WORLD SQUASH NEWS
RESULTS: Artemis Women's Edinburgh Squash Open, Edinburgh, Scotland
Final:
[1] Cassie Jackman (ENG) bt [2] Wendy Maitland (SCO) 9-2, 9-1, 9-6
Joyful Jackman Wins In Edinburgh
Cassie Jackman came through her WISPA World Tour comeback tournament in
majestic style in Scotland when she clinched the Artemis Women's Edinburgh
Squash Open title at the Edinburgh Sports Club without conceding a single
game throughout the event.
After becoming the first woman to win two medals in two successive
Commonwealth Games in Manchester last summer, the former world champion and
world No1 from Norfolk was forced to return to the Queens Hospital in
Nottingham in September to undergo career-threatening surgery on her back for
the second time in two years.
Top-seeded Jackman, the world No7 who dropped only eleven points en-route to
the final, comfortably overcame second-seeded Scot Wendy Maitland 9-2 9-1 9-6
to earn her 21st WISPA World Tour title since her first in Switzerland in
March 1991.
The win will be a confidence-booster for Jackman, who turned 30 last month,
as she prepares to defend her British National Championships title at
Manchester's National Squash Centre - home of her Commonwealth Games'
successes last year - next month.