Waters Wipes Out Botwright In Greenwich

England's Alison Waters began the New Year where she left off the old - upsetting a higher-ranked player to take up an unexpected place in the later rounds of a WISPA World Tour event.

A month after dismissing top ten player Omneya Abdel Kawy in the first round of the World Open Squash Championship, the 20-year-old world No24 from London despatched third seed Vicky Botwright, the world No9, 10-8 9-6 9-4 to reach the semi-finals of the Women's Greenwich Open in Connecticut, USA.

Eighth seed Waters now faces top-seeded compatriot Linda Elriani, the defending champion from Eastbourne in Sussex, who secured a remarkable 9-0 9-0 9-0 victory over Scotland's seventh seed Pamela Nimmo.

The other semi-final will feature Egypt's No2 seed Omneya Abdel Kawy and England's fourth seed Jenny Tranfield - both of whom defeated their quarter-final opponents in straight games.

Quarter-finals:
[1] Linda Elriani (ENG) bt [7] Pamela Nimmo (SCO) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
[8] Alison Waters (ENG) bt [3] Vicky Botwright (ENG) 10-8, 9-6, 9-4
[4] Jenny Tranfield (ENG) bt [6] Isabelle Stoehr (FRA) 9-4, 9-7, 9-4
[2] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) bt [5] Shelley Kitchen (NZL) 9-2, 9-2, 9-2