Fri 7th Day FOUR:
Declan dethrones Greg, Baptiste keeps french hopes alive,
Fiona & Nele set up a repeat ...
After the progress of the top seeds
last night, it was the turn of the defending champions to
impress on the big stage.
First though, Belgiums Nele Gilis eased past Alexandra
Fuller to reach the semis, then Fiona Moverley beat the
younger Gilis, Tinne, in four games to set up a repeat of last
years final against Nele one round sooner.
The men's matches were dramatic in different ways - Baptiste
Masotti came from 5-10 down in the fifth to beat Olli
Tuominen which, in the end, maintained French interest as
Declan James beat three-time defending champion Greg Marche
in straight games.
reports linked from the result and photo
Quarters (bottom half):
[4] Nele Gilis (Bel) 3-0 [7] Alexandra Fuller (Rsa)
11-2, 11-4, 11-5
(32m)
Baptiste Masotti (Fra) 3-2 [8] Olli Tuominen (Fin)
11-9, 7-11, 7-11, 11-2, 12-10 (66m)
[2] Fiona Moverley (Eng) 3-1 [8] Tinne Gilis (Bel)
11-5, 11-4, 7-11,
11-8 (35m)
[2] Declan James (Eng) 3-0 [4] Gregoire Marche (Fra)
11-8, 11-7, 11-6 (55m)
Thu 6th Day THREE:
Top seeds through to semis as Turmel impresses again and
Zahed mounts a comeback ...
The second day's play at the magnificent Theatre Graslin
started with an upset as English junior Lucy Turmel put
in a mature performance to oust third seeded Egyptian Nadine
Shahin.
Men's third seed Zahed Salem, also Egyptian, found
himself two games down to in form Englishman George Parker, but
mounted a determined comeback which he eventually completed in
95 minutes.
English top seeds Emily Whitlock and James Willstrop won
in contrasting styles - a relievec Whitlock came through in four
close games to dent Julianne Courtice while Willstrop eased past
France's Lucas Serme in straight games.
Reports and quotes,
on
the Blog, are linked from the result and photos
Quarter-Finals (top) :
Lucy Turmel (Eng) 3-1 [3] Nadine Shahin (Egy)
11-7, 11-13, 11-6, 11-9
(49m)
[3] Zahed Salem (Egy) 3-2 [7] George Parker (Eng)
13-15, 8-11, 11-4,
11-6, 11-8 (95m)
[1] Emily Whitlock (Eng) 3-1 [6] Julianne Courtice (Eng)
11-13,
11-8, 12-10, 11-9 (57m)
[1] James Willstrop (Eng) 3-0 [5] Lucas Serme (Fra)
11-6, 11-7 11-5
(42m)
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