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After the carnage on day one, the results have gone more to the form book in the second round of the Christchurch Casino and South Island Open |
Normal service has resumed on day two of the Christchurch Casino Canterbury and South Island Open, on the PSA men's squash tour.
After a raft of upsets on day one, the second round has delivered a more predictable winning line-up, with the remaining seeded players all safely through to the semifinals.
Top seed Martin Knight has led the charge into the last four, although his quarterfinal victory over Canadian Dane Sharp was anything but straightforward. In fact, Knight's straight games win took the same amount of time as sixth seed Evan Williams needed to dispatch of Canterbury's Scott Gardiner in five.
Second seed Graeme Wilson was more convincing in a 11/3 11/4 11/4 win over fellow kiwi Alex Grayson while seventh seeded Cameron Jamieson was also a straight games winner in his all-kiwi encounter against Lui Syder, although he was pushed to 12/10 in the third.
In the women's local draw, top seed Shayle Higginson has cruised into the semifinals with a 3/0 win over Katie Douglas, but the other three matches all ended in upsets.
Second seed Karen Walton slumped to a 3/0 defeat to rising junior star Megan Craig, third seed Mickayla Kerr also lost 3/0 to Erin Dippie and fourth seed Katrina Palmer continued the trend with a 3/0 loss to Ann Harliwich.
Results...
Men's PSA Draw
1. Martin Knight (NZL) def 8. Dane Sharp (CAN) 11/6 11/9 11/7
6. Evan Williams (NZL) def Scott Gardiner (NZL) 11/7 5/11 10/12 12/10 11/9
7. Cameron Jamieson (NZL) def Lui Syder (NZL) 11/5 11/7 12/10
2. Graeme Wilson (NZL) def Alex Grayson (NZL) 11/3 11/4 11/4
Women's non-tour Draw
1. Shayle Higginson (NZL) def Katie Douglas (NZL) 3/0
Ann Harliwich (NZL) def 4. Katrina Palmer (NZL) 3/0
Erin Dippie (NZL) def Mickayla Kerr (NZL) 3/0
Megan Craig (NZL) def 2. Karen Walton (NZL) 3/0
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