Lily Taylor (squash player)

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Lily Taylor
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Residence Thurnby, Leicester
Born (1996-10-17) 17 October 1996 (age 27)
Leicester, England
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Playsright handed
Racquet usedDunlop
Highest ranking60 (January 2022)
Current ranking60 (January 2022)

Lily Taylor (born 17 October 1996) is an English female squash player who represents England women's national squash team. [1] [2] She reached her highest career rankings of 60 during January 2022. [3]

Career

She emerged through junior level squash competitions after winning the U17 title at the 2013 Dutch Junior Open Squash championship. In 2018, she won the women's singles title at the World University Squash Championships and paired with fellow male compatriot Joshua Masters to win the team event. [4] She also took part at the 2018–19 PSA Women's World Squash Championship which held during February 2019 and was knocked out of the first round of the tournament by Egypt's Nour El Sherbini. [5] [6]

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References

  1. Lily Taylor at Squash Info OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Lily Taylor - Professional Squash Association". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  3. "Squash Info | PSA World Squash Rankings: Lily Taylor | Squash". www.squashinfo.com. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  4. "Great Britain's Masters and Taylor claim World University double". www.englandsquash.com. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  5. "Squash: Egyptians maintain success at highest-prize World Championships - Omni Sports - Sports - Ahram Online". english.ahram.org.eg. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  6. "PSA World Champs - Day One: As It Happens - Professional Squash Association". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 2019-02-28.