TOP-RANKED Christine Nunn has proved her class by winning the Bendigo International Open women’s crown.
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Nunn, ranked No. 45 in the world, defeated number two seed Sarah Cardwell in an all-Australian final at Bendigo Squash Centre on Sunday.
The 27-year-old Canberra-born player, who now calls Melbourne home, won in straight games 14-12, 11-7, 11-6 in a scoreline which did not do the closeness of the contest justice.
The PSA title win was Nunn’s fifth win this year and came against her close friend and 2018 Commonwealth Games doubles partner Cardwell.
It was their first meeting at a PSA World Tour event since 2012 and ended a run of outs for Nunn against Cardwell, who had won all four of their previous meetings.
Nunn’s path to the final included a semi-final win over third seeded Australian Taylor Flavell.
In the men’s open final, Irishman Sean Conroy defeated France’s Enzo Corigliano in a five game thriller 5-11, 11-9, 11-13, 11-8, 11-9.
Conroy, the tournament’s third seed, twice came from a game down to overhaul the second seeded Frenchman in an epic final.
The Irishman entered the tournament on a high after reaching a career-high world ranking of 141 two months ago.
