England’s unseeded Adrian Grant produced an impressive upset in the first round of the Indian Summer Benefiting Beyond Walls when he beat fourth seed Nicolas Mueller to reach the quarter-finals of the inaugural PSA World Tour International 25 squash event at the Commodore Squash Club in St Paul, Minnesota, USA.<\/p>\n
Grant, the 32-year-old former world No9, rolled back the years to see off Mueller 11-4, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7 in his first victory over the 24-year-old Swiss number one for three years.<\/p>\n
US champion Christopher Gordon also recorded a major victory – his first over fellow countryman Julian Illingworth in all competitions over the past eight years. Gordon, the New York-born world No48 recovered from two games down to take out Illingworth 9-11, 11-13, 11-6, 11-3, 14-12 in 95 minutes.<\/p>\n
“I’m extremely happy to have managed to win,” said 27-year-old Gordon. “Julian played so well and was so accurate. He put me under tremendous pressure. I was glad to hold my nerve at the end of the fifth and to not make errors on big points.\n<\/p>\n
“I’m very happy to win, because it is the first time I’ve been able to win against Julian since we were juniors.”<\/p>\n
US-based former English international Chris Walker added: “This match had it all. Jules played commanding squash in the first two, but let Chris take control in the third and fourth.<\/p>\n
“The fifth game was up to expectations, both gave everything they had up through the last point. This signifies the changing of the guard. Chris had a lot to prove because he never beat Jules in Nationals, even though he won Nationals.<\/p>\n
“This is a credit to US Squash. It was a great game of squash between the US number one and number two.”<\/p>\n
1st round:<\/strong><\/p>\n [1] Alister Walker (BOT) bt Campbell Grayson (NZL) 13-11, 11-8, 11-9 (50m)<\/p>\n Shaun le Roux (RSA) bt [Q] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) 11-7, 11-9, 10-12, 11-7<\/p>\n Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) bt [Q] Charles Sharpes (ENG) 11-8, 12-14, 8-11, 11-8, 17-15<\/p>\n [4] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt Adrian Grant (ENG) 11-4, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7<\/p>\n [3] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) bt [Q] Farhan Zaman (PAK) 9-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-3 (64m)<\/p>\n Christopher Gordon (USA) bt Julian Illingworth (USA) 9-11, 11-13, 11-6, 11-3, 14-12 (95m)<\/p>\n Eddie Charlton (ENG) bt [Q] Lewis Walters (ENG) 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 3-11, 11-6<\/p>\n [2] Tom Richards (ENG) bt [WC] Adrian Leanza (USA) 11-4, 11-0, 11-4 (26m)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" England’s unseeded Adrian Grant produced an impressive upset in the first round of the Indian Summer Benefiting Beyond Walls when he beat fourth seed Nicolas Mueller to reach the quarter-finals of the inaugural PSA World Tour International 25 squash event at the Commodore Squash Club in St Paul, Minnesota, USA.<\/p>\n Grant, the 32-year-old former world No9, rolled back the years to see off Mueller 11-4, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7 in his first victory over the 24-year-old Swiss number one for three years.<\/p>\n US champion Christopher Gordon also recorded a major victory – his first over fellow countryman Julian Illingworth in all competitions over the past eight years. Gordon, the New York-born world No48 recovered from two games down to take out Illingworth 9-11, 11-13, 11-6, 11-3, 14-12 in 95 minutes.<\/p>\n “I’m extremely happy to have managed to win,” said 27-year-old Gordon. “Julian played so well and was so accurate. He put me under tremendous pressure. I was glad to hold my nerve at the end of the fifth and to not make errors on big points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-others"],"yoast_head":"\n
RESULTS: PSA International 25 Benefiting Beyond Walls Indian Summer Tournament, St Paul, Minnesota, USA<\/strong><\/p>\n