The full line-up has been confirmed for this week’s IACT Fitzwilliam Ladies Open, with Irish trio Shriya Drawid, Zoe Yeomans and Ella Walsh added to the three-day event starting this Thursday, September 4th.
When the draw was originally published for the 16-player, $3,000 PSA Satellite event, three vacancies were left for wildcards in the bottom half of the draw, and they have now been filled.
Belfast BC player Shriya Drawid will take on event No.4 seed Breanne Flynn, the PSA No.129-ranked player from Sutton, at 7:30pm on Thursday, while two of Flynn’s clubmates have also been added to the draw.
Zeo Yeomans, who represented Ireland at the recent World Squash Junior Championships in Cairo, will play No.8 seed Polly Clark, the PSA No.178 from England, at 7:30pm Thursday.
Meanwhile, Ella Walsh, another of the Irish contingent from the Junior Championships in Egypt, faces Isabel McCullough, the PSA No.141, who is seeded No.2 at the Fitzwilliam. That match will start at 8:15pm on Thursday.
Elise Romba, the PSA No.121 from France, is seeded No.1 in Dublin. She begins with a round of 16 tie at 6pm Thursday against Francesca Whyte, the PSA No.283 from England.
Awaiting the winner is a quarter-final clash on Friday against whoever comes through the tie featuring Hannah McGugan, the PSA No.253 from Ireland, and Ellie Breach, the PSA No.155 from Wales.
Elsewhere in the top half of the draw, Lydia McQuillan, the 2025 U19 Italian Open winner from Lisburn, will play Erin Classen, the PSA No.162 from Australia, who is seeded fourth in Dublin.
