Hedrick Downs Coach White In Melbourne
by Howard Harding
5 July 2012 - Australian Rex Hedrick paid the ultimate compliment to his coach Cameron White by beating him in today's second round of the Victorian Open to claim a place in the quarter-finals of the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event at the Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre in Melbourne, Australia.
White, a 35-year-old former world No48 who coasted through the qualifying event, showed he still has what it takes when he defeated Australian-based Japanese player Ben Takamizawa Harris in the first round.
And the former PSA Tour regular battled for 54 minutes against his pupil before 23-year-old Hedrick, the fifth seed, finally emerged the victor with an 11-8, 11-3, 11-7 scoreline.
Melbourne-based Hedrick, the world No71, now takes on No2 seed Campbell Grayson after the New Zealander dismissed Frenchman Florent Pontiere 11-4, 11-7, 11-3.
There is home interest in the other quarter-final in the lower half of the draw where Matthew Karwalski takes on sixth-seeded Kiwi Kashif Shuja. Karwalski, the No3 seed from New South Wales, beat fellow countryman Nathan Stevenson 12-10, 11-5, 11-5.
Meanwhile, Malaysia's top seed Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan recovered from almost bowing out in the first round by beating young New Zealander Evan Williams 13-11, 11-3, 11-7 to set up a quarter-final against Argentina's Gonzalo Miranda.
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 10 Victorian Open, Melbourne, Australia
2nd round:
[1] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) bt Evan Williams (NZL) 13-11, 11-3, 11-7 (46m)
[8] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bt Patrick Miescher (SUI) 11-9, 21-19, 11-9 (55m)
[7] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) bt [Q] Chris Tasker-Grindley (ENG) 11-7, 6-11, 11-4, 12-10 (60m)
[4] Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) bt [Q] Greg Lobban (SCO) 11-1, 11-8, 4-11, 12-10 (40m)
[3] Matthew Karwalski (AUS) bt Nathan Stevenson (AUS) 12-10, 11-5, 11-5 (27m)
[6] Kashif Shuja (NZL) bt Paul Coll (NZL) 3-11, 11-8, 5-11, 11-6, 11-6 (68m)
[5] Rex Hedrick (AUS) bt [Q] Cameron White (AUS) 11-8, 11-3, 11-7 (54m)
[2] Campbell Grayson (NZL) bt Florent Pontiere (FRA) 11-4, 11-7, 11-3 (37m)
Quarter-final line-up:
[1] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) v [8] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG)
[4] Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) v [7] Aqeel Rehman (AUT)
[3] Matthew Karwalski (AUS) v [6] Kashif Shuja (NZL)
[2] Campbell Grayson (NZL) v [5] Rex Hedrick (AUS)
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