Oisin Logan and Lydia McQuillan upset the favourites at the Munster Senior Open, defeating the No.1 seeds in their respective men’s A and women’s finals at Highfield Squash Club.
The No.3 ranked Logan, the Sutton player affiliated to the Southgate Squash and Racketball Club in London, picked off the No.2 Sean Conroy, the Leinster CC player, 3-1 (11-4, 9-11, 11-6, 11-3) in his semi-final. He then nailed a 3-2 title win over the top-seeded Michael Creaven of Sutton.
All the more admirable was the length that Logan had to go to secure the victory in the all-Dublin final, as he was 0-2 down after losing the opening games 12-14 and 8-11. However, he then reeled off a trio of 11-4 games to take the title in a 13-player event.
Six players took part in the women’s event, and victory in the all-Northern Ireland final went the way of the No.2 McQuillan of Lisburn and Belfast BC with a 3-1 win over the No.1 seeded Aimee McConnell of Ballynafeigh.
Similar to the men’s final, there was a comeback involved as McConnell took the first game 8-11 before McQuillan, the 2025 Italian Junior Open GU19 champion, came to the fore with 11-4, 11-9, 11-5 games.
The theme of top seeds missing out on titles continued in the other two Munster events as the men’s B No.1, Fawwad Sidduqui of Limerick, lost his first match 0-3 to the 16th-seeded David Sheehan of Thurles.
That upset paved the way for Nathan Walsh, the No.2 from Celtic, to come through the bottom half of the draw and take a 3-0 win in the final against the No.5 seed, Maciej Truchan of Gleneagle.
Victory in the men’s C category went the way of the No.2, Michael Bradley of Sunday’s Well. He was a 3-1 winner in his final against Jamie Ryan, the No.8 from Thurles.
