Chris Takes Thompson To Task In Rochester Pro
1st round:
[1] Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira (MEX) bt Aqib Hanif (PAK) 11-3, 11-7, 11-10 (2-0)
Imran Khan Riaz (PAK) bt [6] Fernando Lopez (MEX) 9-11, 11-10 (4-2), 11-4, 11-9
[4] Regardt Schonborn (RSA) bt Andrew McDougall (CAN) 11-4, 11-6, 11-1
[8] Dave Glass (CAN) bt Joe Millman (ENG) 11-6, 8-11, 11-2, 11-5
[Q] Matthew Serediak (CAN) bt [5] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) 11-9, 11-10 (2-0), 11-8
[Q] James Snell (ENG) bt [3] Michal Reid (CAN) 11-5, 11-10 (2-0), 11-7
[7] Kristen Johnson (SCO) bt [Q] Alex Ingham (ENG) 11-8, 11-8, 11-9
[Q] Chris Tasker-Grindley (ENG) bt [2] Ryan Thompson (NAM) 11-9, 11-9, 11-10 (2-0)
English qualifier Chris Tasker-Grindley played his penultimate match as a junior in sensational style when he upset second seed Ryan Thompson in the first round of the Rochester Pro Squash Open in Rochester in the USA.
Gloucestershire's Tasker-Grindley, who celebrates his 19th birthday on Sunday, despatched the Namibian 11-9, 11-9, 11-10 (2-0) to set up a surprise quarter-final against Scotland's Kristen Johnson.
Fellow qualifiers Matthew Serediak, from Canada, and James Snell, from England, will battle it out for a place in the semi-finals after straight games upsets over Aqeel Rehman and Michal Reid, the fifth and third seeds respectively.
Quarter-final line-up:
[1] Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira (MEX) v Imran Khan Riaz (PAK)
[4] Regardt Schonborn (RSA) v [8] Dave Glass (CAN)
[Q] James Snell (ENG) v [Q] Matthew Serediak (CAN)
[Q] Chris Tasker-Grindley (ENG) v [7] Kristen Johnson (SCO)