Shahier Razik and Andrew Schnell lead home hopes through to the last eight of the Sudbury Northern Ontario Championship, the PSA World Tour Challenger 15 squash event in its second year at Sudbury YMCA in Sudbury in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Calgary-born qualifier Schnell defeated local wild card player Michael McCue 11-3, 11-5, 11-4. The 19-year-old will now face top seed Miguel Angel Rodriguez, the world No25 from Colombia who beat England's Eddie Charlton 11-5, 11-9, 11-9.
A late withdrawal of last year's runner-up Shawn Delierre led fellow Canadian Shahier Razik to be paired up with 'lucky loser' Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour.
Second seed Razik needed only 27 minutes to overcome the Iranian 11-6, 11-6, 11-5. The world No33 from Toronto will now take on unseeded Malaysian Muhd Asyraf Azan, who beat Canadian David Phillips 11-6, 11-6, 6-11, 12-10.
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 15 Sudbury Northern Ontario Championship, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
1st round:
[1] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) bt Eddie Charlton (ENG) 11-5, 11-9, 11-9 (34m)
[Q] Andrew Schnell (CAN) bt Michael McCue (CAN) 11-3, 11-5, 11-4 (34m)
[Q] Erik Tepos Valtierra (MEX) bt [Q] Matthew Serediak (CAN) 11-9, 13-11, 11-3 (33m)
[3] Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) bt Robin Clarke (CAN) 13-11, 11-2, 11-5 (32m)
[4] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) bt [Q] Alfredo Avila (MEX) 11-9, 11-4, 4-11, 11-8 (56m)
Eric Galvez (MEX) bt Andrew McDougall (CAN) 13-11, 11-4, 11-2 (47m)
Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) bt David Phillips (CAN) 11-6, 11-6, 6-11, 12-10 (47m)
[2] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour (IRI) 11-6, 11-6, 11-5 (27m)
Quarter-final line-up:
[1] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) v [Q] Andrew Schnell (CAN)
[3] Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) v [Q] Erik Tepos Valtierra (MEX)
[4] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) v Eric Galvez (MEX)
[2] Shahier Razik (CAN) v Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS)