5/17/2010
Seventeen year old Olivia Blatchford won her first WISPA tour title, defeating Canadian Miranda Ranieri in a five game thriller to take home the top prize at the 2010 FASSP SRC Open in Southport, CT. After dropping the first game, 10-12, Blatchford, who hails from nearby Wilton, CT, was able to fight back, winning the next two, 11-3 and 11-9. Ranieri, the former Yale All-America, tied the match with an 11-7 win in the fourth, setting up a dramatic fifth, in which Blatchford prevailed in a see-saw battle, 14-12, to notch her inaugural win on the Women's pro tour.