WORLD SQUASH NEWS RESULTS: Nivea Women's Irish Open Squash Championship, Dublin, Ireland Semi-finals: [3] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) bt [5] Fiona Geaves (ENG) 2-9, 9-5, 9-4, 3-9, 9-2 (44m) [2] Cassie Jackman (ENG) bt [4] Rebecca Macree (ENG) 9-0, 9-5, 9-4 (37m) Jackman & Atkinson To Meet In Irish Open Final England's former world champion Cassie Jackman, the second seed, and Dutch No1 Vanessa Atkinson, the third seed, will meet in the final of the Nivea Women's Irish Open Squash Championship after contrasting semi-final wins at the Fitzwilliam Club in Dublin. Jackman, the 30-year-old world No7 from Norwich, was in devastating form as she overwhelmed compatriot Rebecca Macree, ranked just two places lower in the world, 9-0 9-5 9-4 in a repeat of the victory which gave her a record-equalling fifth British National title in February. "Rebecca played well, but Cassie was rampant," said a spokesman for the Fitzwilliam Club. "She was light, mobile and using weight of shot coupled with sliced forehands across the court to devastating effect." It seems that Jackman has now completely recovered from the effects of the second career-threatening back operation she underwent last September. "I was pretty pleased with that performance," said the England No1 after her 37-minute win. "There were only a few lets and I was focussed all the way through." Vanessa Atkinson, the 27-year-old England-born world No6 from The Hague, reached the final after beating England's fifth seed Fiona Geaves 2-9 9-5 9-4 3-9 9-2 to survive her second successive five-game encounter. The seesaw battle was summed up by Geaves: "Whoever got the better length dominated the rallies and it switched all the time," said the world No11 from Gloucester. "We are both similar players and try to disrupt each other's rhythm." Geaves looked in control for the first couple of rallies in the fifth game - "but then looked like she was running on empty as she stretched ineffectively at several shots," said the event spokesman. "The tin was rattled and so was she!" Despite being seeded to win and coming out on top in their recent encounter in last month's Las Vegas Open semi-finals, Jackman is ranked one place below Atkinson in the latest WISPA World rankings. The final will no doubt resolve the discrepancies.