Beng Hee Bursts Into Dayton Quarters

Malaysia's unseeded Ong Beng Hee secured an unexpected place in the men's quarter-finals of the EBS Dayton Open when he upset seventh seed Olli Tuominen in the first round of the $50,000 PSA Tour event in Dayton in the US state of Ohio.

Beng Hee, the world No16, despatched the Finn 11-7, 11-9, 11-10 (2-0) and will now face top seed Thierry Lincou after the Frenchman beat Canadian qualifier Shawn Delierre 11-4, 11-6, 11-10 (5-3).

Australian Cameron Pilley also caused an upset on the opening day of action in the men's event. The 24-year-old from Grafton, NSW, beat England's No seed Adrian Grant 11-7, 11-10 (4-2), 11-8.

There was a major shock in the women's event when fifth seed Jaclyn Hawkes upset fellow New Zealander Shelley Kitchen, the No2 seed, 8-10, 10-9, 9-3, 1-9, 9-6. It was not only the first time the 24-year-old from Auckland had beaten Kitchen, but the first time she had taken a game from her higher-ranked Kiwi rival in four WISPA World Tour meetings.

Hawkes, in her fifth WISPA final, will now face Omneya Abdel Kawy for the title. The top-seeded Egyptian crushed India's unseeded Joshna Chinappa 9-6, 9-0, 9-0 to reach the 13th Tour final of her career.

Men's 1st round:
[1] Thierry Lincou (FRA) bt [Q] Shawn Delierre (CAN) 11-4, 11-6, 11-10 (5-3)
Ong Beng Hee (MAS) bt [7] Olli Tuominen (FIN) 11-7, 11-9, 11-10 (2-0)
[4] John White (SCO) bt Robert McFadzean (USA) 11-4, 11-9, 10-11 (2-4), 11-4
[8] Mohammed Abbas (EGY) bt Shahier Razik (CAN) 11-3, 11-7, 11-10 (2-0)
Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt [6] Adrian Grant (ENG) 11-7, 11-10 (4-2), 11-8
[3] Karim Darwish (EGY) bt [Q] Saurav Ghosal (IND) 11-2, 11-5, 11-4
[5] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt [Q] Jean-Michel Arcucci (FRA) 10-11 (2-4), 6-11, 11-7, 11-1, 11-3
[2] Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt [Q] Jonathan Kemp (ENG) 11-4, 11-6, 11-8

Women's semi-finals:
[1] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) bt Joshna Chinappa (IND) 9-6, 9-0, 9-0
[5] Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) bt [2] Shelley Kitchen (NZL) 8-10, 10-9, 9-3, 1-9, 9-6