Archive for the ‘Tania Bailey’ Category

Tania won in 40 minutes, 9-4, 9-6, 9-6. She now has a tough match against Linda Charman-Smith tomorrow, who won very comfortably in 21 minutes (9-2, 9-0, 9-0) against a qualifier.

Having got through the qualifying round 3-0, it was to be a tough draw for Tania in the 1st Round.

So it proved, with Carol Owens, World Number 2, winning 9-1, 9-5, 9-6.

Click here to see the full draw of the Hurghada Open, Egypt.

Rachael from Australia beat Tania, 9-1, 5-9, 1-9, 9-1, 9-6 winning the match after playing for just over an hour.

Tania is due to play Senga MAcfie from Scotland on the 10th April. The 1st and 2nd rounds (10th/11th April) are being played at the Lambs Club in London and then the quarters, semis and final (13th-15th April) are being played at the National Squash Centre in Manchester.

Campion won 9-2, 9-4, 10-8 in 37 minutes. Tania led 6-1 in the third and had game ball at 8-5 but Campion pulled it back to take the match. “Tania played really well tonight, so I am pleased to have got through,” said world No4 Campion afterwards. “I really had to hang in during the third to sneak it.”

Tania had a good win against Linda Charman-Smith in the Quarter-finals – 9/7, 4/9, 9/1, 9/1 – and is now due to meet Cassie Campion in the semi-final.

Squash Talk do a PROFILE of Tania.

Yorkshire’s Jenny Tranfield provided the only shock in the women’s first round, outlasting Tania Bailey and clinching the fifth set 9/7 after 84 minutes. It wasn’t subtle squash, with Tania clearly not yet back to match-fitness slugging it out with the dogged Tranfield, but it was an enthralling and entertaining match. The scoreline: 9/5, 5/9, 10/9, 4/9, 9/7

Tania was beaten 9-4, 4-9, 0-9, 9-1, 10-8 by 16-year-old Egyptian qualifier Omneya Abdel Kawy in New York at the TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS.

As quoted in the local paper, Tania aims to be back on court in the New Year and pushing for a place in the England team for the COMMONWEALTH GAMES in Manchester. She said: ‘I have been in rehab at Lilleshall most of the time and I need to get myself fit because I have done no court work in the last four months.’

‘Hopefully in a couple of weeks’ time I can start training again. My ranking has gone down and it will probably get a bit lower.’

‘But I am confident I can get back into the top five and make the Commonwealth Games team.’

Highlight of 2001 was reaching a final in New York and achieving her highest world ranking of five.