$70K Women's Hong Kong Qualifying, Day One
by Steve Cubbins
photo courtesy Squash365
November 25, 2012 - With local players appearing all eleven matches in the Women’s Qualifying Round One, the home crowd at the Hong Kong Squash Centre received an early boost as Ho Ka Po opened proceedings with a hard-fought four-game upset over Australia’s Sarah Cardwell.
That turned out to be the only upset - and the longest women's match -of the day though, as all the other matches went with seeding. Tong Tsz-Wing and Carmen Lee made it a trio of HK players through to tomorrow’s qualifying finals, both beating compatriots to progress.
Salma Hany Ibrahim made sure the day didn’t end with a second home upset as the Egyptian junior came from a game down to deny Lee Ka Yi - on her 19th birthday - in another tough match that took just short of an hour to complete.
Women’s Qualifying Round One:
Lauren Briggs (Eng) bye
Salma Hany (Egy) 3-1 Pansy Chan (Hkg) 11/3, 8/11, 11/7, 11/0 (34m)
Kylie Lindsay (Nzl) bye
Ho Ka Po (Hkg) 3-1 Sarah Cardwell (Aus) 5/11, 11/1, 11/9, 11/9 (56m)
Siti Munirah Jusoh (Mas) bye
Joshana Chinappa (Ind) 3-0 Sin Kei Tsang (Hkg) 11/2, 11/8, 11/5 (20m)
Lucie Fialova (Cze) 3-0 Ho Tze Lok (Hkg) 11/8, 11/6, 11/8 (32m)
Nicolette Fernandes (Guy) 3-0 Uen Shan Choi (Hkg) 11/3, 11/4, 11/2 (21m)
Tong Tsz-Wing (Hkg) 3-0 Karman Siu (Hkg) 11/4, 11/5, 11/3 (20m)
Coline Aumard (Fra) 3-0 Ho Ka Wing (Hkg) 11/3, 11/5, 11/5 (19m)
Melody Francis (Aus) 3-0 Chu Ka Hei (Hkg) 11/6, 11/7, 11/7 (25m)
Lauren Selby (Eng) bye
Carmen Lee (Hkg) 3-0 Jannis Lam (Hkg) 11/2, 11/3, 11/1 (11m)
Amanda Landers-Murphy (Nzl) 3-0 Ho Ching Chan (Hkg) 11/3, 11/7, 11/5 (20m)
Salma Hany Ibrahim (Egy) 3-1 Lee Ka Yi (Hkg) 7/11, 11/9, 13/11, 12/10 (54m)
Heba El Torky (Egy) bye
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