Chan Charges To China Open Success
19 Sep 2010
Hong Kong's Joey Chan battled for five games to win the Bailian Youyicheng Shopping Mall & Yangzu Store Women's China Open, defeating Australian Lisa Camilleri in the final of the $8,000 WISPA World Tour squash event at the Bailian Youyicheng Shopping Mall in Shanghai.
Both players reached the final without dropping games - and twice the 22-year-old top seed from Hong Kong took the lead, and on both occasions Camilleri, the second seed from Queensland, drew level.
Left-hander Chan, ranked 30 in the world, had the upper hand in the decider, however, and pushed through to win 11-6, 11-13, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8.
The triumph marks the second Tour title of Chan's career - and her second this year.
1st round:
[1] Joey Chan (HKG) bt Rushna Mehboob (PAK) w/o
Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) bt [8] Olga Ertlova (CZE) 12-10, 11-6, 15-13
[3] Orla Noom (NED) bt Carrie Ramsey (ENG) 11-9, 5-11, 11-5, 11-8
[7] Sarah Cardwell (AUS) bt [Q] Mayu Yamazaki (JPN) 11-5, 11-8, 11-7
Li Dongjin (CHN) bt [6] Melody Francis (AUS) 5-11, 11-7, 3-11, 11-8, 11-5
[4] Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS) bt Liu Tsz-Ling (HKG) 11-9, 14-12, 11-9
Miwa Maekawa (JPN) bt [5] Elise Ng (HKG) 11-8, 11-5, 12-10
[2] Lisa Camilleri (AUS) bt [Q] Gu Jin Yue (CHN) 11-3, 11-4, 11-4
Quarter-finals:
[1] Joey Chan (HKG) bt Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) 11-6, 11-5, 11-7
[3] Orla Noom (NED) bt [7] Sarah Cardwell (AUS) 11-9, 11-3, 11-1
Li Dongjin (CHN) bt [4] Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS) 5-11, 11-6, 14-16, 11-8, 11-8
[2] Lisa Camilleri (AUS) bt Miwa Maekawa (JPN) 11-6, 11-4, 11-7
Semi-finals:
[1] Joey Chan (HKG) bt [3] Orla Noom (NED) 11-4, 11-5, 11-7
[2] Lisa Camilleri (AUS) bt Li Dongjin (CHN) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5
Final:
[1] Joey Chan (HKG) bt [2] Lisa Camilleri (AUS) 11-6, 11-13, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8
