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Grinham stuns Brown in Australian Open!

Former champion Natalie Grinham (pic) caused the biggest upset of the Australian Open in Canberra when she bundled 5th seed Kasey Brown out of the 2nd round. Grinham stunned the world No6 in 4 tense games 11-9, 7-11, 12-10, 11-9 to move into the quarte...

David through to the quarter-finals!

World No1 Nicol David (pic le) of Malaysia made it through to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open with an expected straight games win over 17-year-old Englishgirl Emily Whitlock (11-9, 11-7, 11-5; pic ri). David will now play Hong Kong’s Annie ...

Perry beat Massaro to rake Singapore crown!

Laura Massaro produced the performance of the year so far to stun world No1 Nicol David (11-7, 11-8, 5-11, 11-9) in a 85 minutes encounter at the semi final of the Singapore Masters, as 3rd seed Madeline Perry (IRE, pic) ended the run of France's Camil...

David and Gaultier took Malaysian titles!

At the 1st appearance at the Malaysian Open Frenchman Greg Gaultier took the title straight back home, when he was in full control of Pakistan’s Aamir Atlas Khan. With a straight games victory (11-8, 11-3, 11-3) Gaultier took after 43 minutes of play...

Canada’s Cornett took Tasmanian title!

Samantha Cornett (pic) picked up her 2nd title of the year as she won the Tasmanian Open in Hobart in Australia. On the way into the final, 3rd seed Cornett produced 2 straight games wins against Deon Saffery (WAL) and Samantha Davies (AUS) to overcome...

Teran comeback seals her biggest title!

Samantha Teran (pic) won her 13th title, which is the biggest of her career, when she took the Veracruz International in Mexico. Teran, the 30-years-old from Mexico City, delighted the home fans when she staged a magnificent comeback to outlast top see...

Francis takes South Australia title!

3rd seed Australian Melody Francis’s (pic) victory in this week’s South Australian Open brought her the 3rd title in 2011. After Francis overcame 2nd seed Siti Munirah Jusoh of Malaysia 11-13, 11-7, 11-3, 11-5, she met Amanda Landers-Murphy (NZL). ...

El Torky takes Alexandria crown!

Heba El Torky (pic le), 20, made her way into the final in Alexandria with a straight games semi-final win (11-5 11-4 11-5) over Egyptian compatriot Farah Abdel Meguid (pic ri). In the other all-Egyptian semi, the 17 year old 2nd seed Kanzy El Dafrawy ...