Magee marches on but Evans bows out

THERE were mixed fortunes for Irish duo Scott Evans and Chloe Magee at the Yonex Irish International championships at Lisburn yesterday as Evans bowed out to England’s Raj Ouseph but Magee defeated France’s Barbara Matias.

Evans raced away to a great 11-4 lead at the mid point of the opening set and he went on to take the opener by 21-9.

The Dundrum native was 11-4 to the good in the second set but lost his way and the cool Ouseph, recent winner of the Scottish International, hit back to bring the score back to 15-15 and went on to take the middle set 21-18.