Girls' Team Pools

Girls' Team Pools                      pool matches on Mon-Wed, playoffs Thu-Sat    Mon 22nd, Day ONE:    A: Egypt 3-0 Australia , New Zealand 3-0 Poland   B: USA 3-0 France , Canada 3-0 Czech Rep.   C: England 3-0 Japan , India 3-0 South Africa   D: Hong Kong 3-0 Colombia , Malaysia 3-0 Germany Tue 23rd, Day TWO:   A:  Egypt 3-0 New Zealand , Australia 3-0 Poland   B:  USA 3-0 Canada , France 3-0 Czech Rep.   C:  England 3-0 India , Japan 1-2 South Africa   D:  Hong Kong 3-0 Malaysia , Colombia 1-2 Germany  Dear All, Order of play was 2,1,3. So Rachel went on 1st against Ho Tze Lok. Both started of the 1st game playing cautious squash and Rachel got the 1st few points off good lenghts and good boasts. 4-1, 8-4 and never let her get into the game. 2nd game totally opposite and went for shot early in the game made 3 mistakes and was 0-3 down and opponent played a couple of good shots and was 1-5 down and never really recovered from that and lost 4-11.  Woke up in the 3rd playing good lenghts, couple with her good serve and good drops 5-0, then 6-1, and went on to win 11-4. Started the 4th again making errors and was 1-4 down and 6-9 down but managed to pull herself together to crawl back to 9 all. Then 10 all and 11 all but 2 errors saw her throw away the game 11-13. 5th was a waste of time as she made a lot of errors and didn't really play like she wanted to win, lost 3-11. Vanessa went on next to play Ho Kak Po and lost 6=11, 8-11, 7-11. Played to quick to the front early on in the game and got punished with either counter drops or drives to the back and lost the 1st in 6. The 2nd was really close with her keeping it more to the back and putting it short when the time is right and was close till 8 all then a couple of loose shots and an error saw her lose in 8. 3rd again was close till 7 all then game fell apart and lost in 7. Either she plays to much to the front when her opponent is already in the front or ball hits the side wall and falls loose in the middle and sets up her opponent to play winners. Celine was next and played Choi Uen Shan and lost 7-11, 10-12, 3-11. I feel that if either on the girls had won things could have been different as the HK girl looked nervous. Not a bad result from Celine but again could not get her cross courts wide a lot of the time and could have got a couple of strokes in front if her racket had been up earlier. This could have altered the result. Thanks,
Pool A [1] Egypt           W2 [8] New Zealand W1 Australia            W1 Poland              W0	Pool B [2] USA          W2 [7] Canada      W1 France            W1 Czech Rep.      W0	Pool C [3] England     W2 [6] India         W1 South Africa    W1 Japan             W0	Pool E [4] Hong Kong   W2 [5] Malaysia      W1 Germany           W1 Colombia           W0

WSF WORLD SQUASH JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013 (15-27 JULY 2013)

17-Jul, Girls' Round Two:
[9/16] Rachel Arnold (Mas) 3-2 Choi Uen Shan (Hkg)  11/5, 11/13, 11/3, 10/12, 11/9 (46m)

18-Jul, Girls' Round Three:
Maria Elena Ubina (Usa) 3-2 [9/16] Rachel Arnold (Mas)  9/11, 6/11, 11/6, 11/5, 11/5 (35m) 

Dear All,

Bad day for us as everyone lost today. Celine lost to English No.1,Victoria Temple-Murray,  0-3((8-11, 7-11,9-11) , Vanessa lost to English No. 2, Anna Kimberly,1-3 (11-5, 12-14, 8-11 ,2-11) and Rachel lost to Maria Elena Ubina from USA 2-3 (11-9, 11-6, 6-11,5-11,5-11)

Celine was on 1st and although she lost it was quite close. Celine is having the flu and having problems breathing but still hung in there but just could not finish off when it mattered. The 1st game started off with both players playing safe squash and it was point for point till 6 all then a few loose shots from Celine gave her opponent chance to play some good drops and deep drives to lead 6-9. Celine played a good deep drive to go to 7-9 but a drop into the tin had her 7-10. ANother good drive and it was 8-10 but another tin gave the English girl the 1st game.

2nd game started off with Celine hitting good deep drives and using her lobs effectively and coupled with some delicate drops to take a 5-1 lead. The a few errors off the lob, some drops into the tin and some loose shots saw her opponent crawl back to 7 all. AFter this it was all errors and lost that one too.

In the 3rd saw Celine a bit tired and struggled to get the balls deep and was punished with deep dives, good boasts and a few tins by Celine saw her opponent take a 1-8 lead. Then her opponent relaxed a bit and made a few errors and since there was no pressure on Celine she started to play some nice drops, good boasts and deep lenghts. This saw her crawl her way back to 9 all. Then a drop from the back hit the tin and another volley into the tin gave the game away. Game lasted 35 minutes.

Vanessa was next and won the 1st game easily with some good drops, nice boasts and opponents mistakes. But the 2nd was different and her opponent this time played safe and good basic squash which saw both players fighting neck to neck with the English girl wining 12-14. Towards the end it was clear that Vanessa was getting tired and made 2 unforced errors. Vanessa hit 4 tins, loose shots in the middle of the court which her opponent either punished her or played winners. Long 30 minute game,

The next game Vanessa was always tailing and seemed tired and not able to give her best. Started going for quick shots to the front and managed to get a few points but after a few her opponent started to read this and it was over. The 4th was a mere formality as she didn't really try and gave up.

Rushed to see Rachel's game and by the time I got there she was already 1 up. Again in the 2nd she started playing her shots very quickly to the front but managed to get a few winners to win it easily.

After this her opponent changed her game and started to play some nice boasts to the front and Rachel was caught many times by this. Her front court also were not effective as her opponent was reading it and getting there and playing some deadly returns. Despite this Rachel still kept going for her shots and lost the game easily.

The next 2 games were the same despite me telling her to get it more to the back. Not sure, but I suspect she was a bit tense and not thinking. Will have a chat with all of them tonite and try to see what can be done to overcome this.