Top seed Alana Miller led three Canadians through to the semi-finals of the Women's Sun & Surf Jericho Squash Open in Vancouver, a new WISPA World Tour event at the Jericho Tennis Club in the Canadian city.
Miller, the 26-year-old Panamerican Champion from Winnipeg, brushed aside surprise quarter-final opponent Silvia Angulo Rugeles, from Colombia, 9-3, 9-3, 9-7. Miller will now face Mami Nishio, the fourth seed from Japan who defeated Mexico's Karina Herrera Zuniga 9-4, 9-0, 9-0.
Second seed Melanie Jans dropped the only game of the session, but fought back from behind to overcome England's Emma Parke 6-9, 9-5, 9-0, 9-0. Jans now faces compatriot Carolyn Russell, the third seed who beat fellow Canadian Leona Grigg 9-4, 9-1, 9-1
RESULTS: Women's Sun & Surf Jericho Squash Open,
Vancouver, Canada
1st round:
[1] Alana Miller (CAN) bt Stephanie Edmison
(CAN) 9-2, 9-1, 9-1
Silvia Angulo Rugeles (COL) bt [5] Magaly
Velez (ECU) 9-0, 9-2, 9-0
[4] Mami Nishio (JPN) bt [Q] Rebecca Hazell
(CAN) 9-6, 9-5, 9-0
[8] Karina Herrera Zuniga (MEX) bt [Q]
Genevieve Lessard (CAN) 0-9, 9-7, 9-6, 9-2
[7] Leona Grigg (CAN) bt Ashley
Clackson (CAN) 9-5, 9-6, 9-1
[3] Carolyn Russell (CAN) bt Mariana De
Reyes (COL) 9-3, 9-0, 9-0
[6] Emma Parke (ENG) bt Nayelly Hernandez
(MEX) 9-1, 9-2, 9-3
[2] Melanie Jans (CAN) bt Neha Kumar
(CAN) 9-3, 9-6, 9-5
Quarter-finals:
[1] Alana Miller (CAN) bt Silvia Angulo
Rugeles (COL) 9-3, 9-3, 9-7
[4] Mami Nishio (JPN) bt [8] Karina
Herrera Zuniga (MEX) 9-4, 9-0, 9-0
[3] Carolyn Russell (CAN) bt [7] Leona
Grigg (CAN) 9-4, 9-1, 9-1
[2] Melanie Jans (CAN) bt [6] Emma
Parke (ENG) 6-9, 9-5, 9-0, 9-0