Davenport wins open
NZPA-Reuter Houston Second-seeded Stuart Davenport scored his first big victory on Saturday when he upset the topseed, Ross Norman, in the finals of the United States Open Squash Championships. In a marathon two hour and 10-minute match, the lanky Davenport -outlastedthestubbornNorman, I^-1 8, 5-15, 15-10, 15-10,
The two New Zealanders had met 10 times during the last two seasons, but this was Davenport’s first win. The 55-minute first game was won in overtime when Norman, aged 27, forced a backhand error after an exchange of volleys. Dispirited by what almost was, Davenport put up token resistance and dropped the one-sided sewnd game by 10 points.
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