RESULTS: Saskatoon Boast Open, Saskatoon, Canada
1st round:
[1] Scott Arnold (AUS) bt [Q] Raphael Kandra (GER) 11-6, 11-3, 11-7 (25m)
[6] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bt Justin Todd (CAN) 11-7, 11-8, 4-11, 9-11, 11-2 (45m)
[3] Eric Galvez (MEX) bt Tyler Hamilton (CAN) 11-3, 11-4, 11-3 (33m)
[7] Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira (MEX) bt [Q] Dane Sharp (CAN) 13-11, 11-13, 8-11, 11-3, 11-3 (95m)
[5] Andrew McDougall (CAN) bt [Q] Andrew Schnell (CAN) 11-7, 12-10, 11-7 (36m)
[4] Robin Clarke (CAN) bt Matthew Serediak (CAN) 11-6, 11-6, 11-4 (34m)
[8] Fabien Verseille (FRA) bt [Q] Maxime Blouin (CAN) 12-10, 11-7, 11-5 (39m)
[2] Laurence Delasaux (ENG) bt Thomas Brinkman (CAN) 11-4, 11-2, 11-5 (24m)
Home interest in the semi-finals of the Saskatoon Boast Open is guaranteed after all eight seeds survived the opening round of the $10,000 PSA World Tour squash event in its ninth year at the YMCA of Saskatoon in Saskatoon, Canada.
Andrew McDougall and Robin Clarke will line up in an all-Canadian quarter-final after straight games wins over fellow countrymen. Fifth seed McDougall beat qualifier Andrew Schnell 11-7, 12-10, 11-7, while Clarke, the No4 seed, beat unseeded Matthew Serediak 11-6, 11-6, 11-4.
Mexico's Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira made it through to the quarter-finals in his bid to reach the final for the second time since 2006. But the No7 seed battled for 95 minutes before overcoming Canadian qualifier Dane Sharp 13-11, 11-13, 8-11, 11-3, 11-3.
The newly-crowned Panamerican champion will now face fellow Mexican Eric Galvez. The third seed, the Panamerican champion in 2009, beat Canadian Tyler Hamilton 11-3, 11-4, 11-3.
Quarter-final line-up:
[1] Scott Arnold (AUS) v [6] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG)
[3] Eric Galvez (MEX) v [7] Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira (MEX)
[4] Robin Clarke (CAN) v [5] Andrew McDougall (CAN)
[2] Laurence Delasaux (ENG) v [8] Fabien Verseille (FRA)