The top four seeds made it through to the semi-finals of the Goiania Powerade Open in Brazil after surviving contrasting quarter-finals of the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event at the Flamboyant Shopping Centre in Goiania.
Hopes for local success were kept firmly alive when top seed Rafael F Alarcon booked his place in the last four without lifting a racket. After producing a notable upset in the previous round, English qualifier Steven London was unable take his Goiania bid any further, and conceded the match to Alarcon due to an injury.
Brazilian Alarcon, the world No52 from Sao Paulo, will now face Yann Perrin for a place in the final after the third-seeded Frenchman despatched Paraguay's Esteban Casarino 8-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-6.
Malaysia's Kamran Khan took more than an hour to overcome South African Clinton Leeuw 12-10, 11-7, 5-11, 11-6.
The fourth seed moves forward to line up against No2 seed Campbell Grayson. The 25-year-old New Zealander brushed aside Argentina qualifier Hernan D'Arcangelo 11-6, 11-1, 11-4.
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 10 Goiania Powerade Open, Goiania, Brazil
Quarter-finals:
[1] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA) bt [Q] Steven London (ENG) w/o
[3] Yann Perrin (FRA) bt Esteban Casarino (PAR) 8-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-6 (47m)
[4] Kamran Khan (MAS) bt Clinton Leeuw (RSA) 12-10, 11-7, 5-11, 11-6 (61m)
[2] Campbell Grayson (NZL) bt [Q] Hernan D'Arcangelo (ARG) 11-6, 11-1, 11-4 (39m)
Semi-final line-up:
[1] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA) v [3] Yann Perrin (FRA)
[2] Campbell Grayson (NZL) v [4] Kamran Khan (MAS)