Squash Brown bows out
31 Jul 2009
Grinham battles through as Brown bows out
UK-based Queenslander Rachael Grinham battled her way into the semi-finals of the Malaysian Open squash tournament in Kuala Lumpur when she beat Jenny Duncalf of England in five games on Thursday.
Grinham won her second five-game match in as many days as she downed Duncalf 11-9, 11-7, 6-11, 4-11, 11-9 to set up a semi-final clash with another Englishwoman, fourth seed Alison Waters.
Meanwhile world number one Nicol David ended Kasey Brown’s (AIS-SQUASH) run with an 11-4, 11-8, 11-3 win in their quarter-final.
David will take on Australian born Dutchwoman Natalie Grinham for a place in the final.
The men’s semi-finals will both be Anglo-Egyptian clashes.
Top seed Amr Shabana takes on James Willstrop while second seed Nick Matthew faces Wael El Hindi.
Quarter-final results (prefix denotes seeding):
Men
1-Amr Shabana (EGY) bt 8-Farhan Mehboob (PAK) 11-6, 11-8, 11-6
4-James Willstrop (ENG) bt Omar Mosaad (EGY) 11-6, 11-4, 11-6
3-Wael El Hindi (EGY) bt 6-Ong Beng Hee (MAS) 11-9, 12-14, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9
2-Nick Matthew (ENG) bt 7-Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) 11-5, 11-8, 11-9
Women
1-Nicol David (MAS) bt Kasey Brown (AUS) 11-4, 11-8, 11-3
3-Natalie Grinham (NED) bt 8-Madeline Perry (IRL) 11-5, 11-7, 10-12, 11-3
4-Alison Waters (ENG) bt 7-Laura Lengthorn-Massaro (ENG) 2-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-4
2-Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt 5-Jenny Duncalf (ENG) 11-9, 11-7, 6-11, 4-11, 11-9
