RESULTS: Women's Cayman Islands Open, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
1st qualifying round:
Sarah Kippax (ENG) bt Samantha Cornett (CAN) 11-7, 11-5, 11-4 (24m)
Tenille Swartz (RSA) bt Miranda Ranieri (CAN) 11-8, 8-11, 11-4, 11-8 (35m)
Delia Arnold (MAS) bt Chantelle Day (CAY) 11-4, 11-4, 11-1 (15m)
Nicolette Fernandes (GUY) bt Melody Francis (AUS) 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7 (38m)
Alana Miller (CAN) bt Siyoli Waters (RSA) 12-10, 11-9, 11-7 (32m)
Low Wee Wern (MAS) bt Carrie Hastings (ENG) 11-1, 11-3, 11-4
Manuela Manetta (ITA) bt Leonie Holt (ENG) 11-2, 13-11, 11-8 (24m)
Latasha Khan (USA) bt Karen Meakins (BAR) 11-3, 11-5, 11-5 (20m)
Guyana's Nicolette Fernandes took unexpected Caribbean interest through to the qualifying finals of the Women's Cayman Islands Open when she beat higher-ranked Australian Melody Francis in the first qualifying round of the $55,300 WISPA World Tour Gold squash event on Grand Cayman.
Caribbean champion Fernandes, currently ranked 71 in the world, beat world No57 Francis 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7 in 38 minutes - and will now face Malaysia's Delia Arnold, the world No22, for a place in the main draw.
South African Tenille Swartz also staged a significant upset. Ranked 66 in the world, the 22-year-old from Parys reached almost 20 places above her to overcome Canada's Miranda Ranieri 11-8, 8-11, 11-4, 11-8.
Swartz will now line up against the qualifying event's top seed Sarah Kippax, the world No21 from England.
The world's top players have arrived on Grand Cayman to compete in the second staging of the Cayman Islands Open, but its first as a Gold event. Defending champion Nicol David, the world number one from Malaysia, is looking to win her third gold crown of the year.
Qualifying finals line-up:
Sarah Kippax (ENG) v Tenille Swartz (RSA)
Delia Arnold (MAS) v Nicolette Fernandes (GUY)
Low Wee Wern (MAS) v Alana Miller (CAN)
Latasha Khan (USA) v Manuela Manetta (ITA)