WORLD SQUASH NEWS
RESULTS: Women's Vassar College Class of 1932 Squash Open, Poughkeepsie,
NY, USA
Final:
[1] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt [6] Vicky Botwright (ENG) 9-0, 9-5, 9-4
Grinham Halts Botwright Breakthrough
Top-seeded Australian Rachael Grinham put an end to the giant-killing
performance of England's Vicky Botwright when she beat the sixth seed in
straight games in the final of the $18,000 Women's Vassar College Class of
1932 Squash Open in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA.
After advancing to her second WISPA World Tour final in two weeks, Botwright
was unable to recapture the form she found in the semi-final against No2 seed
Vanessa Atkinson and in the quarter-finals against third-seeded compatriot
Fiona Geaves. Despite the world No18 from Manchester's great efforts to keep
the ball tight and deep, Grinham controlled the entire match and unleashed a
barrage of crowd-thrilling winners from all corners of the court before
claiming her 9-0, 9-5, 9-4 victory.
Grinham, the 26-year-old world No8 from Queensland, will be pleased with her
11th WISPA World Tour title - after a shock quarter-final exit in last week's
Greenwich Open in Connecticut.