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21/08/2009 All of the main seeds progressed safely through the first round of the Inspire.Net New Zealand Squash Championships at SquashGym in Palmerston North today. |
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21/08/2009 In the men's draw second seed and local hope Josh Greenfield required only 16 minutes to progress to the second round with an 11-1 11-8 11-0 win over Wellington's Matt Spooner.
It was a similar story at the top of the order with No 1 seed and defending champion Kashif Shuka (Auckland) cruising home over Invercargill's Michael Sunderland, giving up just 10 points in the process.
Wellington's Keegan Burkhart, the 24th seed, upset ninth seed Christopher Lloyd (Hamilton) in four games and 11th seed Sam Atkins (WellingtoN) edged out 22nd seed Michael Martin (Hamilton) also in four games.
The top seeds had an even shorter time on court in the first round of the women's open championship with No 1 Jaclyn Hawkes (Auckland) needing less than 10 minutes to account for Mt Maunganui's Jeanne Yells and No 2 seed Joelle King took eight minutes to beat Wellington's Liz Wilson, giving up just six points.
Of the upsets, No 24 seed Alison Whyte (Wellington) accounted for ninth seed Te Pua Russell (Mt Maunganui) in straight games, and 20th seed Paula Darlington, from the host club, took out 13th seed Kay Newman (Hamilton) in three straight.
There is a further round tonight with quarterfinals and semifinals tomorrow, and finals on Sunday.
 2009 NZ Senior National Champs Draw.pdf(453.13 KB)
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