Caro Lifts Home Hopes in Valencia

Local wild card Alejandro Garbi Caro thrilled the partisan crowd at Club Olympia in the Spanish city of Valencia when he fought back from a game down to beat experienced Frenchman Yann Perrin in the first round of the PSA Valencia, the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event in its third year.

The 30-year-old from Castellon (pictured) beat Perrin 9-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-6 to set up a quarter-final clash with fourth seed Joel Hinds. World No82 Hinds had to battle for 74 minutes to see off fellow Englishman Chris Fuller, a qualifier, 10-12, 14-12, 11-9, 11-7 to earn his anticipated place in the last eight.

There was another upset with French interest higher in the draw - but this time Frenchman Geoffrey Demont gained the win after recovering from two games down to beat higher-ranked Englishman Nathan Lake 9-11, 2-11, 12-10, 12-10, 11-7 in 75 minutes, the longest match of the day.

Demont, a 22-year-old from Aix-en-Provence ranked 119 in the world, will now be tested by top seed Karim Ali Fathi.

The fast-improving 20-year-old from Egypt despatched England's Alex Ingham 11-6, 11-7, 11-8.

Quarter-final line-up:
[1] Karim Ali Fathi (EGY) v Geoffrey Demont (FRA)
[4] Joel Hinds (ENG) v [WC] Alejandro Garbi Caro (ESP)
[3] Jens Schoor (GER) v Zahed Mohamed (EGY)
[2] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) v Joan Lezaud (FRA)