Ouseph wins at Wimbledon
Author: Badminton England
Date: 20 Nov 2006
Category: Tournament Results
Sunday - finals
Rajiv Ouseph beat Nick Kidd in two tight games to lift the men's singles title
at the ASICS Wimbledon National Elite Open this afternoon and beat his Bucks rival
to a place in the Grand Final in Bath on December 12.
There he will meet Nathan Rice, whom he beat in the semi-finals at Wimbledon
Rackets and Fitness Club.
Michelle Cheung added the Wimbledon title to her ASICS Yorkshire Elite by beating
former England player Rebecca Pantaney.
David Lindley took two Wimbledon titles - the men's doubles with Chris Langridge
and the mixed doubles with Suzanne Rayappan.
But the big shock came in the women's doubles where Rayappan and Jenny Wallwork
were beaten by Marianna Agathangelou and Gabby White 26-24 14-21 21-19
FINALS
Men's singles: Rajiv Ouseph bt Nick Kidd 21-19 21-19
Women's singles: Michelle Cheung bt Rebecca Pantaney 21-12 22-20
Men's doubles: Chris Langridge & David Lindley bt Robert Adcock & Robin
Middleton 21-13 22-20
Women's doubles: Marianna Agathangelou & Gabby White bt Suzanne Rayappan
& Jenny Wallwork 26-24 14-21 21-19
Mixed doubles: David Lindley & Suzanne Rayappan bt Chris Tonks & :Liza
Parker 16-21 21-15 21-11.
Sunday - semi-finals
REBECCA PANTANEY, the former England international from Gloucestershire, surprised
ASICS Elite Open points leader Rachel Howard today when she won their semi-final
at Wimbledon Rackets and Fitness Club.
The pair clashed in the ASICS Wimbledon National Elite Open, the third and final
qualifier before the ASICS Grand Finals in Bath on December 12.
Howard, who was runner-up to Michelle Cheung in the opener at the ASICS Yorkshire
Elite but turned the tables last month in the ASICS Sussex Elite, already has
enough points to qualify for the Grand Finall.
But Pantaney beat her 16-21 21-17 21-19 to earn a crack at Cheung in the final.
The men's final will between Nick Kidd and Rajiv Ouseph - and the winner is likely
to qualify for the Grand Final against Nathan Rice. Ouseph beat Rice in the semi-finals
21-19 21-14 while National champion Kidd beat Tom Dunlop (Lancs) in straight games.
But Rice leads the points standings on 265 going into Wimbledon and his semi-final
points will be enough to book his final place.
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
Men's singles semi -finals:
Nick Kidd (Bucks) bt Tom Dunlop (Lancs) 21-18, 21-7
Rajiv Ouseph (Middx) bt Nathan Rice (Bucks) 21-19, 21-14
Women's singles semi-finals
Rebecca Pantaney (Gloucs) bt Rachel Howard (Herts) 16-21, 21-17, 21-19
Michelle Cheung (Bucks) bt Helen Davies (Cheshire) 21-13, 21-12
Saturday
TOM DUNLOP of Lancashire stunned twice National champion Aamir Ghaffar of Middlesex
to reach the semi-finals of the ASICS Wimbledon National Elite Open at Wimbledon
Rackets and Fitness Centre this afternoon.
Dunlop won the closest of the quarter-finals 21-18 24-22 to earn a crack at reigning
National champion Nick Kidd in Sunday morning's semi-finals.
Nathan Rice (pictured) faces Rajiv Ouseph in the other semi-final in a fascinating
three-way fight for the two places in the Grand Final in Bath on December 12.
Rice looks good for Bath but Ouseph needs to win the Wimbledon title to join
him there. If he loses to Rice then Kidd and Rice should face each other in Bath.
The match of the day in the women's singles came in the second round where joint
leader Rachel Howard faced Caroline Westley. Howard scraped home 21-18 19-21 21-18
and then went on to claim her semi-final place alongside the other points leader
Michelle Cheung.
Cheung had beaten Howard in the ASICS Yorkshire Elite in September but Howard
turned the tables in the ASCIS Sussex Elite last month to leave them level on
300 points.
Gloucestershire's former England player Rebecca Pantaney is the surprise semi-finalist
at Wimbledon after beating Jo Dix 21-6 22-20 in the quarters.
RESULTS:
ASICS Wimbledon National Elite Open (Wimbledon Rackets and Fitness Club)
Men's Singles 1st round:
Nicholas Kidd (Avon) bt Danny Capon (Kent) 21-15, 21-14
Colin Edwards (Avon) bt Paul Butler (Hants) 18-21, 21-11, 21-5
Carl Baxter (Avon) bt David Shawley (Hants) 21-8, 21-8
Robert Kettle (Surrey) bt Andrew Penn (Hants) 21-16, 21-9
Tom Dunlop (Lancs) bt Ben Barber (Essex) 21-7, 21-10
Peter Fearns (Cheshire) bt Mark Ashton (Hants) 21-15, 21-16
Aamir Ghaffar (Mddx) bt Martin Ventham (Hants) 21-19, 21-18
Arthur Cheung (Bucks) bt Jamie Bonsels (Yorks) 21-16 15-21 21-16
Tuomas (correct) McVey (Bucks) bt Andrew Kindred (Hants) 21-10, 21-9
Mark Constable (Jersey) bt Lee Perry (Essex) 21-14, 21-12
Bruce Peake (Hants) bt Tim Cope (Cheshire) 21-13, 21-19
Nathan Rice (Bucks) bt Jack Molyneux (Surrey) 21-11, 21-10
Dave Bellamy (Yorks) bt Ross Reid (Bucks) walkover
Andrew Ellis (Yorks) bt Josh Miles (Sussex) 21-7, 21-15
Ben Beckman (Surrey) bt Chris Gilbert (Kent) 21-17, 21-13
Rajiv Ouseph (Mddx) bt Steve Smith (Hants) 21-11, 21-18
2nd round
Kidd bt Edwards 21-1, 21-10
Baxter bt Kettle 21-7, 21-8
Dunlop bt Fearns 21-8, 21-19
Ghaffar bt Cheung 21-9 21-17
Constable bt McVey 21-9, 21-6
Rice bt Peake 21-12, 21-7
Ouseph bt Beckman 21-13, 12-21, 21-13
Quarter Finals
Kidd bt Baxter 21-18 21-13
Dunlop bt Ghaffar 21-18, 24-22
Rice bt Constable 21-17, 21-18
Ouseph bt Ellis 21-18, 21-12
Women's Singles 1st round:
Nicola Cerfontyne (Dorset) bt Katie Comras (Herts) 21-18, 21-5
Helen Davies (Cheshire) bt Reshmi Ouseph (Mddx) 21-6, 21-19
Caroline Simpson (Gloucs) bt Kate Robertshaw (Yorks) 21-13, 21-19
2nd rd:
Rachel Howard (Herts) bt Caroline Westley (Essex) 21-17, 19-21, 21-18
Gemma Whitting (Kent) bt Anna Sharpe (Derbyshire) 21-8, 21-8
Jo Dix (Hants) bt Erika Whittingham (Staffs) 22-20, 21-14
Rebecca Pantaney (Gloucs) bt Cerfontyne 21-14, 27-25
Davies Sarah Walker (Essex) walkover
Sarah Renton (Northumberland) bt Rachele Phillips (Wales) 21-19, 21-11
Simpson bt Laura Cousins (Herts) 22-20, 21-8
Michelle Cheung (Bucks) bt Fontaine Chapman (Warks) 19-21, 21-11, 21-13
Quarter Finals
Howard bt Whitting 21-7, 21-8
Pantaney bt Dix 21-6, 22-20
Davies bt Renton 21-12, 12-21, 21-18
Cheung bt Simpson 21-18, 21-19
Men's Doubles
1st round:
Arthur Cheung & Victor Liew (Bucks/Herts) bt Alan Dunlop & David Shawley
(Surrey/Hants) 21-10, 21-16
Samuel Ellis & Andrew Penn (Dorset/Hants) bt Jon Carson & Colin Dow (Cheshire/Sussex)
21-13, 21-18
Daniel Corby & Matt Corby (Devon) bt Xavier Lee & Jack Molyneux (Surrey)
21-14, 21-17
Chris Evans & Adam Smith (Hants/Avon) bt Ed Foster & Graham Hurrell (Yorks/Dorset)
walkover
Chris Adcock & Matthew Honey (Notts/Surrey) bt Jamie Bonsels & Lee Perry
(Yorks/Essex) 21-9, 21-14
2nd round:
Robert Blair & Nathan Rice (Leics/Bucks) bt Alex Horan & Jamie Russell
(Hants) 21-6, 21-11
Keith Cuncarr & Chris Wright (Lancs/Cheshire) bt Cheung & Liew 21-19,
20-22, 22-20
Robert Adcock & Robin Middleton (Notts/Yorks) bt Michael Cooper & James
Goozee (Surrey) 21-16, 21-16
Ben Beckman & Tom Dunlop (Surrey/Lancs) bt Ellis & Penn 21-13, 21-18
Corby & Corby bt George Bevan & Simon Hardcastle (Avon/Essex) 23-21,
21-11
Dean George & Chris Tonks (Herts/Warks) bt Evans & Smith 21-15, 21-16
Richard Eidestedt & Andrew Ellis (Bucks/Yorks) bt Adcock & Honey 22-20,
23-25, 21-11
Chris Langridge & David Lindley (Surrey/Notts) bt Tim Cope & Colin Edwards
(Cheshire) 21-16, 21-12
Quarter Finals
Blair & Rice bt Cuncarr & Wright 21-12, 21-15
Adcock & Middleton bt Beckman & Dunlop 21-17, 21-9
George & Tonks bt Corby & Corby 21-6, 21-13
Langridge & Lindley bt Eidestedt & Ellis 21-16, 21-17
Semi-finals
Adcock & Middleton bt Blair & Rice 19-21, 21-15, 23-21
Langridge & Lindley bt George & Tonks 16-21, 21-9, 21-13
Women's Doubles
1st round
Sarah Renton & Gemma Whiting (Northumberland/Kents) bt Kathryn Gittins &
Jenny Hawkyard (Hants) 17-21, 21-1, 21-13
Sarah Burgess & Rebecca Pantaney (Hants/Gloucs) bt Katie Comras (Herts) &
Katie Robertshaw (Herts/Yorks) 21-11, 21-19
Fontaine Chapman & Laura Cousins (Warks/Herts) bt Rachel Philips & Zoe
Robins (Wales) 22-20, 21-15
Mariana Agathangelou & Gabby White (Avon/Yorks) bt Anna Sharpe & Erika
Whittingham (Derby/Staffs) walkover
Elizabeth Brett & Heather Olver (Leics/Sussex) bt Catherine Grant & Samantha
Ward (Warks/Surrey) 21-10, 21-17
Hayley Connor & Emma Hendry (Surrey/Leics) bt Katie Comras & Sarah Walker
(Herts/Essex) walkover
Quarter Finals
Suzanne Rayappan & Jenny Wallwork (Northumberland/Kent) bt Renton & Whiting
21-12, 21-16
Burgess & Pantaney bt Chapman & Cousins 21-13, 21-19
Agathangelou & White bt Brett & Olver 21-11, 21-12
Sarah Bok & Rachel Howard (Yorks/Herts) bt Connor & Hendry (Surrey/Leics)
21-16, 17-21, 21-19
Semi Finals
Rayappan & Wallwork bt Burgess & Pantaney 21-12, 21-16
Agathangelou & White bt Bok & Howard 21-12, 19-21, 23-21
Mixed Doubles
1st round:
Tim Cope & Helen Davies (Cheshire) bt Victor Liew & Laura Cousins (Herts)
21-16, 21-12
Matthew Honey & Heather Olver (Surrey/Sussexx) bt Richard Eidestedt &
Mariana Agathangelou (Bucks/Avon) 21-11, 21-17
Dean George & Eliabeth Brett (Herts/Leics) bt Samuel Ellis & Kathryn
Gittins (Dorset/Hants) 21-8, 21-17
Mark Constable & Hayley Connor (Jersey/Surrey) bt Jamie Bonsels & Katie
Comras (Yorks/Herts) 26-24, 21-11
Adam Smith & Catherine Grant (Avon/Warks) bt Jack Molyneux & Gemma Whiting
(Surrey/Kent) 23-21, 21-18
Arthur Cheung & Kirsten Read (Bucks/Sussex) bt Chris Wright & Liz Carson
(Cheshire) 21-13, 21-13
2nd round
Robert Blair & Jenny Wallwork (Leics/Yorks) bt Chris Evans & Sarah Burgess
(Hants) 21-9, 21-19
Chris Adcock & Gabby White (Notts/Yorks) bt Cope & Davies 21-9, 21-15
Chris Tonks & Liza Parker (Warks/Herts) bt Honey & Olver 21-19, 23-25,
21-13
George & Brett bt Jamie Russell & Anna Sharpe (Hants /Derbyshire) walkover
Constable & Connor bt Lee Perry & Samantha Ward (Essex/Surrey) 22-20,
21-17
Robert Adcock & Sarah Bok (Notts/Yorks) bt Smith & Grant 21-15, 21-11
Robin Middleton & Emma Hendry (Yorks/Leics) bt Cheung & Read 21-12, 21-8
David Lindley & Suzanne Rayappan (Notts/Herts) bt Graham Hurrell & Nicola
Cerfontyne (Dorset) 21-11, 21-17
Quarter Finals
Blair & Wallwork bt Adcock & White 21-16, 21-16
Tonks & Parker bt George & Brett 21-13, 21-12
Constable & Connor bt Adcock & Bok 17-21, 22-20, 21-19
Lindley & Rayappan bt Middleton & Hendry 17-21, 21-18, 21-19
Semi Finals
Tonks & Parker bt Blair & Wallwork 22-20, 21-12
Lindley & Rayappan bt Constable & Connor 21-19, 21-13
