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RESULTS: EBS Asset Management Dayton Open Squash Championship, Ohio, USA

Men's qualifying finals:
Wael El Hindi (EGY) bt Mark Heather (ENG) 11-8, 11-10 (2-0), 11-10 (2-0)
Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) bt Raj Nanda (AUS) 8-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4
Jonathan Kemp (ENG) bt Timothy Manning (AUS) 11-6, 11-7, 9-11, 11-5
Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt Shahid Zaman (PAK) 11-4, 11-2, 11-5
   Women's 1st round:
[1] Linda Elriani (ENG) bt Marnie Baizley (CAN) 9-2, 9-1, 9-1
Samantha Teran (MEX) bt [6] Runa Reta (CAN) 9-3, 9-4, 9-1
[3] Isabelle Stoehr (FRA) bt [Q] Jana Smeralova (CZE) 9-1, 9-3, 9-7
[5] Rebecca Botwright (ENG) bt [Q] Tara Mullins (CAN) 9-6, 6-9, 9-4, 9-3
[8] Kasey Brown (AUS) bt Manuela Manetta (ITA) 9-1, 9-2, 9-6
Katie Patrick (CAN) bt [4] Eman El Amir (EGY) 9-6, 7-9, 9-1, 9-7
[7] Lauren Briggs (ENG) bt [Q] Lily Lorentzen (USA) 9-0, 9-4, 9-5
[2] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) bt [Q] Suzie Pierrepont (ENG) 9-3, 9-3, 9-2

Anjema Back In Action In Dayton

Dutchman Laurens Jan Anjema has come through his second successive qualifying tournament to earn a place in the first round draw of a PSA Tour event in the USA.  The 22-year-old from The Hague beat Australia's Raj Nanda 8-11 11-7 11-4 11-4 in the qualifying finals of the EBS Asset Management Dayton Open Squash Championship in Ohio, USA.

Last week Anjema pulled off the biggest win of his short career when he upset former world No1 Peter Nicol in straight games in the first round of the Windy City Open in Chicago.  His opponent in the opening round of the Dayton Open is Scotland's No3 seed John White, the Windy City Open champion.

White is likely to face fifth seed Jonathon Power in the quarter-finals - in what would be a rematch of the Chicago semi-final which White clinched in a 94-minute marathon.

Peter Nicol is top seed in the $40,000 Dayton Open - and drawn to face fellow Englishman Julian Wellings in the first round.

In the women's event in Ohio, England's top seed Linda Elriani brushed aside her first round opponent as she progressed safely towards her second successive WISPA World Tour title in the USA this month.  The world No6 from Eastbourne beat Canada's Marnie Baizley 9-2 9-1 9-1.

Whilst Elriani's quarter-final opponent was also expected to be a Canadian, unseeded Mexican Samantha Teran caused one of the two upsets in the first round when she beat Canada's sixth seed Runa Reta 9-3 9-4 9-1.

The other upset benefited a Canadian when unseeded Katie Patrick, from Edmonton, beat Egypt's fourth seed Eman El Amir 9-6 7-9 9-1 9-7 to earn an unexpected quarter-final place.

Men's 1st round draw:

[1] Peter Nicol (ENG) v Julian Wellings (ENG)
[6] Adrian Grant (ENG) v Simon Parke (ENG)
[4] Karim Darwish (EGY) v Graham Ryding (CAN)
[8] Mohammed Abbas (EGY) v [Q] Wael El Hindi (EGY)
[5] Jonathon Power (CAN) v [Q] Cameron Pilley (AUS)
[3] John White (SCO) v [Q] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED)
[7] Anthony Ricketts (AUS) v Dan Jenson (AUS)
[2] Amr Shabana (EGY) v [Q] Jonathan Kemp (ENG)