RESULTS:    Women's Burning River Squash Classic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Quarter-finals:
[1] Alison Waters (ENG) bt [Q] Joelle King (NZL) 11-7, 11-6, 11-5
[7] Samantha Teran (MEX) bt [3] Madeline Perry (IRL) 11-2, 11-8, 11-8
Raneem El Weleily (EGY) bt [5] Kasey Brown (AUS) 2-11, 11-3, 12-10, 11-8
[2] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) bt [8] Isabelle Stoehr (FRA) 11-6, 11-6, 7-11, 11-5


Mexican squash star Samantha Teran secured a surprise place in the semi-finals of the Women's Burning River Classic after dismissing third seed Madeline Perry in straight games in the quarter-finals of the $39,000 WISPA World Tour Silver event at Cleveland Racquet Club in Cleveland, Ohio.

It was the 28-year-old world No14's second successive US victory over Perry, the world No8 from Belfast.

"Madeline had not played to the top of her game in the first round and she started off in her quarter final in the same vein," said tournament organiser Nathan Dugan after seventh seed Teran's 11-2, 11-8, 11-8 win.  "She never really looked settled on the court, despite moments of quality - and Samantha took full advantage."

Perry confirmed that things had not gone her way:  "I haven't been feeling great on court all week.  I could have done with Samantha giving me a few cheap points - but she was solid today and didn't give me anything to get going."

There was a further upset when Egypt's unseeded Raneem El Weleily claimed the scalp of a second seed when she beat Kasey Brown, the fifth seed from Australia, 2-11, 11-3, 12-10, 11-8.

"Kasey had survived a severe test and a couple of match balls during her first round, but was unable to produce the same miraculous comeback when faced with a 2/1 game deficit today," Dugan explained.  

"Raneem had quoted the previous night that she never knew which player was going to turn up; the good Raneem or the bad one.  Well it was the latter that started the match, with Kasey taking full advantage.  Good Raneem didn’t stay dormant for long though as she controlled the second game from start to finish."

El Weleily will now play compatriot Omneya Abdel Kawy, the No2 seed who needed four games to overcome France's Isabelle Stoehr 11-6, 11-6, 7-11, 11-5.

"We both play a similar way," said Abdel Kawy, the world No7.  "It is high risk, so we will see who hits more tins tomorrow.  That will determine the winner!"

Semi-final line-up:
[1] Alison Waters (ENG) v [7] Samantha Teran (MEX)
[2] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) v Raneem El Weleily (EGY)