Top seed Alison Waters, of England, won her maiden Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Open title after an 11-6 11-9 11-4 straight games victory over Ireland’s Madeline Perry in the WISPA World Tour event at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in Dublin.
Perry - looking for her fourth title since 2005 - fell at the final hurdle of the women's $25,000 WISPA World Tour event, losing out to top seed Alison Waters. The world number six from England was too strong for the 32-year-old from Banbridge, near Belfast, as she produced a solid performance, keeping the Irish girl on the back foot throughout the match.
The second game proved vital, with Perry failing to convert a good chance at 9-8. Waters took advantage to snatch the game 11-9 and then increased the pace in the third to close out the match in 37 minutes.
The success mark's the second Tour title for Waters, after the 25-year-old from London secured her maiden WISPA crown at the Southport Open in the USA just over four years ago.
Semi-finals:
[1] Alison Waters (ENG) bt Sarah Kippax (ENG) 11-4, 11-1, 13-11
[3] Madeline Perry (IRL) bt [7] Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) 9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-3
Quarter-finals:
[1] Alison Waters (ENG) bt [6] Samantha Teran (MEX) 11-5, 11-9, 11-4
Sarah Kippax (ENG) bt [8] Tania Bailey (ENG) 11-9, 12-10, 11-7
[3] Madeline Perry (IRL) bt Delia Arnold (MAS) 11-5, 11-8, 11-8
[7] Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) bt [2] Laura Lengthorn-Massaro (ENG) 4-11, 6-11, 12-10, 12-10, 11-9
1st round:
[1] Alison Waters (ENG) bt Aisling Blake (IRL) 11-1, 7-11, 11-8, 11-2
[6] Samantha Teran (MEX) bt [Q] Annelize Naude (NED) 8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 12-10
Sarah Kippax (ENG) bt [4] Isabelle Stoehr (FRA) 12-14, 11-3, 11-3, 7-11, 11-9
[8] Tania Bailey (ENG) bt [Q] Manuela Manetta (ITA) 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7
Delia Arnold (MAS) bt [5] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) 12-10, 11-5, 11-9
[3] Madeline Perry (IRL) bt [Q] Lauren Siddall (ENG) 11-6, 11-4, 11-4
[7] Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) bt Dominique Lloyd-Walter (ENG) 11-2, 14-12, 16-14
[2] Laura Lengthorn-Massaro (ENG) bt [Q] Orla Noom (NED) 11-6, 11-5, 12-10
Qualifying finals:
Manuela Manetta (ITA) bt Dipika Pallikal (IND) 11-4, 11-7, 9-11, 7-11, 11-5
Annelize Naude (NED) bt Adel Weir (RSA) 11-6, 11-6, 11-5
Orla Noom (NED) bt Alexandra Norman (ENG) 5-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-5
Lauren Siddall (ENG) bt Joshna Chinappa (IND) 11-8, 11-9, 11-5
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