With just one day remaining in the singles competition, it was a winning day on court for the Australian women’s players at the Junior World Championships.
Madison Lyon will play for a 29-30th place finished after her opponent Ona Blasco retired during their match. At the time the Sandgate Squash Centre player was up 2-0 (11-6 11-8).
After beating New Zealand’s Maiden-Lee Coe 3-0 (11-7 11-3 11-5), Mirrabrooka Squash Club’s Erin Classen will come up against France’s Lilou Brevard.
Hannah Slyth and Sophie Fadaely have set up an all-Australian clash for 57-58th place after both secured wins on Day 5.
Slyth won in a five-game thriller over New Zealand’s Anne Leakey. The Western Australian took the first two games before momentum shifted to Leakey. Coming down to the fifth and final game, it was a tight and tense tussel between the two opponents but Slyth came out on top, winning 3-2 (11-8 11-8 8-11 3-11 11-9).
Meanwhile, Sophie Fadaely won 3-0 (11-8 11-2 11-5) over South Africa’s Rachel Shannon. Fellow Carins Squash Club player Kurstyn Mather will play for a 61st place finish after beating Belgium’s Jeanne Dael 3-0 (11-9 11-5 11-6).
Maggie Goodman also secured a 3-0 (11-7 11-7 11-6) against Renske Huntelaar of the Netherlands.
The full schedule and results can be found here.
Livestream Details
Matches will be streamed across several different platforms:
- YouTube WSF: All matches on the glass court and court 4 (Squash du Rêve)
- Sport en France: Glass court matches on the app, semi-finals and finals on the channel
- Olympic Channel: Quarterfinals (to be confirmed), Semi-finals and Finals
- YouTube Squash du Reve – FFSquash: Courts 2, 3 and 5
Aussies in Action (Perth time)
Maggie Goodman v Sara Natalia Caicedo Ortiz – 4:40pm
Hannah Slyth v Sophie Fadaely – 5:20pm
Kurstyn Mather v Nicola Bentley – 5:20pm
Lilou Brevard v Erin Classen – 6pm
Yuvna Gupta v Madison Lyon – 6:40pm