Carla in WISPA squash quarters

Published February 9, 2008

KARACHI, Feb 8: Pakistan squash’s come-back girl Carla Khan thrashed Norwegian Lotte Eriksen to make her place in the last eight of the women’s WISPA World Tour event in Linkoping, Sweden, according to information reaching here on Friday.

Carla completely dominated the match against her Norwegian rival, recording a straight set 9-0, 9-1, 9-0 triumph to qualify for the quarters of the tournament. Second seed Carla will now meet eighth seed Birgit Coufal of Austria in the quarters.

Women’s 1st round: (2) Carla Khan (PAK) bt Lotte Eriksen (NOR) 9-0, 9-1, 9-0 (1) Sarah Kippax (ENG) bt Lucie Fialova (CZE) 9-1, 9-4, 9-6 (7) Lauren Selby (ENG) bt (Q) Olga Ertlova (CZE) 9-1, 9-4, 7-9, 9-7 Fiona Moverley (ENG) bt (4) Dagmar Vermeulen (NED) 9-5, 9-5, 9-4 Carrie Hastings (ENG) bt (5) Milou van der Heijden (NED) 8-10, 9-6, 9-4, 9-3 Claire Kidd (SCO) bt (6) Kerri Shields (IRL) 9-5, 9-0, 6-9, 9-2 (3) Anna-Carin Forstadius (SWE) bt Anna Detter (SWE) 9-5, 9-1, 9-4 (8) Birgit Coufal (AUT) bt (Q) Elina Kononen (FIN) 9-6, 9-3, 9-2. - Agencies

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