Salazars Suffer Mixed Fortunes In Manitoba

Mexican twins Arturo Salazar and Cesar Salazar suffered surprising mixed fortunes in the first round of the Winnipeg Building & Decorating Manitoba Open, the $15,000 PSA Tour squash event in its fifth year at Winnipeg Squash Racquet Club in Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

Cesar, a qualifier, upset fellow Mexican Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira, the No3 seed, 11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9 and will now meet Malaysia's sixth seed Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan for a place in the semi-finals.

But Arturo Salazar, the eighth seed who is also 20 and also from San Luis Potosi, crashed out in a four-game upset to Pakistan's Majid Khan. Peshawar-based Khan, the 24-year-old who reached last week's Bankers Hall Club Open in Vancouver as a qualifier, maintained his fine form to beat his Mexican opponent 11-7, 11-10 (2-0), 2-11, 11-8.

Khan now comes up against Borja Golan, the top seed from Spain.

1st round:
[1] Borja Golan (ESP) bt Andrew McDougall (CAN) 11-6, 11-2, 11-6
Majid Khan (PAK) bt [8] Arturo Salazar (MEX) 11-7, 11-10 (2-0), 2-11, 11-8
[4] Yasir Butt (PAK) bt [Q] Keith Pritchard (CAN) 11-5, 11-6, 11-1
[7] Ryan Donegan (USA) bt [Q] Dave Glass (CAN) 11-5, 11-5, 1-11, 11-5
[6] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) bt Philip Nightingale (ENG) 11-10 (2-0), 11-8, 11-5
[Q] Cesar Salazar (MEX) bt [3] Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira (MEX) 11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9
[5] Christopher Gordon (USA) bt Ian Power (CAN) 11-7, 11-5, 11-5
[2] Shawn Delierre (CAN) bt [Q] Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) 11-6, 11-10 (2-0), 9-11, 11-6