Nicolette Fernandes falters in close contest

May 08, 2009 Sports

Guyana

Guyana’s Nicolette Fernandes did the Caribbean proud in her match Wednesday night despite going down to American opponent Latasha Khan ranked #33 in the world.
She won a tight first game then was leading 10-5 in the fourth, but a strong comeback from the American world #33 saw her save the game and go on to win the match 9/11, 14/12, 11/1, 11/5.
Nicolette very nearly had a commanding 2-0 lead and she showed that she’s again playing at the level of a top 30 world ranked player after a long layoff from injury. She won a lot of new fans with her gutsy performance.
Samantha Teran (Mex) advanced to the quarter-finals after winning 11/9, 8/11, 8/11, 11/7, 11/6 against Dominique Lloyd-Walter (Eng).
Jaclyn Hawkes (Nzl) beat Isabelle Stoehr (Fra) 11/7, 11/6, 11/4, Rachael Grinham (Aus) won 11/4, 11/9, 11/4 (22m) over Lisa Camilleri (Aus), Natalie Grinham (Ned) defeated Delia Arnold (Mas) 11/6, 11/6, 11/5, Kasey Brown (Aus) overcame Line Hansen (Den) 11/9, 11/8, 11/6 and Natalie Grainger (Usa) disposed of Latasha Khan (Usa) 5/11, 11/6, 11/7, 11/6 to all advance to the quarters.
World number 1 Nicol David (Mas) was to play qualifier Sharon Wee (Mas) for a spot in the quarter-finals yesterday.

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