Qualifying finals:
Siddharth Suchde (IND) bt Stuart Crawford (SCO) 11-3, 7-11, 11-5, 11-5
Patrick Chifunda (ZAM) bt David Barnett (ENG) 11-7, 9-11, 11-5, 11-8
Ryan Donegan (USA) bt Regardt Schonborn (RSA) 10-11 (0-2), 9-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-8, 11-8
Raj Nanda (AUS) bt Gilly Lane (USA) 11-10 (2-0), 11-5, 11-8
Former US Intercollegiate champion Siddharth Suchde has earned a place in the biggest PSA Tour squash event of his career after beating Scotland's Stuart Crawford in the qualifying finals of the Berkshire Open in Williamstown, USA.
The 22-year-old from Mumbai in India made his breakthrough in the first qualifying round where he beat experienced Frenchman Laurent Elriani. Suchde beat Crawford 11-3, 7-11, 11-5, 11-5 and will now face second seed Cameron Pilley, the defending champion from Australia, in the first round of the $20,000 PSA Tour event in its fourth year at Williams College.
Updated 1st round draw:
[1] Alex Gough (WAL) v Ryan Cuskelly (AUS)
[6] Julian Illingworth (USA) v Christopher Gordon (USA)
[4] Renan Lavigne (FRA) v [Q] Raj Nanda (AUS)
[8] Mark Krajcsak (HUN) v [Q] Ryan Donegan (USA)
[7] Yasser El Halaby (EGY) v David Phillips (CAN)
[3] Alister Walker (ENG) v Bernardo Samper (COL)
[5] Shawn Delierre (CAN) v [Q] Patrick Chifunda (ZAM)
[2] Cameron Pilley (AUS) v [Q] Siddharth Suchde (IND)