Falcione Makes History at WSA Tasmanian Open by Elliot Selby July 22, 2013
- Argentina's Antonella Falcione made history this weekend by becoming
the first Argentinean player to win a WSA title at the Tasmanian
Open. In fact, it was the first time an Argentinean player has
reached a WSA final.
Falcione was in
impressive form all tournament, taking out the number three seed Sarah
Cardwell in the quarter finals, followed by recovering from two games
to one down to win 11-9 in the fifth against top seed Kylie Lindsay in
the semi finals.
Second seed Melody
Francis had an equally tricky path to the final. The Melbourne native
was on the brink of exiting the tournament in the second round after
finding herself two games down against Germany's Franziska Hennes
before edging it in the fifth game. She followed this with two
difficult wins over a pair of talented Korean's, Kim Ga-Hye and Song
Sun-Mi.
Francis was the clear
favourite heading into the final, going for her 8th WSA title in her
13th WSA final, she knows what it takes to win titles. Falcione on the
other hand had never been beyond the second round of a main draw event
before. However, it was the first time finalist who came out the blocks
faster and quickly built a two game lead. Francis pushed the third game
to a tie break but Falcione closed out the match in style to secure the
title.
Final:
7-Antonella Falcione (ARG) d 2-Melody Francis (AUS) 11/7, 11/6, 12/10 (35 minutes)
