Calgary Women’s Week RD1: Seeds All Through In Three

The Calgary CFO Consulting Services Women’s Squash Week got underway on Wednesday, with all eight players in the 9/16 bracket winning.

The Challenger 20 level competition is taking place this week at the Calgary Winter Club, and the eight players in the 9/16 seeding bracket were all winners in straight games on Wednesday afternoon.

The Australian duo of Alex Haydon and Jessica Turnbull, along with the Hong Kong pairing of Cheng Nga Ching and Ching Hei Fun all made their way into the last 16 of the competition. Haydon downed Japan’s Erisa Sano Herring and will now take on home favourite Danielle Letourneau in the second round.

Egypt’s Menna Hamed got the better of Canada’s Jackie Moss in her opening round match, in the only match to feature a tie-break. She won the third game of their tie 12-10 to advance to the second round. The Egyptian will be joined by Colombia’s Laura Tovar, Poland’s Karina Tyma and Dutch No.1 Tessa ter Sluis.

You can keep up to date with daily updates from the tournament on the PSA Challenger Tour’s Twitter and Facebook. 

Action from Calgary is being streamed throughout the week on the Calgary Women’s Squash Week is on the tournament’s Facebook page. Live scores are available on the PSA World Tour website here.

First Round Results: Calgary CFO Consulting Services PSA Women’s Squash Week
Alex Haydon (AUS) bt Erisa Sano Herring (JPN) 3-0: 11-8, 11-7, 11-7 (23m)
Jessica Turnbull (AUS) bt Kincso Szasz (HUN) 3-0: 11-3, 11-1, 11-3 (18m)
Cheng Nga Ching (HKG) bt Arisha Khan (USA) 3-0: 11-3, 11-2, 11-5 (17m)
Menna Hamed (EGY) bt Jackie Moss (CAN) 3-0: 11-3, 11-7, 12-10 (25m)
Ching Hei Fung (HKG) bt Giselle Delgado (CHI) 3-0: 11-4, 11-5, 11-7 (28m)
Laura Tovar (COL) bt Erin Roberts (CAN) 3-0: 11-3, 11-5, 11-6 (19m)
Karina Tyma (POL) bt Maddison Laine (CAN) 3-0: 11-3, 11-4, 11-0 (18m)
Tessa ter Sluis (NED) bt Jaime Laird (CAN) 3-0: 11-7, 11-5, 11-4 (22m)

Second Round Draw: To Be Played Thursday, March 9
[2] Danielle Letourneau (CAN) v Alex Haydon (AUS)
Jessica Turnbull (AUS) v [6] Millie Tomlinson (ENG)
[5] Lucy Beecroft (ENG) v Cheng Nga Ching (HKG)
Menna Hamed (EGY) v [4] Tsz-Wing Tong (HKG)
[3] Tomato Ho (HKG) v Ching Hei Fung (HKG)
Laura Tovar (COL) v [7] Katie Malliff (ENG)
[8] Sarah Cardwell (AUS) v Karina Tyma (POL)
Tessa ter Sluis (NED) v [1] Lucy Turmel (ENG)