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Saffery Surprises Wee Wern To Win Maiden WISPA Title At Finnish Open

29 Oct 2009

Third seed Deon Saffery battled for almost an hour to upset top-seeded Malaysian Low Wee Wern in the final of the Women's Savcor Finnish Open to win the $6,200 WISPA World Tour squash title at Sport Forum in Mikkeli, Finland - and the maiden Tour title of her career.

Saffery, 21, from Wales, reached the final after upsetting England's No2 seed Fiona Moverley in a five-game semi.

And there was no stopping the Welsh wizard in the final after Saffery survived two tie-break games before wrapping up her 13-15, 16-14, 11-2, 3-11, 11-7 victory in 59 minutes.

It was sweet revenge for world No55 Saffery who lost to the 19-year-old world No35 from Penang almost a year ago in Kuala Lumpur.

Final:
[3] Deon Saffery (WAL) bt [1] Low Wee Wern (MAS) 13-15, 16-14, 11-2, 3-11, 11-7 (59m)