Frankcomb stuns Colombian - Palmer also through

06-Feb-2010 - Squash Australia

Hobart’s Aaron Frankcomb has stunned Colombian seventh seed Miguel Angel Rodriguez in the first round of the Bluenose Classic in Halifax on Thursday.
Frankcomb recorded his first win over the Colombian when he took the match 11-7, 5-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-7 to set up  a quarter-final against fourth seed Daryl Selby of England.
Defending champion David Palmer beat Malaysian qualifier Nafiizwan Adnan 11-9, 11-6, 11-9 and will now play another Malaysian, Ong Beng Hee in the final eight.
New South Wales qualifier Ryan Cuskelly fell to yet another Malaysian, Azlan Iskandar 11-7, 11=9, 11-5.

First round results – prefix denotes seeding:

 Shahier Razik (CAN) bt 8-Renan Lavigne (FRA) 11-8, 11-7, 11-1
1-Peter Barker (ENG) bt Jan Koukal (CZE) 11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 11-4
4-Daryl Selby (ENG) bt Martin Knight (NZL) 11-4, 11-6, 11-8
Aaron Frankcomb (AUS) bt 7-Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) 11-7, 5-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-7
3-Thierry Lincou (FRA) bt Chris Ryder (ENG) 11-6, 11-8, 13-11
5-Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) 11-7, 11-9, 11-5
2-David Palmer (AUS) bt  Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) 11-9, 11-6, 11-9
6-Ong Beng Hee (MAS) bt David Phillips (CAN) 11-4, 14-12, 11-4