RESULTS: Women's Carol Weymuller US Open Squash Championship, New York, USA
1st round:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [Q] Emma Beddoes (ENG) 11-5, 11-1, 11-8
[7] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) bt [Q] Latasha Khan (USA) 8-11, 11-6, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9
[4] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) bt [Q] Annelize Naude (NED) 11-4, 11-2, 8-11, 11-1
Tania Bailey (ENG) bt [6] Kasey Brown (AUS) 11-9, 11-6, 6-11, 11-9
[5] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt [Q] Joshna Chinappa (IND) 11-2, 11-9, 17-15
[3] Alison Waters (ENG) bt Donna Urquhart (AUS) 11-6, 11-9, 11-3
Samantha Teran (MEX) bt [8] Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) 6-11, 12-10, 11-8, 15-13
[2] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt Dominique Lloyd-Walter (ENG) 8-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-5, 11-8
Quarter-finals:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [7] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) 11-9, 11-6, 12-10
[4] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) bt Tania Bailey (ENG) 11-8, 11-9, 11-4
[3] Alison Waters (ENG) bt [5] Laura Massaro (ENG) 11-3, 11-13, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9
[2] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt Samantha Teran (MEX) 11-2, 11-6, 11-9
Third seed Alison Waters avenged her defeat last month to Laura Massaro, surviving a tough five-game clash with her English compatriot in the Women's Carol Weymuller US Open to reach the semi-finals of the $42,450 WISPA World Tour Silver event at Heights Casino in New York, USA.
"I played Laura two weeks ago in Hong Kong and lost 3/2, so it’s really good to win this time," said Londoner Waters after her 11-3, 11-13, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9 win. "I felt relatively in control, but I didn’t seem to finish it off enough. I’m looking forward to playing Rachael tomorrow."
Second seed Rachael Grinham reached the quarter-finals after recovering from 1/2 down against England's Dominique Lloyd-Walter. The Australian's opponent in the quarter-finals was Samantha Teran, the unseeded Mexican who upset New Zealand's 8th seed Jaclyn Hawkes in the first round.
Grinham closed out the match in straight games, beating Teran 11-2, 11-6, 11-9.
"I am glad to have won that - I was happy to get a good start," said Grinham. "She seemed to be getting more and more into it as the match went on. After yesterday I was glad to win in three and I don’t think that it hurt me that she had a match lasting over an hour and half last night!”
Teran added: "It was my first time playing Rachael and it was a great experience as she plays such a different game than most people and I feel I really learned about where to put the ball as she really moves the ball around so well. In the second and third games I felt a bit more comfortable which was nice. It was a good tournament for me."
The other semi-final will pit favourite Nicol David, the world number one from Malaysia, against England's fourth seed Jenny Duncalf - in what will be the pair's third meeting in six weeks.
Top seed David despatched Dutch number one Vanessa Atkinson 11-9, 11-6, 12-10 while Duncalf beat compatriot Tania Bailey 11-8, 11-9, 11-4.
"I’m very happy to win 3/0 against Tan," said Duncalf. "She’s such a great player and even though she’s had a tough time recently with her injuries, you can never relax because she can hammer one in at any moment!"
Semi-final line-up:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) v [4] Jenny Duncalf (ENG)
[2] Rachael Grinham (AUS) v [3] Alison Waters (ENG)