NYAC Invitational Update: Spectacular Pierrepont/Krizek Run Ended In Semis
By Rob Dinerman, for DailySquashReport.com
Dateline March 4th, 2012 --- The string of outstanding wins that had enabled Suzie Pierrepont and Narelle Krizek to advance all the way to the semifinal round of one of the highest-end men's invitationals of the squash-doubles season, the third annual New York Athletic Club Invitational, was finally brought to a close on Sunday morning when this pair of talented women were defeated in a highly competitive albeit three-game match (15-9, 11 and 13) by former mid-2000's Penn classmates Graham Bassett and Gilly Lane. Pierrepont and Krizek had shocked top seeds Julian Illingworth and Tim Wyant in four games in the round of 16, then triumphed in a 3-0 quarterfinal over Peter Kelly and Marshall Sebring, and they challenged Bassett and Lane throughout, with Krizek nailing reverse-corner and shallow rail winners and Pierrepont lashing her drives and retrieving beautifully. However, Bassett and Lane were able to apply enough offensive pressure, especially in the closing stages of several of those games, to pound their way into the final, where they were scheduled to oppose Josh Schwartz and Hamed Anvari, five-game winners in the bottom-half semi over defending champions Dylan Patterson and Steve Scharff.
Less than a half-hour after her semifinal with Bassett/Lane had finished, Krizek was back on court for the women's final, where she and partner Lee Belknap were out-lasted in five games by top seeds Dana Betts and Emily Lungstrum.
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