Dutch finalist guaranteed in Zwolle

Orla Noom moved into the semi finals of the Eurosafe Solutions Zwolle Open 2008 after she put on an impressive display against Milja Dorenbos (6). The 22-year old, who only recently returned back to competitive action after four months of injury, was ruthless in her match against her compatriot and only needed 22 minutes to storm home to a 9-3, 9-1, 9-0 victory. The citizen of Hoofddorp, classed as ‘not fit enough’ to compete in next week’s European Team Championships in Amsterdam, will now face her replacement in the national team, Dagmar Vermeulen (7). The 32-year old from Zwolle, playing in front of a noisy home crowd, took almost one hour to beat ‘giant killer’ Olga Ertlova from the Czech Republic in four games: 6-9, 9-3, 9-3, 9-4.

The bottom half of the draw features one expected and one unexpected semi finalist. Number two seed Aisling Blake once again survived a tough opening game against young Dutch girl Milou van der Heijden, before accelerating to a different level in game two and three: 9-6, 9-0 and 9-1. In tonight’s semi final the Irish world number 33 will face Vicky Hynes from England. The fifth seeded player in this WISPA Tour 4 championship only needed to work for one game against her opponent Karen Kronemeyer. After losing the first game (6-9), the third seeded Dutch player forfeited the match due to illness, giving Hynes an easy passage to the final four:

Eurosafe Solutions Zwolle Open 2008, Squash Zwolle

Results, Quarterfinals
[7] Dagmar Vermeulen (NL) def '[Q] Olga Erlova (TSJ) 6-9 9-3 9-3 9-4
[3] Orla Noom (NL) def [6] Milja Dorenbos (NL) 9-3 9-0 9-1
[5] Vicky Hynes (ENG) def [4] Karen Kronemeyer (NL) 9-6 retired
[2] Aisling Blake (IRL) def [8] Milou van der Heijden (NL) 9-6 9-0 9-1

 

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