Women's World Team Championships
Amsterdam, Sept 26 - Oct 2, 2004
Australian Holiday
Grinham Sisters Win World Title
Two compact sisters from Toowoomba combined to win the world title for Australia in Amsterdam. In a three-player team, two strong players will undoubtedly swing the odds, and with Rachael and Natalie Grinham ranked Nos. 1 and 5 in the world, respectively, Australia were understandably seeded at the top.
England, seeded two, fielded the Old Girls Team, Cassie Jackman, Linda Elriani (née Charman) and Fiona Geaves, whose combined ages totaled 99 years. In the September rankings they were ranked two, six and seven, giving them a depth that no other country could match.
But the host country, with Vanessa Atkinson and Annelize Naude on the roster were also a very distinct possibility. Atkinson, ranked third, is showing superb recent form and has the ability to beat any player on the circuit. Naude, although not in the top 20, has made huge strides since moving to The Netherlands from her native South Africa to be coached by former world No. 3 Liz Irving.
Fourth seeds Egypt, led by Omneya Abdel Kawy and supported by three other very young racquet magicians, could also not be counted out.
Another facet of the three-player format is that it can produce shock results when one player under-performs. Take two years ago in Denmark, for example, when Australia took an upset victory to win the title when England's Stephanie Brind was overcome by the occasion, frozen like a deer in headlights and subsequently beaten by Natalie Grinham.
Scotland were mugged even before the tournament began. Led by Pamela Nimmo and Wendy Maitland as a solid number two, they were seeded seventh. But Nimmo, who is just returning to form after a two-year bout with Deep Vein Thrombosis, took sick in Bahrain with a cyst on her tonsils and was forced to withdraw. It was a blow from which Scotland never recovered.
Nineteen countries sent teams to compete in Amsterdam with North America represented by Canada, seeded eight, and USA unexpectedly seeded 10 (Demer Holleran, the coach, was delighted because she expected a 12 seeding). It was disappointing that no South American teams showed up after their success in the recent Pan American championships.
With eight matches a day for seven days, it is difficult to keep up with all the results and battles, but for the most part the pool matches were easy victories as the better teams steamrollered the weaker countries.
In Pool A Australia had little trouble with Canada, Ireland, Germany and Switzerland, and so it would come down to a battle for second place between Canada and ninth seed Ireland for a quarterfinals spot. In the final pool game, Canada's number one Runa Reta lost quickly to the experienced Madeline Perry (who had a terrific tournament with some upset wins in the playoffs). Canada's Melanie Jans Burke played solid squash throughout the tournament and left Amsterdam unbeaten. She scraped past Ireland's Aisling Blake with the peculiar scoreline of (8-10), (0), 2, 0, 7 after 71 hard minutes, but then Alana Miller lost a similar 70-minute, five-game battle to Anna McGeever to give Ireland the decision and a place in the quarterfinal while dropping Canada out of the top eight.
In Pool B England easily topped the table, and with Scotland no longer a contender the fight for second place was between the USA and Hong Kong. With a wonderful battling performance from Louisa Hall (see separate story) the USA came out victorious and were into the quarterfinals and assured a top-eight finish.
Third-seeded Netherlands should have won Pool C, but in a critical match against sixth-seeded New Zealand, Vanessa Atkinson had one of her 'thoughtless moments' when playing the Kiwi No. 1 Shelley Kitchen (ranked 11 places below her) and lost in four. While New Zealand were never considered a threat because of lack of depth, Netherlands were very weak at third string and although Annelize Naude won easily at second to tie the match, Louise Crome was much too strong for Karen Kronemeyer, a young Melbourne native who now lives in Amsterdam.
Pool D was just four teams strong but produced some cracking matches in the pool rounds. When Isabelle Stoehr, the French No. 1 faced Nicol David, nobody expected her to come out on top. But Stoehr, who has moved to England to train full time, started in overdrive and simply didn't let the very agile David breathe as she piled on the pressure, volleying everything in sight or driving to tight length. David fought back in the second game to win 10-9 but it was just a brief respite and Stoehr won in four. On this form she would cause a few upsets, but going down stairs after this match she fatefully turned her ankle badly enough to sideline her for the rest of the tournament.
In the match between Egypt and Malaysia to decide top-spot, the meeting between David and Omneya Abdel Kawy was scintillating—for one game. Kawy used her racquet skills to chop, drop, cut and drive the ball and used delay to devastating effect, but David, who must be the fastest woman on the court, picked up everything and never stopped running. It was riveting stuff to watch. David won the first game and, leading 4-1 in the second, found that her opponent had given up. Abdel Kawy, realizing that with all her skills she was not getting anywhere, simply stopped trying and David took a 3-0 win. However, Egypt won the other two rubbers and topped the pool. This gave Malaysia the unenviable quarterfinal draw against Australia who duly drubbed them 3-0, while Egypt face Ireland and took a 2-1 decision, Madeline Perry beating Abdel Kawy to add another scalp to her belt.
Indeed the only real drama in the quarterfinals came when England almost lost to The Netherlands. Cassie Jackman had only 15 minutes to warm up because her bus was caught in a huge traffic jam caused by a bomb scare at Schipol Airport. Atkinson, probably trying to make up for her loss to Kitchen, played superbly and beat Jackman, who, at times, was almost static. Geaves, the British Over 35 champion, easily beat the Dutch No. 3 for the loss of four points to even the tie, which left Elriani to play Naude, ranked 17 places below her. Naude took a 2-0 lead, helped generously by some bizarre refereeing. It had Elriani screaming in anger at the official whose explanations were even stranger than the decisions she was explaining.
The England coaches managed to calm Elriani down and she played around the decisions, accepted the fact that the referee would get things very wrong, and concentrated on her squash. She won the next three games from an exhausted Naude, and as she left the court she collapsed in tears into the arms of Jackman and Geaves.
Australia had hardly broken into a sweat and had used the Toowoomba Twosome in every match, probably on the grounds that they had not been taxed and therefore were not tired. But in the semifinal against Egypt, Abdel Kawy showed this to be a false premise; she took Rachael Grinham to four highly entertaining games, and in doing so produced her best performance of the week. Still only 19 years old, the Egyptian has a superb squash brain and a breathtaking array of shots. Her disguise and delay had Grinham in all sorts of trouble, who admitted later that she was indeed feeling quite tired. Grinham beat Abdel Kawy but it could have gone the other way, had Abdel Kawy been able to close out the third game rather than lose it 8-10.
England had an easier time in defeating New Zealand, to set up the expected final between the top two seeds. The playing order was 1, 2, 3 and Jackman opened proceedings with a confident display against Rachael Grinham taking charge from the start and winning the first game from a slightly nervous Grinham. The omens were good for England: if Jackman won at first string, Geaves was a certainty at third string, so the title would be theirs.
Grinham, who had beaten Jackman in their last three meetings, reasserted herself in the second to win 9-5, but Jackman's focus was unbroken and she won the third game 9-6, looking very much like the Jackman of old. But in the fourth, some of her old habits—going for impossible shots—started to return and she lost it 1-9. Her teammates hoped she was saving something for the fifth game but Grinham is not No. 1 for nothing. Her near faultless slow-ball game and endless energy was too much for Jackman, who started suffering from a cramp in her left leg. Grinham won the game 9-5 after an engrossing, suspense-filled 75 minutes.
It was now up to Elriani to save the day for England, but the world No. 6 could not find the answer to Natalie Grinham's game and only rarely did she control play. The younger Grinham won 3-0 in 42 minutes, making the third string redundant (and therefore going unplayed) and giving the Australians the title. Unless injuries dictate otherwise, the Grinham sisters should be a force in world squash for at least the next two team championships.
FINAL:
[1] AUSTRALIA d [2] ENGLAND 2-0
Rachael Grinham d Cassie Jackman (3), 5, (6), 1, 5 (75m)
Natalie Grinham d Linda Elriani 4, 7, 2 42m)
Amelia Pittock v Fiona Geaves (dead rubber - match not played)
3rd place playoff:
[6] NEW ZEALAND d [4] EGYPT 2-0
Shelley Kitchen d Omneya Abdel Kawy 9, 7, 2
Tamsyn Leevey d Engy Kheirallah 5, 3, (8-1), 5
Louise Crome v Eman El Amir (dead rubber - match not played)
5th place playoff:
[5] MALAYSIA d [3] NETHERLANDS 2-1
Nicol David d Vanessa Atkinson 10-8, (9-10), 10-9, 5 (57m)
Sharon Wee lost to Annelize Naude (4), (1), (2) (33m)
Tricia Chuah d Karen Kronemeyer 7, (5), 6, 3 (51m)
7th place playoff:
[9] IRELAND d [10] USA 2-1
Madeline Perry d Latasha Khan 2, 5, 0
Aisling Blake lost to Meredeth Quick (7), (8-10), (8-10)
Anna McGeever d Louisa Hall 2, 10-9, 5
9th place playoff:
[8] CANADA d [13] SOUTH AFRICA 2-1
Runa Reta lost to Claire Nitch (4), (1), (7)
Melanie Jans Burke d Farrah Sterne 1, 6, (3), 4
Alana Miller d Tenille Swartz (8-10), (7), 2, 4, 1
11th place playoff:
[15] HONG KONG d [11] BELGIUM 2-0
Rebecca Chiu d Kim Hannes-Teunen 3, 3, 0 (21m)
Annie Au d Katline Cauwels 3, (9-10), 1, 4 (61m)
Joey Chan v Annabel Romedenne (dead rubber - match not played)
13th place playoff:
[14] DENMARK d [7] SCOTLAND 2-0
Ellen Petersen d Wendy Maitland 5, 6, 3 (31m)
Line Hansen d Susan Dalrymple 1, 0, 0 (21m)
Ditte Nielsen v Frania Gillen-Buchert (dead rubber - match not played)
15th place playoff:
[17] SWITZERLAND d [12] FRANCE 2-0
Manuela Zehnder d Maud Duplomb 4, (7), 7, 2
Gaby Schmohl d Celia Allamargot 3, 0, 6
Olivia Hauser v Soraya Renai (dead rubber - match not played)
17th - 19th place playoffs:
[16] GERMANY d [18] JAPAN 3-0
Karin Beriere d Chinatsu Matsui 7, 6, 7
Katharina Witt d Kozue Onizawa 7, 4, (4), 4
Carola Weiss d Sachiko Shinta 1, 5, (4), (6), 4
Final positions: 17 Germany, 18 Austria, 19 Japan
SEMIFINALS:
[1] AUSTRALIA d [4] EGYPT 3-0
Rachael Grinham d Omneya Abdel Kawy (6), 5, 10-8, 5 (59m)
Natalie Grinham d Engy Kheirallah 2, 0 (13m)
Amelia Pittock d Eman El Amir 10-8, 10-8, 4 (41m)
[2] ENGLAND d [6] NEW ZEALAND 3-0
Cassie Jackman d Shelley Kitchen 4, 5, 4 (42m)
Linda Elriani d Tamsyn Leevey 6, 6 (28m)
Fiona Geaves d Louise Crome 4, 4, 1 (29m)
5th - 8th place playoffs:
[5] MALAYSIA d [9] IRELAND 3-0
Nicol David d Madeline Perry (3), 3, 2, (4), 10-9 (58m)
Sharon Wee d Anna McGeever (7), 1, 10-8 (34m)
Tricia Chuah d Laura Mylotte 10-8, 2, 2 (33m)
[3] NETHERLANDS d [10] USA 3-0
Vanessa Atkinson d Latasha Khan 3, 4, 7 (33m)
Annelize Naude d Meredeth Quick 6, 10-8 (23m)
Karen Kronemeyer d Louisa Hall (8-10), 7, 7, 5 (54m)
[5] MALAYSIA d [9] IRELAND 3-0
Nicol David d Madeline Perry (3), 3, 2, (4), 10-9 (58m)
Sharon Wee d Anna McGeever (7), 1, 10-8 (34m)
Tricia Chuah d Laura Mylotte 10-8, 2, 2 (33m)
9th - 12th place playoffs:
[8] CANADA d [11] BELGIUM 3-0
Runa Reta d Kim Hannes-Teunen 6, 3, 1 (29m)
Melanie Jans Burke d Katline Cauwels (4), 5, 5 (28m)
Alana Miller d Charlie de Rycke (6), 3, 4, 4 (46m)
13th - 16th place playoffs:
[7] SCOTLAND d [12] FRANCE 2-1
Wendy Maitland d Maud Duplomb 1, 6, 5
Frania Gillen-Buchert d Celia Allamargot 1, 2, 3
Louise Philip lost to Soraya Renai (7), (3), (1)
[14] DENMARK d [17] SWITZERLAND 2-1
Ellen Petersen d Gaby Schmohl 2, 1, 5 (29m)
Line Hansen d Olivia Hauser 5, 4, 4 (28m)
Ditte Nielsen lost to Gabi Hegi 7, 2, (7), (7), (7) (46m)
17th - 19th place playoffs:
[19] AUSTRIA d [18] JAPAN 2-1
Pamela Pancis d Chinatsu Matsui 4, (6), 4, 7 (52m)
Birgit Coufal d Kozue Onizawa 7, 4, (5), (2), 10-8 (61m)
Ines Gradnitzer lost to Sachiko Shinta (4), (6), (1) (36m)
QUARTERFINALS:
[1] AUSTRALIA d [5] MALAYSIA 3-0 (Rachael Grinham d Nicol David 1, 2, 3 (30m); Natalie Grinham d Sharon Wee 2, 1 (13m); Amelia Pittock d Tricia Chuah 2, 1, 0 (23m))
[4] EGYPT d [9] IRELAND 2-1 (Omneya Abdel Kawy lost to Madeline Perry (1), 1, 7, (1), (6) (53m); Engy Kheirallah d Aisling Blake 0, 2, 5 (32m); Eman El Amir d Anna McGeever 6, 3, 3 (32m))
[6] NEW ZEALAND d [10] USA 3-0 (Shelley Kitchen d Latasha Khan 7, 2, 1 (31m); Tamsyn Leevey d Louisa Hall 2, (5), 7 (27m); Jaclyn Hawkes d Michelle Quibell (5), (7), 3, 3, 0 (45m))
[2] ENGLAND d [3] NETHERLANDS 2-1 (Cassie Jackman lost to Vanessa Atkinson (0), (6), 6, (6) (46m); Linda Elriani d Annelize Naude (8-10), (2), 4, 4, 1 (68m); Fiona Geaves d Karen Kronemeyer 0, 1, 3)
9th - 16th place playoffs:
[8] CANADA d [12] FRANCE 3-0 (Runa Reta d Maud Duplomb 7, 1, 3 (28m); Melanie Jans Burke d Celia Allamargot 3, 6 (18m); Marnie Baizley d Soraya Renai 2, 4, 6 (26m))
[11] BELGIUM d [7] SCOTLAND 3-0 (Kim Hannes-Teunen d Susan Dalrymple 3, (8-10), 0, 3 (35m); Katline Cauwels d Frania Gillen-Buchert 7, 7 (28m); Annabel Romedenne d Louise Philip 6, 3, 4 (36m))
[13] SOUTH AFRICA d [17] SWITZERLAND 2-1 (Claire Nitch d Manuela Zehnder 0, 0, 2 (23m); Tenille Swartz d Gaby Schmohl (5), 2, 0, 2 (29m); Karen van der Westhuizen lost to Olivia Hauser (5), 0, (9-10), 10-8, (2) (66m))
[15] HONG KONG d [14] DENMARK 3-0
(Rebecca Chiu d Ellen Petersen 2, 2, 1 (22m); Karen Lau d Line Hansen 1, (8-10), 5 (24m); Annie Au d Ditte Nielsen 4, 0, 1 (30m))
17th - 19th place playoffs:
[16] GERMANY d [19] AUSTRIA 2-1
(Kathrin Rohrmueller lost to Pamela Pancis (4), (6), (4) (19m); Karin Beriere d Birgit Coufal 2, 0, 1 (21m); Carola Weiss d Ines Gradnitzer (4), (3), 5, 3, 3 (50m))
QUALIFYING ROUNDS:
Pool A:
[1] AUSTRALIA d [16] GERMANY 3-0
(Rachael Grinham d Kathrin Rohrmueller 4, 0, 3; Natalie Grinham d Katharina Witt 3, 2, 0; Melissa Martin d Carola Weiss (5), 2, (5), 2, 3)
[9] IRELAND d [17] SWITZERLAND 2-1
(Madeline Perry d Manuela Zehnder 2, 5, 0; Aisling Blake d Gaby Schmohl (6), (3), 5, 5, 2; Anna McGeever lost to Olivia Hauser (4), (8-10), (2))
[1] AUSTRALIA d [17] SWITZERLAND 3-0
(Rachael Grinham d Manuela Zehnder 9-1, 9-0, 9-0; Natalie Grinham d Olivia Hauser 3, 0, 1; Amelia Pittock d Gabi Hegi 0, 0, 0)
[8] CANADA d [16] GERMANY 2-1 (Runa Reta d Kathrin Rohrmueller (8-10), 5, 7, 1; Melanie Jans Burke d Karin Beriere 6, 7, (3), 5; Marnie Baizley lost to Katharina Witt 5, (5), (9-10), (8-10))
[1] AUSTRALIA d [8] CANADA 3-0 (Rachael Grinham d Runa Reta 0, 3, 1; Natalie Grinham d Alana Miller 4, 0, 1; Amelia Pittock d Marnie Baizley 1, 2, 5)
[9] IRELAND d [16] GERMANY 2-1
(Madeline Perry d Kathrin Rohrmueller 2, 1, 0; Aisling Blake lost to Karin Beriere 10-8, (2), (5), (5); Anna McGeever d Katharina Witt (6), 5, 2, 5)
[1] AUSTRALIA d [9] IRELAND 3-0 (Rachael Grinham d Madeline Perry 1, 4, 5; Natalie Grinham d Aisling Blake 2, 1, 1; Amelia Pittock d Laura Mylotte 0, 1, 1)
[8] CANADA d [17] SWITZERLAND 3-0 (Melanie Jans Burke d Manuela Zehnder 5, 4, 3; Alana Miller d Gaby Schmohl 3, 2, 7; Marnie Baizley d Olivia Hauser 5, 5, (3), 0)[17] SWITZERLAND d [16] GERMANY 2-1 (Manuela Zehnder d Kathrin Rohrmueller 10-8, (8-10), 4, (5), 6 (52m); Gaby Schmohl lost to Karin Beriere (3), (2), (0) (26m); Olivia Hauser d Katharina Witt 6, 4, (1), 6 (51m))
[9] IRELAND d [8] CANADA 2-1 (Madeline Perry d Runa Reta 1, 0, 4 (27m); Aisling Blake lost to Melanie Jans Burke 10-8, 0, (2), (0), (7) (71m); Anna McGeever d Alana Miller (5), (7), 3, 6, 7 (70m)
Final positions: 1 Australia, 2 Ireland, 3 Canada, 4 Switzerland, 5 Germany
Pool B:
[2] ENGLAND d [10] USA 3-0 (Cassie Jackman d Latasha Khan 1, 4, 2; Linda Elriani d Meredeth Quick 4, 2, 2; Jenny Duncalf d Louisa Hall 1, 5, 0)
[7] SCOTLAND d [18] JAPAN 2-1 (Wendy Maitland d Chinatsu Matsui (6), (5), 6, 6, 4; Susan Dalrymple lost to Kozue Onizawa 2, (4), 0, (5), (0); Frania Gillen-Buchert d Sachiko Shinta (0), 7, 0, 0)
[2] ENGLAND d [15] HONG KONG 3-0 (Cassie Jackman d Rebecca Chiu 6, 5, 6; Fiona Geaves d Annie Au 0, 1, 5; Jenny Duncalf d Joey Chan 6, 2, 0)
[10] USA d [18] JAPAN 3-0 (Latasha Khan d Chinatsu Matsui 2, 3, 0; Meredeth Quick d Kozue Onizawa 4, 2, 4; Louisa Hall d Sachiko Shinta 0, 3, 0)
[2] ENGLAND d [18] JAPAN 3-0 (Linda Elriani d Chinatsu Matsui 1, 1, 0; Fiona Geaves d Kozue Onizawa 1, 0, 0; Jenny Duncalf d Sachiko Shinta 2, 0, 2)
[15] HONG KONG d [7] SCOTLAND 2-1(Rebecca Chiu d Susan Dalrymple 1, 1, 5; Karen Lau lost to Frania Gillen-Buchert (7), (4), 7, (8-10); Annie Au d Louise Philip 0, 4, 10-8)[10] USA d [7] SCOTLAND 3-0 (Latasha Khan d Wendy Maitland 6, 3, 5; Meredeth Quick d Susan Dalrymple 5, 0, 0; Louisa Hall d Frania Gillen-Buchert 1, 2, 7)
[15] HONG KONG d [18] JAPAN 3-0 (Rebecca Chiu d Chinatsu Matsui 1, 1, 3; Karen Lau d Kozue Onizawa 6, (7), 2, 2; Annie Au d Sachiko Shinta 5, 10-8, 4)
[2] ENGLAND d [7] SCOTLAND 3-0 (Cassie Jackman d Wendy Maitland 0, 0, 0 (14m); Linda Elriani d Frania Gillen-Buchert 2, 0, 0 (21m); Fiona Geaves d Louise Philip 4, 3, 0 (24m))
[10] USA d [15] HONG KONG 2-1 (Latasha Khan lost to Rebecca Chiu (4), (1), (6) (32m); Meredeth Quick d Annie Au 2, 0, 6 (28m); Louisa Hall d Joey Chan (2), (5), 3, 5, 4 (44m)
Final positions: 1 England, 2 USA, 3 Hong Kong, 4 Scotland, 5 Japan
Pool C:
[3] NETHERLANDS d [11] BELGIUM 2-1 (Vanessa Atkinson d Katline Cauwels 3, 0, 3; Annelize Naude d Charlie de Rycke 0, 1, 1; Karen Kronemeyer lost to Annabel Romedenne (7), 3, (4), (8-10))
[6] NEW ZEALAND d [19] AUSTRIA 3-0 (Shelley Kitchen d Pamela Pancis 4, 4, 6; Louise Crome d Birgit Coufal 1, 0, 0; Jaclyn Hawkes d Ines Gradnitzer 0, 4, 0)
[3] NETHERLANDS d [14] DENMARK 3-0 (Vanessa Atkinson d Ellen Petersen 3, 4, 4; Annelize Naude d Line Hansen 4, (8-10), 10-8, 2; Karen Kronemeyer d Ditte Nielsen (6), (7), 2, 2, 1)
[11] BELGIUM d [19] AUSTRIA 2-1 (Kim Hannes-Teunen lost to Pamela Pancis (7), (5), (6); Katline Cauwels d Birgit Coufal 6, 0, (1), 10-9; Annabel Romedenne d Ines Gradnitzer 4, 3, 5)
[6] NEW ZEALAND d [14] DENMARK 3-0 (Shelley Kitchen d Ellen Petersen (6), 3, 2, 1; Tamsyn Leevey d Line Hansen 0, 3, 10-9; Jaclyn Hawkes d Kira Petersen 2, 0, 0)
[3] NETHERLANDS d [19] AUSTRIA 3-0 (Vanessa Atkinson d Birgit Coufal 0, 0, 1; Karen Kronemeyer d Ines Gradnitzer (0), 10-8, 1, 7; Margriet Huisman d Theresa Gradnitzer 1, 0, 2).
[6] NEW ZEALAND d [11] BELGIUM 3-0 (Shelley Kitchen d Kim Hannes-Teunen 5, 0, 1; Tamsyn Leevey d Katline Cauwels 4, 1, 5; Louise Crome d Charlie de Rycke 4, 3, 6)
[14] DENMARK d [19] AUSTRIA 3-0 (Ellen Petersen d Pamela Pancis 3, (8-10), 4, (2), 7; Line Hansen d Birgit Coufal 3, 5, 2; Ditte Nielsen d Ines Gradnitzer 1, 2, (7), (7), 7)
[6] NEW ZEALAND d [3] NETHERLANDS 2-1 (Shelley Kitchen d Vanessa Atkinson 10-8, (1), 7, 3 (60m); Tamsyn Leevey lost to Annelize Naude (4), (5), (4) (46m); Louise Crome d Margriet Huisman 2, 7, 0 (33m))
[11] BELGIUM d [14] DENMARK 2-1 (Kim Hannes-Teunen lost to Ellen Petersen (7), (3), (7) (30m); Charlie de Rycke d Line Hansen (6), 2, (1), 4, 7 (52m); Annabel Romedenne d Kira Petersen 1, 1, 0 (22m))
Final positions: 1 New Zealand, 2 Netherlands, 3 Belgium, 4 Denmark, 5 Austria
Pool D
[4] EGYPT d [13] SOUTH AFRICA 3-0
(Omneya Abdel Kawy d Claire Nitch (2), 05, 4, 5; Eman El Amir d Farrah Sterne 0, 7, (2), (9-10), 2; Raneem El Weleily d Tenille Swartz (8-10, 1, 7, 7)
[5] MALAYSIA d [12] FRANCE 2-1 (Nicol David lost to Isabelle Stoehr (0), 10-9, (0), (9-10); Sharon Wee d Maud Duplomb 0, 2, 2; Tricia Chuah d Soraya Renai 3, 3, 0)
[4] EGYPT d [12] FRANCE 3-0 (Omneya Abdel Kawy d Isabelle Stoehr 10-9, (4), 10-8, 4; Engy Kheirallah d Celia Allamargot 0, 5, 0; Raneem El Weleily d Soraya Renai 3, 0, 1)
[5] MALAYSIA d [13] SOUTH AFRICA 3-0 (Nicol David d Claire Nitch 5, 0, 0; Sharon Wee d Farrah Sterne 4, 6, 2; Tricia Chuah d Tenille Swartz 6, 2, (8-10), (0), 10-8)
[4] EGYPT d [5] MALAYSIA 2-1 (Omneya Abdel Kawy lost to Nicol David (8-10), (1), (5) (37m); Engy Kheirallah d Sharon Wee (6), 5, 5, (8-10), 6 (77m); Eman El Amir d Tricia Chuah 4, 2, 3 (24m))
[13] SOUTH AFRICA d [12] FRANCE 3-0
(Claire Nitch d Maud Duplomb 0, 0, 2 (14m); Farrah Sterne d Celia Allamargot 7, (8-10), (3), 1, 0 (43m); Tenille Swartz d Soraya Renai 6, 3, 2 (28m))
Final positions: 1 Egypt, 2 Malaysia, 3 South Africa, 4 France
