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Wales have two players through to the Commonwealth Games squash semi-finals on the Gold Coast.
Rhyl-based Tesni Evans won in four games against England’s Laura Massaro to set up a last four clash with Australian Sarah-Jane Perry.
Wales number one men’s player Joel Makin, from Pembrokeshire, then battled to a five-game victory against Scot Alan Clyne.
The reward for Makin is a semi-final against New Zealand’s Paul Coll.
Clyne and Makin fought out a desperately close match in Australia with the Welshman edging to a 12-10 win in the fifth.
In a tense, bruising and exciting finish Makin swept into a 6-2 lead during the fifth set before Clyne clawed his way back.
The match lasted 99 minutes before Makin, recovering from 2-1 down, snatched victory 11-9, 4-11, 8-11, 11-8, 12-10.
The men’s last four includes an Englishman, a Malaysian, a Kiwi and Welshman Makin, while the women’s semi-finals feature Wales champion Evans plus an English player, Malaysian and Joelle King from New Zealand.
England’s Nick Matthew crashed out against Nafilzan Adnan.
Commonwealth Games singles semi-final results:
Men: James Willstrop (England) beat Cameron Pilley (Australia) 3-2; Nafilzan Adnan (Malaysia) beat Nick Matthew (England) 3-2; Joel Makin (Wales) beat Alan Clyne (Scotland) 3-2; Paul Coll (New Zealand) beat Daryl Selby (England) 3-1.
Women: Sarah-Jane Perry (England) beat Donna Urquhart (Australia) 3-1; Tesni Evans (Wales) beat Laura Massaro (England) 3-1; Nicol David (Malaysia) beat Alison Waters (England) 3-2; Joelle King (New Zealand) beat Joshua Chinappa (India) 3-0.
