No second time around for Kemp

Halifax's Jonathan Kemp couldn't hold onto his London Open Squash Championship title after slipping to defeat against Australian Stewart Boswell.
By The Newsroom
Published 29th Nov 2010, 11:03 BST
Updated 29th Nov 2010, 11:03 BST

The 29-year-old world No 27 should still be pleased with his performance at the Cumberland Lawn Tennis & Squash Club, however, given it is only four months since he underwent hip surgery.

Top seed Boswell – former world No 4 – had reached the final without dropping a game and continued that trend when he defeated second seed Kemp 11-3 12-10 11-5.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

In the women's event Nottingham's Emma Beddoes outlasted compatriot Victoria Lust in the final to keep the title in English hands for the third year in a row.

Like Boswell in the men's event, Beddoes, reached the final without dropping a game, while fifth seed Lust made her breakthrough with a straight games victory over second seed Lauren Briggs in the quarter-finals.

But 25-year-old Beddoes, ranked 23 in the world, was too strong for her younger opponent, beating 21-year-old Lust 11-7, 12-10, 11-8 in 38 minutes to secure the fifth Tour title of her career.