Callum Canters Into Saskatoon Draw

Callum Canters Into Saskatoon Draw

While all the other matches lasted around an hour, New Zealand's Callum O'Brien took just 29 minutes to reserve his place in the main draw of the Saskatoon Boast Squash Open after beating France's Bertrand Tissot 11-4 11-8 11-8 in the qualifying finals at the Saskatoon YMCA in Saskatoon, Canada.

O'Brien, 22, based in Amsterdam, is drawn to face Australia's second seed Raj Nanda in the first round of the PSA Tour event in Saskatchewan. 

Top seed in the event is South Africa's Rodney Durbach, who faces England's in-form Daryl Selby in the first round.

RESULTS:        Saskatoon Boast Squash Open, Saskatoon, Canada

Qualifying finals:
Callum O'Brien (NZL) bt Bertrand Tissot (FRA)                                 11-4, 11-8, 11-8 (29m)
Mike Corren (AUS) bt Simon Rosner (GER)                                        9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9 (55m)
Jesse Engelbrecht (ZIM) bt Julien Balbo (FRA)                                11-9, 10-11 (1-3), 11-3, 11-7 (62m)
Wade Johnstone (AUS) bt Luke Margan (AUS)                                 11-4, 5-11, 11-4, 11-9 (61m)

Updated 1st round draw:
[1] Rodney Durbach (RSA) v Daryl Selby (ENG)
[7] Simon Carruthers (AUS) v [Q] Wade Johnstone (AUS)
[3] Liam Kenny (IRL) v Rob Sutherland (WAL)
[8] Nicholas Kyme (BER) v [Q] Jesse Engelbrecht (ZIM)
[5] Scott Handley (ENG) v Laurent Elriani (FRA)
[4] Borja Golan (ESP) v Aaron Frankcomb (AUS)
[6] Shawn Delierre (CAN) v [Q] Mike Corren (AUS)
[2] Raj Nanda (AUS) v [Q] Callum O'Brien (NZL)