Norman loses semi-final
NZPA Sydney The New Zealand Open squash champion, Ross Norman, crashed to defeat in controversial circumstances in his semi-final of the Australian Open in Melbourne last evening. The tournament’s fourth seed went out in straight games, 9-2, 9-5, 9-0 to the topseeded West Australian, Dean Williams. But Norman said immediately after the game that the main problem was the referee-
ing. “It was just a case of bias,” he said. “It was so noisy I couldn’t hear the scores — they don’t have an intercom system into the court — and when I asked the score I got a warning that if I did it again I would be disqualified. “Dean (Williams) apologised to me afterwards and said that’s why they don’t get many top overseas players coming here. “I just thought ‘bugger it’ by the third game.”
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