Cardiff-born Tesni Evans is through to the Commonwealth Games womens singles squash quarter-finals on the Gold Coast.

British champion Evans, 25, powered into the last eight thanks to a 3-1 win against Malaysian teenager Aifa Azman.

Evans, who lives in Rhyl and plays out of Bangor University, now plays England’s former World number one Laura Massaro.

The 34-year-old Massaro, from Great Yarmouth, poses a major threat to Evans’ hopes of a medal, but the Welsh player will take confidence from her success at the British Championships in Manchester.

Evans defeated Massaro 11-3, 11-8, 11-9 in 36 minutes in the semi-finals and then lifted the trophy by beating Alison Waters (England) in straight games during the final.

There was also an Evans v Massaro clash at the AJ Bell World Championships. That resulted in a Welsh victory with Ev and qualifying for the quarter-finals by beating Massaro 11-5, 11-8, 9-11, 13-11 in 77 minutes.

Wales’ men’s number one Joel Makin, from Pembrokeshire, plays his last 16 singles match this morning when he takes on Jamaica’s Christopher Binnie.

Commonwealth Games 2018

Squash – men’s 3rd round. last 16 line-up and results so far:

[1] Nick Matthew (England) beat [16] Vikram Malhotra (India) 3-1

[6] Ryan Cuskelly (Australia) lost to [12] Nafiizwan Adnan (Malaysia), walkover;

[7] Cameron Pilley (Australia) beat Lewis Walters (Jamaica) 3-0

[4] James Willstrop (England) v [10] Campbell Grayson (New Zealand)

[8] Alan Clyne (Scotland) v Rex Hedrick (Australia)

[11] Joel Makin (Wales) v Christopher Binnie (Jamaica)

[5] Daryl Selby (England) beat [9] Greg Lobban (Scotland) 3-1

[2] Paul Coll (New Zealand) v Ivan Yuen (Malaysia)

Women’s 3rd round, last 16 line-up and results so far:

[1] Laura Massaro (England) beat [11] Amanda Landers-Murphy (New Zealand) 3-0

[6] Tesni Evans (Wales) beat Aifa Azman (Malaysia) 3-1

[7] Donna Urquhart (Australia) beat [16] Christine Nunn (Australia) 3-2

[4] Sarah-Jane Perry (England) beat [13] Nikki Todd (Canada) 3-0

[3] Nicol David (Malaysia) v [10] Samantha Cornett (Canada)

[5] Alison Waters (England) v [9] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (India)

[8] Joshna Chinappa (Indonesia) v [15] Tamika Saxby (Australia)

[2] Joelle King (New Zealand) v [12] Sivasangari Subramaniam (Malaysia)