25th Anniversary Squash Club Santiago Open, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Women's semi-finals:
[1] Aisling Blake (IRL) bt [Q] Faustine Gilles (FRA) 9-4, 9-3, 9-2 (21m)
[2] Camille Serme (FRA) bt [Q] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) 9-2, 9-5, 9-7 (31m)
After taking surprise places in the women's semi-finals, qualifiers Faustine Gilles and Nour El Tayeb were unable to progress further. Gilles, from France, went down 9-4, 9-3, 9-2 to top seed Aisling Blake while 14-year-old Egyptian Nour El Tayeb extended second seed Camille Serme for 31 minutes before losing 9-2, 9-5, 9-7.
"I knew that if I wanted to survive that one, I had to give it my best from the start," Serme told www.squashsite.co.uk afterwards.
The 18-year-old European Junior Champion from Creteil is celebrating her third appearance in a WISPA Tour final, while Blake is marking her fourth.
Issued on behalf of: PSA/WISPA
For further information: Howard Harding
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WSQ 4214 Email: [email protected] 17 November 2007
