Seeds Make GoodLife Semis by Howard Harding 9 November 2013
- All four seeds safely secured their places in the semi-finals of the
GoodLife Open after contrasting quarter-final successes in the PSA
World Tour Challenger 10 squash event in its ninth year at GoodLife
Fitness in the Canadian capital Ottawa.
Mexican Eric Galvez
took a step closer to a third appearance in the final since 2006 when
he beat England's Michael Harris 4-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-6.
A number of unforced
errors early in the match cost fourth seed Galvez the first game. "Mike
came out playing very well and forced me to work harder in the
remainder of the match to win it," said the 30-year-old from Puebla
later.
Galvez now faces
Pakistan's Danish Atlas Khan after the No 2 seed from Peshawar removed
Australia's Scott Arnold 11-8, 5-11, 11-5, 11-8.
Canada's Dane Sharp
took home interest into the last four after seeing off Frenchman
Geoffrey Demont. But the No 3 seed from Toronto was stretched for 72
minutes - and twice had to come from behind before overcoming Demont
10-12, 11-5, 6-11, 11-4, 11-8.
"I had to fight hard
to close the court down against Geoffrey since his volleys were killing
me, sending me all over the court," admitted 27-year-old Sharp later.
"I started to play much higher, then attack."
Sharp's next opponent
will be last year's runner-up Martin Knight. The top-seeded New
Zealander, ranked 50 in the world, was too experienced for Thomas Ford,
beating the English teenager 11-4, 11-6, 11-9.
