WORLD SQUASH NEWS

RESULTS: DARE Santa Barbara Squash Open, Santa Barbara, USA

1st round:
[1] Paul Price (AUS) bt Robert Graham (ENG) 15-7, 15-8, 15-5
Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [8] Alex Stait (ENG) 11-15, 15-4, 15-11, 15-13
[4] Jean-Michel Arcucci (FRA) bt Shawn De Lierre (CAN) 13-15, 15-4, 15-6, 15-13
[5] Ben Garner (ENG) bt Peter Barker (ENG) 11-15, 15-8, 15-2, 15-6
Liam Kenny (IRL) bt [6] Laurens Anjema (NED)    15-13, 15-7, 13-15, 15-7
[3] Lee Drew (ENG) bt Dylan Bennett (NED) 15-9, 12-15, 15-4, 15-8
[7] Mikkel Korsbjerg (DEN) bt Scott Fitzgerald (WAL) 10-15, 13-15, 15-9, 15-12, 15-8   
[2] Moh'd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt Mark Heather (ENG) 3-15, 15-5, 15-7, 15-6

Kenny & Koukal Cruise To Santa Barbara Quarters

Irishman Liam Kenny and Jan Koukal from the Czech Republic caused upsets on the opening day of the DARE Santa Barbara Squash Open in the USA to take up unexpected places in the quarter-finals.

Australian-born Kenny dismissed sixth-seeded Dutchman Laurens Anjema 15-13 15-7 13-15 15-7 to earn a last eight clash with England's third seed Lee Drew, who also took four games to overcome a Dutchman, Dylan Bennett.

Koukal's reward for his 11-15 15-4 15-11 15-13 victory over eighth-seeded Englishman Alex Stait is a quarter-final encounter with top seed Paul Price.  The Australian defeated England's Santa Barbara-based Robert Graham 15-7 15-8 15-5.