Departure

We left for London Heathrow on the 14^th June 2006 at 11.40p.m and arrives London airport at 5.55a.m the next day. Met Jamie at the airport and brought us to the hotel. It was a rest day for the players.

16 June 2006

The players had a morning rest. In the evening, we played friendly match with Colets Club at Thames Diddon. The players had a good game for the first day.

Yan Xin vs Graeme Bern                                     -           won 3-1

Wee Wern vs Alan Thompson                             -           lost 1-3

Wee Nee vs Geoff Howes                                   -           won 3-1

Nessrine vs Rob Clarke                                      -           won 3-2

17 June 2006

We have a friendly match against St. George’s Hill Club (Danny Lee) at Weybridge.

Yan Xin vs Danny Lee                                         -           lost 3-0

Wee Nee vs Danny Lee                                      -           lost 3-0

Nessrine vs Graham Morrison                             -           won 2-1

Wee Wern vs Joe Lee                                        -           lost 3-0

Wee Wern vs James Simpson                            -           lost 3-0

18 June 2006

The players had a session with Danny Lee for about 40 minutes and later on played a ladder with the American group.

Yan Xin vs Hanna Snyder                                    -           won 3-0

Yan Xin vs Nick Kourides                                    -           won 3-1

Wee Nee vs Brandon Mclaughlin                         -           lost 3-2

Wee Nee vs Hanna Snyder                                 -           won 3-1

Wee Wern vs Ash Egan                                     -           won 3-0

Wee Wern vs Gedd Disesa                                 -           won 3-0

Wee Wern vs Nick Hop (Eng)                              -           won 3-0

Nessrine vs Bayard Kuensell                               -           won 3-1

Nessrine vs Brandon Mclaughlin                         -           won 3-1

19 June 2006

Match against Southdown Sport Club in Lewes near Brighton. Before that, the players had a session with Mike Harris (England National Coach).

Wee Wern vs Suzie Pierrepont(Wispa 33)            -           won 3-2 (good win)

Wee Nee vs Ryan Whiteley                                -           lost 3-0

Yan Xin vs Jenna Gates (Wispa Top 50)              -           lost 3-0

Nessrine vs Wendy Simpson                              -           won 3-0

20 June 2006

We played soccer in the morning session about one hour. We went to Wimbledon Club to have a session with Phil Rushwoth. We played a friendly match with Wimbledon Club at 4.00p.m.

Yan Xin vs Jonathan Peters                                 -           lost 3-0

Wee Wern vs Jamie Mattews                              -           lost 3-0

Wee Nee vs Sarah Hudspeth                              -           won 3-0

Nessrine vs Ben Gregson                                   -           lost 3-0

21 June 2006

They had a solo session in the morning. Wee Wern had a session with Jamie. At 1.00p.m, they had another session with the head coach of the club Tim Vail (Chichester Squash Club) for one and half hour. Later the players have a friendly match with the club at 4.30p.m.

Wee Wern vs Louise Clark                                  -           won 3-0

Nessrine vs Kelly Eastment                                -           won 3-0

Yan Xin vs Henna Wright                                    -           lost 2-1

Wee Nee vs Rob Thomas                                   -           lost 2-0

Wee Nee vs Kelly Eastment                               -           won 3-0

22 June 2006

Rest day today, took the girls to London Town for a walk. They enjoyed the trip.

23 June 2006

The players rested in the morning. Went to Richmond town for lunch and drove to Lexdon for about two hour away from Guildford. The players had a session with Paul Selby (Dad of Daryl Selby). Played a friendly match with Lexdon Racquets Club.

Yan Xin vs Rob Sullivan                                      -           lost 3-0

Wee Wern vs Daryl Selby                                   -           lost 3-0

Wee Nee vs Ben Coleman                                  -           lost 3-0

Nessrine vs Steven Snelling                                -           won 3-2

24 June 2006

They played soccer in the morning for an hour. Later on drove to Purley (Near Croydon) to play friendly match with Esporta Club.

Yan Xin vs John Philip                                        -           won 3-1

Wee Wern vs Philip Stanfields                            -           won 3-0

Wee Nee vs Roddick                                          -           won 3-1

Nessrine vs Paul Stingham                                 -           won 3-2

They played a ladder match with the American Team as well.

Yan Xin vs Ash Egan                                          -           won 3-2

Yan Xin vs George DiSesa                                  -           lost 3-1

Wee Nee vs Hanna Snyder                                 -           lost 3-1

Nessrine vs Bayard Kuensell                               -           won 3-0

Wee Wern vs William Morris                               -           won 3-1

After the friendly match, Wee Wern and Wee Nee had a session with Jamie for about half hour each.  

25 June 2006

The players had a rest day today. We went to Windsor Castle for a sight seeing. We will go to the West Country tomorrow for another friendly match with Millfield School and Wycliff College.

26 June 2006

Travel to Millfield School at Somerset (Jonah Barrington Academy). It’s around 3 hours drive from Guildford. Met Jonah Barrington and playing a friendly match with his academy at 4.00p.m. Before the match, had practice game with the American Group.

Three in a court game

Yan Xin vs Nick vs Addi                                                  -           won 3-0-0                     

Wee Wern vs Will vs Ash                                               -           won 3-0-0

Nessrine vs Brandon vs Bayard                                       -           won 2-1-0

Wee Nee vs Creighton  vs John                                      -           won 3-0-0

Match with Millfield School

Wee Nee vs Natalie Coombs                                           -           won 3-2

Yan Xin vs Bethan Williams                                            -           lost 3-1

Wee Wern vs Emma Charley(Eng U19 2^nd Seed)             -           lost 3-2

Nessrine vs  Paul O’Donnell                                            -           won 3-0

27 June 2006

The players had a session with Ian Thomas at 1.00p.m and they learned new drills. At 4.00p.m, they played another friendly match with the school team.

Wee Nee vs Jane Allman                                                -           won 3-1

Wee Wern vs Emma Charley                                          -           won 3-2

Nessrine vs Natalie Coombs                                           -           lost 3-1

Yan Xin did not play because she was sick

The match between Wee Wern and Emma was very close. She plays the correct shots at the correct time today. Hopefully her confidence level will go up prior to the tournaments. We will be moving to Wycliff College tomorrow.

28 June 2006

Travel to Wycliff College (Dave Morris is the Head Coach) in the morning and had a morning session off. Only play a friendly match against Wycliff College. Kamran Khan play with the college and he looks still the same in terms of squash. Yan Xin did not play this match as she is still recovering from yesterday stomach indigestion.

Wee Wern vs Jamie Hickox                                            -           lost 3-1

Nessrine vs  Chloe Marshall                                            -           won 3-1

Wee Nee vs Nicholas Reeder                                          -           lost 3-2

Wee Wern had a close match with Jamie. Jamie commented that she is really a talented player and if guided correctly, she will be one of the players to watch in years to come.

29 June 2006

It was a rest day today. We drove to Glasgow. Take us around 8 hours to reach Glasgow. The girls are tired and they will have a full rest day and tomorrow morning as well before playing a match against Edinburgh Squash Club. Yan Xin is getting better now after two rough days. She will be playing tomorrow.

30 June 2006

We drove to Edinburgh to play one match against Edinburgh Sports Club. Yan Xin started playing today and she is weak after rested for two days. She is taking it lightly this few days. Hopefully she will be better the next few days.

Yan Xin vs Helen Macfie                                      -           lost 3-0

Wee Wern vs Simon Boughton                           -           lost 3-0

Wee Nee vs Callum Howit                                  -           won 3-0

Nessrine vs Jamie Nevin                                       -           won 3-1

Wee Nee and Nessrine will be joining Sandra’s group from tomorrow at Hatfield. They will be driven down to Hatfield by Jamie’s sister Catherine.

1July 2006

We had an early friendly match today with Whitecraigs Sports Club in Glasgow. Nessrine and Wee Nee have left and are with Sandra’s group today. We will see them in Germany. Earlier, Wee Wern and Yan Xin had a solo session for about an hour before playing a match with the club member. Yan Xin did not play today as she is still having stomach discomfort today. Only Wee Wern played today.

Wee Wern vs Barry White                                    -           lost 3-0

2 July 2006

Today we drove from Glasgow to Pontefract (Yorkshire) to play a friendly match tomorrow. We played soccer in the evening just to do some aerobic workout.

3 July 2006

Today, the players were playing ladder matches with the American Team. Later, they had a friendly match with Pontefract Squash and Leisure Club where Malcolm Willstrop was the Head Coach at that club. Yan Xin and Wee Wern had a good match today as both of them played well although Wee Wern in 4 games. She is getting stronger each day and so as Yan Xin. Tomorrow, they will have a session with Malcomn for about 2 hours. Here are the results.

Ladder Match

Yan Xin vs George DiSesa                                   -           won 3-1

Wee Wern vs Jamie Hickox                                 -           won 2-1

Pontefract Club

Yan Xin vs Grace Smith                                       -           won 3-2

Wee Wern vs Kirsty Mcphee (WISPA 59)              -           lost 3-1

4 July 2006

Yan Xin had a session with Malcolm Willstrop together with the American group for about 2 hours and she was very excited with his session as there is some fun games implemented in the session and Malcolm said she is very potential to become a good player so as Wee Wern. Wee Wern show lots of potential when playing Kirsty Mcphee last night. Wee Wern did not have a session today with Malcolm because of a minor blister  on her thumb suffered from yesterday’s match. After the session, we drove to London area to have a last friendly match before heading to Germany on the 6^th July. It took us around 6 hours instead of 4 hours to reached London as there was a huge hailstorm and traffic congestion on the Highway. We had an evening rest after a long drive. Tomorrow will have a morning off and match in the evening to round up the UK tour.

5 July 2006

The players had a morning rest to do their laundry and walk around town. At 2.00p.m, we went to St. George’s Hill for a hit with the American group. Wee Wern had a light session about an hour and play fun games with the American group. Then, Yan Xin play a match with Mckay Claghorn and she won 3-2, 9-7 in the fifth game. She played really well today as all her shot came in perfectly. Yan Xin and Wee Wern are very excited for the coming tournaments. As for us, today is the last day of our TOUR of UK and we will leaving for Germany tomorrow morning and we should be reaching Cologne at 4.00p.m depend the traffic congestions on French Highway. I will be reporting the tournament in Germany together with the rest of our Team.

6 July 2006

Today, we have another long journey from London to Cologne. We left from London Hotel at 9.00am and we reached Channel Tunnel at around 11.30am. We took 1.10pm train to Calais. It was amazing the big trucks, cars and buses can fit into the train and travel thru the straits for only 30 mins!! It’s really AMAZING!! Later on, we drove from France to Cologne bypass Belgium. The drive was very nice as you can see all the country side scenerary. It took us around 9 hours to reach Cologne. We met the rest of the TEAM at hotel and all of us were pretty tired. Tomorrow will be first round of the tournament and I will try to get all results in by the latest late evening tomorrow. Good Luck all the players!!

7 July 2006

Today is the first day of the Pioneer Cup in Cologne. In the Boys Under 15, Kah Wah, Azri and Marcus went thru the second round. Andre and Affeeq lost to their respectively to their opponent 3-0 in the first round. Later on, Macus Lost In the Boys Under 13, Eu Jin won his first round match easily beating his opponent from Spain. The Girls Under 19 saw Wee Wern won her match convincingly 3-0 in the first and second round match. She will be playing Camille Serme of France in the last 16. Pushppa won her first round match and lost in her second match. In the Girls Under 17, Zulhijjah went thru the last 16. She will be paying a Danish opponent tomorrow. Rachael lost in the second round to Haba from Egypt 3-1. In the Girls Under 15, Yan Xin, Nessrine and Wee Nee are in the last 16. Unfortunately, Nessrine and Wee Nee will be playing each other again. It’s a repeat of Milo All Star semi final match. If Yan Xin wins tomorrow, she will be meeting Dipika Pallikal of India in the Quarter Finals. Heng Yi Lian and Lim Wee Nee lost their second match to Yan Xin 3-0 and M. Doubrauoval from Czeh Republic 3-2 respectively. Yong Sue Ann lost her first match to Sophie Lemom from England 3-0. Here are the results.

Girls Under 19

First Round

Wee Wern beat C. Riegaluth (USA)                             -           3-0

Pushppa beat S. Riding (Den)                                       -           3-0

Second Round

Wee Wern beat V. Bell (Eng)                                          -           3-0

Pushppa lost D. Saffery (Eng)                                         -           1-3

Girls Under 17

First Round

Zulhijjah beat E. Andremo (Swe)                                  -           3-0

Rachael beat C. Cortes (USA)                                      -           3-0

Second Round

Zulhijjah beat O. Blatchford (USA)                               -           3-0

Rachael lost Haba Alaq Anwar (Egypt)                    -           1-3

Girls Under 15

FirstRound

Yan Xin vs Bye

Wee Nee vs Bye

Nessrine beat M. Murray (USA)                                      -           3-0

Yi Lian beat S. Domenick (USA)                                     -           3-0

Lim Wee Nee beat M. Huber (Ger)                               -           3-0

Second Round

Yan Xin beat Yi Lian                                                          -           3-0

Wee Nee beat M. Bikousky (ISR)                                    -           3-0

Nessrine beat M. Tomlinson (ENG) 2^ND SEED              -           3-1

Lim Wee Nee lost M Doubrauoval (CZE)                     -           2-3

Boys Under 15

First Round

Kah Wah beat  O. Polman (Net)                                   -           3-0

Marcus beat B. Kuensell (USA)                                       -           3-0

Azri beat B. Mclaughlin (USA)                                        -           3-0

Andre Kho lost O. Marei (Eng)                                       -           0-3

Affeeq lost A. Gupta (Can)                                           -           0-3

Second Round

Kah Wah beat D. Mekbib (CZE)                                    -           3-0

Macus lost T. Van Der Pluijm (Net)                                -           2-3

Azri lost C. Sharpes (Eng)                                                 -           1-3

Boys Under 13

First Round

Eu Jin beat I. Aguado (ESP)                                           -           3-0

8 July 2006

Today we have two Semi Finalist in the Girls Under 19 and Girls Under 15. Wee Wern beat Camille Serme of France in the Last 16 3-2. She was 2-0 down and 6-3 down in the third and she fought back hard to win the third game 9-7. In the fifth game she was 6-3 down and clawed back to win 9-7. Later on, she went in to play the Quarters Finals against Deon from England. She had a slow start at the first game and lost 7-9. From then, she did not look back and won the next three games easily. It was a class above the rest. It was a good win for her after all the hard work she had put in. Well Done Wee Wern! The next semi finalist was Wee Nee. She beat Nessrine in the last 16 in 4 games and beat C. Delties of France 3-0 in the Quarter Finals. Unfortunately, Yan Xin had a tough draw at the upper half and lost to Dipika Palikal of India 3-0. Dipika was a class above the rest. In the boys Under 13, we have Eu Jin in the Semi Finals as well. He beat Ahmad Sameh Habib of Egypt in 5 games. Wee Wern will be playing Emma Charley of England tomorrow. She played with her in the friendly match last week in UK and the score is 1-1. Hope she will get a good outing tomorrow. Wee Nee will be playing Noran Alaa El Torky of Egypt while Eu Jin is playing Mahesh Mangaonkar of India. Let’s hope we will get another good news tomorrow. Here are the rest of the results!

Girls Under 19

Last 16

Wee Wern beat Camille Serme (Fra)                           -           3-2

Quarter Final

Wee Wern beat Deon Saffery (Eng)                             -           3-1

17^th – 32^nd Placing

Pushppa beat Ctutnickova (CZE)                               -           3-0

17^th – 24^th Placing

Pushppa beat Victoria Bell (Eng)                                  -           3-1

Girls Under 17

Last 16

Zulhijjah vs Sally Skaarenborg (USA)                             -           3-0

Quarter Final

Zulhijjah lost Astrid Kem (Ger)                                        -           0-3

17^th – 32^nd Placing

Rachael beat B. Schrador (Ned)                                  -           w/o

17^th – 24^th Placing

Rachael beat Rhetta Nardos (USA)                            -           3-0

Girls Under 15

Last 16

Wee Nee beat Nessrine                                                   -           3-1

Yan Xin beat Helena Muzi Cohen (Fra)                      -           3-0

Quarter Final

Wee Nee beat C. Delties (Fra)                                       -           3-0

Yan Xin lost Dipika Pallikal (Ind)                                     -           0-3

9^th – 16^th Placing

Nessrine beat Sarah Barnes (Fra)                                  -           3-0

Girls Under 13

17^th – 32^nd Placing

Sue Ann beat Georgie Ingham (Eng)                                    -           3-0

17^th -24^th Placing

Sue Ann

Boys Under 15

Last 16

Kah Wah beat Alex Ma (USA)                                       -           3-0

17^th – 32^nd Placing

Marcus beat F. Possenger (Eng)                                   -           3-1

9 July 2006

Today, we have four players in the semi finals and three players won their semi finals match. Wee Wern beat Emma Charley of England 3-1, Wee Nee beat Noran Alaa El Torky of Egypt 3-2 and Kah Wah beat R. Rohrmuller 3-2. Eu Jin lost to Mahesh Mangaonkar of India 3-0. In the Girls U19, Wee Wern has to fight from the first game and she got it through the first game very closely. She won the first 9-6. In the second game, she complained her thigh had some strained and lost in the second 9-0. She did not give up and went in to fight all the way through. It was a very intense game between each other in the third game. Both of them produced very nice touch of volley drops and a very tight length. In the end, saw Emma cannot hang on to the pace of Wee Wern play. And she won the third and fourth game easily compared to first game. She will be playing Annie Au of Hong Kong tomorrow.

In the Girls U15, Wee Nee has a sweet revenge against Noran as Wee Nee lost to her the last meeting. She won the first game in a close fight 10-9. Then Noran makes a comeback to win the second game 9-5. In the third game, I never saw Wee Nee such a good game before. She raced to 7-0 lead and out of sudden her ‘engine’ just shut off. Luckily she managed to regain her focus and won 9-7. In the fourth game, she was down 6-3 before clawed back to level the score to 6-6. There is some referee decision which makes a few bad calls and she lost her focus and lost 9-6 in the fourth game. Later, Sandra told her to play her guts out and give 110%. Thankfully all went well for her as she won the fifth game 9-7.She was 6-3 down. Really delighted to see the Low’s sister in the Finals. (Well Done! “Neenie and Wernie’ - Their nick name in England given by Jamie Hickox)

In the Boys U15, Kah Wah went in as a ‘Dark Horse’. Nobody ever heard of this Perakian before. Who is he? His opponent is about his size but stronger than him. Both of them were hitting the ball so hard even I got problem seeing it. In the first game, he wasn’t concentrating his game as his opponent was blocking him to play a shot and he lost 9-0. In the second game, same situation happened to him and he got a bit upset before regained his composure to win 10-8. In the third game, he was 6-0 down and he start to fight back point by point before losing 9-7. In the third and fourth game, his opponent just ran out of steam and he won it easily 9-3,9-1. Well, Malaysia Boleh! , Perak Also Can!!

In the Boys U13, Eu Jin lost to Mahesh in three games. If Eu Jin is experience enough, he would have won the match. Anyway, it was very good effort from him. This is his first international tournament and hopefully he will get more exposure in future. The rest of the players won their matches respectively. Here are their results. Till then, we see you tomorrow. Selamat Malam!

Girls Under 19

Semi Final

Wee Wern beat Emma Charley (Eng)                         -           3-1(6, (0), 8, 2)

17^th – 20^th Placing

Pushppa lost Amanda Siebert (USA)                          -           1-3 ((3), 4,1,4)

Girls Under 17

5^th – 8^th Placing

Zulhijjah beat Sharon Sinclair (Ger)                              -           3-0 (5, 1, 5)

17^th – 20^th Placing

Rachael beat Qiater Mom(Eng)                                  -           3-0 (1, 3, 3)

Girls Under 15

Semi Final

Wee Nee beat Noran Alaa El Torky (Egy)                  -           3-2 (9, (5), 7, (6, 7)

5^th – 8^th Placing

Yan Xin beat Marika Duobravova (CZE)                   -           3-0 (2, 1, 2)

9^th – 12^th Placing

Nessrine beat H. Anthony (Scot)                                  -           3-0 (2, 7, 3)

17^th – 20^th Placing

Yi Lian beat Lim Wee Nee                                               -           3-0 (2, 0, 5)

Girls Under 13

17^th – 20^th Placing

Sue Ann beat E. Bedjai (Fra)                                          -           3-1((2), 7, 6, 7)

Boys Under 15

Quarter Final

Kah Wah beat L. Serme (Fra)                                         -           3-0 (7, 6, 4)

Semi Final

Kah Wah beat R. Rormuller (Ger)                                 -           3-2 ((0), 8, (7), 3,1)

33^rd – 36^th Placing

Marcus  beat D. Mekbib (CZE)                                      -           3-1((9), 4, 3, 0)

Boys Under 13

Semi Final

Eu Jin lost Mahesh Mangaonkar (Ind)                                    -           0-3 (6, 1, 5)

10 July 2006

Today we have three players playing in the final. It was a cheer for Malaysian camp as Wee Wern delivered Under 19 titles beating Annie Au in 3. Kah Wah and Wee Nee lost to a better player but could have done better. Overall, both of them played well in their own age group. Today, Wee Wern had an easy match against Annie compared to Carmille Serme of France and Emma Chorley of England. She started it off very strong. Good length from both side and superb kill shots at front court. She was controlling the game most of the time and she won 9-3 in 9 minutes. In second game, Annie started to hit the ball well and punished her to dig up the shots at front backhand corner. She was struggling to pick up some of Annie’s shots. Later, Wee Wern starts to regain her composure to win 9-4 in 14 minutes. In the third game, it was very close game this time as Annie would try whatever shots she could and it went in most of the time. Again, Wee Wern have to dug up really deep to punished Annie back to her backhand back corner. Annie could do anything about it and Wee Wern won this game 9-6 in 14 minutes. She was very delighted to win this title as it will boost her confidence and would be getting a good seeding in the Dutch Junior and British Junior Open next year. Below are the results for all our players. We will be going to Amsterdam tomorrow and the tournament will starts on Thursday (13 July). I will bring another latest updates from there. Till then, Selamat Malam.

Girls Under 19

Final

Wee Wern beat Annie Au (HK)                                     -           3-0 (3, 4, 6)

19^th – 20^th Placing

Pushppa lost C. Aumard (Fra)                                       -           w/o   

Girls Under 17

5^th – 6^th Placing

Zulhijjah beat Sina Wall (Ger)                                         -           3-2 ((5), 7, (9), 7, 1)

17^th – 18^th Placing

Rachael beat Olivia Blatchford (USA)                                    -           3-2 (1, (1), 1, (1), 5)

Girls Under 15

Final

Wee Nee lost Dipika Pallikal (Ind)                                  -           0-3 (4, 3, 6)

5^th – 6^th Placing

Yan Xin beat Cyriell Reltier (Fra)                                    -           3-0 (7, 2, 0)

9^th – 10^th Placing

Nessrine beat M. Lagerweji (Ned)                                -           3-1 (3, 3, (7), 1)

17^th – 18^th Placing

Yi Lian lost M. Tomlinson (Eng)                                       -           1-3 (6, (3), 1, 6)

19^th – 20^th Placing

Lim Wee Nee lost J. Courtice (Eng)                              -           1-3 ((6), 2, 6, 2)       

Girls Under 13

17^th – 18^th Placing

Sue Ann lost T. Ter Sluis (Ned)                                         -           0-3 (4, 4, 4)

Boys Under 15

Final

Kah Wah lost A. Khalid Khalifa (Egy)                            -           0-3 (1, 2, 5)

33^rd – 34^th Placing

Marcus lost K. Ali Fathy (Egy)                                         -           0-3 (2, 4, 6)

41^st – 42^nd Placing

Zul Azri beat M Graziotti (SWISS)                                   -           3-1(6, (6), 1, 6)

65^th – 66^th Placing

Andre Kho beat C. Loesch Quitin (USA)                     -           3-2 ((3), 5, (2), 6, (5))

69^th – 70th Placing

Affeeq Abedeen beat Khalid Allindawin (QAT)     -           3-0 (6, 0, 0)

Boys Under 13

3^rd – 4^th Placing

Eu Jin lost T. Ford (Eng)                                                     -           1-3 (4, (8), 7, 7)

11 July 2006

Today all the players (Sandra’s and Allan’s Group) are leaving to Amsterdam. Sandra’s group is taking the train while Allan’s group is taking the flight to Amsterdam. They will reach Amsterdam at around 5.30p.m and all the players are tired after a long journey. They will rest tomorrow morning and maybe will have a light hit in the afternoon and Liz Irving squash club before heading to Championship Venue on Thursday morning

12 July 2006

The players had a morning rest. They went to Liz Irving Squash Club to practice in the evening. They will be going to tournament venue tomorrow morning.

13 July 2006 – Dutch Junior Open, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Today is the start of the Dutch Junior Open and the players got another bad draw again. Wee Wern is due to meet Annie Au of Hong Kong in the last 16, while Yi Lian , Wee Nee and Yan Xin will be meeting Dipika in the first round, second round and Quarter Finals respectively. Nessrine has to play qualifying round to get in the main round. Zulhijjah will be meeting Heba Alaa El Torky of Egypt in the quarter finals. Here are the results

Girls Under 19

1^st Round

Wee Wern beat Britt Nebden (USA)                            -           3-0 (0, 1, 0

Girls Under 17

1^st Round

Zulhijjah beat Olivia Blatchford (USA)                                     -           3-1 ((7), 8, 7, 0)

Rachael beat Nickoo Fardaiford                                  -           3-0 (0, 0, 5)

2^nd Round

Zulhijjah beat Ann Mikkelsen                                          -           3-0 (1, 0, 0)

Rachael beat Lexi Van Arkle                                         -           3-0 (2, 3, 0)

Girls Under 15

1^st Round

Wee Nee beat Harriet Ingham                                     -           3-0 (5, 5, 4)

Yan Xin beat Anne Jongerden (Hol)                           -           3-0 (4, 2, 1)

Nessrine beat Milie Tomlinson (Eng)                             -           3-0 (5, 0, 3)

Yi Lian lost Dipika Pallikal (Ind)                                       -           0-3 (0, 1, 4)

Lim Wee Nee lost Lucy Townley in Qualifying            -           1-3 (2, (5), 9, 2)

2^nd Round

Wee Nee lost Dipika (Ind)                                               -           0-3 (0, 3, 4)

Yan Xin beat Helen Muzi Cohen (Fra)                         -           0-3 (1, 5, 5)

Nessrine beat Mor Bikousky                                             -           3-0 (2, 1, 4)

Plate 1^st Round

Yi Lian Beat Harriet Ingham (Eng)                                -           3-0 (2, 3, 6)

Lim Wee Nee beat Sabrina Sorensen (Den)              -           3-0 (0, 2, 2)

Plate 2^nd Round

Yi Lian beat Anne Jongerden (Hol)                             -           3-0 (3, 7, 4)

Lim Wee Nee beat Wendy Gunther (Hol)                  -           3-0 (2, 4, 2)

Gilrs Under 13

Qualifying Round

Sue Ann lost Salma Hatem (Egy)                                  -           0-3 (6, 5, 5)

Plate 1^st Round

Sue Ann beat Madeline Peddy (Eng)                         -           3-0 (2, 0, 2)

Boys Under 15

1^st Round

Kah Wah beat Samuel Allan                                          -           3-0 (3, 4, 0)

Marcus  beat Tomas De Paaum                                   -           3-0 (5, 0, rtd)

Azri beat Alberto Perez (Esp)                                         -           3-0 (2, 5, 6)

Andre Kho lost Nick Hopcroft (Eng)                             -           0-3 (7, 3, 6)

2^nd Round

Azri beat Brandon McLauglin (USA)                            -           3-1 (2, 6, (9), 7)

Marcus beat Hugo Diamond                                         -           3-0 (1, 0, 2)

Kah Wah lost Am Khalid Khalifa                                    -           0-3 (6, 0, 3)

Plate 1^st Round

Andre beat Rick Penders (                                             -           3-1 (4, (9), 6, (3), 7)

Plate 2^nd Round

Andre lost Ben Jones (Eng)                                             -           3-0 (7, 3, 1)

Boys Under 13

Qualifying Round

Affeeq beat Omar Khider (Egy)                                    -           3-1 (6, 3, (7), 3)

Eu Jin lost Ahmed Abdel Khalik (Egy)                          -           0-3 (7, 4, 1)

1^st Round

Affeeq beat Sean Haruzi (Isr)                                        -           3-0 (2, 0, 0)

Plate 1^st Round

Eu Jin beat Jacob Robinson (Eng)                               -           3-0 (5, 1, 0

14 July 2006

Today we have a bad start. Wee Wern lost to Annie Au in 5 in the last 16, Nessrine lost to Noran of Egypt in 5 and Yan Xin lost to 3 in the quarter final respectively. Wee Wern was leading 2-0 before lost the next three games very close. Annie played exceptionally well this time as she controlled the court all the time. She was very confidence to put away the winner shots and Wee Wern has to dig up deep to win a point. Credit must be given to Wee Wern as she showed a matured player throughout the match. She lost to a better player today. As for Nessrine, she was 2-0 down before clawing back to level the score. Unfortunately, she had a cramped during the 5^th game and just couldn’t move around the court. Although she lost the match, she shows a fighting spirit and ‘never say die’ attitude. Well played Ness. Yan Xin this time fared a much better game compared to Pioneer Cup. She gave Dipika a wake up call before losing 3-0. What a surprised semi finalist! Azri is in the Semi Final in the Under 15 so as Affeeq in under 13. They will be playing Rohmuller of Germany and Oliver Holland respectively. Rachael is in the semi final beating Kristyna from Czech 3-0. Here are the results for today.

Girls Under 19

Last 16

Wee Wern lost to Annie Au (HK)                                   -           2-3 ((1),(8), 5, 3)

9^th – 16^th Placing

Wee Wern beat Chiu Ka Kei (HK)                                  -           3-0 ((2), 2, 5, 3)

Girls Under 17

Quarter Final

Zulhijjah lost Heba Alaa El Torky (Egy)                         -           0-3 (8, 8, 1)

Rachael beat Kristyna Vykourilova (Cze)                   -           3-0 (0, 0, 2)

Girls Under 15

Quarter Final

Yan Xin lost Dipika (Ind)                                                   -           0-3 (8, 7, 3)

9^th – 16^th Placing

Wee Nee beat Helena Muzi-Cohen (Fra)                   -           3-0 (3, 0, 2)

Girls Under 13

Plate 2^nd Round

Sue Ann beat Georgia Blatchford (USA)                   -           3-0 (4, 4, 0)

Boys Under 15

Last 16

Marcus lost R. Rohmuller (Ger)                                       -           0-3 (8, 5, 4)

Azri beat Tim Van DerPlujim (Ger)                                -           3-0 (1, 3, 3)

9^th – 16^th Placing

Marcus beat Tim Van DerPlujim (Ger)                         -           3-0 (7, 0, 1)

Plate 3^rd Round

Andre beat Paul Bonabese (Fra)                                  -           3-1 (4, (4), 4, 7

Boys Under 13

3^rd Round

Affeeq beat Nicholas Signoret (Fra)                            -           3-0 (0, 2, 0)

Quarter Final

Affeeq beat Tom Ford (Eng)                                          -           3-0 (7, 1, 4)

Plate 2^nd Round

Eu Jin beat Matthew Mudeen (Cay)                         -           3-0 (0, 0, 0)

Plate 3^rd Round

Eu Jin beat Joris Nesselaar (Hol)                                    -           w/o

15 July 2006

What surprised! Affeeq Abedeen is in the Finals of Boys Under 13. He beat Oliver Holland 3-0 in the semi final. He will be meeting Ahmed Abdel Malik of Egypt. Rachael is in the Final Girls Under 17 after she upset a few seeded players. In the semi final, she beat Sara Nomany 3-1. She will be meeting Heba Alaa El Torky tomorrow to revenge her lost in the Pioneer Cup. The rest of the players will be playing their placing respectively and hopefully they will do well in the last day of the tournament. Wee Wern will be playing 9^th – 10^th placing tomorrow against Nour Baghat of Egypt. Here are the rest of the results.  

Girls Under 19

9^th – 12^th Placing

Wee Wern beat Logan Greer(USA)                 -           3-2 (5-9 4-9 9-4 9-5 9-3)

Girls Under 17

Semi Final

Rachael beat Sara Nomany                              -           3-1 ( 5-9 9-6 9-0 9-6)

5^th – 8^th Placing

Zulhijjah beat Kimberly Hay                                 -           3-1 ( 9-5 9-5 8-10 9-6)

Girls Under 15

5^th – 8^th Placing

Nessrine beat Emma Waldre                              -           3-1 (2-9 9-5 9-7 9-4)

Yan Xin beat Andrea Malinova                                    -           3-0 (9-2 9-1 9-0)

9^th – 12^th Placing

Wee Nee beat Marissa Lagerweij                     -           3-0 (9-3 9-3 9-0)

Girls Under 13

Sue Ann beat Rosie Allan                                   -           3-0 (9-7 9-2 9-0)

Boys Under 15

Quarter Final

Azri lost Rudi Rohmuller                                        -           1-3 (2-9 9-2 9-5 9-0)

5^th – 8^th Placing

Azri lost Lucas Serme (Fra)                                   -           0-3 (9-5 9-3 9-0)

9^th – 12^th Placing

Marcus lost Karim Ali (Egy)                                  -           0-3 (9-3 9-0 9-7)

Boys Under 13

Semi Final

Affeeq beat Oliver Holland                                -           3-0 ( 9-6 9-0 9-4)

Plate Final

Eu Jin beat Omar Khedir (Qatar)                     -           3-1 (10-9, 7-9, 9-2, 9-5)

16 July 2006 – Final Day!!

We have a champion! Affeeq Abedeen from Sabah won the Boys Under 13. He beat his compatriot Ahmed Abdel Khalik of Egypt 9-7, 9-3, 9-4. Rachael lost to Heba Alaa El Torky of Egypt 1-9, 8-10, 4-9.  The rest of the players had their match played and here are their results.

Girls Under 19

9^th – 10^th Placing

Wee Wern lost Nour Bahat (Egy)                       -           2-3 (9-3 3-9 7-9 9-2 9-3)

Girls Under 17

Final

Racahel lost Heba Alaa El Torky (Egy)                        -           0-3 (9-1 10-8 4-9)

5^th – 6^th Placing

Zulhijjah beat Kristyna Vykourilova (Cze)        -          3-0 (9-4, 9-3, 9-0)

Girls Under 15

5^th – 6^th Placing

Yan Xin beat Nessrine                                          -           3-1 (10-8, 8-10, 9-2, 9-6)

9^th – 10^th Placing

Wee Nee beat Tesni Evans (Wales)                  -           3-0 (9-4 9-2 9-3)

 Boys Under 15

7^th – 8^th Placing

Azri lost Khalid Zahran                                          -           1-3 (9-5 6-9 9-7 9-5  )

15^th – 16^th Placing

Marcus beat David Haley                                   -           3-0 (9-4 9-5 9-0  )

19^th – 20^th Placing

Kah Wah  beat Laurens  mostmans                 -           3-0 (9-0 9-2 9-4  )

Boy Under 13

Final

Affeeq beat Ahmed Abdel Khalik                   -           3-0 (9-7, 9-3, 9-4)