Olivia Blatchford Wins Second WSA Title In Two Months by Howard Harding October 29, 2014
- After securing her second WSA World Tour title in two months at The
Manulife Investments WSA Tournament at Club Meadowvale in Canada, USA
number three Olivia Blatchford has boosted her chances of improving on
her highest world ranking of 32 in next month's WSA list. The
21-year-old from New York reached the final of the WSA Tour 5 squash
event at Club Meadowvale in Mississauga - her sixth on the WSA Tour -
after battling to a five-game semi-final win over home hope Nikki Todd,
the No3 seed from Canada. The
top seed's opponent in the final was second seed Maria Toorpakai Wazir,
the Toronto-based Pakistani who also ousted a Canadian in five games in
the previous round - fourth seed Hollie Naughton - to earn her first
Tour final appearance this year. The
final marked the pair's third meeting over the past three years - but
world No42 Blatchford, ranked 42 places higher than her opponent, was
in sparkling form as she defeated Wazir 11-4, 11-7, 12-10 to record her
best ever win over the 23-year-old. The triumph marks the fourth Tour title of Blatchford's career.
