WORLD SQUASH NEWS

RESULTS: West Edmonton Mall Canadian Open Squash Championship, Edmonton, Canada

2nd round:
[1] Peter Nicol (ENG) bt [12] Martin Heath (SCO) 15-5, 4-15, 15-10, 15-9 (43m)
[8] Lee Beachill (ENG) bt Paul Price (AUS) 15-14, 11-15, 17-14, 15-5 (74m)
[4] Thierry Lincou (FRA) bt [Q] Olli Tuominen (FIN) 15-5, 15-7, 15-11 (30m)
[14] Graham Ryding (CAN) bt [7] Ong Beng Hee (MAS) 12-15, 15-12, 15-14, 14-15, 15-5 (94m)
[5] Jonathon Power (CAN) bt [Q] James Willstrop (ENG) 15-7, 15-8, 15-11 (47m)
[3] David Palmer (AUS) bt [9] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) 15-10, 15-7, 15-6 (38m)
[6] Anthony Ricketts (AUS) bt [16] Mark Chaloner (ENG) 15-10, 15-7, 15-5 (40m)
[2] John White (SCO) bt Omar Elborolossy (EGY) 8-15, 15-7, 15-9, 15-8 (54m)

Ryding Romps Into Canadian Open Quarters

Fourteenth seed Graham Ryding doubled the domestic interest in the quarter-finals of the $80,000 West Edmonton Mall Canadian Open Squash Championship when he upset seventh-seeded Malaysian Ong Beng Hee in a five-game marathon second round clash in Edmonton.

After four close games against the 23-year-old world No7 from Kuala Lumpur, the in-form Ryding - who also exceeded his seeding in the US Open and Motor City Open in September - ran away in the fifth to claim a 12-15 15-12 15-14 14-15 15-5 victory in 94 minutes.

Toronto-based Ryding, aged 28 and ranked 10 places below Beng Hee, now faces France's fourth seed Thierry Lincou, who needed just 30 minutes to end Finnish qualifier Olli Tuominen's run in a 15-5 15-7 15-11 scoreline.

Jonathon Power, the fifth seed from Montreal, became the second Canadian to reach the Canadian Open quarters when he overcame the other qualifier who had survived the first round.  In their second meeting in a month, world No5 Power despatched England's James Willstrop 15-7 15-8 15-11 to set up a clash with Australia's third seed David Palmer for a place in the semi-finals.

Palmer, the British and World Open champion, dismissed France's ninth seed Gregory Gaultier 15-10 15-7 15-6 in 38 minutes.

The other two quarter-finals will be replays of clashes at the same stage in last month's British Open.  Top seed Peter Nicol will face eighth seed Lee Beachill in an all-English confrontation, while second-seeded Scot John White will meet Australia's sixth seed Anthony Ricketts in a match which White will hope to win after two successive losses to his lower-ranked rival.

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