RESULTS:    Champion Fiberglass Women's Texas Squash Open, Houston, USA

1st round:
[1] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt [Q] Tenille Swartz (RSA) 11-4, 10-12, 11-5, 13-15, 11-8
Joey Chan (HKG) bt [7] Latasha Khan (USA) 11-7, 11-6, 11-9
[3] Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) bt [Q] Alexandra Norman (CAN) 11-3, 11-4, 11-5
Low Wee Wern (MAS) bt [8] Lauren Briggs (ENG) 11-4, 11-8, 11-5
[5] Donna Urquhart (AUS) bt [Q] Alana Miller (CAN) 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9
Joelle King (NZL) bt [4] Tania Bailey (ENG) 13-11, 11-9, 11-0
[6] Dominique Lloyd-Walter (ENG) bt [Q] Amanda Sobhy (USA) 11-5, 11-9, 11-7
Delia Arnold (MAS) bt [2] Samantha Teran (MEX) 9-11, 11-6, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6


Only half of the seeds made it through the first round of the Champion Fiberglass Women's Texas Open after a series of upsets led by three rising Asian stars in the $26,700 WISPA World Tour squash event at The Downtown Club at the Met in Houston, USA.

Malaysian Delia Arnold claimed the biggest scalp on the opening day of the popular event in its ninth year in Texas.  The 24-year-old from Selangor, making her debut in the event's main draw, battled for five games to overcome second-seeded Mexican Samantha Teran, the world No12, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6.

Fellow Malaysian Low Wee Wern also claimed an unexpected place in the quarter-finals after upsetting England's eighth seed Lauren Briggs 11-4, 11-8, 11-5.

Hong Kong's Joey Chan put paid to expected US interest in the next round when she beat Latasha Khan, the No7 seed from Seattle, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9.  

New Zealander Joelle King also made it into the last eight against expectations after beating England's fourth seed Tania Bailey, a semi-finalist in the inaugural event in 2002, 13-11, 11-9, 11-0.

Top seed Rachael Grinham was also severely tested in her opening round clash.  The former world number one from Australia, champion in 2004, was taken to five games by qualifier Tenille Swartz before beating the 22-year-old South African 11-4, 10-12, 11-5, 13-15, 11-8.

Quarter-final line-up:
[1] Rachael Grinham (AUS) v Joey Chan (HKG)
[3] Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) v Low Wee Wern (MAS)
Joelle King (NZL) v [5] Donna Urquhart (AUS)
Delia Arnold (MAS) v [6] Dominique Lloyd-Walter (ENG)