Western Province swept to their third consecutive runaway victory in the PricewaterhouseCoopers Kaplan Cup being played in Port Elizabeth when they demolished Gauteng 20-4.
Western Province’s Siyole Lusaseni, Milnay Louw and Sacha West had little trouble in outplaying Adel Weir, Mary Ann Boden and Sharon Le Roux to give the defending champions the match.
In the number two slot Karen van der Westhuizen (WP) found herself trailing 0-2 against seasoned campaigner, Claire Nitch but Lady Luck was not in Nitch’s corner.
Leading in the third game, Nitch was forced to concede, having pulled a calf muscle which left van der Westhuizen with a hollow 3-2 win.
Ranked 44 in the world, Tenille Swartz, the Western Province’s number 1 then needed four games to subdue left-handed Diana Argyle 3-1.
Second seeded Northerns slumped to their third consecutive loss, bowing out to Eastern Province 7-17.
The home crowd was delighted to see Lizelle van Niekerk, Jacqui Trevarthen, Kieryn Keeton and Anlen Murray brush aside Vivienne Doeg, Sonia Pinter, Sonika Fritz and Cara Willoughby to give Eastern Province a 12-4 lead.
Farrah Fenner, presently ranked 1 in South Africa, salvaged some honour by defeating Juanette le Roux in straight games.
Easterns, who trail Western Province by 10 points, inflicted a 20-1 defeat on hapless KwaZulu-Natal with only Samantha Herbert able to notch one game when she lost 1-3 to Angie Clifton-Parks.
Results:
Western Province 20 Gauteng 4:
Tenille Swartz bt Diana Argyle 3-1
Karen van Westhuizen bt Claire Nitch 3-2
Siyole Lusaseni bt Adel Weir 3-0, Milnay Louw bt Mary Ann Boden 3-1
Sacha West bt Sharon Le Roux 3-0
Eastern Province A bt Northerns A 17-7:
Juanette le Roux lost to Farrah Fenner 0-3
Lizelle van Niekerk bt Vivienne Doeg 3-0
Jacqui Trevarthen bt Sonia Pinter 3-2
Kieryn Keeton bt Sonika Fritz 3-1
Anlen Murray bt Cara Willoughby 3-1
Easterns bt KwaZulu-Natal 20-1:
Annelize Naude bt Leora Greenwood 3-0
Angie Clifton-Parks bt Samantha Herbert 3-0
Nicola Helwick bt Collette Ferguson 3-0
Lindy Jordaan bt Kim Lindsay 3-0
Susan Tricker bt Jackie Ridgeway 3-0
Results:
Western Province 20 Gauteng 4:
Tenille Swartz bt Diana Argyle 3-1
Karen van Westhuizen bt Claire Nitch 3-2
Siyole Lusaseni bt Adel Weir 3-0, Milnay Louw bt Mary Ann Boden 3-1
Sacha West bt Sharon Le Roux 3-0
Eastern Province A bt Northerns A 17-7:
Juanette le Roux lost to Farrah Fenner 0-3
Lizelle van Niekerk bt Vivienne Doeg 3-0
Jacqui Trevarthen bt Sonia Pinter 3-2
Kieryn Keeton bt Sonika Fritz 3-1
Anlen Murray bt Cara Willoughby 3-1
Easterns bt KwaZulu-Natal 20-1:
Annelize Naude bt Leora Greenwood 3-0
Angie Clifton-Parks bt Samantha Herbert 3-0
Nicola Helwick bt Collette Ferguson 3-0
Lindy Jordaan bt Kim Lindsay 3-0
Susan Tricker bt Jackie Ridgeway 3-0
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