RESULTS: British National Squash Championships, National Squash Centre, Sportcity, Manchester Men 2nd round: [1] Peter Nicol (Yorks) bt [14] Peter Genever (Sussex) 15-10, 15-6, 15-12 (55m) [7] Simon Parke (Yorks) bt [10] Nick Matthew (Yorks) 15-9, 11-15, 15-1, 15-11 (65m) [15] James Willstrop (Yorks) bt [4] Martin Heath (Scotland) 15-12, 9-15, 15-7, 15-5 (58m) [8] Nick Taylor (Lancs) bt [12] Stephen Meads (Berks) 15-7, 15-5, 15-12 (52m) [9] David Evans (Wales) bt Marcus Berrett (Yorks) 15-10, 15-13, 15-6 (44m) [3] Lee Beachill (Yorks) bt [16] Bradley Ball (Suffolk) 15-11, 15-10, 14-15, 15-10 (69m) [6] Alex Gough (Wales) bt Liam Kenny (Ireland) 15-11, 15-12, 15-7 (83m) [2] John White (Scotland) bt Tim Garner (Sussex) 15-7, 6-15, 15-11, 15-7 (51m) Women's 1st round: [1] Linda Charman (Sussex) bt Jenny Duncalf (Yorks) 9-6, 9-1, 9-1 (29m) Jenny Tranfield (Yorks) bt [5] Fiona Geaves (Glos) 9-2, 9-2, 9-4 (31m) [4] Rebecca Macree (Essex) bt [Q] Laura Hill (Derbyshire) 9-4, 9-0, 4-9, 9-3 (34m) [8] Pamela Nimmo (Scotland) bt [Q] Janie Thacker (Yorks) 9-3, 9-2, 9-1 (19m) [6] Stephanie Brind (Kent) bt [Q] Vicky Lankester (Warwicks) 9-6, 8-10, 8-10, 9-5, 9-5 (65m) [3] Cassie Jackman (Norfolk) bt Vicky Botwright (Lancs) 9-1, 9-3, 1-9, 7-9, 9-4 (61m) [7] Suzanne Horner (Yorks) bt Madeline Perry (Ireland) 9-5, 10-9, 9-0 (37m) [2] Tania Bailey (Lincs) bt [Q] Dominique Lloyd-Walter (Middx) 9-4, 9-5, 9-6 (31m) WILLSTROP AVENGES SWEDISH DEFEAT TO REACH NATIONALS QUARTER-FINALS Yorkshire's World Junior Champion James Willstrop staged the biggest upset of the day when he defeated fourth-seeded Scot Martin Heath 15-12 9-15 15-7 15-5 in the second round of the British National Squash Championships at the National Squash Centre in Manchester to reach the quarter-finals for the first time. It was only six days earlier that Heath, the world No10 now based in Toronto in Canada, beat the 19-year-old from Pontefract - ranked 41 in the world - in the first round of the Swedish Open. "I feel I learned a lot from that match in Sweden," said Willstrop, the 15th seed, on his personal website www.JamesWillstrop.com. "I made a slow start then and by the time I truly got into the game, it was too late. This time, it was like starting half way through the last game, knowing much more what to expect from the beginning - and I felt I was in control for most of the match." Willstrop, England's most successful junior of all time who won the World title in India in December, goes on to face local hero Nick Taylor, the world No19 from Manchester who has been at least a Nationals semi-finalist for the past three years. Eighth-seeded Taylor claimed his second straight games win in the event with a 15-7 15-5 15-12 victory over Berkshire's Stephen Meads in 52 minutes. Willstrop and Taylor play alongside each other for Manchester-Pontefract in the National League - but have never met before in a competition. "We know each other well and he always plays well in this tournament," said Willstrop. "I can't wait - it'll be a big battle and it's on the all-glass showcourt so it should be a great match." Defending champion Lee Beachill - also a member of the Manchester-Pontefract team - maintained his bid to become the first person to win the men's title three consecutive times when he overcame Suffolk's Bradley Ball 15-11 15-10 14-15 15-10 in 69 minutes. The third seed from Yorkshire now faces Welshman David Evans, the ninth seed from Pontypool who ended unseeded Yorkshireman Marcus Berrett's run with a 15-10 15-13 15-6 victory in 44 minutes. It was another great day for Yorkshire players - four of whom will compete in the men's quarter-finals and two in the women's. Top seed Peter Nicol, who adopted allegiance to the white rose after defecting from Scotland, will meet seventh seed Simon Parke in an all-Yorkshire clash featuring two former champions. Nicol, champion in 1996, took 55 minutes to quash Peter Genever, the 14th seed from Sussex, 15-10 15-6 15-12, while 1998 trophy winner Parke, originally from Harrogate, beat county colleague Nick Matthew 15-9 11-15 15-1 15-11 in 65 minutes. Attention on the opening day of the women's event was focussed on the clash between defending champion Cassie Jackman, the No3 seed who is making her comeback after a second career-threatening back operation last September, and unseeded local star Vicky Botwright, the in-form world No17 from Manchester who reached two finals on the international circuit last month. Jackman dropped just four points as she raced to a 2-0 lead. With the crowd behind her, Vicky rallied back to level the match. "I think Cassie went to sleep in the third," said Botwright later. Four-times champion Jackman, who has not failed to reach the final in her last five appearances, regrouped in the fifth, fighting back from 3-4 down to take the match 9-1 9-3 1-9 7-9 9-4 in 61 minutes. "I was pleased with the way I played in the first two games and Vicky made a lot of errors, but she came back strongly in the third," said the world No8 from Norfolk. "These courts are really tough, so I was pleased to get back into it by the fifth, and get the win. After what I've been through, every match I win is a bonus - and now I can look forward to a day off before my quarter-final match on Friday." Jackman takes on England team-mate Stephanie Brind in the last eight, after the 6th seed from Bexleyheath in Kent clawed her way back from 2-1 down to beat Warwickshire's Vicky Lankester, a qualifier originally from Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, 9-6 8-10 8-10 9-5 9-5 in 65 minutes, the longest women's match of the day. There was a notable women's upset - and a further Yorkshire 'gain' - when unseeded Jenny Tranfield beat Gloucester's fifth seed Fiona Geaves 9-2 9-2 9-4 in 31 minutes. Originally from Sheffield, Dr Tranfield - a PhD in Sports Psychology - is now based in Milton Keynes and goes on to meet Sussex's top seed Linda Charman, a 3-0 victor over Yorkshire's former European Junior Champion Jenny Duncalf. The most remarkable quarter-final clash of all will take place at the bottom of the women's draw between second seed Tania Bailey, the 23-year-old world No7 from Stamford in Lincolnshire and seventh seed Suzanne Horner, the world No15 from Wakefield in Yorkshire who will celebrate her 40th birthday in little more than a week. Bailey, the England No1, beat Harrow-based qualifier Dominique Lloyd-Walter 9-4 9-5 9-6 in 31 minutes to claim her first ever victory in five Nationals' appearances. Horner, however, defeated Irish champion Madeline Perry 9-5 10-9 9-0 in 37 minutes to reach her 13th successive quarter-final in her 23rd appearance in the event since making her debut in 1978 - the year before Bailey was born! Official website: www.nationalsquashchamps.co.uk