WORLD SQUASH NEWS
RESULTS: Women's Heliopolis Squash Open, Cairo, Egypt
1st round:
[1] Carol Owens (NZL) bt [Q] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) 9-5, 9-0, 9-1 (22m)
[5] Rebecca Macree (ENG) bt [Q] Salma Shabana (EGY) 9-7, 9-6, 9-4 (35m)
[4] Cassie Jackman (ENG) bt Shelley Kitchen (NZL) 0-9, 9-4, 9-6, 9-2 (35m)
[6] Fiona Geaves (ENG) bt Madeline Perry (IRL) 7-9, 2-9, 9-2, 9-2, 9-3 (45m)
[8] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) bt [Q] Dominique Lloyd-Walter (ENG) 9-4, 9-0, 9-4 (26m)
[3] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt [Q] Nicol David (MAS) 5-9, 10-8, 9-4, 2-9, 9-2 (67m)
[7] Stephanie Brind (ENG) bt Pamela Nimmo (SCO) 1-9, 3-9, 9-1, 9-4, 9-6 (44m)
[2] Linda Charman (ENG) bt Rebecca Chiu (HKG) 9-3, 9-4, 9-7 (46m)
Grinham Holds David At Bay In Cairo
Australia's third seed Rachael Grinham needed to call upon all her
experience, coupled with the exploitation of 'hometown' advantage, to resist the
challenge of Malaysian qualifier Nicol David in the opening round of the $20,000
Women's Heliopolis Squash Open in Cairo, Egypt.
Originally from Toowoomba in Queensland, Grinham has made great strides on
the WISPA World Tour since moving to Cairo more than a year ago. But the
26-year-old was taken the full distance by David, the 19-year-old twice world junior
champion who is fighting back to form after a long layoff last year.
It took 67 minutes for Grinham to claim her 5-9 10-8 9-4 2-9 9-2 victory and
a place in the quarter-finals against local star Omneya Abdel Kawy, the eighth
seed who despatched English qualifier Dominique Lloyd-Walter 9-4 9-0 9-4.
New Zealand's top seed Carol Owens extended her unbeaten run this season with
a 9-5 9-0 9-1 win over English qualifier Jenny Duncalf in just 22 minutes.
Owens faces another English opponent Rebecca Macree in the quarter-finals after
the fifth seed beat Egyptian qualifier Salma Shabana 9-7 9-6 9-4 in 35
minutes.
England's Linda Charman, elevated to No2 seed on the withdrawal of USA's
Natalie Pohrer who was struck down with flu after competing in last week's WISPA
World Grand Prix Finals in Qatar, beat Hong Kong's Asian Games champion Rebecca
Chiu 9-3 9-4 9-7. Charman now faces seventh seed Stephanie Brind in one of
two all-English quarter-finals after her compatriot bravely fought back from
2-0 down to conquer Scotland's Pamela Nimmo 1-9 3-9 9-1 9-4 9-6.