Salazar Takes Out Alarcon In Colombian Open Upset

Sixth-seeded Mexican Arturo Salazar upset fourth seed Rafael F Alarcon in a marathon quarter-final match in the 2010 Colombian Open to claim an unexpected place in the last four of the $30,000 PSA World Tour squash event at Club El Nogal in the capital Bogota.

In his second win over the higher-ranked Brazilian this year, 22-year-old Salazar came back from a game down to beat the world No36 10-12, 11-7, 11-8, 11-9 in 76 minutes.

Salazar moves on to face top seed Olli Tuominen in his second meeting this year with the Finn. Tuominen, ranked 25 in the world, bounced out Czech number one Jan Koukal 11-9, 11-5, 11-6.

Twin brother Cesar Salazar will not be joining Arturo in the semi-final line-up. The No8 seed went down 11-6, 11-6, 11-5 to second-seeded Canadian Shahier Razik.

The 32-year-old from Toronto will now face local hero Miguel Angel Rodriguez, the third seed from Bogota who won the title two years ago.

The 24-year-old Colombian reached the semi-finals for the third year in a row when he defeated Italy's fifth seed Stephane Galifi 11-6, 11-8, 11-3.

Semi-final line-up:
[1] Olli Tuominen (FIN) v [6] Arturo Salazar (MEX)
[2] Shahier Razik (CAN) v [3] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL)