Men's Seeds Progress in Adelaide

World number two David Palmer cruised into the men's quarter-finals of the Australian Open in Adelaide today when he beat fellow New South Welshman Scott Arnold 11-3 11-6 11-5.

Palmer, who has been back in Australia for the past two months to await the birth of his first child - a daughter named Kayla born two weeks ago - was too strong for the improving Arnold as he set up a quarter-final clash with sixth seeded Victorian Cameron White.

White had earlier accounted for South Australian qualifier Justin Beard 11-6 11-3 11-7.

On a day when all seeded players went through, second seed Stewart Boswell and Dan Jenson, seeded fourth, were also impressive.

Boswell, the world number 15 from Canberra, beat Victorian Tony James 11-7 11-4 11-6 while Jenson defeated fellow South Australian Jason Mudge 11-3 11-3 11-2.

The match of the round was between Mike Corren, the Salt Lake City-based South Australian, and Queensland qualifier Steve Finitsis, who slugged it out for almost 80 minutes before Corren triumphed 11-9 11-4 7-11 10-11 (3-5) 11-10 (2-0).