Unseeded Pakistani Farhan Zaman claimed an unexpected place in the quarter-finals of the ReidBuilt Homes Edmonton Open when he upset No.4 seed Alfredo Avila in the opening round of the PSA World Tour Challenger 15 squash event in its sixth successive year at the Royal Glenora Club in Edmonton in the Canadian province of Alberta.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old from Peshawar took just 26 minutes to crush World No.56 Avila 11-3, 11-7, 11-5 to earn a clash with Spaniard Carlos Cornes Ribadas.<\/p>\n
The qualifier from Santiago de Compostela also upset a Mexican, ousting World No.78 Arturo Salazar 5-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-7.<\/p>\n
Ribadas will be joined in the last eight round by fellow qualifier Scott Arnold after the Australian despatched Canadian ‘lucky loser’ Fred Reid 11-5, 11-9, 11-9.<\/p>\n
But there will be Canadian interest in the next round when Calgary’s Graeme Schnell takes on Egypt’s No.2 seed Karim Ali Fathi.\n<\/p>\n
Schnell defeated higher-ranked Welshman Peter Creed 11-8, 11-6, 11-5. But the 25-year-old wild card’s hope to meet his younger brother Andrew Schnell for a place in the semi-finals were dashed when 20-year-old Ali Fathi beat 22-year-old Schnell junior, a qualifier, 10-12, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8 in 71 minutes.<\/p>\n
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 15 ReidBuilt Homes Edmonton Open, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n 1st round:<\/strong><\/p>\n [1] Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY) bt Dane Sharp (CAN) 8-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-4 (44m) Unseeded Pakistani Farhan Zaman claimed an unexpected place in the quarter-finals of the ReidBuilt Homes Edmonton Open when he upset No.4 seed Alfredo Avila in the opening round of the PSA World Tour Challenger 15 squash event in its sixth successive year at the Royal Glenora Club in Edmonton in the Canadian province of Alberta.<\/p>\n The 20-year-old from Peshawar took just 26 minutes to crush World No.56 Avila 11-3, 11-7, 11-5 to earn a clash with Spaniard Carlos Cornes Ribadas.<\/p>\n The qualifier from Santiago de Compostela also upset a Mexican, ousting World No.78 Arturo Salazar 5-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-7.<\/p>\n Ribadas will be joined in the last eight round by fellow qualifier Scott Arnold after the Australian despatched Canadian ‘lucky loser’ Fred Reid 11-5, 11-9, 11-9.<\/p>\n But there will be Canadian interest in the next round when Calgary’s Graeme Schnell takes on Egypt’s No.2 seed Karim Ali Fathi.<\/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-18960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-others"],"yoast_head":"\n
Declan James (ENG) bt [Q] David Letourneau (CAN) 10-12, 11-6, 11-1, 11-5 (74m)
[Q] Scott Arnold (AUS) bt [LL] Fred Reid (CAN) 11-5, 11-9, 11-9 (26m)
[3] Martin Knight (NZL) bt Lewis Walters (ENG) 11-4, 11-5, 11-3 (22m)
Farhan Zaman (PAK) bt [4] Alfredo Avila (MEX) 11-3, 11-7, 11-5 (26m)
[Q] Carlos Cornes Ribadas (ESP) bt Arturo Salazar (MEX) 5-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-7 (38m)
[WC] Graeme Schnell (CAN) bt Peter Creed (WAL) 11-8, 11-6, 11-5 (21m)
[2] Karim Ali Fathi (EGY) bt [Q] Andrew Schnell (CAN) 10-12, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8 (71m)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"