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Sat 3rd Nov, Day TWO:
Semis
at the NSC
Semis at The Northern
G17: [1] Lucy Beecroft
3-0 [3/4] Kip Quiney
11/5, 11/2, 11/6 (21m)
G17: [3/4] Georgina Kennedy 3-2 [2] Lily Taylor
11/7, 11/8, 6/11, 5/11, 12/10 (39m)
Beecroft breezes, Kennedy squeezes into
final
 The
first player to reach tomorrow's finals was G17 top seed Lucy
Beecroft with a straight-game win over Kip Quiney.
Beecroft, the U15 champion two years ago, pulled clear from
5-all in the first, breezed through the second and accelerated
again from 4-all in the third to complete a 21-minute win.
"I was a bit nervous at the start," admitted the Northumbrian,
"but once I got into it and was able to keep the ball deeper I
got more and more confident."
The second semi was a much tighter
affair, with reigning U15 champion Georgina Kennedy seeing a
two-game lead disappear against second seed Lily Taylor.
 Taylor
had slowed down the pace to goo effect in the third and fourth
games, but Kennedy took a 9-6 lead in the decider. Lily pulled
that back too, but at 9-all served out to present Georgina with
a first match ball, which was saved with a clinging short drive.
A smashed kill gave Georgina a second chance, and on the next
rally Lily's lob floated out of court and the second seed was
out.
"It's usually close between us, but she normally wins," admitted
Kennedy. "I think I got used to the court more quickly, but then
she started lobbing more, and she just runs after everything.
"It came down to a bit of luck in the end, but I'm thrilled to
make another final!"
B17: [3/4]
James Evans bt [2] Bradley Smith
11/6, 12/10, 11/5 (36m)
B17: [1]
George Parker 3-0 [3/4] Jack Cooper
11/6, 11/5, 11/2 (30m)
Parker and Evans through to B17 final
Top seed George Parker made it through to his first
British Junior Champs final with a solid enough straight game
win over Jack Cooper, the reigning U15 champion.
 "It
was a bit like this morning's quarter-final in he preferred to
play at a a fast pace with lots of crosscourts," explained
Parker, "so the key was to keep it straight and once I did that
I felt pretty confident in my shots and comfortable on there.
"I've won in the English juniors, but I haven't made a final of
this before, I finished third the last couple of years so it's
nice to get through to a final here."
His opponent will be Ken's James Evans who also won in
straight games in an upset win over second seed Bradley Smith.
G19: [1] Emily
Whitlock 3-0 [3/4] Chloe Pearson
11/3, 11/4, 11/2 (18m)
G19: [2] Victoria T-Murray 3-1 [3/4] Hannah
Williams
7/11, 11/7, 11/8, 11/9 (30m)
Top seeds through in G19
 The
Girls U19 final will be the only one at the NSC between the top
to seeds after multiple finalists Emily Whitlock and
Victoria Temple-Murray won through their semis.
Whitlock, aiming for a fifth title, maintained her four-year
unbeaten record in the event with a comprehensive straight-game
win over Chloe Pearson, but Temple-Murray had to work hard to
secure her place in a fourth final.
 Down
from the outset of the first game, the second seed fought back
to take the lead but was a few points down in the fourth too
before denying Hannah Williams an all Le Sport final.
"I just had to try to pick up the pace after the first," said
Victoria, "try to get a better depth and work some openings.
"It was a bit up and down and there were a lot of errors but it
worked out in the end."
B19:
[5/8] Richie Fallows 3-2 [2] Tom Ford
7/11, 11/6, 2/11,
11/7, 11/6 (58m)
B19: [1] Oliver Holland 3-0 [9/16] Angus Gillams
11/4,
11/9, 11/3 (39m)
Fallows foils Ford
 The
first B19 semi-final was as dramatic as they come, with Richie
Fallows following up his morning five-game upset against England
teammate Taminder Gat-Aura with an even better five-game upset
against another England teammate Tom Ford, the second seed.
Ford started well enough as he took the first, Fallows fought
back to level but then hit the tin time and again in the third.
Ford took that momentum into the fourth to lead 7/4 but then it
was his turn to start making unforced errors, much to his own
disgust, as Fallows levelled again.
The momentum was with the 5/8 seed now, and a 5/1 lead in a
tense decider proved too much for Ford to claw back. The final
point saw Ford sprawled in the back corner as Fallows celebrated
reaching his third final.
 "Not
much to say, it just happened in the end," said a delighted
Richie, "I wouldn't have expected to beat Tom, but I've had a
few good results recently so I knew I had a chance.
"I went for a few shots and missed in the third, then relaxed
when I was down in the fourth and my shots started going in.
"That gave me the momentum and I really didn't feel like I could
lose after that."
 That
was the end of the upsets, top seed Olly Holland proved a
match too far for Angus Gillams.
Not that the 9/16 seed didn't test Holland, ranked the number
one junior in the world, but after a competitive first two games
the Nottingham man eased through the third to reach the final to
provide third successive match against an England teammate for
Fallows.
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To
conclude the B19 quarter-finals top seed Olly Holland
came from a game down to reach the semis but 9/16 seed Angus
Gillams followed up yesterday's win over Matt Sidaway with a
second successive upset, beating Lyell Fuller 3-1.
