RESULTS:    Taiwan Open Squash Championships, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

Men's 1st round:
[1] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [Q] Nyeon-Ho Lee (KOR)     9-11, 13-11, 11-3, 11-7 (45m)
Cheng Yao Huang (TPE) bt [8] Chris Truswell (ENG)     11-6, 7-11, 11-8, 11-6 (47m)
[4] Chris Simpson (ENG) bt [Q] Ahmed Hawas (EGY)     11-6, 11-6, 11-6 (28m)
[6] Matthew Karwalski (AUS) bt [Q] Anson Kwong (HKG)     9-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8 (68m)
[7] James Snell (ENG) bt [Q] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN)     11-8, 13-11, 11-9 (43m)
[3] Dick Lau (HKG) bt Colin Ramasra (TRI)     11-3, 11-5, 11-3 (26m)
[5] Max Lee (HKG) bt Steven Robinson (AUS)     11-9, 11-7, 11-8 (28m)
[2] Yasir Butt (PAK) bt Aqeel Rehman (AUT)     11-8 ret.
    Quarter-finals:
[1] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt Cheng Yao Huang (TPE)     11-5, 11-7, 11-5 (41m)
[4] Chris Simpson (ENG) bt [6] Matthew Karwalski (AUS)     9-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-8 (47m)
[3] Dick Lau (HKG) bt [7] James Snell (ENG)     13-11, 14-12, 11-8 (53m)
[2] Yasir Butt (PAK) bt [5] Max Lee (HKG)     11-4, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9 (50m)
    Semi-finals:
[4] Chris Simpson (ENG) bt [1] Jan Koukal (CZE)     11-3, 10-12, 11-5, 11-7 (67m)
[2] Yasir Butt (PAK) bt [3] Dick Lau (HKG)     11-6, 7-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6 (56m)
    Final:
[4] Chris Simpson (ENG) bt [2] Yasir Butt (PAK)     11-8, 12-10, 11-1 (45m)

Women's 1st round:
[1] Sharon Wee (MAS) bt Song Sun-Mi (KOR)     11-8, 11-5, 10-12, 11-3 (29m)
[7] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) bt [Q] Li Chun Ping (TPE)     11-2, 11-0, 11-1 (17m)
Joey Chan (HKG) bt [4] Camille Serme (FRA)     9-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-8 (35m)
Mami Nishio (JPN) bt [8] Park Eun Ok (KOR)     11-7, 11-7, 12-10 (35m)
[6] Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt [Q] Miwa Maekawa (JPN)     11-8, 11-8, 11-6 (20m)
[3] Lisa Camilleri (AUS) bt Coline Aumard (FRA)     11-2, 11-6, 11-7 (29m)
[5] Annie Au (HKG) bt Ahn Eun Chan (KOR)     11-6, 11-13, 11-9, 5-11, 11-8 (40m)
[2] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt Faustine Gilles (FRA)     7-11, 11-3, 12-10, 11-5 (26m)
    Quarter-finals:
[1] Sharon Wee (MAS) bt [7] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN)     11-9, 12-10, 11-4 (40m)
Joey Chan (HKG) bt Mami Nishio (JPN)     11-3, 11-5, 11-9 (23m)
[3] Lisa Camilleri (AUS) bt [6] Dipika Pallikal (IND)     11-5, 14-12, 11-6 (30m)
[5] Annie Au (HKG) bt [2] Joshna Chinappa (IND)     11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 8-11, 11-3 (45m)
    Semi-finals:
[1] Sharon Wee (MAS) bt Joey Chan (HKG)     11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 11-2 (31m)
[5] Annie Au (HKG) bt [3] Lisa Camilleri (AUS)     11-6, 3-11, 11-9, 11-5 (34m)
    Final:
[5] Annie Au (HKG) bt [1] Sharon Wee (MAS)     11-6, 11-8, 11-3 (25m)


The first professional squash event to be held in Chinese Taipei ended in surprise successes for both Englishman Chris Simpson and Hong Kong's Annie Au in the Taiwan Open Championships at the National Taiwan University Sports Centre in Taipei.

Chris Simpson, fourth seed in the men's $14,750 PSA Tour event, made his breakthrough in the semi-finals when he upset top-seeded Czech Jan Koukal 11-3, 10-12, 11-5, 11-7 in 67 minutes to reach the first PSA final of his career.

The Guernsey-born 21-year-old - playing in his first Tour event since January - then faced Pakistan's Yasir Butt, the 20-year-old from Lahore celebrating his fourth Tour final of the year, but looking for his maiden title.

But Yorkshire-based Simpson was too strong for the second seed, beating Butt 11-8, 12-10, 11-1 in 45 minutes to mark his first PSA Tour title triumph.

The final of the women's $10,900 WISPA World Tour event saw Annie Au pull off her third successive upset in the championship - and also win her third Tour title in two months against expectations.

The 19-year-old left-hander battled for five games to beat India's second seed Joshna Chinappa in the quarter-finals before continuing her giant-killing run in the semis with a four-game victory over third-seeded Australian Lisa Camilleri.

In the final - her fifth on the WISPA Tour - Au despatched Malaysian favourite Sharon Wee 11-6, 11-8, 11-3 in just 25 minutes to record the fourth title success of her brief career.