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South Australian Open
Adelaide, Australia
By Andrew Dent
Queensland ’s Luke Forster caused the biggest upset of the day when he beat fourth seeded Victorian Joseph Desira in the first round of the South Australian Open squash championships in Adelaide on Thursday.
Forster came from 2/1 down to outlast Desira 11-5, 8-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-6, adding to the Victorian’s disappointing run of form in recent Australian tournaments.
The 23-year-old Forster, from Toowoomba, now faces in form South African Carl Hampson in the quarter-finals.
In the day’s other upsets, South Australian qualifier Jason Mudge ousted sixth seeded Victorian Josh Cardwell 11-2, 11-2, 11-2, while in the women’s draw Queensland’s Zoe Petrovansky made it a bad day for the Cardwell family when she beat seventh seeded Sarah 14-12, 11-9, 11-9.
It was plain sailing for the top seeded men as Mike Corren and Zac Alexander both won through to the quarter-finals in straight games.
Corren beat qualifying lucky loser Peter Taylor 11-6, 11-8, 12-10 and Alexander beat South Australian Brent Dunkley 11-2, 11-3, 11-6.
Top seeded women Amelia Pittock and Lisa Camilleri both had byes.
First round results (prefix denotes seeding):
Women
1-Amelia Pittock (Vic) bye
5-Maggy Marshall (Tas) bt Paige Inia-McGarvey (SA) 11-7, 12-10, 11-1
3-Adel Weir (RSA) bt Vicki Cardwell (Vic) 11-1, 11-3, 14-12
8-Kimberley Bessell (Vic) bt Bonny Wu (SA) 7-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-8
Zoe Petrovansky (Qld) bt 7-Sarah Cardwell (Vic) 14-12, 11-9, 11-9
4-Jackie Laurenson (NZL) bt Alma Kushartanti (SA) 11-7, 14-16, 3-11, 11-7, 16-14
6-Melody Francis (Vic) bt Lyndal Morrison (SA) 11-1, 11-5, 11-8
2-Lisa Camilleri (Qld) bye
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