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Victorian Open Complete, Aussie Open Up Next Squash Victoria

Paul Coll, Megan Craig and Amanda Landers-Murphy all went down in the Quarter Finals of the Victorian Open. Our kiwis next step up to play the Australian Open. 

In the Quarter finals of the Victorian Open Paul Coll had to face the number 1 seed Ryan Cuskelly. Cuskelly was the evntual winner of the event. Coll had a tough 3 setter against the Australian pushing him long in the third but he wasn't able to clinch the win. Amanda Landers-Murphy went down in a hard fought five setter to eventual runner up and second seed Line Hansen of Denmark. With a tough battle and the players going game for game Landers-Murphy couldn't quite grab the win. Megan Craig went down to the eventual winner Johana Chinappa. Craig battled hard against the Indian player and clawed back a game in the third but it wasn't enough for her to take the win.

There are a number of Kiwis staying on in Melbourne to compete at the Australian Open this week. Chris Van Der Salm, Ben Grindrod and Kashif Shuja are all in the qualifying rounds of the mens draw and they are expected to face some stiff comeptition to make their way to the main draw. 

In the main draws of the Australian Open Evan Williams and Paul Coll will face qualifiers first up, whilst Lance Beddoes has drawn third seed Ryan Cuskelly who will be on a high from winning the Victorian Open over the weekend. Joelle King will play her first tournament since the British Open and she takes the second seed spot where she has a Bye first round. Danielle Fourie plays Donna Urquhart the 10th seed from Australia. Amanda Landers-Murphy is 10th seed and plays Jasmine Chan of Australia whilst Megan Craig takes the 12th seed and plays Selena Shaikh of Australia first up.

Good luck to all our kwiis competing overseas and we look forward to seeing your results. 

Quarter Finals - Victorian Open

Paul Coll (7) lost Ryan Cuskelly (1) (Australia)  - 11-5,11-9,14-12 - 1hr

Amanda Landers-Murphy (6) vs Line Hansen (2) (Denmark) - 8-11,11-6,11-2,9-11,11-3 - 51mins

Megan Craig (7) vs Joshana Chinappa (3) (India) - 11-6,11-4,8-11,11-9 - 47mins

Qualifying Rounds - Australian Open

[6] Chris van der Salm (NZL) vs Courtney West (AUS)

[4] Ben Grindrod (NZL) vs Mithran Selvaratnam (MAS)

[2] Kashif Shuja (NZL) vs [L] Caillin Austin (AUS)

Round 1 - Australian Open

Joelle King vs BYE

Danielle Fourie (NZL) vs [8] Donna Urquhart (AUS)

[10] Amanda Landers-Murphy (NZL) vs Jasmine Chan (AUS)

[12] Megan Craig (NZL) vs Selena Shaikh (AUS)

Evan Williams (NZL) vs Qualifier

Lance Beddoes (NZL) vs [3] Ryan Cuskelly (AUS)

Paul Coll (NZL) vs Qualifier


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