Lingashi wins Wanderers Open

JOHN Lingashi won the Wanderers Open squash tournament at the weekend after beating Nelson Herunga 3-1 in the final.

Lingashi was a comfortable winner, taking the first two sets 11-9, 11-4, before Herunga managed to win the third set 11-8. Lingashi however won the fourth set 11-8 to secure the title.The women’s final was much closer and saw a great match between Monica Kalondo and Adri Lambert.Lambert streaked into an early lead, winning the first set on a 3-1 tiebreak and taking the second set 11-9.Lambert once again took the lead in the third set and actually held match point, before Kalondo started a remarkable recovery.She went on to win the third set 11-9 and from then also won the next two sets 11-9, 11-8 to win the match.It was a great turn-around by Kalondo, who told Namibia Sport that she wasn’t thinking about her game early on.”I was losing because I wasn’t thinking and all I did was to start thinking about my game.Worst of all, my opponent was on match point when I got that bright spark,” she quipped.Mario Rodrigues won the Men’s A Plate when he beat the up-and-coming Jade Pepler 3-1.Rodrigues was pushed all the way by the 14-year-old Pepler and had to draw on his experience to win the match 11-9, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9.Pepler has made a rapid rise over the past year.In July and August he won the Men’s B Division at both the Namibian Closed and Namibian Open tournaments.At the Wanderers Open he competed in the Men’s A division for the first time, where he lost his opening match to Michau Basson, before winning the next two to reach the Plate final.www.namibiansport.com.naLingashi however won the fourth set 11-8 to secure the title.The women’s final was much closer and saw a great match between Monica Kalondo and Adri Lambert.Lambert streaked into an early lead, winning the first set on a 3-1 tiebreak and taking the second set 11-9.Lambert once again took the lead in the third set and actually held match point, before Kalondo started a remarkable recovery.She went on to win the third set 11-9 and from then also won the next two sets 11-9, 11-8 to win the match.It was a great turn-around by Kalondo, who told Namibia Sport that she wasn’t thinking about her game early on.”I was losing because I wasn’t thinking and all I did was to start thinking about my game.Worst of all, my opponent was on match point when I got that bright spark,” she quipped.Mario Rodrigues won the Men’s A Plate when he beat the up-and-coming Jade Pepler 3-1.Rodrigues was pushed all the way by the 14-year-old Pepler and had to draw on his experience to win the match 11-9, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9.Pepler has made a rapid rise over the past year.In July and August he won the Men’s B Division at both the Namibian Closed and Namibian Open tournaments.At the Wanderers Open he competed in the Men’s A division for the first time, where he lost his opening match to Michau Basson, before winning the next two to reach the Plate final.www.namibiansport.com.na