Shock squash win
NZPA Brisbane Stewart Davenport, aged 17, of New Zealand, won the Queensland Open squash championship in Brisbane over the week-end, after a shock defeat of more experienced rivals.
Davenport, the No. 4 seed, defeated the second seed, Frank Donnelly (Queensland) 9-0, 9-3, 6-9, 9-4 in a brilliant display. Earlier the young New Zealander had defeated the top seed, Ross Thorne, in a semi-final.
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Press, 29 June 1981, Page 30
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