Top seed Leilani Joyce, the 24-year-old world No6 from New Zealand, beat Vanessa Atkinson 9/4 9/0 6/9 9/2 in the final of the $7,000 Berger Funds Women's Evergreen Open in Evergreen, Colorado, to win her fourth WISPA World Tour title.

Atkinson, 22, the English-born world No21 from the Netherlands, was the event's second seed.

Final:[1] Leilani Joyce (NZL) bt [2] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) 9/4 9/0 6/9 9/2

Semi-finals:

[1] Leilani Joyce (NZL) bt [3] Janie Thacker (ENG) 9/4 9/5 9/5
[2] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) bt [4] Senga Macfie (SCO) 9/0 9/1 9/7

New Zealand's world No 6 Leilani Joyce remained on course to win her first WISPA World Tour title in the USA when she beat England's Janie Thacker 9/4 9/5 9/5 in the semi-finals of the $7,000 Berger Funds Women's Evergreen Open in Evergreen, Colorado.

In the final, the No 1 seed now meets second seed Vanessa Atkinson, the English born Netherlands world No 21 who defeated Scotland's Senga Macfie 9/0 9/1 9/7 in the other semi-final.

RESULTS: Quarter-finals:

[1] Leilani Joyce (NZL) bt [7] Marnie Baizley (CAN) 9/6 9/0 9/0
[3] Janie Thacker (ENG) bt [6] Pamela Nimmo (SCO) 9/2 9/2 9/1
[4] Senga Macfie (SCO) bt Melissa Vacca (AUS) 9/3 9/0 9/1
[2] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) bt [5] Shabana Khan (USA) 9/0 9/4 9/0

RESULTS: Berger Funds Evergreen Open, Colorado, USA 1st round:

[1] Leilani Joyce (NZL) bt Audrey Duboc (USA) 9/1 9/3 9/0
[7] Marnie Baizley (CAN) bt Donna Cruickshank (SCO) 9/0 9/1 9/0 [3] Janie Thacker (ENG) bt Kelly Buckley (ENG) 9/1 9/3 9/1
[6] Pamela Nimmo (SCO) bt Karen Kelso (USA) 9/1 9/0 10/8
Melissa Vacca (AUS) bt [8] Daphne Jelgersma (NED) 9/2 9/6 9/5
[4] Senga Macfie (SCO) bt Natalie Grinham (AUS) 9/3 9/5 9/2
[5] Shabana Khan (USA) bt Jesse Anderson (USA) 9/0 9/1 9/4
[2] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) bt Sally-Anne Hunt (AUS) 9/2 9/1 9/5

Issued on behalf of WISPA by Howard Harding

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28, February 1999