Seeds Make GoodLife Semis

All four seeds safely secured their places in the semi-finals of the GoodLife Open after contrasting quarter-final successes in the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event in its ninth year at GoodLife Fitness in the Canadian capital Ottawa.

Mexican Eric Galvez took a step closer to a third appearance in the final since 2006 when he beat England's Michael Harris 4-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-6.

A number of unforced errors early in the match cost fourth seed Galvez the first game. "Mike came out playing very well and forced me to work harder in the remainder of the match to win it," said the 30-year-old from Puebla later.

Galvez now faces Pakistan's Danish Atlas Khan after the No 2 seed from Peshawar removed Australia's Scott Arnold 11-8, 5-11, 11-5, 11-8.

Canada's Dane Sharp took home interest into the last four after seeing off Frenchman Geoffrey Demont. But the No 3 seed from Toronto was stretched for 72 minutes - and twice had to come from behind before overcoming Demont 10-12, 11-5, 6-11, 11-4, 11-8.

"I had to fight hard to close the court down against Geoffrey since his volleys were killing me, sending me all over the court," admitted 27-year-old Sharp later. "I started to play much higher, then attack."

Sharp's next opponent will be last year's runner-up Martin Knight. The top-seeded New Zealander, ranked 50 in the world, was too experienced for Thomas Ford, beating the English teenager 11-4, 11-6, 11-9.

Semi-final line-up:
[1] Martin Knight (NZL) v [3] Dane Sharp (CAN)
[2] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) v [4] Eric Galvez (MEX)