Squash: Horner and Lord march on
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.SUZANNE HORNER and Paul Lord, a qualifier, were the main English successes in the US Open at the century-old Racquets Club here yesterday, writes Richard Eaton from Philadelphia. Horner, the England No 1, needed less than 20 minutes to join the English national champion, Cassie Jackman, in the second round, dropping only four points against Amy Milanek, of the United States.
By contrast Lord, ranked only 16 in England, had to test his patience for two hours to come through. He trailed by two games to one and 9-10 in the fourth against his seventh- seeded compatriot, Stephen Meads, but in the final game, Meads' strength faded dramatically and Lord stormed through 15-4.
The closest contest saw the top-seeded Rodney Eyles trail 6-9 in the final game against Canada's Jamie Crombie and become embroiled in a dispute over the plastic eye-guards which had been made obligatory in a world circuit tournament for the first time here. The tournament organiser, Tom Jones, was summoned on to court to sort out complaints from Crombie that Eyles had repeatedly and excessively been delaying while wiping sweat from his lenses. However, the Australian overcame all his problems to take the game 15-11.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments