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Australia, NZ share squash crown

16 Jan 06 01:51

 

Manchester Games gold medallist Sarah Fitz-Gerald and bronze medallist Rachael Grinham.

Australia and New Zealand have shared the glory on the final day of the third World Doubles Squash Championships held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, the Squash venue of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

 

Australia won both gold and silver in the Mixed event with Australian Open Champion Rachael Grinham and former world number 10 Joseph Kneipp outgunning Aussie youngsters Amelia Pittock and Cameron Pilley.

 

The outcome could have been very different when Ms Grinham was required to leave the court in the final game with a leg injury. After a lengthy break and considering their options, the number one seeds continued on to take the final two points and the world Mixed title.

 

New Zealand struck gold in the Women’s Doubles final when second seeded Kiwis Shelley Kitchen and Tamsyn Leevey overcame the giant killers of the tournament, Australians Sarah Fitz-Gerald and Robyn Cooper.

 

Then Australia made it a double gold championship when top seeded Anthony Ricketts and Stewart Boswell recovered from two games to love down to defeat fellow Aussies and second seeded Dan Jenson and Joseph Kneipp to take the Men’s Doubles crown.

 

The Commonwealth Games Squash competition begins on Thursday 16 March and concludes on Sunday 26 March.

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