Millie Tomlinson Takes Maiden 2015 Title by Howard Harding January 12, 2015
- England's Millie Tomlinson claimed the maiden WSA World Tour title of
2015 when she beat Pakistan's Maria Toorpakai Wazir in the final of the
Liberty Bell Open, the WSA Tour 5 squash event in its 11th year at
Berwyn Squash & Fitness Club in Berwyn in the US state of
Pennsylvania.
After upsetting home hope Cecelia Cortes, the No.4 seed from
Massachusetts, in the quarter-finals, sixth seed Tomlinson made it
through to the second Tour final of her career after downing
giant-killer Fiona Moverley, the unseeded English player who despatched
event favourite Latasha Khan in the opening round.
But Wazir also had an impressive run through to her third successive
WSA World Tour final. The 24-year-old No.8 seed from Peshawar, now
based in Toronto, removed USA's third seed Sabrina Sobhy in the
quarter-finals before overcoming club pro Georgina Stoker, from
England, in the semis.
"Millie beat Maria Toorpakai in four great games," reported tournament
promoter Dominic Hughes on Tomlinson's 4-11, 11-6, 13-11, 11-8 victory.
"She clearly tried to run Maria and despite some let situations Millie
made very few errors.
"Maria lost energy after the hard third game."
The triumph marks the second Tour title of Tomlinson's career - and the
second since the 22-year-old from Derbyshire went full-time after
graduating from Yale University in the USA.
