Clinton Conquers Second Seed Schoor

Unseeded South African Clinton Leeuw battled for 70 minutes to upset second-seeded German Jens Schoor to reach the semi-finals of the Kengen Parklands Open in Nairobi, Kenya.

The 24-year-old from Cape Town, making his PSA Tour debut, came from a game down to triumph 6-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-10 (3-1) to set up a clash with Zambian O'Neil Chilambwe, the seventh seed who also caused an upset when he beat Egypt's No3 seed Ahmed Khalil 11-10 (2-0), 11-5, 11-5.

Another South African also reached the last four unexpectedly: Stephen Coppinger beat fellow non-seed Omar Tarek Mahm Aly 11-10 (2-0), 11-8, 11-7 and will now tackle another Egyptian, top seed Mohd Ali Anwar Reda, for a place in the final.

Quarter-finals:
[1] Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) bt [5] Thomas Javanaud (ENG) 11-9, 11-4, 11-6 (35m)
Stephen Coppinger (RSA) bt Omar Tarek Mahm Aly (EGY) 11-10 (2-0), 11-8, 11-7 (40m)
[7] O'Neil Chilambwe (ZAM) bt [3] Ahmed Khalil (EGY) 11-10 (2-0), 11-5, 11-5 (50m)
Clinton Leeuw (RSA) bt [2] Jens Schoor (GER) 6-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-10 (3-1) (70m)