It’s Scotland v England in the Karakal Bangor Squash Classic final.
English qualifier Lucy Beecroft continued her run of success, beating second seed Enora Villard (France) in 69 minutes.
Beecroft,who plays Lucy Aitken in the final, lost the first and third games against Villard, but won a nervy fifth 12-10.
Close first game is taken 11-8 by @enora_villard #psabangor pic.twitter.com/yMrQrgi3Sh
— Bangor Classic 2019 (@psabangor) June 23, 2018
It was yet another upset for Beecroft, the Northumberland player who started the tournament seeded eight in the qualifying and made the final in what was a tense and fiesty match Villard.
Villard started strongly and Beecroft looked a little leggy after her hard matches this week, but she came out firing at the start of the second game and seemed to push on from there.
After taking a crucial second to level the match, she found her self down again losing the third game in which Enora stepped up playing some great front shots. But Beecroft didn’t go away, taking the fourth game to level the match at 2-2.
It was a great fifth game, nip and tuck the whole way. Beecroft had match ball at 10-9 before sneaking it 12-10.
Scottish number one seed Lucy Aitken swept into the final in straight games, beating Grace Gear (England) 11-3, 11-8, 11-8 in 29 minutes.
Action from the third and final game between @grace_gear and @LisaAitken1 #psabangor pic.twitter.com/l2xBQineLm
— Bangor Classic 2019 (@psabangor) June 23, 2018
Aitken proved too strong around the middle of the court, volleying at every chance and really setting the pace of the match.
Karakal Bangor Classic:
Semi-final results: [Qualifier] Lucy Beecroft (England) 3-2 [2] Enora Villard (France) 8-11, 15-13, 8-11, 11-8, 12-10 (69m); [1] Lisa Aitken (Scotland) 3-0 [8] Grace Gear (England) 11-3, 11-8, 11-8 (29m).
Quarter-final results: [1] Lisa Aitken 3-0 [5] Chloe Mesic 11-4, 11-5, 11-3 (25m); [Q] Lucy Beecroft 3-0 [7] Ali Hemingway 11-3, 11-7, 11-5 (19m); [8] Grace Gear 3-1 [4] Rachael Chadwick 11-3, 6-11, 12-10, 11-3 (34m); [2] Enora Villard 3-2 [6] Cristina Gomez 7-11, 11-13, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6 (62m).
First round results: [1] Lisa Aitken (Scotland) beat Laura Tovar (qualifier, Colombia) 11-5, 11-5, 11-9 (21 mins)
[5] Chloe Mesic (France) beat Charlotte Jagger (England) 11-6, 11-1, 11-5
[8] Grace Gear (England) beat Farah Momen (Egypt) 11-7, 11-9, 11-8
[4] Rachael Chadwick (England) beat Jenny Haley (qualifier, Wales) 11-2, 11-5, 6-11, 11-5
Lucy Beecroft (qualifier, England) beat [3] Lucy Turmel (England) 9-11, 11-9, 12-10, 15-13 (52 mins)
[7] Ali Hemingway (Wales) beat Ciara Richards (Wales) 11-7, 11-5, 11-4
[6] Cristina Gomez (Spain) beat Lowri Roberts (Wales) 11-9, 12-10, 4-11, 11-1
[2] Enora Villard (France) beat Georgia Adderley (qualifier, Scotland) 11-5, 11-13, 11-2, 11-2 (45 mins)
Qualifying finals:
Georgia Adderley (Scotland) beat Evie Coxon (England) 11-3, 11-2, 11-7 (18 mins)
Laura Tovar (Colombia) beat Bruna Marchesi Petrillo (Brazil) 11-4, 11-4, 11-2 (20m)
Lucy Beecroft (England) beat Lily Taylor (England) 10-12, 11-6, 14-12, 13-11 (39m)
Jenny Haley (Wales) beat Nia Davies (Wales) 11-6, 9-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-7 (46m)
Qualifying round one results:
[3] Lily Taylor (Eng) 3-0 Elin Harlow (Wal) 11-4, 11-3, 11-5 (19m)
[8] Lucy Beecroft (Eng) 3-0 Helen Barnard (Wal) 11-2, 11-2, 11-5 (21m)
[1] Georgia Adderley (Sco) 3-0 Lauren Evans (Wal) 11-5, 11-2, 11-2 (16m)
[7] Evie Coxon (Eng) 3-1 Megan Thomas (Wal) 11-7, 11-13, 11-4, 11-4 (30m)
[6] Laura Tovar (Col) 3-2 Hannah Davies (Wal) 11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 8-11, 13-11 (48m)
[4] Bruna Marchesi (Bra) 3-2 Layna Beattie (Wal) 8-11, 11-4, 8-11, 12-10, 12-10 (35m)
[5] Nia Davies (Wal) 3-0 Emily Powell (Wal) 11-2 11-1 11-2 (14m)
[2] Jenny Haley (Wal) 3-1 Abby Hicks (Wal)11-13, 11-3, 12-10, 11-5 (30m)