In just her 4th PSA World Tour tournament since returning from a year-long injury hiatus, Canada’s Samantha Cornett has made her way to the finals of the Slaight Music Granite Open 2016.
Facing 2nd seed Fiona Moverley of England in the first round, an unseeded Cornett dropped the first two games but dug down deep, settled in and gave the home crowd a show taking the next three games, winning the match 3-2 (2-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-2, 11-7).
In just her 4th PSA World Tour tournament since returning from a year-long injury hiatus, Canada’s Samantha Cornett has made her way to the finals of the Slaight Music Granite Open 2016.
Facing 2nd seed Fiona Moverley of England in the first round, an unseeded Cornett dropped the first two games but dug down deep, settled in and gave the home crowd a show taking the next three games, winning the match 3-2 (2-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-2, 11-7).
After a 50-minute, five game opening match, Cornett moved onto the quarter-finals to face Maria Toorpakai Wazir (PAK). Cornett continued where she left off the night before; with her assertive play, she pulled through in 3 straight games to take the match 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 12-10).
Next up for Cornett was 3rd seed Samantha Teran (MEX) last night in the semi-finals. Cornett played with an air of confidence and assertiveness that lead her to a 3-1 victory (8-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-4), cementing her spot in the finals.
From reports by event organizer Jess DiMauro, Cornett had this to say about her semi-final match up and preparation for the finals “It was such a pleasure playing Samantha [Teran]. I knew, going in, that it was going to be a long one. I stuck to my game plan really well in the end and played very assertive and confident squash. I hope to carry that through to my match with Millie tomorrow.”
After knocking the number 2 and 3 seeds out, Cornett faces #4 seed and world ranked #39 Millie Tomlinson (ENG) in today’s finals, scheduled to start at 6:30pm EDT.
The Slaight Music Granite Open 2016 marks the 13th PSA World Tour final for both athletes and Cornett’s first final on her home court.
You can watch the game live (and for free) thanks to SquashStream.TV on YouTube at https://youtu.be/4y7SY_asgf8
And while you wait for the finals to start, re-watch Sam’s semi-final victory at https://youtu.be/_u81RD2hRBw?t=1h3m39s
