RESULTS:    Bluenose Squash Classic, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

1st round:
[1] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) bt Jan Koukal (CZE)     11-3, 11-6, 11-1 (36m)
[6] Shawn Delierre (CAN) bt [Q] Morten W Sorensen (DEN)     11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 11-4 (45m)
[3] Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt [Q] Martin Knight (NZL)     11-8, 11-6, 11-8 (42m)
[7] Liam Kenny (IRL) bt Robin Clarke (CAN)     11-8, 11-6, 11-9 (44m)
[8] Scott Arnold (AUS) bt Khawaja Adil Maqbool (PAK)     8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9 (68m)
[4] Borja Golan (ESP) bt [Q] Tom Richards (ENG)     11-7, 11-6, 11-6 (40m)
[5] Eric Galvez (MEX) bt David Phillips (CAN)     11-9, 11-8, 11-8 (47m)
[2] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt [Q] Andrew McDougall (CAN)     11-1, 11-8, 11-4 (29m)

Former champions Shawn Delierre and Shahier Razik delighted the local crowds at the Bluenose Classic by taking local interest through to the quarter-finals of the $30,000 PSA Tour squash event in its third year at St Mary’s University Tower in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in Canada.

Delierre, the 2006 champion from Montreal, beat Danish qualifier Morten W Sorensen 11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 11-4.  The sixth seed will now face favourite Laurens Jan Anjema for a place in the last four.

Shahier Razik, the second seed who won the event last year, took just 29 minutes to despatch fellow Canadian Andrew McDougall, a qualifier from Calgary, 11-1, 11-8, 11-4. 

The 30-year-old from Toronto now lines up against Mexican Eric Galvez, the fifth seed, in the quarter-finals.

Australia's Scott Arnold celebrated his 22nd birthday by overcoming his first round opponent in the longest clash of the day.  The No8 seed from Sydney recovered from a game down to beat Pakistan's Khawaja Adil Maqbool 8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9 in 68 minutes to set up a last eight meeting with Spaniard Borja Golan.

Quarter-final line-up:
[1] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) v [6] Shawn Delierre (CAN)
[3] Cameron Pilley (AUS) v [7] Liam Kenny (IRL)
[4] Borja Golan (ESP) v [8] Scott Arnold (AUS)
[2] Shahier Razik (CAN) v [5] Eric Galvez (MEX)