Cardwell through to Australia Day Challenge Final

22-Jan-2012 - Squash Australia

Sarah Cardwell has lived up to her top seeding by winning through to the Australia Day Challenge Women's Final when she defeated Hong Kong's Carmen Lee, she will take on another Hong Kong player in the final, Liu Tsz Ling who defeated Tamika Saxby. The final is scheduled for 2:00pm Sunday at Northern Suburbs Squash Centre in Brisbane.

In the Men's PSA division former world number seven Craig Rowland has kept his good form up and will play Nathan Stevenson in one semi while top seed Malaysian Asyraf Azan will take on Victorian Rex Hedrick in the other. The Men's Semi finals will commence at 10am.

Results (prefix denotes seeding):

Women
Semi-finals

1-Sarah Cardwell (Vic) bt 5-Carmen Lee (HKG) 11-5, 11-8, 8-11, 12-10
2-Liu Tsz Ling (HKG) bt 3-Tamika Saxby (NSW) 11-3, 11-6, 11-8

Men
Quarter-finals

1-Asyraf Azan (MAS) bt 5-Jamie McErvale (Qld) 11-5, 11-2, 11-8
3-Rex Hedrick (Vic) bt Carl Hampson (RSA) 11-7, 11-6, 11-6
8-Nathan Stevenson (Qld) bt 4-Chris Lloyd (NZL) 11-5, 12-10, 11-7
Craig Rowland (Qld) bt Brad Freeme (Qld) 11-6, 11-3, 14-12.