Walker Waltzes Into Colombian Open Quarters

Alister Walker, the former Englishman making his first PSA World Tour appearance for his country of birth, cast aside Colombian teenager Andres Felipe de Frutos to reach the quarter-finals of the Colombian Open, the PSA International 35 event at Club El Nogal in Bogota.

Wildcard player De Frutos was making his Tour debut - and, aged just 17, was the youngest player ever to compete in the long-established Colombian Open.

But third seed Walker, the former England international now flying the flag for Botswana, needed just 22 minutes to overcome the rising Colombian star 11-3, 11-3, 11-7.

New York-based Walker, ranked 21 in the world, will now face Martin Knight for a place in the semi-finals. Knight, the world No46 from New Zealand, battled for 69 minutes to overcome Australian qualifier Matthew Karwalski 12-10, 6-11, 11-9, 11-1.

Miguel Angel Rodriguez led local interest into the last eight after beating Mexican Cesar Salazar 11-6, 8-11, 12-10, 11-2 in 56 minutes. The No4 seed from Bogota, returning from the injury which ruled him out of last week's world team championship in Germany, will now line up against Rafael Alarcon.

The top-ranked Brazilian brushed aside Gonzalo Miranda, a qualifier from Argentina, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4 in 22 minutes.

Top seeds Mohamed El Shorbagy and Laurens Jan Anjema secured their quarter-final berths in contrasting styles. Egyptian El Shorbagy, the 20-year-old event favourite, defeated Mexican Arturo Salazar 12-10, 11-4, 11-8, while second-seeded Dutchman Laurens Jan Anjema needed four games to see off Czech champion Jan Koukal 11-2, 7-11, 11-3, 11-3.

Quarter-final line-up:
[1] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) v Max Lee (HKG)
[3] Alister Walker (BOT) v Martin Knight (NZL)
[4] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) v Rafael Alarcon (BRA)
[2] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) v Henrik Mustonen (FIN)