RESULTS: Welsh Open Squash Championships, Cardiff, Wales
Women's 1st round:
[1] Louise Crome (NZL) bt Olivia Blatchford (USA) 9-3, 9-0, 9-1 (20m)
[Q] Senga Macfie (SCO) bt [7] Milou van der Heijden (NED) 10-8, 9-0, 9-3 (25m)
[3] Deon Saffery (WAL) bt Cecilie Mayer (DEN) 9-1, 9-2, 9-0 (18m)
[6] Emma Chorley (ENG) bt Lisa Aitken (SCO) 9-3, 9-2, 9-5 (27m)
[5] Fiona Moverley (ENG) bt [Q] Beth Winstanley (WAL) 9-2, 9-4, 9-3 (20m)
[4] Kylie Lindsay (NZL) bt Natalie Pritchard (WAL) 9-1, 9-3, 9-4 (21m)
[8] Lauren Selby (ENG) bt Kimberley Hay (ENG) 9-4, 7-9, 9-5, 1-9, 9-6 (50m)
[2] Vicky Hynes (ENG) bt Katherine Quarterman (ENG) 9-2, 9-3, 9-2 (24m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Louise Crome (NZL) bt [Q] Senga Macfie (SCO) 10-8, 9-1, 9-1 (27m)
[6] Emma Chorley (ENG) bt [3] Deon Saffery (WAL) 7-9, 9-3, 9-5, 9-3 (47m)
[5] Fiona Moverley (ENG) bt [4] Kylie Lindsay (NZL) 9-6, 9-10, 9-0, 9-3 (37m)
[2] Vicky Hynes (ENG) bt [8] Lauren Selby (ENG) 9-2, 9-7, 9-7 (39m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Louise Crome (NZL) bt [6] Emma Chorley (ENG) 9-6, 9-3, 9-7
[2] Vicky Hynes (ENG) bt [5] Fiona Moverley (ENG) 9-7, 6-9, 9-1, 9-6
Final:
[1] Louise Crome (NZL) bt [2] Vicky Hynes (ENG) 9-1, 9-3, 5-9, 9-4 (41m)
By contrast, the top two seeds fought out the women's final, with favourite Louise Crome holding off England's second seed Vicky Hynes to win 9-1, 9-3, 5-9, 9-4 in 41 minutes to claim the third WISPA World Tour title of her career.
