WORLD SQUASH NEWS

RESULTS: German Open Squash Championships, Gerlingen, Germany

Men's quarter-finals:
[1] Omar Elborolossy (EGY) bt [11] Bradley Ball (ENG) 15-12, 15-8, 4-15, 15-6 (70m)
[15] Majid Khan (PAK) bt Christian Drakenberg (SWE) 15-10, 15-8, 15-7 (45m)
[4] Moh'd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt Stacey Ross (ENG) 12-15, 15-7, 15-13, 15-12 (82m)
[2] Adrian Grant (ENG) bt Saeed Hassan (PAK) 15-6, 8-15, 15-11, 15-11 (70m)

Women's quarter-finals:
[1] Laura-Jane Lengthorn (ENG) bt [7] Orla Noom (NED) 9-0, 9-2, 9-4 (21m)
[3] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) bt [8] Margriet Huisman (NED) 9-4, 4-9, 9-1, 9-3 (33m)
[6] Line Hansen (DEN) bt [4] Karen Kronemeyer (NED) 10-9, 9-4, 9-0 (26m)
Kathrin Rohrmuller (GER) bt [5] Amnah El Trabolsy (EGY) 9-3, 9-3, 9-4 (26m)

Rohrmuller Races Into German Open Semis

Local hopes were lifted when unseeded German Kathrin Rohrmuller swept into the women's semi-finals of the German Open Squash Championships after her second upset in as many days over a seeded Egyptian in the revived Tour event in Gerlingen.

After her shock first round victory over second-seeded Eman El Amir, Rohrmuller took just 26 minutes to despatch Amnah El Trabolsy, the fifth seed, 9-3 9-3 9-4 in the quarter-finals.

The 21-year-old from Rosenheim, who was runner-up in this year's German National Championships, will now face sixth seed Line Hansen for a place in the WISPA World Tour event's final.  The Dane also reached the last four after an upset - defeating Dutch fourth seed Karen Kronemeyer 10-9 9-4 9-0.

In the men's $20,000 PSA Tour event, Pakistan's Majid Khan continued his giant-killing march through the field with a straight games win over Sweden's Christian Drakenberg.  Khan, the 15th seed, reached the quarter-finals after a significant second round upset over Italy's third seed Davide Bianchetti.

In the shortest men's match of the day, the 20-year-old from Peshawar brushed aside Drakenberg 15-10 15-8 15-7 in 45 minutes to reach the first PSA semi-final outside his home country.  Khan will now face Egypt's top seed Omar Elborolossy, who was fully tested by 11th seed Bradley Ball before beating the Englishman 15-12 15-8 4-15 15-6 in 70 minutes.

The other men's semi-final will feature England's second seed Adrian Grant and Malaysia's fourth seed Moh'd Azlan Iskandar.  Grant needed 70 minutes to overcome Pakistan's unseeded Saeed Hassan 15-6 8-15 15-11 15-11, while Iskandar required 12 minutes more to end Englishman Stacey Ross's successful Gerlingen run in a hard-fought encounter which finished in a 12-15 15-7 15-13 15-12 scoreline.