Russell Roars Into Goshen Semis

Carolyn Russell celebrated her 33rd birthday in fine style when she upset England's No4 seed Rebecca Botwright in straight games in the quarter-finals of the Women's Subway Goshen Open in the WISPA World Tour event in Goshen, in the US state of Indiana.

The eighth seed from Canada beat the higher-ranked Botwright 9-5, 9-6, 9-1 in 55 minutes to earn a surprise semi-final berth against Rebecca Chiu, the top seed from Hong Kong who beat India's Joshna Chinappa 9-5, 9-3, 9-1.

The other semi-final will see New Zealand's second seed Jaclyn Hawkes take on third-seeded Mexican Samantha Teran. Hawkes ended local hopes in the event by beating Seattle's fifth seed Latasha Khan 9-6, 4-9, 9-4, 9-3, while Teran had to fight back from 2/1 down against Alana Miller before beating the No7 seed from Canada 9-4, 0-9, 7-9, 9-2, 9-1 in 73 minutes.

Quarter-finals:
[1] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt [6] Joshna Chinappa (IND) 9-5, 9-3, 9-1 (25m)
[8] Carolyn Russell (CAN) bt [4] Rebecca Botwright (ENG) 9-5, 9-6, 9-1 (55m)
[3] Samantha Teran (MEX) bt [7] Alana Miller (CAN) 9-4, 0-9, 7-9, 9-2, 9-1 (73m)
[2] Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) bt [5] Latasha Khan (USA) 9-6, 4-9, 9-4, 9-3 (57m)