RESULTS: Southwest Open, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
1st round:
[1] Latasha Khan (USA) bt [Q] Shona Kerr (ENG) 11-2, 11-3, 11-2
[5] Adel Weir-Nunan (RSA) bt Ivonne Diaz (MEX) 6-11, 11-7, 14-12, 13-11
[4] Victoria Lust (ENG) bt [Q] Susan Lawrence (ENG) 11-2, 11-8, 11-4
[6] Samantha Cornett (CAN) bt Catalina Pelaez (COL) 12-10, 11-6, 6-11, 11-4
[8] Leonie Holt (ENG) bt [Q] Shabana Khan (USA) 11-5, 11-9, 11-5
[3] Pamela Chua (SIN) bt Elpiniki Clement (USA) 11-5, 11-3, 11-8
[Q] Larissa Stephenson (NZL) bt [7] Genevieve Lessard (CAN) 11-3, 12-10, 11-3
[2] Alexandra Norman (CAN) bt Imelda Salazar Martinez (MEX) 11-6, 11-7, 11-7
Quarter-finals:
[1] Latasha Khan (USA) bt [5] Adel Weir-Nunan (RSA) 11-7, 11-8, 11-7
[4] Victoria Lust (ENG) bt [6] Samantha Cornett (CAN) 11-4, 11-8, 11-4
[8] Leonie Holt (ENG) bt [3] Pamela Chua (SIN) 9-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-3
[2] Alexandra Norman (CAN) bt [Q] Larissa Stephenson (NZL) 13-11, 11-7, 11-7
Semi-finals:
[1] Latasha Khan (USA) bt [4] Victoria Lust (ENG) 11-8, 12-10, 10-12, 11-8
[2] Alexandra Norman (CAN) bt [8] Leonie Holt (ENG) 11-7, 7-11, 11-4, 8-11, 11-9
Final:
[2] Alexandra Norman (CAN) bt [1] Latasha Khan (USA) 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 9-11, 11-5
Canada's Alexandra Norman celebrated her maiden WISPA World Tour squash title success when she beat top seed Latasha Khan in the final of the $6,600 Women's Southwest Open at Life Time Fitness in Phoenix in the US state of Arizona.
Second seed Norman, ranked outside the world top 60, was facing world No26 Khan for the third time on the Tour in almost two years - and looking for her first win.
And the England-born 27-year-old from Montreal took the first two games before the experienced Khan, a former world No18 from Seattle, battled back to draw level.
But Norman held her nerve to close out the match 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 9-11, 11-5 to claim her first Tour win in only her 18th event since joining WISPA some two and a half years ago.