Tesni Evans loses after making US Open history
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World number 12 Tesni Evans was born in Cardiff and now lives in Rhyl
Tesni Evans lost in the US Open semi-finals after making history by becoming the first Welsh squash player to reach that stage.
World champion Raneem El Welily beat Evans 3-1 in Philadelphia.
Evans had beaten Sarah-Jane Perry 3-2 in the quarter-final - a player she lost to in 10 previous meetings, most recently at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
El Welily will face Nour El Sherbini in the final.
After reaching the semi-final, 25-year-old Evans said: "It makes me really happy that I can break records.
"I'm so happy that I'm the first one to do it at this event and I hope there are many more after me."
In April, Evans won Wales' first Commonwealth Games squash medal in 20 years as she defeated eight-time world champion Nicol David of Malaysia in the bronze medal match.