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Date: 19th - 24th July 2004
Venue: National Squash Centre, Bukit Jalil
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Final
24.07.04 |
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4.00 pm |
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9/0 |
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Vanessa Atkinson |
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Nicol David |
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Atkinson does it
again in KL by Alex Wan |
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Vanessa Atkinson today once
again broke local hearts when
she stopped Nicol David from
winning in her homeground ...
again! After winning the MAS KL
Open earlier this year, she won
once again to maintain her 100%
winning streak on Malaysian
ground this year.
After a tough semi-final against
Shelley Kitchen the previous
evening, Atkinson showed no
signs of fatigue at all as she
chased down everything David
threw at her. Her retrieval
skills are simply a joy to watch
and many in the crowd sighed in
disbelief.
Playing very smart shots and
helped by David's high mistake
rate, Atkinson won rather
easily, dropping only a total of
6 points in the three quick
games. David was not herself
tonight, clipping the tin way
too many times. She was rather
frustrated on court with this
and was constantly mumbling to
herself in court, something very
unlike her usual self. Atkinson
was a happy lady, further adding
during her champion's speech,
"I've been to Malaysia many
times but this court has been
very kind to me this year."
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The
event was graced by "Pete", the
emeritus president of the WSF
and also Andrew Shelley,
executive director of WISPA. The
Malaysian Open is the second
tournament in the "Asian leg" of
the squash tour, after the
Singapore Open two weeks ago.
The ladies travel to Brunei next
week and will be joined by the
world numbers one and two Cassie
Jackman and Rachel Grinham [Jackman
has withdrawn injured, Ed].
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