Squash players run culminates with national crown

Deep River native Samantha Cornett, who spent her teenage years training in Ottawa to launch her international career, followed up her unexpected trip to the final-16 at the women’s squash world championships with an appearance in the final of a Women’s Squash Association World Tour event.

The 28th-world-ranked player finished as runner-up in the mid-April event in St. Louis. The 23-year-old then reached the semi-finals at the Mayfair Open in Toronto before capturing the Canadian title with only one set lost at the April 30-May 4 national championships in Edmonton.