RESULTS: Women's Emerson WSA Racquet Club Pro
Series,
St Louis, Missouri, USA
Multinational Quarters In St Louis
Players from eight different nations will contest the quarter-finals
of the Emerson WSA Racquet Club Pro Series after all the
seeds survived the opening round of the Women's Squash
Association Tour 10 event at St Louis Racquet Club in
St Louis in the US state of Missouri.
England's Emily Whitlock led the way - but the 20-year-old
top seed was taken to four games by US-based compatriot Millie
Tomlinson before overcoming the qualifier 11-8, 5-11, 11-8,
11-5.
Second seed Latasha Khan leads home interest in the
championship. Winner of the club's inaugural WSA event in 2009,
Seattle-based Khan also needed four games to see off Canadian
Hollie Naughton 11-8, 11-7, 11-13, 11-9.
But Samantha Cornett ensured Canadian interest in the last
eight after beating Mexican qualifier Diana Garcia 11-4,
11-9, 11-4.
Meanwhile No3 seed Misaki Kobayashi(pictured above with
Cornett) made sure of ongoing Japanese involvement in the
championship when she beat USA's Cecelia Cortes 11-2, 11-5,
11-2.
