Peter Punishes Walters In Pro Series Opener

Switzerland's Reiko Peter made the perfect start to his New Year campaign on the PSA World Tour when he upset fifth seed Lewis Walters in the opening round of the Emerson Racquet Club Pro Series, the first event of the 2014 US Pro Squash Series at The Racquet Club in St Louis, Missouri.

The unseeded 24-year-old from Lucerne recovered from a game down to beat US-based Englishman Walters 9-11, 11-7, 13-11, 11-8 in 58 minutes to secure his unexpected place in the quarter-finals of the PSA Challenger 10 event.

Peter will now take on Arturo Salazar, the No.3 seed from Mexico. The World No.78 from San Luis Potosi was taken the full distance by Taiwan's James Huang, ranked almost 50 places lower, before prevailing 11-5, 3-11, 2-11, 11-9, 11-1.

There was a further upset in the top half of the draw where Spaniard Alejandro Garbi Caro defeated Geoffrey Demont, the No.8 seed from France, 11-4, 11-5, 11-8.

Caro progresses to face fourth seed Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi - but the Qatari teenager needed 41 minutes to see off experienced Michael Puertas, the 45-year-old event promoter, 11-4, 11-7, 12-14, 11-5.

Quarter-final line-up:
[2] Raphael Kandra (GER) v [7] Syed Hamzah Shah Bukhari (PAK)
[4] Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT) v Alejandro Garbi Caro (ESP)
[3] Arturo Salazar (MEX) v Reiko Peter (SUI)
[1] Nasir Iqbal (PAK) v [6] Sebastiaan Weenink (NED)