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Early Quarter-Finals from Santiago

Birgit Coufal and Lisa Aitken through to the semis in Santiago ...

LISA AITKEN (SCO) – CHLOE MESIC (FRA) 3/0 11/3 11/5 11/7 17’
BIRGIT COUFAL (AUT) – RACHEL WILLMOTT (ENG) 3/0 11/4 11/9 11/9 18´

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Qatar Classic Semi-Finals PREVIEW

The semi-final lineups take on a more 'normal' look with many of the top seeds and both defending champions still in contention in Doha.

Semi-Finals, from 17.30 (H2H):

[1] Nicol David (Mas) v [3] Rachael Grinham (Aus) (30-7)
[4] Madeline Perry (Irl) v [13] Nour El Tayeb (Egy) (0-0)

[3] Karim Darwish (Egy) v [6] Gregory Gaultier (Fra) (8-8)
[4] James Willstrop (Eng) v Stewart Boswell (Aus) (6-2)

Nicol David is aiming for her fifth Qatar Classic title having won in four of the last five years, and leads Rachael Grinham, in a rivalry going back for over a decade, 30 to 7, with Grinham winning their first 5 meetings and her last win coming in a dramatic British Open final in 2007. That was the year that Grinham won her World Open title, while David already has five of those plus a winning streak of 14 matches against Grinham to call on. Still, it's been a tournament of upsets so far ...

Madeline Perry, at the age of 34 has only reached the Qatar Classic final once before, although she does have other major titles to her name. Nour El Tayeb, little over half Perry's age at 18, also has one Qatar Classic semi-final on her record, and is the World Junior Champion. They've never met before, so this will be an interesting one for all concerned.

Karim Darwish and Gregory Gaultier are both former world number ones. and have met 12 times in PSA matches, the Frenchman leading 7-5. When their junior - including the 2000 World Junior Final - and world teams meeting included Darwish draws level at 8-all, with the last four meetings shared too.

James Willstrop, champion here in 2005, also had an illustrious junior career, but it was his Qatar Classic victory that consolidated him into the top echelons where he has been ever since. Stewart Boswell has been as high as world number four, but since returning from a long term back injury has remained in the 10-21 bracket for the last six years. This will be his first major semi-final in that period while Willstrop is a regular at this stage, so the odds must favour the Englishman, who leads 4-2 in their PSA meetings, 6-2 with World Teams and World Games included.

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WISPA Qualifying in Santiago

18-Oct, Qualifying Finals:

Cigani Sillevis (Ned) bt Chantal Moros-Pitarch 11/3, 11/3, 11/6 (15m)
Julia Lecoq (Fra) bt Belen Etchenchoury (Arg) 11/9, 11/7, 7/11, 11/9 (29m)
Melissa Alves (Fra) bt Melisa Meulenbelt (Ned) 7/11, 11/6, 14/12, 11/9 (30m)
Rachel Willmott (Eng) bt Xisela Aranda (Esp) 11/8, 11/9, 11/6 (36m)

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Qualifying complete in Santiago

Three Englishmen qualifyi for the PSA $25k main draw in Santiago, Spain.

Qualifying Finals:
Joe Lee bt Alejandro Garbi 11/5, 11/7, 13/11 (30m)
Olivier Pett bt Shaun Le Roux 11/5, 11/7, 12/10 (26m)
Fabien Verseille bt Amie El Samahy 6/11, 13/11, 5/11, 11/9, 11/5 (56m)
Charles Sharpes bt Alfredo Avila /11, 11/9, 14/12, 10/12, 11/9 (70m)

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Latest from Santiago

18-Oct, Qualifying Finals (more to come):

Joe Lee bt Alejandro Garbi 11/5, 11/7, 13/11 (30m)
Olivier Pett bt Shaun Le Roux 11/5, 11/7, 12/10 (26m)

Cigani Sillevis (Ned) bt Chantal Moros-Pitarch 11/3, 11/3, 11/6 (15m)
Julia Lecoq (Fra) bt Belen Etchenchoury (Arg) 11/9, 11/7, 7/11, 11/9 (29m)
Melissa Alves (Fra) bt Melisa Meulenbelt (Ned) 7/11, 11/6, 14/12, 11/9 (30m)

Qatar Classic Round Two - Afternoon Results

Men's Round Two:
[7] Peter Barker (Eng) bt Thierry Lincou (Fra)
11/6, 11/3, 11/9 (57m)
Nicolas Mueller (Sui) bt Azlan Iskandar (Mas)
11/8, 7/11, 8/11, 11/7, 11/6 (59m)
[3] Karim Darwish (Egy) bt [Q] Henrik Mustonen (Fin)
11/4, 11/5, 11/5 (28m)
[4] James Willstrop (Eng) bt Simon Rosner (Ger)
11/5, 11/2, 14/12 (47m)

Women's Round Two:
[1] Nicol David (Mas) bt Kanzy El Dafrawy (Egy)
11/6, 11/7, 11/1 (25m)
[9] Raneem El Weleily (Egy) bt [7] Camille Serme (Fra)
11/7, 11/5, 11/5 (26m)
[3] Rachael Grinham (Aus) bt Aisling Blake (Irl)
7/11, 11/5, 11/7, 11/5 (49m)
Emma Beddoes (Eng) bt [15] Joey Chan (Hkg)
8/11, 11/6, 11/7, 6/11, 13/11 (54m)

Eight more matches starting at 17.30.

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Men's Qualifying Round One from Santiago

17-Oct, Qualifying Round One:

Alfredo Avila (Mex) bt Julien Balbo (Fra) 11/9, 11/5, 4/11, 11/0
Charles Sharpes (Eng) bt Leandro Romiglio (Esp) 7/11, 11/7, 11/9, 11/6

Alejandro Garbi (Esp) bt David Vidal (Esp) 11/2, 11/7, 11/5
Joe Lee (Eng) bt Steve Finitsis (Aus) 11/5, 12/10, 11/6

Olivier Pett (Eng) bt Clinton Leeuw (Rsa) 12/10, 11/2, 11/8
Shaun Le Roux (Rsa) bt Hugo Varela (Esp) 10/12, 11/0, 11/7, 11/7

Fabien Verseilles (Fra) bt Pascal Gomez (Esp) 11/6, 11/8, 11/9
Amir El Samahy (Egy) bye

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Day Five in Doha, the Last Sixteens

It's down to the last sixteens for both men and women in the XIth Qatar Classic today - both from noon, both with eight matches one after the other.

What was that phrase again ... stay tuned !

Afternoon Session:
12.00 [7] Peter Barker (Eng) v Thierry Lincou (Fra)
13.00 Azlan Iskandar (Mas) v Nicolas Mueller (Sui)
14.00 [3] Karim Darwish (Egy) v [Q] Henrik Mustonen (Fin)
15.00 [4] James Willstrop (Eng) v Simon Rosner (Ger)

12.00 [1] Nicol David (Mas) v Kanzy El Dafrawy (Egy)
12.45 [7] Camille Serme (Fra) v [9] Raneem El Weleily (Egy)
13.30 [3] Rachael Grinham (Aus) v Aisling Blake (Irl)
14.15 [15] Joey Chan (Hkg) v Emma Beddoes (Eng)

Evening Session:
17.30 [1] Nick Matthew (Eng) v Tarek Momen (Egy)
18.30 [8] David Palmer (Aus) v Stewart Boswell (Aus)
19.30 Cameron Pilley (Aus) v Tom Richards (Eng)
20.30 [6] Gregory Gaultier (Fra) v [Q] Siddarth Suchde (Ind)

17.30 [5] Laura Massaro (Eng) v [12] Low Wee Wern (Mas)
18.15 [4] Madeline Perry (Irl) v [Q] Farah Abdel Meguid (Egy)
19.00 [10] Donna Urquhart (Aus) v Nour El Sherbini (Egy)
19.45 [2] Jenny Duncalf (Eng) v [13] Nour El Tayeb (Egy)

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Gold Medal hat-trick for Mexico in Guadalajara

Hosts Mexico claimed three of the four gold medals on offer on fginals day of the Pan American Games in Giuadalajara. Samantha Teran beat Sam Cornett to claim gold in the women's singles and went on to partner Nayelly Hernandez in victory over Colombia in the doubles.

Then men's gold went to Colombia's Miguel Angel Rodriguez, who beat Mexico's Cesar Salazar in the final. Cesar's twin brother Atruro partnered Eric Galvez to victory over USA in the men's doubles final.

17-Oct, Finals:
Singles:
Miguel Angel Rodriguez (Col) bt Cesar Salazar (Mex) 11/7, 11/9, 11/4
Samantha Teran (Mex) bt Sam Cornett (Can) 11/6, 11/4, 11/6
Men's Doubles:
Mexico (A.Salazar&Galvez) bt USA (Gordon&Illingworth) 11/7, 11/9
Women's Doubles:
Mexico (Teran&Hernandez) bt Colombia (Pelaez&Angulo) 11/8, 11/5

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Under way in Santiago

Early results from PSA and WISPA qualifying in Santiago, Spain ...

Alejandro Garbi (Esp) bt David Vidal (Esp) 11/2, 11/7, 11/5
Shaun Le Roux (Rsa) bt Hugo Varela (Esp) 10/12, 11/0, 11/7, 11/7
Joe Lee (Eng) bt Steve Finitsis (Aus) 11/5, 12/10, 11/6
Olivier Pett (Eng) bt Clinton Leeuw (Rsa) 2/10, 11/2, 11/8

Xisele Aranda (Esp) bt Oxane Ha-Uh (Fra) 11/4, 11/3, 11/6

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Pan Am Games - semis

It's Cesar Salazar v Miguel Angel Rodriuez and Samantha Teran v Sam Cornett for the golds in Guladajara ...

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Qatar Classic Day Four: Women's Roundup

An eminently predictable first winner as day four got under way at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha as defending champion Nicol David eased to an 11/4, 11/4, 11/4 win over Line Hansen, the Malaysian moving as sweetly as ever and showing no after effects of her unexpected loss in Philadelphia.

"It's just the start of another tournament and I'll learn a lot from the last one," said the world number one who will be looking for a record sixth World Open title in a few days' time in Rotterdam.

"I wanted to come in strong at the start, and I don't think Line was feeling the court as well as I was so I tried to take advantage of that as much as I could. It's good to get a nice solid match under my belt to build up for the second round."

France's Camille Serme was next onto the same court, and completed her 11/8, 11/3, 11/5 win over a similarly-attired Tenille Van Der Merwe a few minutes before the first match on the adjacent court came to a dramatic end.

Young Egyptian Kanzy El Dafrawy had taken the first game against Delia Arnold, but the Malaysian struck back to lead 2/1. Slowing the pace down, Kanzy, diving all over the court - three times in one rally apparently - took the final two games, holding her nerve in a series of long rallies at the end of the decider.

"I played well in the first game," said the delighted winner, "but I was too fast and I was dead after a few points in the next two - she was playing my fast game but she's better at it than me so I had to try to slow it down.

"I managed to do that, ad at 8-ll in the fifth I told myself that she'd beaten me once, that I'd not qualified for Qatar in three attempts, and that I didn't do all the work over the summer for nothing so I wasn't going to lose now!

"I kept the ball deep, played patient and waited for her to make the mistakes which thankfully she did."

Third seed Rachael Grinham wasted no time in despatching her young Egyptian though, beating qualifier Yathreb Adel 11/8, 11/5, 11/2 in 26 minutes, but Raneem El Weleily, who has been knocking over top ten players for fun of late, had a touch of trouble with a former top-tenner.

After taking the first two games, it looked like the two-time world junior champion was going to ease past her predecessor of eight years, but Bailey struck back to force a decider. The Egyptian resumed control though, taking it 11/3.

The demise of two seeds followed as first Aisling Blake, then Emma Beddoes upset the apple cart.

Blake, apart from the middle of the second game, was always in control against Sarah Kippax, the 14th seeded Englishwoman looking short on confidence while Blake was buoyed by between game advice from Nicol David and won 11/1, 11/9, 11/3.

"We've had some good battles, Sarah and I," said the Irishwoman, "but I went in with a gameplan today and stuck to it. There was a bit of a hairy moment when I was 9/6 down in the second, but I just settled down and refocused. I felt good on there today, and Nicol told me all the right things, she knows me well."

Beddoes went a game down to 8th seed Omneya Abdel Kawy, but dug in to take the next three for a big upset. Two tins when the Englishwoman was 10/8 up in the fourth might have been costly, but Kawy found the tin herself on her one chance to take it to a decider as Beddoes won 6/11, 11/2, 11/7, 13/11.

"She was well on top in the first," admitted Beddoes, "but she's always a bit up and down and it takes you a while to see where the ball's going. In the second I was seeing it much better and just took it on from there.

"I'm really pleased to win that one, especially after missing on those first two match balls, I was pleased to be able to tough it out after that.

Hong Kong's Joey Chan completed the afternoon session, easing through the first few points against Heba El Torky before the Egyptian retired with a shoulder injury sustained a few days ago.

The evening session saw four qualifiers back in action, and three of them were despatched in straight games - Low Wee Wern beat Emily Whitlock, Laura Massaro beat Merhan Amr Mahmoud and Madeline Perry beat Sitih Munirah Jusoh, all straightforward enough with only Whitlock coming close to taking a game.

Farah Abdel Maguid did take one though, earning a surprise lead against Jaclyn Hawkes as she more than matched the 14th seed. Trailing 5/2 in the second, Hawkes put together a run of nine unanswered points to level, but she was quickly in trouble again as Meguid picked up the pace again, and played the next two games in the vein of the first to complete the upset 11/3, 5/11, 11/8, 11/7.

"That's my best win by far," said a delighted 19-year-old. "I really didn't know what to expect, but everyone told me I had a chance and I wasn't nervous at all, I was just looking forward to playing one of the top players.

"It was my 19th birthday just before the world juniors which was pretty disappointing, but this is pretty good!"

Next up were two Australian seeds and we almost lost both of them.

Kasey Brown was having a tough, hard-hitting and hard-running encounter with Nour El Sherbini. The young Egyptian took the first 11/9, Brown came from 5/2 down to take the second 11/7, but she looked to be hurting after some particularly tough rallies.

Sherbini took an early lead in the third, 3/1 then 6/2, and although Brown fought back she was clearly in some sort of trouble. A couple of uncharacteristic attempts at quick winners from Brown gave the game and the lead to Sherbini 11/5.

After taking the interval Brown came back onto court and offered her hand to her opponent.
"I've not been feeling well, I was in hospital earlier today," said last week's US Open finalist. "I thought I'd come and give it a go and I was ok for a while but I just couldn't carry on."

Donna Urquhart, on the adjacent court, was having just as tough a time with England's Vicky Lust.

After taking the first with some ease Urquhart found herself 2/1 and 6/4 down, but managed to recover to take the win 11/3, 12/14, 6/11, 11/6, 11/8 in 53 minutes, the longest match of the round.

"I never expected it to be easy," she said, "but you're always a bit nervous when you're the seed and expected to win. It was a bit scrappy at times but I just managed to hang in there."

The final pair of matches saw contrasting 3/0 wins for players who have done well here in Qatar.

Jenny Duncalf, winner here in 2009, beat German qualifier Sina Wall comfortably enough, and although world junior champion Nour El Tayeb, who reached the semis here last year, also won in three, Switzerland's Gaby Huber gave her a sterner test.

Tayeb raced through the first 11/1, had to save game balls in taking the second 14/12, and let a good lead in the third slip to 7-all before finishing it off.

Qatar Classic: Day Four Men's Roundup

Men's Round One (bottom half)

If yesterday's afternoon matches were quick, today's openers certainly weren't, with Peter Barker and Thierry Lincou both taking over an hour to make their expected ways into the last sixteen.
Barker looked comfortable enough in taking a 2-0 lead against Ong Beng Hee, but the Malaysian struck back to take a close third before Barker reasserted in the fourth.

Lincou found himself two games down against Egyptian shotmaker Hisham Ashour, but for the umpteenth time in his career the Frenchman made it all the way back, leaving Ashour, who was receiving treatment from the physio between games, pretty frustrated with life.

"Anything I was putting at the front ended in the tin, and I couldn’t find any length either, as he was twisting and turning me too much," said the Frenchman about the first two games. "I was only able to play one rally the whole match where I was in control. I’ll be ready and sharp for playing against Peter tomorrow!"

Germany's Simon Rosner, who had won his last four encounters with Chris Ryder, extended that run with a 3/1 win over the English qualifier.

"Happy to get through," said Rosner, "although I don't think either of us were playing at our best, and I was disappointed that I relaxed a bit in the third, still you have to win those matches."

Rosner will next face James Willstrop, after the fourth-seeded Englishman beat Egyptian qualifier Mohamed Abbas 11/6, 11/4, 11/3 with little fuss.

David Palmer, playing his last Qatar Classic, was given a good workout by Scotland's Alan Clyne, the Aussie eighth seed winning 3/1 in just under an hour.
"At the end it wasn’t the best," said Palmer, "but I'll take the win, nowadays, I take what I can! But tomorrow, I’ll have to play better…"

Stewart Boswell had lost after leading two-nil against Mohamed El Shorbagy last week in Philadelphia, but having taken the first two games against the younger Shorbagy, Marwan, 11/7 118, the Aussie finished it off this time, racing through the third 11/2 to set up a meeting with long-time adversary and team-mate Palmer.

When Cameron Pilley got the better of speedy Indian Saurav Ghosal in straight - but never easy - games it brought up an Aussie hat-trick Aussie hat-trick.

Pilley might have been looking forward to a rematch with Ramy Ashour after taking a game off the Egyptian in the British Grand Prix in Manchester.

If so he was to be disappointed as Ashour, clearly struggling with an injury that hampered his movement, retired after losing the first two games to Englishman Tom Richards.

"I know he could barely move on there," admitted Richards, "and yet I still had to play the best squash I ever played to beat him."

So, a first round which had started yesterday with the defeat of our Egyptian third seed Amr Shabana, ended with the removal of the Egyptian second seed leaving gaping holes in both halves of the draw.

Ashour and Brown bow out in Doha

Day four of the Qatar Classic in Doha saw some tough men's matches in the bottom half of the draw, five upsets in women's round one including the demise of a poorly sixth seed Kasey Brown, and a dramatic end to match yesterday's dramatic start as second seed Ramy Ashour limped out.

Men's Round One, Bottom Half:
[7] Peter Barker (Eng) bt Ong Beng Hee (Mas) 11/6, 11/6, 9/11, 11/2 (63m)
Thierry Lincou (Fra) bt Hisham Ashour (Egy) 9/11, 7/11, 11/9, 11/6, 11/6 (63m)
Simon Rosner (Ger) bt [Q] Chris Ryder (Eng) 11/6, 11/4, 7/11, 11/5 (56m)
[4] James Willstrop (Eng) bt [Q] Mohamed Abbas (Egy) 11/6, 11/4, 11/3 (30m)
[8] David Palmer (Aus) bt Alan Clyne (Sco) 12/10, 11/9, 7/11, 11/4 (56m)
Stewart Boswell (Aus) bt [Q] Marwan El Shorbagy (Egy) 11/7, 11/8, 11/2 (35m)
Cameron Pilley (Aus) bt Saurav Ghosal (Ind) 11/6, 12/10, 11/7 (54m)
Tom Richards (Eng) bt [2] Ramy Ashour (Egy) 11/4, 11/6 rtd (18m)

Women's Round One:
[1] Nicol David (Mas) bt Line Hansen (Den) 11/4, 11/4, 11/4 (25m)
Kanzy El Dafrawy (Egy) bt [16] Delia Arnold (Mas) 11/8, 4/11, 6/11, 11/6, 11/8 (73m)
[7] Camille Serme (Fra) bt [Q] Tenille Van Der Merwe (Rsa) 11/3, 11/8, 11/5 (26m)
[9] Raneem El Weleily (Egy) bt [Q] Tania Bailey (Eng) 11/4, 11/6, 8/11, 10/12, 11/3 (41m)
[3] Rachael Grinham (Aus) bt [Q] Yathreb Adel (Egy) 11/8, 11/5, 11/2 (26m)
Aisling Blake (Irl) bt [14] Sarah Kippax (Eng) 11/1, 11/9, 11/3 (32m)
Emma Beddoes (Eng) [8] Omneya Abdel Kawy (Egy) 6/11, 11/3, 11/7, 13/11 (44m)
[15] Joey Chan (Hkg) bt Heba El Torky (Egy) 6/0 rtd
[12] Low Wee Wern (Mas) bt [Q] Emily Whitlock (Eng) 11/3, 11/9, 11/5 (28m)
[5] Laura Massaro (Eng) bt [Q] Merhan Amr Mahmoud (Egy) 11/4, 11/3, 11/5 (22m)
[Q] Farah Abdel Meguid (Egy) bt [11] Jaclyn Hawkes (Nzl) 11/3, 5/11, 11/8, 11/7 (30m)
[4] Madeline Perry (Irl) bt [Q] Siti Munirah Juson (Mas) 11/6, 11/4, 11/2 (20m)
[10] Donna Urquhart (Aus) bt Victoria Lust (Eng) 11/3, 12/14, 6/11, 11/6, 11/8 (53m)
Nour El Sherbini (Egy) bt [6] Kasey Brown (Aus) 11/9, 7/11, 5/11 rtd (36m)
[13] Nour El Tayeb (Egy) bt Gaby Huber (Sui) 11/1, 14/12, 11/8 (25m)
[2] Jenny Duncalf (Eng) bt [Q] Sina Wall (Ger) 11/6, 11/3, 11/6 (20m)

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The busiest day in Doha

Day Four of the Qatar Classic, with eight men's and sixteen women's matches to complete the first rounds ...

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Men's Round One, Bottom Half:

12.00 [7] Peter Barker (Eng) v Ong Beng Hee (Mas)
13.00 Thierry Lincou (Fra) v Hisham Ashour (Egy)
14.00 Simon Rosner (Ger) v [Q] Chris Ryder (Eng)
15.00 [4] James Willstrop (Eng) v [Q] Mohamed Abbas (Egy)

17.30 [8] David Palmer (Aus) v Alan Clyne (Sco)
18.30 Stewart Boswell (Aus) v [Q] Marwan El Shorbagy (Egy)
19.30 Cameron Pilley (Aus) v Saurav Ghosal (Ind)
20.30 [2] Ramy Ashour (Egy) v Tom Richards (Eng)
Women's Round One:

12.00 [1] Nicol David (Mas) v Line Hansen (Den)
12.00 [16] Delia Arnold (Mas) v Kanzy El Dafrawy (Egy)
12.45 [7] Camille Serme (Fra) v [Q] Tenille Van Der Merwe (Rsa)
12.45 [9] Raneem El Weleily (Egy) v [Q] Tania Bailey (Eng)
13.30 [3] Rachael Grinham (Aus) v [Q] Yathreb Adel (Egy)
13.30 [14] Sarah Kippax (Eng) v Aisling Blake (Irl)
14.15 [8] Omneya Abdel Kawy (Egy) v Emma Beddoes (Eng)
14.15 [15] Joey Chan (Hkg) v Heba El Torky (Egy)

17.30 [12] Low Wee Wern (Mas) v [Q] Emily Whitlock (Eng)
17.30 [5] Laura Massaro (Eng) v [Q] Merhan Amr Mahmoud (Egy)
18.15 [11] Jaclyn Hawkes (Nzl) v [Q] Farah Abdel Meguid (Egy)
18.15 [4] Madeline Perry (Irl) v [Q] Siti Munirah Juson (Mas)
19.00 [10] Donna Urquhart (Aus) v Victoria Lust (Eng)
19.00 [6] Kasey Brown (Aus) v Nour El Sherbini (Egy)
19.45 [13] Nour El Tayeb (Egy) v Gaby Huber (Sui)
19.45 [2] Jenny Duncalf (Eng) v [Q] Sina Wall (Ger)

Down to the medals in Guadalajara

It's a hectic schedule at the XVI Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, as the competitors strive for Gold medals in singles and doubles squash disciplines - we hear that two singles and one doubles match is the order of the day for the lucky contenders on the last day!

With the Salazar twins in one semi-final hosts Mexico are guaranteed at least a silver in the men's singles, and with Samantha Teran top seed in the women's draw hopes will be high for a home double.

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Down to the semis in Guadalajara

It's a tight schedule in the Pan American Games Squash in Mexico, we're at the singles semis and doubles finals stage already ...

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Dipika ends Perry's run in DC Final

WISPA $11k Dread Sports Series 2, Washington DC

16-Oct, Final:
Dipika Pallikal bt Sarah-Jane Perry 11/9, 11/3, 11/7 (33m)

Dipika Pallikal faced her toughest tournament match in the final today, but won in three games, completing a shut out of her opponents. Sarah-Jane Perry, the unseeded surprise finalist, proved in her loss that reaching the final was no fluke.

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Good day for Zac in Ottawa

PSA $10k, GoodLife Open, Ottawa, Canada

Final:
[2] Zac Alexander (Aus) bt [1] Mark Krajcsak (Hun)
11-6, 3-11, 9-11,11-8, 11-6 (68m)

Everyone was treated to a great final at the 2011 GoodLife Open in Ottawa where No. 2 seed Zac Alexander beat No. 1 seed Mark Krajcsak in five games.

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