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 Women's
World Junior Championships 2005
21-31 July, Herentals, Belgium
Team Event |
26-Jul, Final:
[2] Raneem El Weleily (Egy) bt
[1] Joshna Chinappa (Ind)
9/3, 9/4, 10/8
El Weleily retains title for Egypt
Egypt retained the World Junior title vacated by Omneya Abdel Kawy,
as Raneem El Weleily, the second seed, overcame India's
Joshna Chinappa in straight games in Herentals.
Chinappa, "off colour and a bundle of nerves" according to Indian
sources, threatened only briefly as she led in the third, but the
Egyptian got back into her rhythm, and after seeing one match ball
saved clinched the title on a second.
Chinappa, the top seed and British Open U19 champion, had not
dropped a game until the final, but El Weleily, the British U17
champion had come from 0-2 down in yesterday's semi-final and her
precise game, full of drop-shots from all over the court, was just
too much for the top seed to handle.
El Weleily will lead the Egyptian team in the defence of its team
title as the team event gets under way tomorrow, and will still be
eligible to defend her individual title in two years' time. |
Josh still
determined
Pradeep
Vijayakar |
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Josh
determined in spite of missing last step
By Pradeep Vijayakar
The final blues caught up with Joshna Chinappa India's squash
queen who couldn't keep her date with history at Herentals in the
final of the World Women's Juniors Championship. Her loss to
Egyptian top seed Raneem El Weleily, 3-9 4-9 8-10 had a familiar
ring about it. She had lost to Raneem in 1998 at the under-13
British Open Juniors.
 Joshna's
mother Sunita said: "She played badly. She was off colour." Dad
Anjan, who had planned her campaign to a nicety was a shattered
man. "Joshna told me she felt nervous for the first time on a big
stage. Even so she had led 8-3 in the third after losing the first
two. Whenever she played the drop, Raneem would pick it up and
smash it back. This was something the earlier girls had not done
and so it upset Joshna. But she reworked her game plan and surged
ahead only to lose. Had she taken the third game she may have not
looked back," the father said.
Joshna thus won't become the first Indian junior, boy or girl, to
win a world crown. This was her last year in junior ranks. Joshna
had not played well in the final of the Asian Juniors having
lapses in concentration. This had cropped up even in some key team
games.
Dad Anjan, however, was been pretty sure his daughter would
emulate Malaysian Nicole David and Egyptian Omneya Abdel Kawy by
going on to win the Worlds after claiming the British Junior
title.
It's a thousand pities all the hard work Joshna did went to waste.
Two prominent coaches in her corner__Harvard coach and one-time
Jansher Khan-manager Satinder Bajwa and Liz Irving,
who runs the academy in Amsterdam and watched the semis.
 Baj
had trained Joshna before both her under-17 and under-19 British
Junior triumphs in 2003 and 2005 and was scouting for talent for
his college. Liz coached Joshna a month before this event. For a
month Joshna was hitting with the top players of the world like
Nicol David and Co. This makes a big difference.
Liz had told Joshna's dad that she was very happy that Joshna had
not been coached by anyone before. "She came to me as a raw player
with abundant talent. I altered her grip, her stance."
To lose the final after not losing a game was the bitter pill to
swallow.
Now the WISPA circuit beckons. But then that's another peak to
look up to but there's a valley to be gone through. But Joshna is
determined. She says she needs to hit more with players ranked as
high as Raneem, 36, (she's just 62). Plus get fitter.
The last step proved hard for her, but it could be a step towards
bigger glory at the highest.
Pradeep Vijayakar
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25-Jul, Semi-Finals:
[1] Joshna Chinappa (Ind) bt [5/8] Sara Badr (Egy)
9/6, 9/6, 9/2
[2] Raneem El Weleily (Egy) bt [4] Tenille Swartz (Rsa)
4/9, 6/9, 9/5, 9/7, 9/3
Top Seeds To Contest Final
Top seeds Joshna Chinappa and Raneem El Weleily will
contest the final in Herentals, after contrasting semi-final
victories.
Chinappa maintained her record of not dropping a game in the
championship as she beat yesterday's 'giant-killer' Sara Badr,
denying the Egyptian a place in the final for the second consecutive
championship.
El Weleily, who also boasted a perfect record coming into the
semi-final, quickly found herself two games down against the
tenacious South African Tenille Swartz, but recovered to take
the next three games and claim her allotted place in the final. |
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DRAW & RESULTS
 "I
never rushed for scoring points, and my efforts to plan for
each match considering the strong points of my rivals paid
off.
"I am focussed to the extent of winning my matches in straight
games, and though I yielded some points, I never rushed myself
like I used to do in the previous years."
Joshna Chinappa |
 "I
was asleep the first two games, nearly hit more than 10 tin
shots ! "
Raneem El Weleily |
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24-Jul, Quarter-Finals:
[1] Joshna Chinappa (Ind) bt
[9/16] Joey Chan (Hkg)
9/6, 9/6, 9/7
[5/8] Sara Badr (Egy) bt [3] Charlie De Rycke (Bel)
9/7, 2/9, 0/9, 9/1, 9/3
[4] Tenille Swartz (Rsa) v [9/16] Nehal Yehia (Egy)
9/2, 9/2, 9/3
[2] Raneem El Weleily (Egy) bt [5/8] Lily Lorentzen (Usa)
9/7, 9/5, 9/4
Badr Beats De Rycke
 The
quarter-finals in Herentals saw a spectacular upset, as Egypt's
Sara Badr came from 2-1 down against European champion Charlie
De Rycke to spoil the home crowd's expectation of a home winner, to
reach her second successive semi-final in the event.
Badr will meet top seed Joshna Chinappa in the semi-finals
after the Indian maintained her run of straight games victories with
a win over Hong Kong's Joey Chan.
Also keeping their 100% game records going were South Africa's
fourth seed Tenille Swartz, and Egypt's second seed Raneem
El Weleily, both easing to victory in straight games. |
Women's World Junior Championships
2005
Excel Version, including plates |
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Round Three
July
22 |
Round Four
July
23 |
Quarters
July 24 |
Semis
July 25 |
Final
July 26 |
[1] Joshna
Chinappa (Ind)
9/2, 9/6, 9/3
Kristen Lange (Usa) |
Joshna
Chinappa
9/6, 9/4, 9/1
Siti Munirah Josoh |
Joshna
Chinappa
9/6, 9/6, 9/7
Joey Chan |
Joshna
Chinappa
9/6, 9/6, 9/2
Sara Badr |
Joshna
Chinappa
15.00
Raneem El Weleily |
[9/16]
Rachel Willmott (Eng)
1/9, 9/1, 9/5, 9/7
Siti Munirah Josoh (Mas) |
Shin Nga
Leung (Hkg)
10/9, 4/9, 9/7, 9/1
Emma Chorley (Eng) |
Shin Nga
Leung
9/7, 9/0, 9/6
Joey Chan |
[9/16] Joey Chan (Hkg)
9/5, 9/4, 9/0
Kerry Wickett (Nzl) |
Soraya
Renai (Fra)
9/5, 4/9, 9/3, 9/4
[9/16] Joelle King (Nzl) |
Joelle
King
9/3, 9/2, 9/6
Sara Badr |
Sara Badr
9/7, 2/9, 0/9, 9/1, 9/3
Charlie De Rycke |
Amanda
Siebert (Usa)
9/3, 9/0, 9/1
[5/8] Sara Badr (Egy) |
Fiona Moverley (Eng)
9/7, 7/9, 0/9, 10/8, 9/1
Heba Ahmed (Egy) |
Heba Ahmed
9/0, 9/5, 9/2
Charlie De Rycke |
Samantha
Davies (Aus)
9/2, 9/2, 9/0
[3] Charlie De Rycke (Bel) |
[4]
Tenille Swartz (Rsa)
9/1, 9/2, 9/0
Sandra Kreuger (Ger) |
Tenille Swartz
7/9, 9/3, 9/3, 9/3
Camille Serme |
Tenille Swartz
9/2, 9/2, 9/3
Nehal Yehia |
Tenille Swartz
4/9, 6/9, 9/5, 9/7, 9/3
Raneem El Weleily |
[9/16]
Camille Serme (Fra)
9/6, 9/6, 9/7
Ashley Clackson (Can) |
[5/8]
Annie Au (Hkg)
9/4, 9/5, 9/6
Wee Wern Low (Mas) |
Wee Wern
Low
9/1, 10/8, 9/1
Nehal Yehia |
[9/16]
Nehal Yehia (Egy)
9/3, 8/10, 9/1, 9/5
Suzannah King (Eng) |
Misake
Kobayashi (Jpn)
3/0
[9/16] Sally Looi (Mas) |
Sally Looi
10/8, 9/2, 9/4
Lily Lorentzen |
Lily Lorentzen
9/7, 9/5, 9/4
Raneem El Weleily |
Aliaa
Balba (Egy)
9/1, 9/0, 9/0
[5/8] Lily Lorentzen (Usa) |
Deon
Saffery (Eng)
9/4, 9/2, 9/1
[9/16] Ka Kei Chiu (Hkg) |
Ka Kei Chiu
9/6, 9/0, 9/6
Raneem El Weleily |
Jessica
Bevan (Wal)
9/6, 9/2, 9/2
[2] Raneem El Weleily (Egy) |
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Excel Version, including plates |
PLATES
Plate semi-finals:
Lina
El Tannir (Egy) bt Nicole Chua (Sin)
3/0
Neha Kumar (Can) bt Lucie Fialova (Cze)
3/1
Classic Plate semi-finals:
Mary-Ann Boden (Rsa) bt Soraya Renai (Fra) 3/0
Annie Au (Hkg) bt Nabilla Ariffin (Mas)
3/1
Consolation Plate semi-finals:
Louise Clark (Eng) bt Sina Wall (Ger)
3/2
Zulhijjah Azan (Mas) bt Kaitlin Sennett (Usa)
3/2
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22-Jul:
Down to the last 16 in Herentals ...
 It
was plain sailing for the top seeds today, with favourites
Joshna Chinappa, Raneem El Weilily, Charlie De
Rycke and Tenille Swartz all winning through in
straight games.
Hong Kong's Annie Au became the second 5/8 seed to be knocked
out, as Malaysia's Wee Wern Low swept into the last 16 in
straight games. Further success came for Malaysia as Siti
Munirah Josoh upset England's Rachael Willmott in four games
to set up a meeting with top seed Chinappa.
While Sally Looi made it a trio of Malaysians in the
fourth round, it was a bleak day for England as all five
competitors made their exit, leaving them without a
representative in the last 16 for the first time ever.
The fourth round features players from no less than nine
different countries.
21-Jul:
Round Two Results:
The first day of the Women's World Junior Championships in Herentals
saw the 128-strong field whittled down to the last 32 in the first
two rounds.
Hong Kong's Shin Nga Leung produced the shock result of the
day, beating Egypt's 5/8 seed Lina El Tannir 3/2 in the second
round. A smaller upset saw Canada's 9/16 seed Neha Kumar crash out
to Egyptian Heba Ahmed.
[1] Joshna Chinappa (Ind) bt Jackie Moss (Can)
9/1, 9/1, 9/0
Kristen Lange (Usa) bt Skye Millar (Aus)
9/7, 9/3, 9/0
[9/16] Rachel Willmott (Eng) bt Julie de Bellefroid
9/2, 9/1, 9/7
Siti Munirah Jusoh (Mas) bt Pamela Hathaway (Ger)
10/8, 9/5, 9/1
Shin Nga Leung (Hkg) bt [5/8] Lina El Tannir (Egy)
7/9, 4/9, 9/7, 10/9, 9/5
Emma Chorley (Eng) bt Sary Carmen Diaz (Mex)
9/1, 4/9, 3/9, 9/4, 9/4
[9/16] Joey Chan (Hkg) bt Esther Jongerden (Ned)
9/5, 9/3, 9/1
Kerry Wicket (Nzl) bt Marjorie Fosse (Fra)
9/2, 2/9, 7/9, 9/1, 9/5
Soraya Renai (Fra) bt Sarah Matthews (Mas)
9/3, 9/2, 9/4
[9/16] Joelle King (Nzl) bt Leonie Holt (Eng)
9/1, 9/5, 9/1
Amanda Siebert (Usa) bt Lotte Eriksen (Nor)
9/4, 9/5, 6/9, 1/9, 9/6
[5/8] Sara Badr (Egy) bt Natalie Pritchard (Wal)
9/4, 9/0, 9/7
Fiona Moverley (Eng) bt Kimberley Bessell (Aus)
5/9, 9/2, 9/2, 9/0
Heba Ahmed (Egy) bt [9/16] Neha Kumar (Can)
10/8, 3/9, 9/6, 9/6
Samantha Davies (Aus) bt Eve Rixen (Ger)
4/9, 9/3, 9/4, 9/2
[3] Charlie De Rycke (Bel) bt Nabilla Ariffin (Mas)
9/0, 9/0, 9/0
[4] Tenille Swartz (Rsa) bt Jessica Gillett (Aus)
9/0, 9/4, 9/2
Sandra Kreuger (Ger) bt Louise Clark (Eng)
9/5, 9/3, 9/7
[9/16] Camille Serme (Fra) bt Britt Hebden (Usa)
9/1, 9/4, 9/10, 9/1
Ashley Clackson (Usa) bt Vanessa Pickerd (Aus)
9/6, 9/5, 8/10, 9/5
[5/8] Annie Au (Hkg) bt Elizabeth Mercado (Mex)
9/2, 9/3, 9/4
Wee Wern Low (Mas) bt Victoria Lust (Eng)
9/2, 9/2, 9/2
[9/16] Nehal Yehia (Egy) bt Emery Maine (Usa)
9/3, 9/0, 9/3
Suzannah King (Eng) bt Larissa Huffer (Aus)
4/9, 9/5, 9/6, 9/2
Misaki Kobayashi (Jpn) bt Logan Greer (Usa)
9/4, 4/9, 9/6, 7/9, 9/5
[9/16] Sally Looi (Mas) bt Pemela Chua (Sin)
9/1, 9/4, 9/6
Alia Balbaa (Egy) bt Mary-Ann Boden (Usa)
9/5, 9/6, 9/3
[5/8] Lily Lorentzen (Usa) bt Laura Gemmell (Can)
9/3, 9/2, 9/2
Deon Saffery (Eng) bt Ciara Moloney (Irl)
9/4, 9/3, 9/1
[9/16] Ka Kei Chiu (Hkg) bt Amanda Cranston (Nzl)
9/2, 9/0, 9/3
Jessica Bevan (Wal) bt Stephanie Edmison (Can)
9/3, 9/4, 9/5
[2] Raneem El Weleily (Egy) bt Ludivine de Lavison (Fra)
9/2, 9/1,9/1
First Round:
[1] Joshna Chinappa (IND)
bye
Jackie Moss (CAN) bt Roisin Brennan (IRL) 9-2,
8-10, 9-1, 9-3
[17/32] Kristen Lange (USA)
bye
Skye Millar (AUS) bt Milou van der Heijden (NED) 9-2,
9-3, 9-3
[9/16] Rachel Willmott (ENG)
bye
Julie de Bellefroid (BEL) bt Ikuko Tao (JPN) w/o
[17/32] Pamela Hathway (GER) bt Joanna Morgan (SCO) 9-1, 9-3,
9-4
Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS) bt Emily Paton (CAN) 9-1,
9-5, 9-0
[5/8] Lina Adel El Tannir (EGY)
bye
Shin Nga Leung (HKG) bt Toby Eyre (USA) 10-8,
9-0, 10-9
[17/32] Sary Carmen Diaz (MEX) bt Milnay Louw (RSA) 9-3, 10-8,
1-9, 9-5
Emma Chorley (ENG) bt Jasmin Ballmann (SUI) 9-1, 9-4,
9-4
[9/16] Joey Chan (HKG)
bye
Esther Jongerden (NED) bt Gemma Davies (WAL) 9-6, 9-6,
4-9, 9-1
[17/32] Kerry Wickett (NZL) bt Zulhijjah Azan (MAS) 9-6,
9-1, 9-3
Marjory Fosse (FRA) bt Tiia Knuutila (FIN)
10-8, 9-6, 9-3
[3] Charlie de Rycke (BEL)
bye
Nabilla Ariffin (MAS) bt Alexandra Clark (SCO) 10-8,
9-1, 9-0
[17/32] Samantha Davies (AUS) bt Kaitlin Sennatt (USA) 9-3,
9-2, 7-9, 2-9, 9-5
Eve Rixen (GER) bt Aisling O'Connor (IRL)
9-0, 9-5, 9-4
[9/16] Neha Kumar
(CAN) bye
Heba Ahmed (EGY) bt Jackie Laurenson (NZL) 9-2,
9-7, 9-7
[17/32] Fiona Moverley (ENG) bt Seraina Kazamia (SUI) 9-0,
9-3, 9-0
Kimberley Bessell (AUS) bt Vuokko Vahatalo (FIN) 9-5,
9-0, 9-1
[5/8] Sara Badr (EGY)
bye
Natalie Pritchard (WAL) bt Yuki Sakai (JPN) 9-3,
9-3, 9-5
Lotte Eriksen (NOR) bt [17/32] Lisa Kho
(NED) 9-6, 9-5, 3-9, 10-8
Amanda Siebert (USA) bt Nikki Sequeira (CAN) 9-3,
9-3, 9-1
[9/16] Joelle King (NZL)
bye
Leonie Holt (ENG) bt Kathryn Blake (RSA) 9-1,
9-5, 5-9, 9-4
[17/32] Soraya Renai (FRA) bt Moa Shi Hui (SIN) w/o
Sarah Matthews (MAS) bt Imelda Salazar (MEX) 10-8,
9-6, 9-3
Suzannah King (ENG) bt Jennifer Gemmell (CAN) w/o
[17/32] Larissa Huffer (AUS) bt Nicole Chua
(SIN) 10-8, 3-9, 9-4, 9-2
Emery Maine (USA) bt Emi Takemoto (JPN) 9-2,
9-2, 9-2
[9/16] Nehal Yehia (EGY) bye
Victoria Lust (ENG) bt Odile Wavreille (BEL) 9-2,
9-7, 9-1
[17/32] Wee Wern Low (MAS) bt Nathalie Plain (SUI) 9-3,
9-0, 9-0
Elizabeth Mercado (MEX) bt Carmen Nujen (NED) 5-9,
9-0, 9-6, 9-6
[5/8] Annie Au (HKG) bye
Vanessa Pickerd (AUS) bt Rachel Green (WAL) 8-10,
9-7, 9-4, 6-9, 9-4
[17/32] Ashley Clackson (CAN) bt Kirsty Craig (SCO) 9-1,
9-0, 9-1
Britt Hebden (USA) bt Toke Vanwesemael (BEL) 9-1,
9-0, 9-0
[9/16] Camille Serme (FRA) bye
Louise Clark (ENG) bt Midori Saji (JPN) w/o
[17/32] Sandra Krueger (GER) bt Niamh Brennan (IRL)
9-1, 9-1, 9-0
Jessica Gillett (AUS) bt Saara Valtola
(FIN) 9-1, 9-0, 9-1
[4] Tenille Swartz (RSA) bye
Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) bt Liesbeth Voortmans (BEL) 9-1,
9-3, 9-4
Logan Greer (USA) bt [17/32] Vanessa Isola (SUI) 10-9,
5-9, 2-9, 9-2, 9-7
Pamela Chua (SIN) bt Maren Myhre
(NOR) 9-1, 9-3, 9-1
[9/16] Sally Looi
(MAS) bye
Mary-Ann Boden (RSA) bt Victoria Bell
(ENG) 9-0, 10-8, 9-7
Alia Magdy Balbaa (EGY) bt [17/32] Lucie Fialova (CZE) 9-5,
6-9, 9-6, 5-9, 10-8
Laura Gemmell (CAN) bt Sina Wall (GER)
9-5, 10-8, 9-4
[5/8] Lily Lorentzen
(USA) bye
Ciara Moloney (IRL) bt Erica Olmstead
(CAN) 9-3, 9-1, 9-7
[17/32] Deon Saffery (ENG) bt Laura Aalto-Setala (FIN) 9-2,
9-0, 9-2
Amanda Cranston (NZL) bt Lisa Aitken (SCO) 3-9,
0-9, 9-2, 10-9, 9-1
[9/16] Ka Kei Chiu (HKG) bye
Jessica Bevan (WAL) bt Maxine Windelberg (MRI) 9-2,
9-2, 9-1
[17/32] Stephanie Edmison
(CAN) bye
Ludivine de Lavison (FRA) bt Jackeline Perez (MEX) 8-10,
9-4, 9-4, 9-4
[2] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) bye
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Chinappa and Weleily top
seeds for World Juniors
India's
Joshna Chinappa and Egypt's Raneem El Weleily, the
reigning British U19 and U17 champions respectively, are top seeds
for the 12th Women's World Junior Championships set for 21-26 July
in Belgium.
 Looking to succeed Nicol David and Omneya Abdel Kawy, the two
previous winners who have both made a major impact on the senior
circuit, Chinappa is scheduled to meet Belgium's European
number one Charlie De Rycke in the semi-finals, while El
Weleily is seeded to face South Africa's Tenille Swartz.
After the individual title is decided, the team event takes place
from 27-31 July.
Top Seeds:
[1] Joshna Chinappa (India)
[2] Raneem El Weleily (Egypt)
[3] Charlie De Rycke (Belgium)
[4] Tenille Swartz (South Africa)
[5/8]
Annie Au (Hong Kong)
Sara Badr (Egypt)
Lina El Tannir (Egypt)
Lily Lorentzen (USA)
 [9/16]
Ka Kei Chiu (Hong Kong)
Neha Kumar (Canada)
Sally Looi (Malaysia)
Camille Serme (France)
Rachel Willmott (England)
Nehal Yehia (Egypt)
Joelle King (Nzl)
Joey Chan (Hkg)
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Team Pools
 07-Jul:
Willmott to lead English Team
06-Jul:
Egypt top seeds
for Team Event
06-Jul:
Aussies decimated
by injury
Australia has seen its team decimated after a spate of injuries
to their leading players.
The top three players from the original five-member team –
Queenslanders Peta Hughes and Kasey Sinclair, and
NSW’s Donna Urquhart - have been sidelined from what would
have been the biggest event of their careers.
Australia is the second most successful nation at the junior women’s
world teams, winning in 1985, 1993 and 1995, and three Australians
have won the individual title – Robyn Friday in 1983,
Sarah Fitz-Gerald in 1987 (r/up 1985) and Rachael Grinham
in 1993 (r/up 1995).
Women's World Junior Championships HISTORY |
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