Camilleri downs Wee while Corren also wins in Hobart

11-Jul-2010 - Squash Australia

Queensland’s Lisa Camilleri made it five tournaments in a row when she downed top seeded Malaysian Sharon Wee in five games in the final of theTasmanian Open squash tournament in Hobart on Sunday.
Camilleri had to come from 2/1 down in the decider to outlast the Malaysian 11-7, 10-12, 7-11, 11-5, 11-6 and claim her 11th title on the Women’s International Squash Players’ Association (WISPA) tour.
In the men’s final South Australia’s Mike Corren notched up his 28th win on the men’s professional tour when he saw off a tenacious Nathan Stevenson 11-8, 11-7, 11-5.
Camilleri, the world number 39, and the 34th ranked Wee are separated by only five places on the WISPA rankings and they were evenly matched throughout.
After losing the first game Wee came back to win the next two, only for Camilleri to regroup and take the match into a decider.
“That last game was close,” Camilleri said. “It was 5-5, then 6-6, but then Sharon seemed to fall into a bit of a hole – but it was a pretty exciting match.”
The 27-year-old from Tully in North Queensland has now won all five tournaments on the 2010 Australian Squash Tour so far.
She plays the NSW Classic in Sydney later this week before having a week off ahead of the Queensland Open in Rockhampton.
She then has another week off before the Australian Open in Canberra beginning on August 10.
She admitted that she was beginning to feel the strain of playing so much squash over the past two months.
“I’m getting a little tired – it’s been a tough week,” Camilleri said.
Corren is also feeling the strain of a heavy schedule and revealed he was pulling out of the next four tournaments, including the Australian Open, because of a lower back injury.
“I’ve started favouring my left side to protect the right and it’s just getting worse,” he said.
“I’m really disappointed because I had a good chance of winning a couple of them.
“But it has to be fun to play these events, and at the moment I’m not having much fun.”

Results (prefix denotes seeding):

Finals

Men

1-Mike Corren (SA) bt 2-Nathan Stevenson (Qld) 11-8, 11-7, 11-5

Women

2-Lisa Camilleri (Qld) bt 1-Sharon Wee (MAS) 11-7, 10-12, 7-11, 11-5, 11-6