Gordon Leads Local Interest In San Francisco

New York-born teenager Christopher Gordon gave a notable boost to the Tennyson West Fog City Open in San Francisco by becoming the only American to reach the first round of this new PSA Tour event in the USA.

The 18-year-old, who led the USA undefeated in the recent World Junior Team Championships, beat higher-ranked fellow American Beau River 11-6 11-9 11-6 in the qualifying finals and now takes on Ireland's eighth seed Liam Kenny in the first round.

Qualifying finals:
Jose Angel Becerril (MEX) bt Ben Gould (AUS) 11-10 (2-0), 11-7, 8-11, 11-5
Sam Miller (ENG) bt Alexandre Muller (FRA) 11-5, 11-10 (4-2), 11-10 (2-0)
Wade Johnstone (AUS) bt Mark Allen (ENG) 6-11, 10-11 (0-2), 11-7, 11-1, 11-7
Christopher Gordon (USA) bt Beau River (USA) 11-6, 11-9, 11-6

Updated 1st round draw:
[1] Rodney Durbach (RSA) v [Q] Sam Miller (ENG)
[6] Lee Drew (ENG) v Eric Galvez (MEX)
[3] Cameron Pilley (AUS) v Chris Walker (ENG)
[5] Jean-Michel Arcucci (FRA) v Raj Nanda (AUS)
[8] Liam Kenny (IRL) v [Q] Christopher Gordon (USA)
[4] Alister Walker (ENG) v Ian Power (CAN)
[7] Matthew Giuffre (CAN) v [Q] Wade Johnstone (AUS)
[2] Shahier Razik (CAN) v [Q] Jose Angel Becerril (MEX)