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Vicky Vaults To Career-Best Success

11 Oct 2004

England's Vicky Botwright scored her career-best squash title success in the Women's Prince Canary Islands Open - and became the toast of Tenerife - when she crushed third seed Omneya Abdel Kawy in the final of the WISPA World Tour Silver event in the Spanish holiday resort.

Fourth seed Botwright, the 27-year-old world No13 from Manchester, showed clear signs of the form she is currently enjoying when she despatched Ireland's Madeline Perry in straight games in the semi-finals - Perry having earlier edged out England's top-seeded Rebecca Macree in a dramatic five-game quarter-final thriller.

Omneya Abdel Kawy, the world junior champion from Egypt, had also staged a notable upset in the last four - beating England's No2 seed Jenny Tranfield in four games.

But in the final it was all-Botwright, as the Lancashire lass cruised to a 9-3 9-4 9-5 victory over Kawy to claim the second WISPA title of her career.

Final:
[4] Vicky Botwright (ENG) bt [3] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) 9-3, 9-4, 9-5