Samper Subdues Chaloner In Detroit

Colombian qualifier Bernardo Samper pulled off the only upset on the opening day of the Motor City Open when he beat England's seventh seed Mark Chaloner in the first round of the $30,000 PSA Tour event in Detroit, USA.

Samper, from Bogotá, beat the former world No7 from Lincolnshire, 11-5, 11-5, 11-10 (2-0) to set up another clash with a Briton.

The 24-year-old will face Welshman Alex Gough, the No3 seed who came back from a game down to defeat Swedish qualifier Badr Abdel Aziz 9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-5.

Scotland's John White made a successful bid to reach the final for the second time in a row by beating Germany's Michael Joint 11-7, 11-5, 11-4.

The US-based top seed will now face fifth seed Laurens Jan Anjema, the winner of an all-Dutch first round match against qualifier Dylan Bennett.

1st round:
[1] John White (SCO) bt Michael Joint (GER) 11-7, 11-5, 11-4
[5] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) bt [Q] Dylan Bennett (NED) 11-5, 11-1, 11-5
[3] Alex Gough (WAL) bt [Q] Badr Abdel Aziz (SWE) 9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-5
[Q] Bernardo Samper (COL) bt [7] Mark Chaloner (ENG) 11-5, 11-5, 11-10 (2-0)
[8] Liam Kenny (IRL) bt Mark Heather (ENG) 11-9, 7-11, 11-2, 7-11, 11-7
[4] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt [Q] Scott Handley (ENG) 11-10 (2-0), 11-3, 11-6
[6] Hisham Mohd Ashour (EGY) bt Jean-Michel Arcucci (FRA) 11-8, 11-9, 11-10 (2-0)
[2] Adrian Grant (ENG) bt Ben Garner (ENG) 11-7, 9-11, 11-5, 11-4