainger leads local interest in the top half of the draw. The 28-year-old world No5 from
Updated 1st round draw:
[1] Rachael Grinham (AUS) v [Q] Pamela Nimmo (SCO)
[5] Natalie Grainger (USA) v [Q] Laura-Jane Lengthorn (ENG)
[4] Natalie Grinham (AUS) v Tania Bailey (ENG)
[6] Linda Elriani (ENG) v Shelley Kitchen (NZL)
[7] Vicky Botwright (ENG) v [Q] Alison Waters (ENG)
[3] Nicol David (MAS) v [Q] Tegwen Malik (WAL)
[8] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) v Jenny Duncalf (ENG)
[2] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) v Latasha Khan (USA)
RESULTS: Women's PMI
Qualifying finals:
Alison Waters (ENG) bt Melanie Jans Burke (CAN) 9-2, 9-4, 9-3
Laura-Jane Lengthorn (ENG) bt Samantha Teran (MEX) 9-1, 5-9, 9-4, 9-3
Tegwen Malik (WAL) bt Shabana Khan (USA) 9-0, 9-1, 10-8
Pamela Nimmo (SCO) bt Emma Parke (ENG) 9-0, 9-0, 9-3