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Hong Kong, Dec 7: Top seed Carla Khan, from Pakistan, defeated Egypt’s Sara Badr 9-0 9-5 9-2 in 18 minutes, but the fastest win of the day went to the third seeded Tegwen Malik of Wales who defeated Scotland’s Frania Gillen-Bucher in ten minutes without dropping a point.
The resounding success of the first day of qualifying in the Credit Suisse Privilege Womens World Open Championship came from Canada’s unseeded Runa Reta, a 23-year-old from Ontario, coached by the former Scottish No 1, Heather Wallace, who beat the fourth seeded Dominique Lloyd-Walter 8-10 9-1 9-7 1-9 9-1 over 55 minutes to reach a qualifying final against the 11th seeded Vicky Lankester or England.
First Qualifying Round Results:
Carla Khan (Pak) bt Sara Badr (Egy) 9-0 9-5 9-2
Kate Roe (Eng) bt Elise Ng (HKG) 9-1 5-9 2-9 9-2 9-5
Amelia Pittock (Aus) bt Milja Dorenbos (Neth) 9-5 9-0 9-0
Laura Lengthorn (Eng) bt Sarah Kippax (Eng) 9-3 9-0 9-0
Runa Reta (Can) bt [4] Dominique Lloyd-Walter (Eng) 8-10 9-1 9-7 1-9 9-1
Vicky Lankester (Eng) bt Magriet Huisman (Neth) 9-5 9-4 9-2
Alison Waters (Eng) bt Raneem El Weilily (Egy) 9-0 9-5 9-2
Line Hansen (Den) bt Maha Zein (Egy) w/o Kim Hannes-Teunen (Bel) bt Amnah El Trabolsy (Egy) 10-8 9-0 9-4
Heidi Mather (Aus) bt Karen Lau (HKG) 9-3 9-2 9-2
Tamsyn Leevey (NZ) bt Chiu Ka Kei (HKG) 9-2 9-3 9-0
Tegwen Malik (Wal) bt Frania Gillen-Buchert (Scot) 9-0 9-0 9-0
Becky Botwright (Eng) bt Christina Mak (HKG) 9-3 9-2 9-1
Engy Kheirallah (Egy) bt Joey Chan (HKG) 9-3 1-9 9-6 10-8
Eman El Amir(Egy) bt [14] Karen Kronemeyer(Neth) 9-1 6-9 9-1 9-10 9-4
Wendy Maitland (Scot) bt Katline Cauwels (Bel) 9-6 9-3 9-5—PPI
