RESULTS:    NSC Super Squash Satellite No3, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Men's 1st round:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt [Q] Alex Grayson (NZL)     11-6, 13-11, 11-3 (25m)
[7] Ivan Yuen (MAS) bt Peter Kviecinsky (SVK)     11-0, 11-4, 11-4 (15m)
[4] Stephane Galifi (FRA) bt Justin Beard (AUS)     11-7, 11-7, 11-3 (27m)
[Q] Cheng Yao Huang (TPE) bt [8] Naresh Kumar (IND)     7-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-5, 11-9 (56m)
[6] Elvinn Keo (MAS) bt Anson Kwong (HKG)     11-7, 11-6, 11-13, 11-8 (31m)
[3] Zac Alexander (AUS) bt Mithran Selvaratnam (MAS)     11-4, 11-2, 11-8 (26m)
[5] Steven Robinson (AUS) bt [Q] Jo Wen Ng (MAS)     11-8, 7-11, 11-7, 12-10 (37m)
[Q] Kamran Khan (MAS) bt [2] Dick Lau (HKG)     11-13, 12-10, 10-12, 11-2, 11-5 (68m)
    Quarter-finals:
[7] Ivan Yuen (MAS) bt [1] Mike Corren (AUS)     5-11, 11-5, 14-12, 11-6 (42m)
[4] Stephane Galifi (FRA) bt [Q] Cheng Yao Huang (TPE)     11-3, 7-11, 11-4, 11-5 (32m)
[3] Zac Alexander (AUS) bt [6] Elvinn Keo (MAS)     11-6, 11-4, 8-11, 13-11 (37m)
[Q] Kamran Khan (MAS) bt [5] Steven Robinson (AUS)     11-6, 10-12, 12-10, 9-11, 11-5 (71m)
    Semi-finals:
[4] Stephane Galifi (FRA) bt [7] Ivan Yuen (MAS)     11-6, 9-11, 11-2, 11-5 (51m)
[Q] Kamran Khan (MAS) bt [3] Zac Alexander (AUS)     11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 17-19, 11-9 (75m)
    Final:
[4] Stephane Galifi (FRA) bt [Q] Kamran Khan (MAS)     11-3, 11-2, 11-3 (22m)
 
Women's 1st round:
[1] Sharon Wee (MAS) bt [Q] Rachael Goh (MAS)     11-4, 11-2, 11-4 (20m)
[8] Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS) bt [Q] Kuan Choy Lin (MAS)     11-4, 11-6, 11-7 (18m)
[3] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt Nessrine Ariffin (MAS)     w/o
[7] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) bt Misaki Kobayashi (JPN)     11-4, 3-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-7 (47m)
[6] Low Wee Wern (MAS) bt Tan Yan Xin (MAS)     11-4, 11-5, 11-6 (15m)
[4] Joelle King (NZL) bt Low Wee Nee (MAS)     11-7, 6-11, 11-4, 11-7 (24m)
[5] Lim Yoke Wah (MAS) bt Pushppa Devi (MAS)     11-7, 11-4, 11-3 (14m)
[2] Donna Urquhart (AUS) bt Josefa Bertilsson (SWE)     11-1, 11-6, 11-1 (10m)
    Quarter-finals:
[1] Sharon Wee (MAS) bt [8] Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS)     11-6, 11-3, 11-7 (18m)
[3] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt [7] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN)     11-8, 11-7, 11-7 (25m)
[6] Low Wee Wern (MAS) bt [4] Joelle King (NZL)     12-10, 11-8, 11-6 (29m)
[2] Donna Urquhart (AUS) bt [5] Lim Yoke Wah (MAS)     12-10, 9-11, 13-11, 8-11, 12-10 (58m)
    Semi-finals:
[3] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt [1] Sharon Wee (MAS)     11-9, 11-9, 12-14, 11-2 (35m)
[6] Low Wee Wern (MAS) bt [2] Donna Urquhart (AUS)     11-9, 4-11, 11-8, 11-4 (33m)
     Final:
[3] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt [6] Low Wee Wern (MAS)     11-8, 11-5, 11-3 (22m)


India’s Joshna Chinappa and Frenchman Stephane Galifi triumphed in today’s (Friday) finals of the NSC Super Squash Satellite No3 - against expectations - at the Bukit Jalil National Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Remarkably, fourth seed Galifi won the men’s title without having to overcoming a higher-seeded opponent.  The 30-year-old from Aix-en-Provence brushed aside seventh-seeded local hero Ivan Yuen (who beat favourite Mike Corren in the previous round) then another Malaysian Kamran Khan in the final.

Khan, a qualifier, upset the second, third and fifth seeds to make the climax – but the 18-year-old from KL was no match for the Frenchman as Galifi romped to a 11-3, 11-2, 11-3 triumph in 22 minutes.

The win marked Galifi’s third PSA Tour title in a row – and his fourth of the year.

Joshna Chinappa made her breakthrough in the women’s semi-finals, beating local favourite Sharon Wee in four games.  In the final, the 22-year-old from Chennai beat rising Malaysian star Low Wee Wern, the 18-year-old sixth seed 11-8, 11-5, 11-3.