Yasser Ousts Salazar Twins In Baltimore

Egypt's Yasser El Halaby defeated a second Salazar twin in 24 hours when he beat fifth seed Arturo Salazar in the quarter-finals of the Baltimore Cup at the Baltimore Country Club in Baltimore, USA.

It was in the first round of the $10,000 PSA Tour event in Maryland that the 24-year-old from Cairo beat unseeded Cesar Salazar to earn his clash with brother Arturo. And it again took El Halaby four games to beat the 20-year-old from San Luis Potosi 12-10, 9-11, 11-4, 11-1.

El Halaby will now face number two seed Eric Galvez after the Mexican beat South American rival Bernardo Samper, the sixth seed from Colombia, 11-7, 11-8, 11-2.

The other semi-final will be an all-Canadian affair between top seed Shahier Razik and fourth seed Shawn Delierre.

Quarter-finals:
[1] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt [Q] Joe Lee (ENG) 11-7, 11-7, 11-3
[4] Shawn Delierre (CAN) bt [7] Regardt Schonborn (RSA) 12-10, 11-7, 11-4
[3] Yasser El Halaby (EGY) bt [5] Arturo Salazar (MEX) 12-10, 9-11, 11-4, 11-1
[2] Eric Galvez (MEX) bt [6] Bernardo Samper (COL) 11-7, 11-8, 11-2