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RESULTS: Atlanta Partnertel Squash Open, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Quarter-finals:
[6] John Rooney (IRL) bt [1] Shahier Razik (CAN) 17-16, 12-15, 15-12, 8-15, 15-11
Alister Walker (ENG) bt [5] Mark Heather (ENG) 13-15, 15-9, 15-4, 3-15, 15-13
Bradley Ball (ENG) bt [8] Lars Harms (SUI) 17-16, 15-10, 15-14
[2] Borja Golan (ESP) bt [7] Alex Stait (ENG) 15-11, 4-15, 15-13, 7-15, 15-13

Seeds Tumble In Atlanta

After a day of shocks in Atlanta, Georgia, Borja Golan became the only seeded semi-finalist to reach the last four of the Atlanta Partnertel Squash Open - but the second-seeded Spaniard was taken the full distance before scrambling to a 15-11 4-15 15-13 7-15 15-13 victory over England's No7 seed Alex Stait.

Golan, 21, from Santiago, will now face another Englishman Bradley Ball after the unseeded 27-year-old from Suffolk despatched his second successive seed, Switzerland's Lars Harms, 17-16 15-10 15-14.

The biggest upset on day two of the PSA Tour event in the USA was claimed by Ireland's sixth seed John Rooney - who took two hours to quash top-seeded Canadian Shahier Razik 17-16 12-15 15-12 8-15 15-11.

The Nottingham-based Irishman will meet unseeded Alister Walker who survived an all-English quarter-final clash with fifth seed Mark Heather to win 13-15 15-9 15-4 3-15 15-13.