Latasha Khan, Sam Cornett, Maria Toor Pakay Among First Round British Qualifying Winners
by Steve Cubbins
El Dafrawy v Aumard
May 13, 2012 - The women's qualifying first round started with two contrasting wins for Sam Cornett and Line Hansen - Cornett easing through 3/0 against Julia Lecoq while Hansen had to battle back from a game and points down to beat Birgit Coufal 3/1 in just over an hour.
Lauren Briggs made quick work of her win against fellow-Englishwoman Victoria Temple-Murray, while Maud Duplomb opened the French account with an hour-long five-setter against Aussie Melody Francis.
Fresh from helping India to a first-ever Asian team title, Joshna Chinappa continued her winning ways against Olga Ertlova, although it was far from easy for the Indian. She'll meet Heba El Torky tomorrow after the Egyptian eased past Cyrielle Peltier in straight games.
Emily Whitlock, the reigning European Junior Champion, comfortably beat her predecessor Carrie Ramsey in another all-England matchup, while her next opponent, Maria Toor Pakay, was taking twice as long to come from 2-1 down to beat Lucie Fialova in a hard-fought, often contentious match.
More French success came when Coline Aumard beat Kanzy El Dafrawy 3/1 in a match that was as much a battle of wills as anything, to set up a qualifying final against South African Siyoli Waters who ended the run of pre-qualifier Georgie Ingham in the shortest match of the day.
British Open veteran Latasha Khan took over an hour to see off the challenge of young Welsh wizard Tesni Evans 3/1, and now meets Kiwi Kylie Lindsay who beat the last remaining pre-qualifier Harriet Ingham 3/1.
Laura Pomportes kept the French bandwagon rolling, 2/1 up against Lauren Selby who was forced to retire injured, to set up a meeting with Switzerland's Gaby Huber, and the qualifying finals were rounded off as Sarah-Jane Perry and second seed Aisling Blake won the final matches of the day.
Women's Qualifying Round One:
Line Hansen (Den) bt Birgit Coufal (Aut) 14/16, 13/11, 11/9, 11/4 (61m)
Sam Cornett (Can) bt Julia Lecoq (Fra) 11/4, 11/4, 11/8 (24m)
Lauren Briggs (Eng bt Victoria Temple-Murray (Eng) 11/1, 11/4, 11/4 (24m)
Maud Duplomb (Fra) bt Melody Francis (Aus) 4/11, 11/8, 11/5, 6/11, 11/8 (57m)
Heba El Torky (Egy) bt Cyrielle Peltier (Fra) 11/8, 11/7, 11/7 (33m)
Joshna Chinappa (Ind) bt Olga Ertlova (Cze) 11/8, 4/11, 11/6, 11/7 (53m)
Emily Whitlock (Eng) bt Carrie Ramsey (Eng) 11/4, 11/4, 11/4 (26m)
Maria Toor Pakay (Pak) bt Lucie Fialova (Cze) 11/6, 6/11, 8/11, 11/3, 11/4 (53m)
Siyoli Waters (Rsa) bt Georgie Ingham (Eng) 11/4, 11/6, 11/0 (17m)
Coline Aumard (Fra) bt Kanzy El Dafrawy (Egy) 11/8, 8/11, 11/3, 11/7 (48m)
Kylie Lindsay (Nzl) bt Harriet Ingham (Eng) 12/10, 11/3, 9/11, 11/3 (53m)
Latasha Khan (Usa) bt Tesni Evans (Wal) 11/8, 11/5, 8/11, 11/6 (66m)
Laura Pomportes (Fra) bt Lauren Selby (Eng) 11/3, 7/11, 11/8 rtd (35m)
Gaby Huber (Sui) bt Lisa Aitken (Sco) 11/6, 11/5, 8/11, 11/8 (41m)
Sarah-Jane Perry (Eng) bt Siti Munirah Jusoh (Mas) 6/11, 11/2, 11/7, 11/3 (39m)
Aisling Blake (Irl) bt Victoria Bell (Eng) 11/7, 11/7, 11/5 (28m)
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