Mixed fortunes for Australians in Chennai

06-Mar-2010 - Squash Australia

There were mixed fortunes for the two Australians in action in the quarter-finals of the Chennai Open squash tournament in Chennai, India on Friday night.
New South Wales’s Kasey Brown continued her recent good form when she downed New Zealand rival Jaclyn Hawkes in a tough four game clash, however Queenslander Rachael Grinham suffered a shock loss to seventh seeded Frenchwoman Camille Serme.
Brown, who last week won the Dayton Open in Ohio, took 70 minutes to overcome Hawkes 11-6, 8-11, 11-9, 11-4, showing why she has risen to number 10 in the world.
She now has the daunting task of taking on undisputed world number one Nicol David in the semi-finals after the Malaysian superstar downed Mexico’s Samantha Teran 11-9, 11-4, 12-10.
Meanwhile, Grinham won the first game comfortably but lost the second in a tiebreak then fell away to lose 4-11, 12-10, 11-3, 11-3.
Serme plays England’s Jenny Duncalf in the second semi-final.

Quarter-final results – prefix denotes seeding:

Women

1-Nicol David (MAS) bt 8-Samantha Teran (MEX) 11-9, 11-4, 12-10
7-Kasey Brown (AUS) bt Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) 11-6, 8-11, 11-9, 11-4
6-Camille Serme (FRA) bt 3-Rachael Grinham (AUS) 4-11, 12-10, 11-3, 11-3
2-Jenny Duncalf (ENG) bt 5-Laura Massaro (ENG) 12-10, 11-9, 11-9

Men

1-Ong Beng Hee (MAS) bt 7-Yann Perrin (FRA) 11-5, 11-8, 11-8
3-Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) bt 8-Alan Clyne (SCO) 9-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-5
4-Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt 6-Chris Simpson (ENG) 11-7, 11-7, 11-13, 11-7
2-Jonathan Kemp (ENG) bt Laurence Delasaux (ENG) 11-9, 11-4, 11-7