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Perry and Makin Named Top Seeds for 2021 British
National Squash Championships
England’s Sarah-Jane Perry and Welshman Joel Makin have been seeded
first for the 2021 British National Squash Championships which will take
place at Manchester’s National Squash Centre between Tuesday August 3 -
Friday August 6.
The British National Squash Championships feature a 16-man and 16-woman
draw consisting of 15 of the highest-ranked British player in addition
to one wildcard.
Kenilworth-based Perry, a two-time British Nationals champion after wins
in 2015 and 2020, will take on fellow Englishwoman Jasmin Kalar in round
one and is expected to play Wales’ Tesni Evans in the final.
Evans, the World No.10 from St Asaph, will play England’s Saran Nghiem
on the opening day. Evans could play 2020 runner-up Jasmine Hutton in
the quarter-finals, before she is predicted to clash with four-time
winner Alison Waters in the semis. Perry, meanwhile, has the likes of
Rachael Chadwick and Emily Whitlock on her side of the draw.
In the men’s draw, 2020 runner-up Makin and reigning champion James
Willstrop are seeded to meet in a repeat of last year’s final, which
Willstrop won to collect a fourth British Nationals trophy.
Makin is vying to become the first Welshman ever to get his hands on the
coveted trophy, but must first get past a round one encounter with
Scotland’s Rory Stewart as well as predicted matches against England’s
Nathan Lake and Scotland’s Greg Lobban in the quarter-finals and
semi-finals, respectively.
Willstrop, meanwhile, will line up against fellow Englishman Miles
Jenkins in the opening round and the former World No.1 will look forward
to further matches against the likes of George Parker and Adrian Waller
as he bids to reach a 12th British Nationals final.
All the action from the British National Squash Championships will be
shown live on
SQUASHTV (to users with a free digital subscription), the
England
Squash and
PSA
World Tour Facebook pages, as well as
englandsquash.tv.
For updates on the British National Squash Championships, please visit
the official
tournament website or follow England Squash on
Twitter,
Facebook and
Instagram.
Tickets are available for purchase
here.
2021 British Nationals Squash Championships: Men’s Draw
[1] Joel Makin (WAL) v Rory Stewart (SCO)
Richie Fallows (ENG) v Nathan Lake (ENG)
Declan James (ENG) v Sean Conroy (IRE)
Sam Todd (ENG) v [4] Greg Lobban (SCO)
[3] Adrian Waller (ENG) v Connor Sheen (ENG)
Emyr Evans (WAL) v Patrick Rooney (ENG)
George Parker (ENG) v Ben Coleman (ENG)
Miles Jenkins (ENG) v [2] James Willstrop (ENG)
2021 British Nationals Squash Championships: Women’s Draw
[1] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) v Jasmin Kalar (ENG)
Anna Kimberley (ENG) v Rachael Chadwick (ENG)
Lucy Turmel (ENG) v Alicia Mead (ENG)
Margot Prow (ENG) v [4] Emily Whitlock (WAL)
[3] Alison Waters (ENG) v Katie Malliff (ENG)
Georgina Kennedy (ENG) v Lisa Aitken (SCO)
Jasmine Hutton (ENG) v Ali Loke (WAL)
Saran Nghiem (ENG) v [2] Tesni Evans (WAL) |
