Kasey Brown downs seed, Atwarter Cup

Published: 05 Apr 2008 - 19:38 by rippa rit

Updated: 05 Apr 2008 - 19:38

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Squash Australia reports

New South Wales’s Kasey Brown shocked top seed and former world number one Vanessa Atkinson of the Netherlands in the semi-finals of the Atwater Cup squash tournament in Montreal, winning 9-2, 3-9, 10-9, 9-1 on Friday.

Brown was playing Atkinson for the first time since the Dutchwoman dismissed the 22-year-old from Taree in last year’s World Open in Madrid for the loss of just five points.

But this time Brown was in impressive form as she reached her second tour final this year and the 15^th of her career.

Brown will play France's Isabelle Stoehr in a surprise final after the Frenchwoman beat second seeded Irishwoman Madeline Perry in the second semi-final.

Fourth seed Stoehr, the record 11-time French national champion, outplayed Perry 9-0, 9-7, 8-10, 9-7.

Semi-final results – prefix denotes seeding

3-Kasey Brown (AUS) bt 1-Vanessa Atkinson (NED) 9-2, 3-9, 10-9, 9-1

4-Isabelle Stoehr (FRA) bt 2-Madeline Perry (IRL) 9-0, 9-7, 8-10, 9-7