Seattle’s Latasha Khan Wins Southwest Open For 9th Career WISPA Title
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September 19, 2011 - Much attention was paid to the several international rising-star teenagers in the draw, but in the end it was the steady veteran Latasha Khan who swept to victory in the $12,000 Tempe, Arizona Southwest Open on Saturday, with a 3-1 finals win over Nicolette Fernandes of Guyana.
The 38-year-old Khan has won two of the last three WISPA events she has entered. She captured the Mohawk New York Open last month, becoming the second-oldest WISPA titlist. Last week she was beaten in the semis of the Orange County Open by 15-year-old talented Egyptian Yathreb Adel.
Adel lost to Fernandes 11-9 in the 5th on Thursday in the first round of the Southwest Open.
Latasha now heads to Brooklyn, New York, where she will try to survive a tough qualifying field and grab one of four open spots in the $50,000 Carol Weymuller Open.
Seven of the world’s top-ten ranked WISPA players are entered.
FINAL: $12,000 WISPA Southwest Open -Tempe, Arizona
Latasha Khan US vs Nicolette Fernandes GUY 7-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-3 (58 mins)
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