RESULTS: Rhode Island Squash Open, Rhode Island, USA
1st round:
[1] Julian Illingworth (USA) bt Benjamin Oliner (USA) 11-4, 11-6, 11-6 (33m)
Kamran Khan (MAS) bt [8] Ivan Yuen (MAS) 11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8 (82m)
[3] Mohammed Abbas (EGY) bt TG Raubenheimer (RSA) 11-6, 11-5, 11-3 (30m)
Elvinn Keo (MAS) bt [5] Regardt Schonborn (RSA) 12-14, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9 (51m)
Siddharth Suchde (IND) bt [6] Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) 12-10, 11-7, 7-11, 8-11, 11-6 (110m)
[4] Liam Kenny (IRL) bt Patrick Chifunda (ZAM) 11-7, 11-3, 11-5 (30m)
[7] Alan Clyne (SCO) bt Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) 11-6, 6-11, 11-4, 11-6 (69m)
[2] Amr Swelim (ITA) bt Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK) 11-4, 11-9, 11-6 (29m)
Malaysians experienced mixed fortunes in the Rhode Island Open as unseeded Kamran Khan and Elvinn Keo succeeded - but sixth seed Muhd Asyraf Azan failed – to reach the quarter-finals of the $10,000 PSA World Tour squash event at St George's School in Middletown, Rhode Island, in the USA.
Khan battled for 82 minutes to overcome compatriot Ivan Yuen, the No8 seed, 11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8. The 19-year-old from Kuala Lumpur will now face top seed Julian Illingworth, the 25-year-old world No30 from New York who is bidding to become the first US winner of this Tour event in its second year.
Unseeded Indian Siddharth Suchde, a Harvard graduate now based in the UK, excelled on his return to North America by upsetting Muhd Asyraf Azan 12-10, 11-7, 7-11, 8-11, 11-6 in a 110-minute marathon.
The 24-year-old from Mumbai will now face Irishman Liam Kenny, the fourth seed.
But the highest seed to exit was South Africa's Regardt Schonborn, the fifth seed, who went down 12-14, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9 to Malaysian Elvinn Keo.
Quarter-final line-up:
[1] Julian Illingworth (USA) v Kamran Khan (MAS)
[3] Mohammed Abbas (EGY) v Elvinn Keo (MAS)
[4] Liam Kenny (IRL) v Siddharth Suchde (IND)
[2] Amr Swelim (ITA) v [7] Alan Clyne (SCO)