9/12 : Japan and South Africa open up with wins

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9/12 Round Robin
SWITZERLAND 0-3 SOUTH AFRICA
Cindy Merlo 0-3 Alexandra Fuller  7-11, 2-11, 14-16 (29m)
Ambre Allinckx 0-3 Cheyna Wood  4-11, 5-11, 3-11 (19m)
Celine Walser 0-3 Lizelle Muller   5-11, 10-12, 6-11 (25m)
AUSTRALIA 1-2 JAPAN
Donna Lobban 1-3 Satomi Watanabe  11-13, 11-7, 9-11, 9-11 (45m)
Alex Haydon 1-3 Riga Sugimoto  9-11, 12-10, 4-11, 5-11 (47m)
Jessica Turnbull 3-0 Akari Midorikawa    11-6, 11-5, 11-6 (25m)
18.00
SWITZERLAND v JAPAN
AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AFRICA

The 9th to 12th place Round Robin got under way with two entertaining matches.

Alexandra Fuller eased through the first two games against Cindy Merlo, but the South African needed five match balls to ensure the contest wasn’t extended. Cheyna Wood and Lizelle Muller rounded off an ultimately emphatic win.

The Australia/Japan match was fiercely contested in the opening two matches, Satomi Watanabe and Riga Sugamoto both winning in four to give Japan the win, but Jess Turnbull pulled one back for the Aussies.

The teams meet again tonight, in different combinations …