
Mackay Open 2015
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Main Draw29 Oct - 1 Nov
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VenueMackay, Australia
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Prize$5,000 (m) / $5,000 (w)
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Website
Overview
Men’s Event
Top seed Zac Alexander captured the Mackay Open, PSA M5 title on home soil with a hard-fought straight games triumph over fellow Australian and number two seed Joshua Larkin to capture a second successive PSA World Tour crown.
World No.91 Alexander booked his place in the showpiece event with a fine 3-1 victory over compatriot Rhys Dowling while Larkin overcame a 2-1 deficit to move past England’s Adam Murrills in his semi-final fixture.
A number of long, gut-busting rallies set the tone in the early stages as both players patiently probed for an opening, with Alexander eventually taking the first game by a 12-10 margin.
The 26-year-old remained consistent in the second as he kept his opponent at arm’s-length for the majority of the game to double his advantage.
Game number three was the closest of the lot as Larkin redoubled his attempts to find a chink in Alexander’s armour. However, the latter stayed strong to complete a 12-10, 11-8, 14-12 victory, securing a 16th PSA World Tour title in the process.
Result – Final: Mackay Open 2015
[1] Zac Alexander (AUS) bt [2] Joshua Larkin (AUS) 3-0: 12-10, 11-8, 14-12 (46m)
Women’s Event
Malaysia’s Vanessa Chu secured her third PSA World Tour title of 2015 with a 3-1 triumph over home favourite and number one seed Sarah Cardwell in the final of the Mackay Open, PSA W5 tournament.
The number two seed failed to drop a game as she stormed into the final, seeing off England’s Anna Kimberley in the previous round. Cardwell, who reached the final of this event last year, was similarly impressive, although she did face resistance from Tong Tsz-Wing in the semi-final where she eventually prevailed in four games.
Chu adapted well to the warm conditions on court but was still pegged close by Cardwell in an opening game that went all the way to a tie-break. After taking the first game by a 12-10 scoreline, Chu pressed on in the second and doubled her lead after mixing up the pace of her game well to dictate the tempo.
A resilient Cardwell, playing in front of a partizan crowd on home soil, reversed her fortunes in the third, winning 11-9 to set up a grandstand finish.
Chu came out all guns blazing though in the fourth, working Cardwell into all four corners of the court to claim a gritty 12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6 triumph
Result – Final: Mackay Open 2015
[2] Vanessa Chu (HKG) bt [1] Sarah Cardwell (AUS) 3-1: 12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6 (42m)
Top Seeds
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![]() ![]() Z. Alexander (809)
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![]() ![]() J. Larkin (107)
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![]() ![]() A. Murrills (592)
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![]() ![]() R. Dowling (180)
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![]() ![]() T. Calvert (520)
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![]() ![]() D. Evans (235)
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![]() ![]() R. Toole (485)
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![]() ![]() A. Eustace (357)
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![]() ![]() S. Cardwell (75)
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![]() ![]() V. Chu (107)
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![]() ![]() C. Tucker (142)
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![]() ![]() L. Camilleri (90)
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![]() ![]() T. Tong (55)
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![]() ![]() L. Rarere (108)
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![]() ![]() J. Turnbull (88)
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![]() ![]() S. Calvert (127)
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Single round
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Thu 29th Oct – 10:00Grant PolleyAUS2-3
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Darren Moss
AUSQualifier #2: Darren MossAUS -
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Darryn Dyer
AUSQualifier #3: Darryn DyerAUS -
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Craig Middendorp
AUSQualifier #4: Craig MiddendorpAUS -
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Andrew Ollett
AUSQualifier #5: Andrew OllettAUS -
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Jayden Wadd
AUSQualifier #7: Jayden WaddAUS -
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Ben Tobin
AUSQualifier #8: Ben TobinAUS
Round 1
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Fri 30th Oct-
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Fri 30th OctAndrew OllettAUS3-2
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Fri 30th Oct3-0 (11-3, 11-9, 11-7)Craig MiddendorpAUS
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Fri 30th OctMithran SelvaratnamMAS3-0 (11-9, 12-10, 11-2)
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Fri 30th Oct3-1 (9-11, 11-3, 13-11, 14-12)
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Fri 30th Oct3-0 (11-5, 11-1)
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Fri 30th Oct3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-1)Darryn DyerAUS
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Fri 30th Oct0-3 (3-11, 1-11, 1-11)
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Fri 30th Oct3-0 (11-3, 11-7, 11-7)Ben TobinAUS
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Fri 30th Oct3-1 (10-12, 11-6, 11-3, 11-5)Jayden WaddAUS
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Fri 30th Oct3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 12-10)Darren MossAUS
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Fri 30th Oct0-3 (4-11, 6-11, 10-12)
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Fri 30th Oct3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-5)
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Fri 30th Oct – 13:00Walkover
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Fri 30th Oct3-0 (11-7, 18-16, 11-3)Jeremy BarnesUSA
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Fri 30th Oct-
Round 2
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Fri 30th Oct3-0 (11-2, 11-1, 11-3)Andrew OllettAUS
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Fri 30th Oct0-3 (6-11, 4-11, 7-11)Mithran SelvaratnamMAS
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Fri 30th Oct2-3 (11-6, 11-6, 5-11, 4-11, 10-12)
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Fri 30th Oct0-3 (6-11, 4-11, 7-11)
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Fri 30th Oct3-0 (12-10, 11-5, 11-6)
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Fri 30th Oct0-3 (4-11, 9-11, 4-11)
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Fri 30th Oct3-0
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Fri 30th Oct0-3 (2-11, 2-11, 7-11)
Quarter final
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Sat 31st Oct3-0 (11-1, 12-10, 11-6)Mithran SelvaratnamMAS
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Sat 31st Oct0-3 (8-11, 1-11, 8-11)
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Sat 31st Oct3-0 (11-8, 11-1, 11-6)
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Sat 31st Oct0-3 (4-11, 7-11, 4-11)
Semi final
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Sat 31st Oct3-1 (11-8, 4-11, 11-4, 13-11)
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Sat 31st Oct2-3 (11-6, 5-11, 11-6, 6-11, 2-11)
Final
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Sun 1st Nov3-0 (12-10, 11-8, 14-12)Winner: Zac AlexanderAUS
Single round
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Thu 29th Oct
Janelle Scobie
AUS3-0 (11-1, 11-2, 11-4)Tia McLennanAUSQualifier #1: Janelle ScobieAUS -
Thu 29th Oct3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-2)Rachel McDermottAUSQualifier #2: Song Sun-MiKOR
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Thu 29th OctJessica GreenAUS0-3 (5-11, 5-11, 2-11)
Vicki Polley
AUSQualifier #3: Vicki PolleyAUS -
Thu 29th Oct-Qualifier #4: Sunghee OhKOR
Round 1
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Fri 30th Oct3-0 (11-1, 11-1, 11-1)Janelle ScobieAUS
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Fri 30th Oct3-1 (6-11, 11-4, 11-4, 13-11)
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Fri 30th Oct3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-8)
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Fri 30th Oct1-3 (7-11, 5-11, 11-3, 7-11)Cheyna Tucker (3)RSA
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Fri 30th Oct3-0 (11-2, 11-5, 11-2)
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Fri 30th Oct3-1 (9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 12-10)
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Fri 30th Oct3-0 (11-1, 11-6)Vicki PolleyAUS
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Fri 30th Oct0-3 (4-11, 7-11, 5-11)
Quarter final
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Sat 31st Oct3-0 (11-4, 11-3, 11-3)
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Sat 31st Oct3-2 (11-6, 7-11, 11-8, 11-13, 11-6)Cheyna Tucker (3)RSA
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Sat 31st Oct2-3 (11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 10-12, 8-11)
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Sat 31st Oct0-3 (9-11, 6-11, 8-11)
Semi final
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Sat 31st Oct3-1 (11-9, 5-11, 11-8, 12-10)
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Sat 31st Oct0-3 (8-11, 9-11, 6-11)
Final
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Sun 1st Nov1-3 (10-12, 8-11, 11-9, 6-11)Winner: Vanessa ChuHKG
Final Sun, 1st November 2015
Player | Games | Results | |||||
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Zac Alexander
Z. Alexander
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3 | 12 | 11 | 14 | |||
Joshua Larkin
J. Larkin
[2] ![]() |
0 | 10 | 8 | 12 |
Semi final Sat, 31st October 2015
Player | Games | Results | |||||
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Zac Alexander
Z. Alexander
[1] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 13 | ||
Rhys Dowling
R. Dowling
[4] ![]() |
1 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 11 |
Adam Murrills
A. Murrills
[3] ![]() |
2 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 2 | |
Joshua Larkin
J. Larkin
[2] ![]() |
3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 11 |
Quarter final Sat, 31st October 2015
Player | Games | Results | |||||
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Zac Alexander
Z. Alexander
[1] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | |||
Mithran Selvaratnam
M. Selvaratnam
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0 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
Solayman Nowrozi
S. Nowrozi
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0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | |||
Rhys Dowling
R. Dowling
[4] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Adam Murrills
A. Murrills
[3] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||
Rohan Toole
R. Toole
[7] ![]() |
0 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
Darcy Evans
D. Evans
[6] ![]() |
0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | |||
Joshua Larkin
J. Larkin
[2] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Round 2 Fri, 30th October 2015
Player | Games | Results | |||||
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Zac Alexander
Z. Alexander
[1] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||
Andrew Ollett
A. Ollett
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0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Caillin Austin
C. Austin
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0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | |||
Mithran Selvaratnam
M. Selvaratnam
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3 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Thomas Calvert
T. Calvert
[5] ![]() |
2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 10 | |
Solayman Nowrozi
S. Nowrozi
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3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
Joel Luca
J. Luca
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0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | |||
Rhys Dowling
R. Dowling
[4] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Adam Murrills
A. Murrills
[3] ![]() |
3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | |||
Vivian Rhamanan
V. Rhamanan
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0 | 10 | 5 | 6 |
TJ French
T. French
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0 | 4 | 9 | 4 | |||
Rohan Toole
R. Toole
[7] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Stu Hadden
S. Hadden
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0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||
Joshua Larkin
J. Larkin
[2] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Round 1 Fri, 30th October 2015
Player | Games | Results | |||||
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Zac Alexander
Z. Alexander
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0 | ||||||
. | 0 |
Caillin Austin
C. Austin
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3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||
Craig Middendorp
C. Middendorp
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0 | 3 | 9 | 7 |
Mithran Selvaratnam
M. Selvaratnam
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3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | |||
Alex Eustace
A. Eustace
[8] ![]() |
0 | 9 | 10 | 2 |
Thomas Calvert
T. Calvert
[5] ![]() |
3 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | ||
Waseem Gul
W. Gul
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1 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 12 |
Solayman Nowrozi
S. Nowrozi
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3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||
Ben Courtice
B. Courtice
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0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Joel Luca
J. Luca
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3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||
Darryn Dyer
D. Dyer
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0 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
Nicholas Calvert
N. Calvert
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0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
Rhys Dowling
R. Dowling
[4] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Adam Murrills
A. Murrills
[3] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||
Ben Tobin
B. Tobin
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0 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
Vivian Rhamanan
V. Rhamanan
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3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | ||
Jayden Wadd
J. Wadd
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1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
TJ French
T. French
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3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | |||
Darren Moss
D. Moss
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0 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
Peter Nuttall
P. Nuttall
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0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
Rohan Toole
R. Toole
[7] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
Darcy Evans
D. Evans
[6] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||
Dominique Ratcliffe
D. Ratcliffe
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0 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
Stu Hadden
S. Hadden
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3 | 11 | 18 | 11 | |||
Jeremy Barnes
J. Barnes
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0 | 7 | 16 | 3 |
. | 0 | ||||||
Joshua Larkin
J. Larkin
[2] ![]() |
0 |
Final Sun, 1st November 2015
Player | Games | Results | |||||
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Sarah Cardwell
S. Cardwell
[1] ![]() |
1 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 6 | ||
Vanessa Chu
V. Chu
[2] ![]() ![]() |
3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 |
Semi final Sat, 31st October 2015
Player | Games | Results | |||||
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Sarah Cardwell
S. Cardwell
[1] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 12 | ||
Tsz-Wing Tong
T. Tong
[5] ![]() |
1 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
Anna Kimberley
A. Kimberley
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0 | 8 | 9 | 6 | |||
Vanessa Chu
V. Chu
[2] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Quarter final Sat, 31st October 2015
Player | Games | Results | |||||
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Sarah Cardwell
S. Cardwell
[1] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||
Stephanie Wighton
S. Wighton
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0 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Tsz-Wing Tong
T. Tong
[5] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |
Cheyna Tucker
C. Tucker
[3] ![]() |
2 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 6 |
Lisa Camilleri
L. Camilleri
[4] ![]() |
2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | |
Anna Kimberley
A. Kimberley
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3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
Jessica Turnbull
J. Turnbull
[7] ![]() |
0 | 9 | 6 | 8 | |||
Vanessa Chu
V. Chu
[2] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Round 1 Fri, 30th October 2015
Player | Games | Results | |||||
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Sarah Cardwell
S. Cardwell
[1] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||
Janelle Scobie
J. Scobie
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0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Stephanie Wighton
S. Wighton
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3 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 13 | ||
Samantha Calvert
S. Calvert
[8] ![]() |
1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
Tsz-Wing Tong
T. Tong
[5] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||
Moana Gray
M. Gray
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0 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
Song Sun-Mi
S. Sun-Mi
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1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 7 | ||
Cheyna Tucker
C. Tucker
[3] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 11 |
Lisa Camilleri
L. Camilleri
[4] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||
Taylor Jones
T. Jones
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0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Anna Kimberley
A. Kimberley
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3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | ||
Lakeesha Rarere
L. Rarere
[6] ![]() |
1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
Jessica Turnbull
J. Turnbull
[7] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||
Vicki Polley
V. Polley
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0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Sunghee Oh
S. Oh
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0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | |||
Vanessa Chu
V. Chu
[2] ![]() |
3 | 11 | 11 | 11 |