Retired Pro Gilly Lane Shocks Top American Illingworth In US Men's Nationals Semis; Gordon Schools Harrity
from DailySquashReport.com
March 10, 2013 - Former US team member Gilly Lane, who retired from competitive play in December 2011, came out of nowhere yesterday to engineer one of the more stunning upsets in recent American squash, as he knocked off eight-time US champion Julian Illingworth 11-6 in the fifth to advance to the US Nationals final in Connecticut.
The linescore for Lane was 7-11 11-7 11-9 7-11 11-6.
Lane's last competitive action prior to this weekend was in August 2011 at the World Team Championships.
He retired ranked #97 in the world by the PSA. Illingworth is currently ranked 34th.
In the bottom semi, PSA veteran Chris Gordon schooled #1 collegiate American Todd Harrity in three, 12-10, 11-5, 11-7.
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