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| December 9, 2003 | Tuesday | Shawwal 14, 1424 |
Carla’s winning streak continues
KARACHI, Dec 8: Pakistan’s No 1 Carla Khan performed impressively ousting her opponent Kale Roe from England in three straight sets in the qualifying final rounds of Credit Suisse Privilege Women’s World Open Championship in Hong Kong on Monday.
Carla 22, who is based in London and ranked as World No 23 easily dismissed England’s Kate Roe in straight games 9-6, 9-1, 9-6.
Maitland, the 28-year-old Nottingham based World No 26, dealt similarly with Egypt’s Eman El Amir.
New Zealand’s Tamsyn Leevey sprang the biggest seedings upset when she beat third seeded Tegwen Malik of Wales 9-1 9-6 9-7 in 33 minutes that included a lengthy pause while the Welsh 28-year-old recovered from a sharp accidental racket blow to the bridge of her nose.
Sixth seeded Heidi Mather of Australia also lost her qualifying final, to 25-year-old Belgium Champion Kim Hannes-Teunen, ranked only 107 in the world and seeded 13th for this qualifying competition after time out for injuries and marriage last year.
The fourth seed, Karen Kronemeyer of Holland, went out to El Amir yesterday, but today the fifth seed, Engy Kheirallah of Egypt, survived a strong 55 minute assault from England’s Becky Botwright 5-9 9-3 9-0 9-5 only to find after the draw that she would have to do the same thing again tomorrow against Becky’s elder sister, Vicky Botwright, the World No9, in the first round proper.
England’s 10th seeded Laura Lengthorn accounted for the seventh seeded Australian, Amelia Pittock, 9-4 9-4 10-9 in 35 minutes to reach a first round encounter with Natalie Grainger, last week’s Qatar Classic winner.
Qualifying Finals Results:
Carla Khan (Pak) bt [12] Kate Roe (Eng) 9-6 9-1 9-6 (31min); Laura Lengthorn (Eng) bt [7] Amelia Pittock (Aus) 9-4 9-4 10-8; Vicky Lankester (Eng) bt Runa Reta (Can) 9-2 9-3 4-9 9-6; Alison Waters (Eng) bt [16] Line Hansen (Den) 9-5 9-2 9-2; Kim Hannes-Teunen (Bel) bt [6] Heidi Mather (Aus) 3-9 9-4 9-7 9-0; Tamsyn Leevey (NZ) bt [3] Tegwen Malik (Wales) 9-1 9-6 9-7; Engy Kheirallah (Egy) bt Becky Botwright (Eng) 5-9 9-3 9-0 9-5; Wendy Maitland (Scot) bt Eman El Amir (Egy) 9-4 9-5 9-5.—PPI
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