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Unseeded Fernandes cops Greek Open
Unseeded Guyanese Nicolette Fernandes ended the run of Egyptian qualifier Farah Abdel Meguid to claim the women’s crown at the 2009 Greek Open Squash Championships in Athens, Greece.
Fernandes beat Meguid 11/7 11/2 6/11 11/5 to capture the title, while another Egyptian youngster Karim Abdel Gawad overcame England’s Mark Fuller in four games to win the men’s final and justify his top billing.
In the Women’s semi-finals, Fernandes defeated Sina Wall 11/13 11/5 11/3 10/12 11/6, while [Q] Farah Abdel Meguid beat [Q] Siyoli Lusaseni 7/11 6/11 12/10 11/5 15/13
In Quarter-finals results:
[Q] Siyoli Lusaseni (RSA) bt [8] Milou van der Heijden (NED) 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-2
[Q] Farah Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt Dagmar Vermeulen (NED) 11-7, 11-7, 11-5
Nicolette Fernandes (GUY) bt [4] Adel Weir (RSA) 11-4, 4-11, 11-5, 11-7
Sina Wall (GER) bt [6] Stephanie Edmison (CAN) 11-7, 11-3, 11-8
In the First round:
Nicolette Fernandes (GUY) bt [7] Laura Pomportes (FRA) 11-2, 11-4, 12-14, 11-4.
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