Austrians Rule In Vienna!

In a remarkable opening day of action in the Austrian Open, all four local players survived the first round to take places in the quarter-finals of the PSA Tour event at Squashclub Manhattan in Vienna.

Andreas Fuchs became the only qualifier to make the last eight after coming through an 82-minute marathon encounter with Matias Valenzuela, beating the No7 seed from Argentina 11-8, 10-11 (3-5), 9-11, 11-6, 11-6.

In the only all-Austrian quarter-final, the 28-year-old former National champion from Vienna takes on Jakob Dirnberger. The unseeded 26-year-old, also from Vienna, captured the biggest scalp when he came back from a game down to beat Germany's No2 seed Friedrich Scheel 7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-9.

Austria's top seed Aqeel Rehman had a tough fight in his first round match. The 21-year-old from Salzburg dropped the first two games against French qualifier Johan Bouquet - but regained the upper hand to secure a 7-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-8 victory after 65 minutes.

Wild card Stefan Brauneis delighted local fans when he upset Egypt's No8 seed Ahmed Khalil 11-7, 11-9, 11-8 in just 26 minutes. The 27-year-old Austrian international - again, playing in his hometown - progresses to face South African Stephen Coppinger, the fourth seed, for a place in the semi-finals.

1st round:
[1] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) bt [Q] Johan Bouquet (FRA) 7-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-8 (65m)
[6] Robbie Temple (ENG) bt David Vidal (ESP) 11-10 (7-5), 5-11, 8-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-8 (72m)
[4] Stephen Coppinger (RSA) bt Thibault Gouti (FRA) 11-5, 11-3, 11-9 (46m)
Stefan Brauneis (AUT) bt [8] Ahmed Khalil (EGY) 11-7, 11-9, 11-8 (26m)
[5] Ricky Davies (WAL) bt [Q] Chris Truswell (ENG) 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 (34m)
[3] Andre Haschker (GER) bt [Q] Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) 11-8, 11-5, 11-8 (37m)
[Q] Andreas Fuchs (AUT) bt [7] Matias Valenzuela (ARG) 11-8, 10-11 (3-5), 9-11, 11-6, 11-6 (82m)
Jakob Dirnberger (AUT) bt [2] Friedrich Scheel (GER) 7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-9 (51m)