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RESULTS: Women's Florida State Squash Open, Boca Raton, USA

1st round:
[1] Heidi Mather (AUS) bt Georgina Stoker (ENG) 9-1, 9-0, 9-1
Samantha Teran (MEX) bt [7] Meredeth Quick (USA) 9-4, 9-3, 9-6
[4] Katie Patrick (CAN) bt Alejandra Mendoza Mercado (MEX) 9-0, 9-3, 9-2
Nicolette Fernandes (GUY) bt [6] Marnie Baizley (CAN) 9-5, 4-9, 9-7, 9-2
[8] Margriet Huisman (NED) bt Elise Ng (HKG) 9-5, 9-4, 10-9
[3] Alana Miller (CAN) bt Louisa Hall (USA) 9-1, 6-9, 9-6, 9-0
Tara Mullins (CAN) bt [5] Shabana Khan (USA) 9-5, 10-9, 6-9, 10-8
[2] Vicky Hynes (ENG) bt Lily Lorentzen (USA) 9-7, 9-5, 9-2
    Quarter-finals:
Samantha Teran (MEX) bt [1] Heidi Mather (AUS) 9-2, 10-9, 1-9, 9-2
[4] Katie Patrick (CAN) bt Nicolette Fernandes (GUY) 10-8, 10-8, 9-0
[3] Alana Miller (CAN) bt [8] Margriet Huisman (NED) 7-9, 9-5, 5-9, 9-4, 9-2
[2] Vicky Hynes (ENG) bt Tara Mullins (CAN) 9-3, 9-2, 9-2
    Semi-finals:
Samantha Teran (MEX) bt [4] Katie Patrick (CAN) 9-7, 5-9, 9-4, 4-9, 9-1
[3] Alana Miller (CAN) bt [2] Vicky Hynes (ENG) 9-10, 4-9, 9-7, 9-7, 9-6
    Final:
Samantha Teran (MEX) bt [3] Alana Miller (CAN) 9-4, 9-3, 3-9, 0-9, 9-7

Samantha Soars To Florida Success

Unseeded Mexican Samantha Teran continued to confound the seedings in the Women's Florida State Squash Open when she dismissed three seeds on the way to the final in Boca Raton, USA, before beating third-seeded Canadian Alana Miller in a five-game thriller to lift the WISPA World Tour title in style.

Fighting back from a serious knee injury in 2003, Teran entered last month's Atlanta Masters and Calgary Open unseeded - but reached the quarter-finals of the latter and the last four of the former before arriving in Florida.

The 23-year-old from Mexico City made her breakthrough in Boca Raton when she toppled top seed Heidi Mather in the quarter-finals.  Victory over Canada's Katie Patrick, the fourth seed, took Teran into the final against Miller, who had upset England's No2 seed Vicky Hynes in the other semi.

Teran was on top for the first two games of the final and raced to a 2/0 lead.  But in the third and fourth games, she began to tire and this allowed Miller's reach, drops and kill shots to become more effective.

The Canadian went 6-1 ahead in the fifth, but was unable to hold this advantage as Teran fought back to draw level at 7-7 and then went 8-7 for match ball.  Alana managed to stave off two match points before losing the match on a stroke to give Teran a notable 9-4 9-3 3-9 0-9 9-7 victory.