Top Seeds On Course For Bangor Final Showdown

Top seeds Lisa Aitken and Enora Villard are still on course to clash at the Karakal Bangor Squash Classic in North Wales.

Scotland’s Aitken swept through her quarter-final in straight games, taking 25 minutes to secure victory, while French player Villard was made to work for more than an hour before progressing.

Cristina Gomez (France) won the first two games 11-7, 13-11 before Villard worked her way back into the game and won 11-8, 11-8, 11-6 in 62 minutes.

Current scenes on court 4 where @LisaAitken1 is 2 games up against @chloe_mesic #psabangor pic.twitter.com/kXJ58hMHL8

— Bangor Classic 2019 (@psabangor) June 22, 2018

Aitken now plays Grace Gear (England), while Villard plays qualifier Lucy Beecroft, who ended Welsh interest in the tournament by winning against Ali Hemingway.

Semi-finals today, 4pm:  [2] Enora Villard (France) v [Q] Lucy Beecroft (England),  [1] Lisa Aitken (Scotland) v [8] Grace Gear (England).

Grace on her quarter final win #psabangor pic.twitter.com/EWbjaiKVLy

— Bangor Classic 2019 (@psabangor) June 22, 2018

Quarter-final results: [1] Lisa Aitken 3-0 [5] Chloe Mesic 11-4, 11-5, 11-3 (25m); [Q] Lucy Beecroft 3-0 [7] Ali Hemingway 11-3, 11-7, 11-5 (19m); [8] Grace Gear 3-1 [4] Rachael Chadwick 11-3, 6-11, 12-10, 11-3 (34m); [2] Enora Villard 3-2  [6] Cristina Gomez 7-11, 11-13, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6 (62m).

Karakal $5000 PSA World Women’s Tour squash tournament 

First round results: [1] Lisa Aitken (Scotland) beat Laura Tovar (qualifier, Colombia) 11-5, 11-5, 11-9 (21 mins)

[5] Chloe Mesic (France) beat Charlotte Jagger (England) 11-6, 11-1, 11-5

[8] Grace Gear (England) beat Farah Momen (Egypt) 11-7, 11-9, 11-8

[4] Rachael Chadwick (England) beat Jenny Haley (qualifier, Wales) 11-2, 11-5, 6-11, 11-5

Lucy Beecroft (qualifier, England) beat [3] Lucy Turmel (England) 9-11, 11-9, 12-10, 15-13 (52 mins)

[7] Ali Hemingway (Wales) beat Ciara Richards (Wales) 11-7, 11-5, 11-4

[6] Cristina Gomez (Spain) beat Lowri Roberts (Wales) 11-9, 12-10, 4-11, 11-1

[2] Enora Villard (France) beat Georgia Adderley (qualifier, Scotland) 11-5, 11-13, 11-2, 11-2 (45 mins)

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Qualifying finals:

Georgia Adderley (Scotland) beat Evie Coxon (England) 11-3, 11-2, 11-7 (18 mins)

Laura Tovar (Colombia) beat Bruna Marchesi Petrillo (Brazil) 11-4, 11-4, 11-2 (20m)

Lucy Beecroft (England) beat Lily Taylor (England) 10-12, 11-6, 14-12, 13-11 (39m)

Jenny Haley (Wales) beat Nia Davies (Wales) 11-6, 9-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-7 (46m)

Qualifying round one results:

[3] Lily Taylor (Eng) 3-0 Elin Harlow (Wal) 11-4, 11-3, 11-5 (19m)

[8] Lucy Beecroft (Eng) 3-0 Helen Barnard (Wal) 11-2, 11-2, 11-5 (21m)

[1] Georgia Adderley (Sco) 3-0 Lauren Evans (Wal) 11-5, 11-2, 11-2 (16m)

[7] Evie Coxon (Eng) 3-1 Megan Thomas (Wal) 11-7, 11-13, 11-4, 11-4 (30m)

[6] Laura Tovar (Col) 3-2 Hannah Davies (Wal) 11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 8-11, 13-11 (48m)

[4] Bruna Marchesi (Bra) 3-2 Layna Beattie (Wal) 8-11, 11-4, 8-11, 12-10, 12-10 (35m)

[5] Nia Davies (Wal) 3-0 Emily Powell (Wal) 11-2 11-1 11-2 (14m)

[2] Jenny Haley (Wal) 3-1 Abby Hicks (Wal)11-13, 11-3, 12-10, 11-5 (30m)