Joelle King Wins $35K Greenwich Open Title
from WSA Media


January 28, 2014 - After top seed Camille Serme's withdrawal before the main draw began, Joelle King was odds on favourite to win her first Greenwich Open title. King had previously finished runner up at the event, losing out to Kasey Brown in 2011 and Raneem El Welily in 2012. Wee Wern had also reached the final stage last year, finishing runner up to Nour El Sherbini.

King barely scraped into the final after edging out two of the games fastest rising stars, Sarah-Jane Perry and Amanda Sobhy, in the quarter and semi finals. Wee Wern also needed five games to make the final after a tough encounter with Annie Au on the other side of the draw.

The New Zealand star's first title since 2012 was almost over when she fought off match ball in the fourth game but she recovered to take victory in what goes down as the longest match of her career.

Both players will now travel to Cleveland to take part in the WSA Gold Cleveland Classic.

WSA Final report from Phil Barker:

The final match in the Harrow Greenwich Open saw two very equally matched players with very similar routes to the final. Both girls had five set thrillers the day before so coming into today’s final, the 5th and 6th best player in the world looked like it was going to be a titanic battle. The packed house at Greenwich Country Club was not disappointed as both women traded blows for well over 90 minutes of top quality Squash.

Both women showed why they are some of the top players in the world, wowing the crowds with excellent court coverage and gracious sportsmanship. The deciding game went down to the wire but at 8-8, King pulled away with a couple of excellent choices of shots to finally get a match ball which she converted at her first opportunity.

It is the second year in a row that the Malaysian has lost the final in a 5 game thriller but hopefully she returns next year as she is a favorite with the Greenwich public because of immaculate on and off court etiquette.

WSA Women’s Final

[2] Joelle King (Nzl) def. [3] Low Wee Wern 11-6, 9-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-8 (96 mins)





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