Tenille Takes Out Top Seed In Meersquash Open
1st round:
[1] Louise Crome (NZL) bt [Q] Emma Beddoes (ENG) 9-4, 9-7, 9-1 (32m)
[Q] Tenille Swartz (RSA) bt [7] Lauren Siddall (ENG) 9-7, 5-9, 9-6, 10-8 (55m)
[4] Aisling Blake (IRL) bt Milja Dorenbos (NED) 9-6, 10-8, 9-1 (41m)
[5] Elise Ng (HKG) bt Susannah King (ENG) 9-2, 9-1, 9-2 (20m)
[8] Daniela Schumann (GER) bt Dagmar Vermeulen (NED) 6-9, 9-3, 9-5, 9-2 (42m)
[3] Manuela Manetta (ITA) bt [Q] Melissa Meulenbelt (NED) 9-0, 10-8, 9-1 (29m)
Margriet Huisman (NED) bt [6] Charlie de Rycke (BEL) 9-5, 9-4, 9-3 (33m)
[2] Orla Noom (NED) bt Deon Saffery (ENG) 7-9, 9-3, 9-7, 7-9, 9-5 (60m)
Quarter-finals:
[Q] Tenille Swartz (RSA) bt [1] Louise Crome (NZL) 9-5, 9-2, 5-9, 3-9, 9-3 (58m)
[5] Elise Ng (HKG) bt [4] Aisling Blake (IRL) 6-9, 9-7, 9-2, 10-8 (55m)
[3] Manuela Manetta (ITA) bt [8] Daniela Schumann (GER) 9-4, 9-0, 9-7 (27m)
Margriet Huisman (NED) bt [2] Orla Noom (NED) 9-4, 4-9, 10-8, 6-9, 9-7 (63m)
South African teenage squash star Tenille Swartz became the only qualifier to reach the semi-finals of the Women's Meersquash Open when she beat New Zealand's top seed Louise Crome in a shock upset in the new WISPA World Tour event in Hoofddorp in northern Netherlands.
Competing in only her second WISPA event since relocating to the Netherlands, Swartz repelled a fight back from the higher-ranked New Zealander to win 9-5, 9-2, 5-9, 3-9, 9-3 in 58 minutes.
The 19-year-old South African champion from Parys now meets Hong Kong's Elise Ng, the fifth seed who upset Ireland's No4 seed Aisling Blake 6-9, 9-7, 9-2, 10-8.
A major domestic Dutch upset in the lower half of the draw saw unseeded Margriet Huisman overcome second seed Orla Noom 9-4, 4-9, 10-8, 6-9, 9-7 in 63 minutes.
The 22-year-old from Arnhem now faces Italy's third seed Manuela Manetta, who beat Germany's Daniela Schumann, the No8 seed, 9-4, 9-0, 9-7.
Semi-final line-up:
[Q] Tenille Swartz (RSA) v [5] Elise Ng (HKG)
Margriet Huisman (NED) v [3] Manuela Manetta (ITA)