BADMINTON:Dubliner Scott Evans won the men's singles at the Carlton Irish Badminton Open yesterday at Baldoyle – a first home victory in this competition for almost 40 years.

Evans, a double Olympian, who made the final in 2008 and has reached six other European circuit finals without ever taking a win.

Evans recorded a straight sets win over the young French qualifier Lucas Corvee. Although Evans was in the tougher side of the draw, he didn’t drop a set in the tournament, beating Corvee 21-19, 21-18 in the final. In the women’s final, Chloe Magee, lost 21-23, 21-18 18-21 to 18-year-old Line Kjaersfeldt from Denmark.

In a titanic opening set Magee rallied from 10-18 down but was pipped 23-21.

She won the second set but her rival then had the edge in the tie-breaker.