Cesar Salazar Silenced In Winnipeg Quarters
Quarter-finals:
[1] Borja Golan (ESP) bt Majid Khan (PAK) 11-6, 5-0 ret.
[4] Yasir Butt (PAK) bt [7] Ryan Donegan (USA) 11-7, 11-5, 11-8
[6] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) bt [Q] Cesar Salazar (MEX) 11-3, 11-5, 10-11 (1-3), 11-4
[2] Shawn Delierre (CAN) bt [5] Christopher Gordon (USA) 11-3, 11-9, 11-10 (2-0)
Cesar Salazar's giant-killing run in the Winnipeg Building & Decorating Manitoba Open came to an end when the Mexican was beaten by Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan in the quarter-finals of the $15,000 PSA Tour squash event in its fifth year at Winnipeg Squash Racquet Club in Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
Salazar, a qualifier, upset fellow Mexican Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira, the No3 seed, in the opening round. But sixth-seeded Malaysian Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan was too strong for the 20-year-old, winning 11-3, 11-5, 10-11 (1-3), 11-4 to reach the semi-finals.
Adnan will face local hero Shawn Delierre after the second seed from Montreal defeated fifth-seeded American Christopher Gordon 11-3, 11-9, 11-10 (2-0).
The other semi-final will be the clash predicted by the seedings, between favourite Borja Golan and fourth seed Yasir Butt. Spaniard Golan had an easy ride through to the last four when unseeded Pakistani Majid Khan retired injured midway through their second game.
Butt, 19, from Pakistan, beat Ryan Donegan, the No7 seed from the USA, 11-7, 11-5, 11-8.
Semi-final line-up:
[1] Borja Golan (ESP) v [4] Yasir Butt (PAK)
[2] Shawn Delierre (CAN) v [6] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS)