Ford Forges On At Leinster Open

English qualifier Ben Ford continued his good run in the Bymac Leinster Open by reaching the quarter-finals of the PSA Tour squash event at the Fitzwilliam Club in Dublin, Ireland.

The 32-year-old from Kent upset Australia's No4 seed Scott Arnold 11-10 (2-0), 4-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8 in the first round and will now go on to face Tom Hoevenaars - the fifth seed from the Netherlands who was also taken to five games before overcoming Englishman Darren Lewis 11-9, 2-11, 6-11, 11-6, 11-7.

There was also English qualifying success in the WISPA World Tour event when Sarah-Jane Perry recovered from a game down to upset Germany's No7 seed Daniela Schumann 9-10, 9-3, 9-1, 9-4 in the women's quarter-finals.
The 17-year-old qualifier from Kenilworth - who despatched third seed Dagmar Vermeulen in straight games in the first round - now takes on top seed Orla Noom, also from the Netherlands, for a place in the final.

Men's 1st round:
[1] Bradley Ball (ENG) bt Arthur Gaskin (IRL) 11-2, 11-2, 11-5
[7] Alex Stait (ENG) bt Stuart Crawford (SCO) 11-6, 11-9, 11-4
[3] Mark Krajcsak (HUN) bt [Q] Neil Hitchens (ENG) 11-5, 11-7, 11-0
[8] Martin Knight (NZL) bt Petros Tzamaloukas (GRE) 11-4, 11-5, 11-6
[5] Tom Hoevenaars (NED) bt Darren Lewis (ENG) 11-9, 2-11, 6-11, 11-6, 11-7
[Q] Ben Ford (ENG) bt [4] Scott Arnold (AUS) 11-10 (2-0), 4-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8
[6] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) bt [Q] Alan Clyne (SCO) 11-7, 7-11, 11-10 (2-0), 10-11 (2-4), 11-5
[2] Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) bt [Q] Jens Schoor (GER) 11-4, 11-7, 11-4

Women's quarter-finals:
[1] Orla Noom (NED) bt Lauren Selby (ENG) 9-6, 9-0, 9-4
[Q] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) bt [7] Daniela Schumann (GER) 9-10, 9-3, 9-1, 9-4
Vicky Hynes (ENG) bt Kerri Shields (IRL) 9-2, 6-9, 10-8, 9-7
[2] Laura Mylotte (IRL) bt [5] Adel Weir (RSA) 9-2, 9-4, 9-5