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The Kiwi Women have shown they can compete with the best whilst the Men haven't managed to take the wins in Christchurch.

The first two matches in the Women's draw saw two Christchurch juniors Ruby Turnbull and Ruby Beresford get a taste of international squash. Turnbull took on top seed Siyoli Waters of South Africa while Beresford took on 5th seeded Jessica Turnbull of Australia.  Siyoli Waters was a little slow to start and  got behind in the first game, however Waters was able to close the first game out 11/9, her power and skill was evident in the next 2 games which she took comfortably. Jessica Turnbull was equally as dominant on the adjoining court and both Kiwi locals can now see the difference of the international circuit. 

The next games saw Sina Wall of Germany, who is 3rd seed showing a strong display to beat the Korean Hyo Ju Seo in quick time.The big shock of the first round came in a captivating match when Rotorua teenager Nadia Hubbard showed tremendous fight and talent to defeat 6th seeded Australian Jasmine Chan.  Hubbard survived 4 match balls from 6/10 down to finally win 14/12 in an epic 5th setter. No doubt she was spurred on by the partisan Kiwi spectators. 

Lakeesha Rarere, the 4th seeded Australian had no such problems defeating local Ella Dromgool in a relatively short time. The match between NZ rivals Eleanor Epke and Danielle Fourie was always going to be a close thing and so it proved, Epke could have taken both the first 2 games having game balls in each but Fourie was able to show more finish under pressure.  However Epke came back strongly from 2 down and took the next 2 games to take it into a tiebreak fifth.  This game went point for point all the way but Epke finished it the stronger 11/9 in the 5th.

Korean Hwayeong Eum played well to close out Madeleine Gill the 7th seeded American in 4 games.  In the final game of the day 2nd seeded New Zealander Megan Craig was too strong for Korean Yura Choi beating her in 3. 

The mens quarterfinals all went to seedings but not without a fight.  In the first match, it was a battle of the left-handers, Raphael Kandra the top seeded German showed his class against Australian Matthew Hophin to take the first game 11/4, the 2nd game however was much tougher and contained some absolutely spectacular rallies which had the crowd enthralled.  After losing a monumental rally at 8/8 Hopkin appeared to lose concentration and made a couple of unforced errors for Kandra to take the 2nd, Kandra closed out the 3rd in more comfortable fashion to take the match. 

The match between Harinder Sandhu of India and James Huang of Taipei was a titanic struggle with each game being closely fought. Both players displayed remarkable speed around the court and stunning recoveries. The whole match could have gone either was but eventually Sandhu triumphed in an 11/9 in an epic 5th set.

A big crowd had turned out to watch local favourite Paul Coll taken on 4th seeded Englishman Declan James.  The first game was very tight both players feeling their way into the match. Coll was able to take a lead 10/7 but was unable to close out the games balls with James clawing his way back to make it 10/10.  Coll however was able to take the next 2 points to the delight of the crowd. The second game was similar with Coll getting a similar lead at 10/8 but unable to close it out, in contrast James clawed his way back and took the next 2 points as well to make it 1/1, it was starting to be anybodys match. James had the better of the 3rd game with Coll making some uncharacteristic errors. Coll started the 4th brilliantly and built and early lead at 4/0. A fifth game seemed to beckon by James came back again and the game then went point for point to 9/9, James had match ball at 10/9 but Coll wasn't giving in, he gave his absolute all on the final point but was unable to retrieve the final ball after a desperate lunge across the court. Victory to James and continuation of a good series of tournaments in NZ.

In the final match of the night Australian Rex Hedrick was extremely efficient and with a no-nonsense approach built early leads in all of the games, he took the first quite comfortably at 11/4, and despite brave comebacks from the Kiwi Lance Beddoes in each of the next 2 games, the 2nd seeded Australian never looked in too much trouble.

Two rounds of play on Saturday for the women, with both the quarter finals and semi finals and the men's semi-finals on Saturday as well.

Games to be streamed are below with full Women's draw being found here and the Men's draw here

The following games will be streamed here

11am - [1] Siyoli Waters (RSA) vs [5] Jessica Turnbull (AUS)

12pm - Hwayeong Eum (KOR) vs [2] Megan Craig (NZL)

The following games will be streamed here

11am - [L] Nadia Hubbard (NZL) vs [3] Sina Wall (GER)

12pm - [4] Lakeesha Rarere (AUS) vs Eleanor Epke (NZL)

4pm - [1] Raphael Kandra (GER) vs [3] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND)

5pm - [4] Declan James (ENG) vs [2] Rex Hedrick (AUS)

6pm - Women's Semi-Final

7pm - Women's Semi-Final

Womens Results 1st Round

(1) Siyoli Waters (RSA) beat (L) Ruby Turnbull (NZL) - 11/9, 11/5, 11/0 (19 min)

(5) Jessica Turnbull (AUS) beat (L) Ruby Beresford (NZL) - 11/2, 11/5, 11/4 (16 min)

(L) Nadia Hubbard (NZL) beat (6) Jasmine Chan (AUS) - 11/6, 9/11, 9/11, 11/6, 14/12 (42 min)

(3) Sina Wall (GER) beat Hyo Ju Seo (KOR) - 11/2, 11/2, 11/3 (14 min)

(4) Lakeesha Rarere (AUS) beat (L) Ella Dromgool (NZL) - 11/4, 11/3, 11/4 (13 min)

Eleanor Epke (NZL) beat (8) Danielle Fourie (NZL) - 10/12, 11/13, 11/6, 11/7, 11/9 (39 min)

Hwayeong Eum (KOR) beat (7) Madeleine Gill (USA) - 11/5, 10/12, 11/5, 11/4 (28 min)

(2) Megan Craig (NZL) beat Yura Choi (KOR) - 11/2, 11/6, 11/4 (19 min)

 

Mens Results - Quarterfinals

(1) Raphael Kendra (GER) beat (7) Matthew Hopkin (AUS) - 11/4, 11/8, 11/6 (31 min)

(3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu beat (6) James Huang (TPE) - 14/12, 7/11, 11/6, 9/11, 11/9 (73 min)

(4) Declan James (ENG) beat (5) Paul Coll (NZL) - 10/12, 12/10, 11/8, 11/9 (65 min)

(2) Rex Hedrick (AUS) beat (8) Lance Beddoes (NZL) - 11/4, 11/8, 11/9 (41 min)


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