WORLD SQUASH NEWS

RESULTS: German Open Squash Championships, Gerlingen, Germany

Men's 2nd round:
[1] Omar Elborolossy (EGY) bt [14] Matthew Giuffre (CAN) 15-4, 15-8, 15-10 (42m)
[11] Bradley Ball (ENG) bt [6] Hisham Moh'd Ashour (EGY) 15-2, 15-6, 15-9 (29m)
[15] Majid Khan (PAK) bt [3] Davide Bianchetti (ITA) 4-15, 9-15, 15-13, 15-5, 15-3 (93m)
Christian Drakenberg (SWE) bt Khayal Muhammad (PAK) 13-15, 15-8, 16-17, 15-3, 15-5 (84m)
Stacey Ross (ENG) bt [10] Alister Walker (ENG) 15-14, 8-15, 15-12, 15-12 (79m)
[4] Moh'd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt [12] Glenn Keenan (AUS) 15-9, 15-13, 15-5 (51m)
Saeed Hassan (PAK) bt [8] Mark Heather (ENG) 15-9, 15-10, 13-15, 15-10 (69m)
[2] Adrian Grant (ENG) bt Raj Nanda (AUS) 15-9, 5-15, 15-12, 11-15, 15-10 (69m)

Women's 1st round:
[1] Laura-Jane Lengthorn (ENG) bt [Q] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) 9-6, 9-3, 9-0 (18m)
[7] Orla Noom (NED) bt [Q] Kirsty McPhee (ENG) 9-5, 9-2, 6-9, 9-1 (27m)
[3] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) bt Milja Dorenbos (NED) 9-6, 9-3, 10-9 (34m)
[8] Margriet Huisman (NED) bt [Q] Olivia Hauser (SUI) 9-1, 5-9, 10-8, 9-0 (53m)
[6] Line Hansen (DEN) bt Nicolette Fernandes (GUY) 9-1, 9-1, 9-0 (30m)
[4] Karen Kronemeyer (NED) bt [Q] Dagmar Vermeulen (NED) 9-1, 9-4, 9-4 (25m)
[5] Amnah El Trabolsy (EGY) bt Manuela Manetta (ITA) 6-9, 9-10, 9-6, 9-5, 9-7 (56m)
Kathrin Rohrmuller (GER) bt [2] Eman El Amir (EGY) 3-9, 9-6, 9-3, 9-3 (30m)

Pakistanis Prevail In German Open

In a second day of men's upsets in the German Open Squash Championships, it was two Pakistanis who stole the headlines in the revived PSA Tour event in Gerlingen.

Unseeded Majid Khan, a 20-year-old from Peshawar who reached the semi-finals of the World Junior Championships in December 2002, bravely fought back from two games down to defeat third seed Davide Bianchetti in a 93-minute marathon.  Unable to display the same magic which led him to a shock second round victory over world No1 Peter Nicol in last year's World Open, the Italian went down 4-15 9-15 15-13 15-5 15-3 as Khan forced his way into the quarter-finals.

Khan, the fourth-placed Pakistani in the PSA world rankings, will now face unseeded Swede Christian Drakenberg who defeated Khan's fellow countryman Khayal Muhammad 13-15 15-8 16-17 15-3 15-5.

In the other half of the draw, Pakistan's unseeded Saeed Hassan also claimed an unexpected place in the last eight with a 15-9 15-10 13-15 15-10 victory over England's 8th seed Mark Heather in 69 minutes.  Hassan's reward is a further English clash with second seed Adrian Grant.  The world No18 was pushed all the way by unseeded Australian Raj Nanda before prevailing 15-9 5-15 15-12 11-15 15-10, also in 69 minutes.

Domestic interest was focused on the women's event where unseeded Kathrin Rohrmuller claimed the only upset in the first round when she toppled Egypt's second seed Eman El Amir in four games.  The 21-year-old from Rosenheim, who was runner-up in this year's German National Championships, fought from a game down to beat her Cairo-based opponent 3-9 9-6 9-3 9-3 in 30 minutes - and now meets El Amir's compatriot Amnah El Trabolsy, the fifth seed.